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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 7th 2026
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
White House Defends, Then Deletes, Trump's Wildly Racist Obamas Post Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account's 'Saved for Later' section. Donald Trump launched his political career by pushing the racist Barack Obama birther conspiracy theory, and even without getting into his policies or mainstreaming of white supremacists and their ideology, you can find plenty of examples of Trump ...
Source: nymag.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan's announcement that enforcement in Minnesota was being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement followed months of internal grumbling and infighting among agencies about how to carry out President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. Since it was created in 2003, ICE has conducted street arrests through "targeted enforcement." Homan uses ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump and Dr. Oz bring 'As Seen on TV' vibes to Rx coupon portal for cheap 'fat drugs' The president's latest gambit at health care affordability, TrumpRx, isn't the panacea he promised for access to low-cost GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro— but some experts ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
U.S. and Iran in Oman for Talks as Regional Leaders Seek to Prevent War Middle Eastern diplomats see a chance for progress on Iran's nuclear program, but they are pessimistic about other U.S. demands. Listen to this article · 6:04 min Iranian and U.S. officials were in Oman on Friday for the countries' first negotiations since they were at war last June, in an effort to stave off another conflict. It was ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday announced drastic changes to the way federal employees are classified, making it easier for the president to fire public employees. The rule adds a new "excepted service" category, Schedule Policy/Career, which includes "career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, after the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow expired. China has already rejected joining disarmament negotiations "at this stage", while Russia suggested other nuclear-armed states like Britain and France should be included. "Arms control can no longer be a bilateral issue between ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has conducted another strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two people. The U.S. Southern Command announced the strike on X Thursday night . "On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Layoff and hiring rates have been low for months. That may be starting to change, and not in a good way. Job cuts announced last month hit their highest January total since 2009 , according to a report released Thursday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. This is in line with a growing trend of jobs being trimmed across the country. Challenger's report, which is based on company announcements ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione spoke out in court Friday against the prospect of back-to-back trials over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling a judge: "It's the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition." Mangione, 27, made the remarks as court officers escorted him out of the courtroom after a judge scheduled his state murder trial to begin ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
London — So far, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hasn't been linked to any suggested wrongdoing revealed by the Epstein files . But his decision to give another politician, whose ties to Jeffrey Epstein have been laid bare by the documents, the vital job of ambassador in Washington D.C. has drawn a ferocious backlash. As the most tumultuous week in his premiership ends, Starmer is facing calls from ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Supporters of 2026 California Billionaire Tax call it an emergency fix to prevent a healthcare 'collapse' A proposed tax targeting California's wealthiest residents is drawing strong support from likely voters, but critics warn it would discourage investment and trigger an exodus of high-income earners and businesses from the state. I think it's a really economically disastrous idea," Adam Michel, director of tax ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — An alleged participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody to face prosecution for the rampage that killed four Americans and emerged as a divisive political issue, the Justice Department said Friday. Zubayar Al-Bakoush, identified by officials as a member of an extremist militia in Libya, had been wanted by the United States for ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices. Two New York lawmakers on Friday announced that they are introducing a bill that would impose a three-year moratorium on data center development. The announcement makes New York at least the sixth state to introduce legislation putting a pause on data ...
Source: wired.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The Trump administration says it has begun to scale back some of its immigration enforcement efforts in the Minneapolis region. But the massive strain the crackdown has placed on the area's courts and law enforcement is likely to linger for months to come. Government lawyers are buckling under a crush of hundreds of cases, including scores of challenges filed by migrants who say they are being illegally detained. ...
Source: abajournal.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
HONG KONG — Taiwan 's president said its relations with the United States are "rock solid" on Thursday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed his country's territorial claims to the island in a call with President Donald Trump . According to a Chinese readout from the wide-ranging call on Wednesday, Xi also warned Trump over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, suggesting that the self-governing democracy could ...
Source: nbcnews.com