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Top News Stories for Thursday, February 5th 2026
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
As President Trump suggests the federal government should "nationalize" and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The Justice Department has sued Arizona and over 20 other states for their full voter registration lists. "No means no," Fontes says in ...
Source: democracynow.org
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on Wednesday told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem he opposed plans to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Mississippi. The Trump administration is in the final stages of acquiring a warehouse facility in Byhalia, Mississippi, that it intends to convert into a federal immigration ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Elon Musk is very insistent that he never visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean. That may very well be true. There is nothing in the millions of Epstein's emails to suggest that Musk did—or, for that matter, that he ever flew on the "Lolita Express," the alleged sex trafficker's infamous jet. "I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Ryan Routh, who tried to kill president in 2024, also receives a consecutive seven-year sentence for gun conviction A man convicted of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison. US district judge Aileen Cannon pronounced Ryan Routh's fate in the same Fort Pierce courtroom that erupted into chaos in September when he tried to stab himself shortly ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Marimar Martínez, de Chicago, les dijo a miembros del Congreso el martes que quiere que los agentes federales rindan cuentas, recibir una disculpa tras ser herida por la Patrulla Fronteriza y que la administración de Trump reconozca que "no es una terrorista doméstica" . Martínez también mencionó ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a 217-214 vote. "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said. ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
For the first time in more than half a century, there will be no legal limits on American and Russian missiles and warheads. We're about to enter a world without nuclear arms control. The last remaining treaty capping the arsenals of Russia and the US will expire today. It means, for the first time in more than half a century, there will be no legal limits on their missiles and warheads, and there are fears we are ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
We report without fear or favor because our work is sustained by members, not influence. Your support helps ensure the truth is told clearly, even when those in power push back. Join HuffPost today. Already a member? President Donald Trump is facing heat for on one of the female journalists who cover him and his administration. "You are the worst reporter," Trump scolded CNN 's Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday. "I don't ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government agreed Wednesday to release documents casting light on the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein , as it tries to stem mounting anger over the revelations. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the wrath of opposition lawmakers, and his own Labour Party backbenchers, after acknowledging that he had ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Homeland Security lawyer Julie Le told a judge 'the system sucks' after Trump's mass arrests overwhelmed the courts A lawyer working for the U.S. Attorney's office in Minnesota has been removed from that detail after telling a federal judge "this job sucks" during a hearing on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held a nearly two-hour meeting on Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro , that both called friendly — a dramatic about-face from weeks earlier, when Trump accused Petro of pumping cocaine into the U.S. and threatened his country with military action. Afterward, Trump tried to downplay his past criticisms, saying, "He and I weren't exactly the best of ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The Trump administration will draw down 700 law enforcement officers from Minnesota on Wednesday, border czar Tom Homan said. After that approximately 25% withdrawal, around 2,000 federal agents will remain in the state, he said. Homan announced the pullback after touting "unprecedented cooperation" between the federal government and state and local entities. White House 'border czar' Tom Homan speaks during a ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Multiple high-profile figures including President Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have been mentioned in the files U.S. Vice President JD Vance has hit out at America's "incestuous elites" after the latest release of the Epstein files. High profile figures who appeared in ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Warning that President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigrant communities, protesters who speak out for civil and human rights , and journalists who are reporting on the president's mass deportation campaign has placed the nation at a "crossroads," a US judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal agents from launching tear gas, projectiles, and other chemicals at demonstrators in Portland, Oregon. US District Judge ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has launched an investigation into Nike over allegations that the sports giant discriminated against white employees and job applicants. The federal agency is demanding that Nike turn over information related to the allegations, including the company's "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related 2025 Targets and other DEI-related objectives", it announced on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
– Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his country's growing economic cooperation with China in a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday. The virtual meeting came in the middle of a series of meetings between Xi and Western leaders who have sought to boost ties with China despite differences over European leaders have pressed China for years to end its support for Russia. China has ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Less than two months after implementing a policy that opened the door a crack to businesses with limited noncitizen ownership, the Small Business Administration has forcefully slammed it shut. Processing Content The agency published a notice Monday limiting eligibility to its lending programs to companies that are wholly owned by U.S. citizens or nationals. In doing so, the SBA rescinded a narrow exception unveiled ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS—He had decided that the America he believed in would not make it if people like him didn't speak up, so on a cool, rainy morning in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Jon, 67 and recently retired, marched up to his study and began to type. He had just read about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's case against an Afghan it was trying to deport. The immigrant, identified in The Washington ...
Source: abajournal.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Defense department says it may end support unless youth group abandons inclusivity and returns to 'God and country' values The Pentagon is again threatening to sever ties with Scouting America unless the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America reverts to "core values" and realigns itself with service to "God and country". A warning to end the US military's longstanding partnership with one of the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article 'If it expires, it expires,' Trump shrugged off as experts have warned about the dangers to the world. Maira Butt reports E xperts have warned that the United States and Russia could be headed towards an unfettered nuclear arms race as the last remaining treaty imposing ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
In February 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis publicly announced his desire that the state consider amending its Constitution, initially, to abolish property taxes. Florida's property tax system funds local counties, cities, school districts, and numerous special taxing districts providing services such as water management, fire protection, and mosquito control. Florida's property tax framework is established in the ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Wednesday, Feb 4th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the almost four-year war as Russian cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in the United Arab Emirates by U.S. officials, Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council chief, who was present at ...
Source: military.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The National Rifle Association clapped back at former Fox News host-turned-U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday, following Pirro's claim on Monday that if "you bring a gun into this district, count on going to jail." Pirro was on Fox News on Monday, crowing about the reduction in crime in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump's return to office, and told anchor Martha MacCallum that ...
Source: mediaite.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– Former President and former Secretary of State finalized an agreement with House Republicans Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against them. Hillary Clinton will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26 and Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27. It will mark the first time that lawmakers have compelled a former ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said late Monday that his administration is pursuing $1 billion from Harvard to settle federal probes into the university over school policies, with the two sides yet to reach a final deal despite months of talks. The Trump administration has been threatening to withhold federal funds from Harvard and several other universities over issues including pro-Palestinian protests ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Mitch McConnell , R-Ky., was hospitalized Monday evening with flu-like symptoms, his office announced. "In an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night," a spokesperson for McConnell said in a statement. "His prognosis is positive and he is grateful for ...
Source: foxnews.com