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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 7th 2026
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social late Thursday night that featured a clip depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. The video, which was just more than a minute long, started out by making claims about voting machine anomalies and the 2020 election. At the 59-second mark, as the video came to an end, a clip showing Barack and Michelle's faces superimposed on cartoon monkey or ape bodies and dancing ...
Source: pennlive.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A new Republican push to pass an elections-related bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, as Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. , the bill would require Americans to show proof of citizenship in person to register to vote in federal elections, and implement photo ID requirements for voting. Though the legislation is aimed at preventing noncitizens from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a website, branded with his name, in a purported effort to help patients buy prescription drugs at lower prices. But experts, watchdog groups, and Democratic lawmakers said TrumpRx will likely do little for consumers—or for the broader goal of bringing down exorbitant medicine costs—while further enriching Big Pharma and potentially lining the pockets of ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday said that the second rounds of the talks with the US, mediated by Oman, were "a good start", as officials from the two countries met Oman's leadership separately in Muscat amid high tensions over Iran's nuclear programme. "If we can go along with this positive path, I can say that we can reach a positive framework regarding the nuclear talks between Iran and the US," ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
In October 2020, President Trump unveiled a plan to grant himself the power to fire vast numbers of civil servants for any reason should they get in the way of his agenda. Five and a half years later, that plan has come to fruition, despite vast public opposition. Starting March 9, an unspecified number of federal employees could lose their current job protections and be converted into at-will employees at Trump's ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The allegations highlight tensions between Washington and Beijing, following the expiry of the New Start arms control treaty with Russia Reading Time: 3 minutes The United States accused China on Friday of failing to disclose a 2020 nuclear test, violating what a US official suggested was an understanding involving a 1996 nuclear test ban treaty that both countries signed but neither ratified. This came as ...
Source: scmp.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 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- New York's state trial of alleged murderer Luigi Mangione will start on June 8 despite objections from his legal team, a judge ruled Friday. New York Court of Claims Judge Gregory Carro set the trial date during a hearing in New York City, which will occur before the federal trial against Mangione that is scheduled to start Sept. 8. "It appears that the federal government has reneged on their ...
Source: upi.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 -
Highlights Lawmakers have introduced several bills during Florida's 2026 Legislative Session that would regulate how hyperscale data centers are to be developed and operated in the state. This Holland & Knight alert analyzes Florida Senate Bill (SB) 484, SB 1118, House Bill (HB) 1007 and HB 1517, collectively referred to as "proposed bills," and their potential impact on data center regulation in Florida if ...
Source: jdsupra.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 -
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's ties with the United States are "rock solid," the island's president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone about topics that included the self-ruled island's future. "The Taiwan-U.S. relationship is rock solid, and all cooperation projects will continue uninterrupted," Taiwan President Lai Ching-te told reporters ...
Source: apnews.com