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Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Donald Trump is mentioned more than 3,000 times in the new tranche of three million documents The U.S. Justice Department released millions of files related to the case of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, shedding further light on his expansive network of high ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jimmy Kimmel says he had not expected Donald Trump to take a swipe at him when responding to questions in the White House . The president had been fielding questions in the Oval Office and hit out at Grammy Awards show host Trevor Noah , but also included a jab ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump . To say that this is unusual would be an ...
Source: slate.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
and Gustavo Petro meet at the White House on Tuesday, the encounter will cap one of the most volatile stretches in modern U.S.-Colombian relations-and test whether a fragile thaw can hold. . Now, Trump is striking a notably warmer tone. "I look forward to seeing him," Trump said Monday. "We're going to be talking about drugs because a tremendous amount of drugs come out of his country. We're going to have a good ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The Kennedy Center will be closed for the next two years, President Donald Trump said on Sunday. In a Sunday evening Truth Social post, Trump said the performing arts venue will be temporarily closed for "Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." It will shut its doors from July 4. This comes after Trump decided to rename the centre in December, adding his name. The day after the Kennedy Center's ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
All federal immigration agents in Minneapolis will begin wearing body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday, as the department faces intense scrutiny over a pair of fatal shootings by federal agents in the Twin Cities. "Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis," Noem said in a post on X , writing that she had discussed the move with ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Republicans flip out over the results of a special election runoff for a state Senate seat in Texas (or anywhere else). But that's exactly what's happening after Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss by more than 14 percentage points Saturday night in the Lone Star State's Ninth Senate District (SD-9), which covers the northern part of Tarrant County in and around Ft. Worth. "The results from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The latest revelations and reaction to them may mean he has finally encountered a scandal he is unable to outrun It was the evening of 6 May 2010 and, months after being released from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein was curious as to the result of Britain's general election. "Well?" he emailed Peter Mandelson , the then de facto deputy prime minister in Gordon Brown's government. Twenty ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba Mexico 's president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was "exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people," despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Donald Trump last week signed an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
DOJ reportedly failed to redact nearly 40 nude photos and 43 victims' names. The Epstein files released by the Department of Justice on Friday included at least a few dozen unredacted nude photos and names of at least 43 victims, according to news reports. The DOJ missed a December 19 deadline set by the Epstein Files Transparency Act by more than a month, but still released the files without fully redacting nude ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics will postpone the release of its monthly jobs report this week because of the partial government shutdown, the department said. "The Employment Situation release for January 2026 will not be released as scheduled on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. The release will be rescheduled upon the resumption of government funding," Emily Liddel, associate commissioner of the BLS, said in ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Washington — A federal appeals court judge dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint that the Justice Department filed against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, whom President Trump has denounced over his handling of a legal battle involving the Alien Enemies Act and the administration's swift removals of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. In a December decision , Judge Jeffrey Sutton, the chief judge of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti Two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The US president tried to kill offshore wind projects – now four are back under construction C onstruction has resumed on four offshore wind mega-projects after they survived a near fatal attack by Donald Trump's administration thanks to rulings by federal judges. These are being seen as victories for clean energy amid a wider war being waged on it by the Trump administration. The wind farms are considered ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
His family au pair pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2024 and testified against her former lover at trial. An American man who was having an affair with his family's Brazilian au pair has been found guilty of murdering his wife and another man. Brendan Banfield, 40, from Virginia , told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of 24 February 2023. He shot ...
Source: news.sky.com