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Top News Stories for Friday, February 6th 2026
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News , CC0, via Wikimedia Commons US Supreme Court allows California redistricting to proceed The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an injunction request from California Republicans who had asked the court to block the implementation of a new congressional district map before the 2026 midterm elections. A ballot initiative, Proposition 50 , mandates redistricting of California to potentially flip five ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has assumed essentially unlimited discretion to choose how many government employees lose their job security, under a rule that critics say threatens to upend the nonpartisan professional nature of the federal civilian workforce that has existed since the 1880s. A final regulation from the Office of Personnel Management released Thursday empowers Trump to reclassify federal policy-influencing ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 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
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The Paul Weiss chair dined with Epstein and sought his help getting his son a job with a Woody Allen film production Brad Karp, the longtime chair of powerful Wall Street law firm Paul Weiss, has resigned his top leadership role and will be replaced by partner Scott Barshay, the firm said on Wednesday. Karp has faced scrutiny after emails released by the US Department of Justice on Friday revealed extensive ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Despite President Trump's claims about a miraculous economy, planned layoffs reached their highest level for January since the Great Recession. New data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas released on Thursday revealed that last month saw more job-cut announcements than in any January since 2009. Breaking down the 17-year high, the firm's workplace expert Andy Challenger said, "Generally, we see a high number of job ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Savannah Guthrie shared a video message on Instagram on Wednesday pleading for her mother's safe return. Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, has been missing since Sunday. She was last seen at her home outside Tucson, Arizona. Officials told NBC Nightly News on Monday that they believe she was "taken out of her home against her will." Guthrie appeared in the video alongside her siblings, Annie and Camron, and read ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Amazon.com Inc. delivered record quarterly revenue on the back of strong cloud growth during the fourth quarter, but its stock fell in late trading after it missed expectations on profit and raised its fiscal 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $200 billion. The online retail and cloud computing giant reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.95 per share, trailing Wall Street's ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in a motion filed in Missouri federal court demanding that Nike fully comply with a subpoena for information. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Humans should not be drinking cow's milk for countless reasons, including the horrific torture that cows experience . Furthermore, drinking raw milk puts human lives at severe risk of illness, no matter how bright and bubbly the social media presence of the farm in question. Indeed, drinking raw milk from an influencer-led farm is such a bad idea that it should seem obvious to abstain. Nevertheless, the influencer ...
Source: greenmatters.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
By Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced the Food and Drug Administration was relaxing its enforcement of federal food additive regulations, making it easier for manufacturers to claim that they are not using artificial dyes in their products. The FDA has barred food makers from advertising that products contain "no artificial colors" unless they have no added dyes of any kind. But Kennedy ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Previous work on gender and autism estimated higher autism rates in boys and men, but this latest research suggests that may not be true Autism rates are 'more or less equal for men and women', according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence. While the neurological and developmental condition is known to be more common in young boys, Swedish researchers found there was a big rise in ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Google plans to spend up to $185B Alphabet executives struck a confident tone on Wednesday's post-earnings call, signaling that Google's heavy investments in artificial intelligence are now translating into real revenue growth across the business. The call was the first since Google released its Gemini 3 model , which has boosted user engagement and helped the company regain momentum in the intensifying AI race. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.11%, Freddie Mac says Mortgage rates ticked higher this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 6.11% from last week's reading of 6.10%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.89% a year ...
Source: foxbusiness.com