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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 11th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Howard Lutnick insisted last year he swore off Epstein decades ago. Emails tell a different story Howard Lutnick was emphatic. In an October interview with the New York Post , Trump's commerce secretary dramatically asserted that after a single encounter with the disgraced financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein , he was determined to "never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again." … ...
Source: rollingstone.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Home » » Ghislaine Maxwell, the former confidante and longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from Congress, invoking her Fifth Amendment right during a private virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 9. "This is obviously very disappointing," Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) told reporters following the deposition. "We had many ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The FBI's Fulton County Raid Was Based on Debunked Claims By Election Deniers The evidence provided for seizing 700 boxes of ballots was shockingly thin. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. On Tuesday afternoon, the FBI finally released a court-ordered affidavit showing the basis for its January raid seizing nearly 700 boxes of ballots and voting records from the 2020 election ...
Source: motherjones.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The billionaire stated that a lunar city could be finished in under 10 years due to more frequent launch windows and proximity. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the company has shifted its near-term priorities from Mars settlement to building a "self‑growing city on the Moon." In a post on X, Musk stated the lunar project could be completed in less than 10 years, compared to more than 20 years for a ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
'They cannot erase our history. Our Pride flag will be raised again,' says Manhattan borough president The Trump administration has removed a large pride flag from the Stonewall national monument in New York City, marking the latest move by the federal government to end diversity initiatives and sanitize the history shared in national parks. The monument commemorates the June 1969 riots that followed a police raid ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The American Medical Association and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness, mirroring a role long played by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The groups, which will operate independently from the federal government, say their work is needed because the CDC's vaccine review process has "effectively ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Singer Chappell Roan says she has left the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, whose name appears in the Epstein files. Announcing her split with the agency, Roan said she has a "duty to protect her team" and her decision reflected her belief that "meaningful change in our industry requires accountability". Wasserman has been criticised after his flirtatious emails to Ghislaine Maxwell, sent in 2003, were ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
The Food and Drug Administration has refused to start a review of Moderna's application for its experimental flu shot, the company said. It's another sign of the Trump administration's influence on tightening vaccine regulation in the U.S. Moderna said the move is inconsistent with previous feedback the FDA gave before it submitted the application and started phase three trials on the shot, called mRNA-1010, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A bill that includes a number of bank-favored provisions faces a more uncertain future in the Senate, even after it passed through the House yesterday with an overwhelmingly large bipartisan margin. Processing Content The House bill, known as the Housing for the 21st Century Act, aims to increase the supply of housing by streamlining state and local regulations and making it easier for ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
– An of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President excluded Democratic governors from White House events. The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors. On Tuesday, 18 ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Reuniting families with their lost pooches, what's not to like? Well, coordinated neighborhood surveillance, for one. That sums up the reaction to the Super Bowl ad for Search Party, the AI-powered feature from Amazon's Ring that mobilizes outdoor cameras across a neighborhood to help find lost dogs. Search Party raised privacy concerns when it launched last year , focusing in part on the fact that the feature is ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
Home » » The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss its criminal case against the former adviser to President Donald Trump , Steve Bannon, which is related to his refusal to testify before the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol riots. The "government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
By Carson Hartzog, The Minnesota Star Tribune In his second week as Target CEO, Michael Fiddelke shuffled his leadership team and consolidated store districts - moves that drew mixed reactions from retail experts. After several quarters of lackluster performance, the actions addressed some of the loudest criticism of the Minneapolis-based retailer: the state of its stores and product assortment, especially in ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 -
Two lawsuits accusing the world's largest social media companies of harming children begin this week, marking the first legal efforts to hold companies like Meta responsible for the effects their products have on young users. Opening arguments began today in a case brought by New Mexico's attorney general's office, which alleges that Meta failed to protect children from sexually explicit material. A separate case ...
Source: aljazeera.com