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Top News Stories for Thursday, February 12th 2026
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Stand with a newsroom that doesn't flinch. Become a member and help keep fearless reporting independent. Already a member? Attorney General Pam Bondi put on an astonishingly contemptuous performance as she faced questions from lawmakers over her leadership of the Justice Department and handling of files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a Wednesday hearing. One congressman likened her showing to one of ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
A United States congressman has revealed the names of six men in the Jeffrey Epstein files whose identities were blacked out when the records were released to the public, including American billionaire Leslie Wexner, who appears to have been labelled a coconspirator by the FBI in 2019. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Democratic Representative Ro Khanna said he was naming the men after spending ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
The U.S. labor market began 2026 at a surprisingly strong pace, while newly released benchmark revisions show that job growth in 2025 was considerably weaker than previously reported. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.3%. January's job gains were concentrated on health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial ...
Source: eyeonhousing.org
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Washington — The House voted on Wednesday to overturn President Trump's tariffs on Canada after six Republicans sided with nearly all Democrats to rebuke one pillar of the president's trade agenda. The Democratic measure to roll back the levies passed in a 219 to 211 vote. However, the resolution's passage is largely symbolic, since it could be vetoed by the president if it clears the Senate, and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
The FDA's call comes within a wider push from the US government to alter vaccine policy. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused to review Moderna's seasonal influenza jab, mRNA-1010, as the shifting vaccine landscape within the country continues to prove volatile for pharma companies. The FDA sent a refusal-to-file (RTF) notice to Moderna, which was signed by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and ...
Source: pharmaceutical-technology.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Republicans in Congress are moving ahead with two pieces of legislation this week that would dramatically reshape the nation's election laws. Together, the SAVE America Act and MEGA Act would shift key voter certification powers to the executive branch, require stricter proof of citizenship for voter registration, and allow states to more easily access federal immigration databases to track and remove ...
Source: cyberscoop.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
On Monday, the National Park Service (NPS) removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City — a move many observers have condemned as just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to erase LGBTQ history and culture in the U.S. The Stonewall Inn is a dive bar in Manhattan that is widely considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ liberation movement. In 1969, the bar was the site of ...
Source: truthout.org
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Texts also show that one officer called him a 'legend' and another told him 'put that one in your book buddy' President Donald Trump's boots-on-the-ground Border Patrol official congratulated an officer shortly after he shot a Chicago woman five times, according to messages ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
LANSING, MI – A federal judge has rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request that Michigan hand over its electronic voter registration list containing voters' personal information. U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou in Lansing granted defense motions to dismiss the lawsuit in an opinion issued Tuesday, Feb. 10. The DOJ sought disclosure of Michigan's voter registration list under the Help America Vote Act and ...
Source: mlive.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting this year it would stop publishing approval and favorability ratings of individual political figures, saying in a statement it "reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership." "Our ...
Source: thehill.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Dozens of hair extensions—including artificial and natural braids—may contain synthetic chemicals that are a health and environmental hazard , a new study shows. At least 12 of the 169 chemicals detected in the new analysis have been associated with cancer, birth defects and reproductive issues and are included in California's Proposition 65 hazardous chemicals list. The study, published today in ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
Users only get three hours of free Nest video storage, but Google can retrieve videos much later. Like most cloud-enabled home security cameras, Google's Nest products don't provide long-term storage unless you pay a monthly fee. That video may not vanish into the digital aether right on time, though. Investigators involved with the high-profile abduction of Nancy Guthrie have released video from Guthrie's Nest ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Feb 11th, 2026 -
A federal judge upheld an Illinois law that prevents banks and card networks from collecting swipe fees on sales taxes and tips, dealing a major blow to the banking industry's claims of federal preemption. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall ruled Tuesday that a landmark law passed last year by the Illinois legislature and signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, does not directly regulate banks. The ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
– Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary acknowledged that he had met with twice after the late financier's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick's previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his relationship with the disgraced financier, who was once his neighbor in New York City, as he was questioned by ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
US singer-songwriter Chappell Roan announced on Monday that she had left her talent agency, after its CEO was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), passed overwhelmingly by Congress in November, compelled the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all of the documents in its possession related to the disgraced financier. Roan, 27, had been ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 -
A woman was shot dead by her alcoholic father after the pair argued about President Donald Trump. Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot dead by her father Kris Harrison at his home in a Dallas suburb, after they argued about the president and she said, "How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I'd been sexually assaulted?" But her death, on Jan. 10 2025 only came to light a year later because the dead woman ...
Source: thedailybeast.com