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Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

Updated 2:27 PM EST, February 15, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge. A “small” security force will stay for a short period to protect remaining immigration agents and will respond “when our agents are out and they get surrounded by agitators and thing ...

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Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon

Chinese cars could be at an American dealership sooner than you think, and that’s good news for US consumers. Chinese car companies make more vehicles than anyone else on Earth and export more as well. But high tariffs and hostile US-China trade relations have kept them out of the American market. That’s likely to change, according to experts, with Chinese autos hitting US showrooms in the next five to ten years. ...

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Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'

Updated 6:09 AM EST, February 15, 2026 MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to European allies. He struck a less aggressive tone than Vice President JD Vance did in lecturing them a ...

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'This is the Epstein Administration!' Thomas Massie Trashes Trump in Fiery ABC Hit

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) ripped President Donald Trump — accusing him of being “still in the Epstein class” in a fiery interview on ABC Sunday. Speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, the Kentucky Republican — who has relentlessly pushed for transparency on the Epstein files — slammed the president, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the administration as a whole. Raddatz began by asking Massie to weigh in on Bondi’s “combativeness” at Wednesday’s blockbuster House Judiciary hearing. “Sh ...

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Trump's bizarre Valentine's Day fundraising letter asked do you still love me? - and E Jean Carroll said she received it

Sunday 15 February 2026 15:00 EST E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won an $83.3 million defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he denied sexually abusing her, said she received a Valentine’s Day-themed fundraising email from a political action committee associated with the president that asks “do you still love me?” The email, from “secret admirer Donald J. Trump,” begs people to read the “love letter” from the president and prove their devotion with a monetary donation. “Ros ...

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DOJ sends letter to Congress with list of people named in Epstein files, including Trump: Report

02/14/26 10:59 PM ET The Justice Department (DOJ) sent a letter to Congress on Saturday outlining its justification for redactions made in the released Jeffrey Epstein files, according to Politico. The six-page letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees also included a list of “all government officials and politically exposed persons” named in the files for any reason. Several high-profile names were on the list, including President Trump. The department noted that na ...

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Sen. Mark Kelly's lawyer urges DOJ officials not to seek indictment for a second time over video

Feb. 14, 2026, 5:22 PM EST An attorney for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is urging U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Attorney General Pam Bondi not to pursue an indictment for a second time against a group of lawmakers who participated in a video encouraging members of the military to ignore “illegal orders,” according to a letter first obtained by NBC News. The letter, sent Friday from Kelly’s attorney Paul Fishman to Bondi and Pirro, warns the Department of Justice against attempting to go to a s ...

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Cuba postpones its annual cigar fair as a US oil siege causes severe fuel shortages and blackouts

Updated 3:37 PM EST, February 14, 2026 HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuba’s annual cigar fair, which was set to be held the last week of February, has been postponed organizers said Saturday, as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages brought about by a U.S oil embargo. In a statement, the cigar fair’s organizer, Habanos S.A. said it decided to postpone the iconic event to “preserve its high standard of quality.” Habanos S.A., a joint venture between the state-owned company Cubatabaco and ...

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'Speaks Volumes': Kentucky Gov Boycotting White House Dinner After Trump Refuses to Invite Nation's Only Black Governor

Feb 14th, 2026, 6:30 pm Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) vowed Saturday that he will not attend the upcoming White House dinner for governor’s and their families because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to invite Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), who is the sole Black governor in the nation. In a confusing turn of events, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) — who chairs the National Governors Association — claimed earlier this week that the president was only inviting Republican ...

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Tim Walz Thanks Minnesota After Tumultuous Federal Surge--'Spring is Coming'

Published Feb 14, 2026 at 07:55 PM EST Minnesota Governor Tim Walz posted a message thanking his state's residents for their "resilience" following a difficult month that saw violence, death, and clashes with federal authorities. Walz said in a video message posted on X on Saturday: "The rest of the country saw what the soul of Minnesota looks like. Spring is coming." Why It Matters The Trump administration this week officially ended Operation Metro Surge, which was descr ...

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Poland should 'begin work' on nuclear defenses, Nawrocki says

4 hrs ago - February 15, 2026 3:49 pm CET Polish President Karol Nawrocki thinks his country should start developing nuclear defenses, given the threat from Moscow. In an interview with Polsat television on Sunday, Nawrocki described himself as "a great supporte ... (Politico (EU))

VA Announces Change to Veteran Benefits

4 hrs ago - Published Feb 15, 2026 at 08:57 AM EST The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has finalized a new rule that it says is designed to streamline certain decisions around veteran survivors’ benefit claims—a move the agency says will result in ... (Newsweek)

Ty Cobb: Top Trump officials "should be impeached," including Trump himself

5 hrs ago - Published February 15, 2026 1:30PM (EST) A former Trump White House lawyer sharply escalated his public criticism of the president’s inner circle this week, saying several top officials — including Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth &# ... (Salon)

Trump announces Board of Peace members have pledged more than $5B toward Gaza

5 hrs ago - 02/15/26 1:41 PM ET President Trump on Sunday said members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward Gaza reconstruction efforts and will commit thousands of personnel to “maintain security and peace” in the territo ... (The Hill)

US teen who pushed for her father's release from ICE custody dies of cancer

6 hrs ago - A Chicago teenager, whose father was detained by immigration authorities while she navigated cancer, died on Friday, a family spokesperson said. Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old in Chicago, had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and rare form of ... (The Guardian)

Trump adviser admits citizen revolt spurred admin to change course from 'quagmire': report

6 hrs ago - February 15, 2026 11:48AM ET The ongoing fierce resistance to the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota is striking real fear in the Trump administration, one adviser to President Donald Trump revealed Sunday, so much so that officials w ... (Raw Story)

Bondi Blasted for Putting Long-Dead Celebs on Epstein Email List

6 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 15 2026 11:43AM EST Published Feb. 15 2026 10:46AM EST Attorney General Pam Bondi’s attempt to quell the angry mob over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal backfired when she brought dead mid-20th-century celebrities into ... (Daily Beast)

Schumer Calls 'Bull' On Noem's Voter Fraud Fearmongering

7 hrs ago - Feb 15, 2026, 02:29 PM EST Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) doesn’t think Immigrations and Customs Enforcement “thugs” have any business being near polling places, no matter what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. T ... (Huff Post)

Trump's bizarre Valentine's Day fundraising letter asked do you still love me? - and E Jean Carroll said she received it

7 hrs ago - Sunday 15 February 2026 15:00 EST E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won an $83.3 million defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he denied sexually abusing her, said she received a Valentine’s Day-themed fundraising email from a po ... (The Independent)

Rapper turned civic leader Luther Campbell challenges Cherfilus-McCormick in congressional primary

7 hrs ago - Luther Campbell, the rap music icon, free-speech advocate and civic activist, launched a primary challenge Sunday against U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is under federal indictment and now faces a widening field of political rivals. Campbe ... (Sun-Sentinel)

Democrats say Trump's climate rollbacks 'corruption in action'

7 hrs ago - 02/15/26 6:00 AM ET Democrats are linking President Trump’s unraveling of climate change regulations to a larger story about corruption, a midterm argument they think could hurt Republicans in the battles for the House and Senate this fall. Whil ... (The Hill)

National Institutes of Health faces leadership vacuum as director positions sit open

8 hrs ago - Feb. 15, 2026, 5:00 AM EST The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research is in limbo. The National Institutes of Health has, in large part, managed to withstand the Trump administration’s attempts to slash its budget and upend h ... (NBC News)

Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

9 hrs ago - Updated 2:27 PM EST, February 15, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of ... (AP)

Trump sanctions chief poised to leave after Bessent tension

9 hrs ago - 48m (Bloomberg) -- John Hurley, the Trump administration’s top sanctions official, is set to leave his post after friction with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to people familiar with the matter. Hurley’s expected departure as ... (msn/Bloomberg)

Jeffries goes all in on gerrymandering -- with House control on the line

10 hrs ago - Updated Feb 15, 2026, 9:34 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2026, 7:00 AM ET As Hakeem Jeffries sits in the minority of a GOP-controlled Washington, he is still haunted by a Republican gerrymandering gambit that he believes cost him the speaker’s gavel & ... (CNN Politics)

Doctors Without Borders Says Gunmen Are Using a Gaza Hospital, Posing Risk to Patients and Staff

10 hrs ago - The aid group, known by its French initials MSF, said it made the decision to pull services from the Nasser Hospital Complex in Khan Younis after its staff witnessed an uptick in what it called unacceptable acts that it said posed a threat to its tea ... (Wall Street Journal)

'This is the Epstein Administration!' Thomas Massie Trashes Trump in Fiery ABC Hit

10 hrs ago - Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) ripped President Donald Trump — accusing him of being “still in the Epstein class” in a fiery interview on ABC Sunday. Speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, the Kentucky Republican — who h ... (Mediaite.com)

Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon

11 hrs ago - Chinese cars could be at an American dealership sooner than you think, and that’s good news for US consumers. Chinese car companies make more vehicles than anyone else on Earth and export more as well. But high tariffs and hostile US-China trade ... (CNN)

Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'

11 hrs ago - Updated 6:09 AM EST, February 15, 2026 MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. EU for ... (AP)

Immigration officers seem to be trained to be 'nasty, mean and cruel,' Schumer says

12 hrs ago - 02/15/2026 11:52 AM EST Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday questioned the Department of Homeland Security’s training of immigration officers, calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement a “rogue force.” “They’re ... (Politico)