Priscilla Huff
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Priscilla Huff
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Voters in Thailand went to the polls Sunday in an early general election seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics.
Thailand votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power
Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls for an early general election. The election is seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics.
bit.ly
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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Ilia Malinin, the world’s top male figure skater, struggled in his Olympic debut, losing the short program to Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama. His slow start means the U.S. will have a fight to win the team gold.
Ilia Malinin gives 50 percent and finishes second in first Olympic skate
The “Quadgod” wants to pace himself, but his slow start means the U.S. will have a fight to win the team gold.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Days after negotiations to halt the war ended inconclusively in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Russia and the U.S. were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine.
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.
The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Wednesday about Iran talks
Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Wednesday about Iran talks
The prime minister believes all negotiations must include the limiting of ballistic missiles and ending support for the Iranian axis, his office said.
dlvr.it
February 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, the hard-rock band known for its early 2000s hit songs like “Kryptonite” and “Here Without You,” died on Saturday. He was 47.
Brad Arnold, Rocker Who Fronted 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47
He wrote the band’s breakout hit, “Kryptonite,” in a high school math class, and would go on to be nominated for three Grammy Awards.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Six fishermen who cast a line in the frozen Saguenay River in the Canadian province of Quebec worked for more than two hours to reel in an Atlantic halibut that broke local records. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Breaking News: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from halting billions of dollars for a rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
U.S. Judge Says Trump Cannot Halt Funding for Gateway Tunnel Project
Nearly all of the work had stopped on Friday while negotiations continued in Washington and litigation played out in court.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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President Trump won't apologize for sharing a since-deleted racist video depicting the Obamas as apes despite GOP calls to do so.
Trump won’t apologize for sharing since-deleted racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump refused to apologize Friday after posting and then deleting a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, insi...
cnn.it
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administration must unfreeze more than $16 billion earmarked for a major New York infrastructure project and allow construction to continue, saying that public interest would be "harmed by a delay." https://cnn.it/3NZUz5Y
February 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Appeals court backs Trump’s mass detention policy
Appeals court backs Trump’s mass detention policy
The ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals contradicts thousands of lower-court rulings.
dlvr.it
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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The Justice Department last week released the final 3 million-plus Epstein files — but President Trump and Vice President JD Vance appear to be diverging over what, if anything, should come next.
Trump and Vance differ in their responses to latest Epstein files
While Trump is ready to move on, Vance has signaled willingness to examine some accusations.
www.axios.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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After the Clintons agreed to testify in the House Epstein investigation, House Committee Rules Chairwoman Virginia Foxx just said that they're suspending consideration of contempt resolution against them.

She said more time is needed to clarify with the Clintons.
@graydcbureau.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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House GOP moves to tee up passage of shutdown-ending package
House GOP moves to tee up passage of shutdown-ending package
House Republican leaders are sending the Senate-passed $1.2 trillion funding package back to the House floor — along with 10 days of funding for the Department of Homeland Security — to buy Congress time to negotiate whether to place new guardrails on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement activities. The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to set up floor action on the government funding package that has boomeranged between the two chambers and would end the partial government shutdown that began Saturday. The 8-4 vote comes after Speaker Mike Johnson met with Rules Committee Republicans shortly before the panel convened Monday afternoon in an effort to smooth the path for the massive funding package. With a razor-thin majority, Johnson can afford no more than one Republican defection on a party-line procedural vote to put the legislation on the floor. “Republicans have a responsibility to move the rule — which, by the way, includes a wide variety of other issues that we strongly disagree with,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters Monday. President Donald Trump called on House Republicans to pass the bill as is, saying in a social media post Monday “there can be NO CHANGES at this time.” But hard-line conservatives were promising to vote against the rule unless a partisan elections bill, known as the SAVE Act, is incorporated into the underlying legislation. The White House launched a whip operation Monday to sway holdouts, winning over at least one of the most vocal SAVE Act advocates, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), in the process. Five bills in the package are identical to what the House already passed last month, with fresh funding levels for the vast majority of the federal government — including the Pentagon and the largest domestic agencies — for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The Senate swapped in a stopgap bill with flat funding levels, through Feb. 13, for the Department of Homeland Security in response to Democratic concerns about the conduct of ICE and CBP officers across the country. Mia McCarthy contributed to this report.
dlvr.it
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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"Looking at these numbers, the president's overall approval ratings, other data points suggest this could be a very difficult night even for Republicans in so-called 'safe' seats by the time we hit the midterms, if this continues," says Amy Walter. https://to.pbs.org/45EYew4
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the GOP’s shrinking margin in the House
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including a special election in Texas eroding Republicans’ margin i...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will start wearing body cameras “effective immediately,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said Monday.
Federal officers in Minneapolis to start wearing body cams, DHS says
The decision to equip federal agents in Minneapolis with body cameras comes after federal agents in the metropolitan area shot and killed two people.
wapo.st
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Best new artist nominee Olivia Dean poses on the Grammy Awards red carpet.

Catch up on the best fashion moments of the night: bit.ly/4rr0OOy
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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The Kennedy Center will close for renovations on July 4 for about two years, President Trump announced today.
Trump says "broken" Kennedy Center will shut for 2-year renovations
There's been a wave of event cancellations at the D.C. venue after its name was renamed to include Trump.
www.axios.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Government regulators have approved ESPN’s billion-dollar blockbuster acquisition of top NFL Media assets, and the two sides closed the agreement late Saturday, per @andrewmarchand.bsky.social.
February 1, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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Another wave of protests swept through Minneapolis and other cities as tensions grow over federal immigration enforcement and the Trump administration's response to dissent. https://to.pbs.org/4c1olkw
Arrests of journalists fuel backlash as anti-ICE protests spread from Minneapolis
The Justice Department said today it has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed in Minneapolis last weekend. That news came shortly af...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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US Senate passes bill to fund government amid battle over ICE tactics ft.trib.al/M658mkd
US Senate passes bill to fund government amid battle over ICE tactics
Compromise deal averts costly shutdown while lawmakers argue over limits on Trump’s immigration crackdown
ft.trib.al
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, a federal district judge ruled, dealing a blow to US prosecutors who were adamant about pursuing the ultimate sentence. Kara Scannell reports.

Read more: https://cnn.it/3NHeN4p
January 31, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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President Trump plans to tap economist Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Senate would have to confirm the nomination.

BLS has been without a permanent leader since August when Trump fired its previous commissioner.
Trump taps career staffer to lead statistics agency whose chief he fired
The agency has been without a permanent leader since August when Trump fired its previous commissioner Erika McEntarfer over a weaker-than-expected jobs report.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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The entertainment world is mourning the loss of one of its comedy greats. Catherine O'Hara died Friday at the age of 71. https://to.pbs.org/4tb6ga2
Remembering the life and career of Catherine O'Hara
The entertainment world is mourning the loss of one of its comedy greats. Catherine O'Hara died Friday at the age of 71. She leaves behind a body of work that ranges from cult classics, to blockbuster...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:00 AM