Nation and World Politics
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Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor
Feb 11, 2026 2:53 pm - Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defense of President Donald Trump Wednesday as she tried to turn the page from relentless criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a combative hearing in which she postured herself as the Republican president's chief protector.
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Barrington, Hersey students stage walkouts to protest immigration enforcementFeb 10, 2026 6:15 pm - Students from high schools in Barrington and Arlington Heights walked out of classes Tuesday morning to protest federal immigration enforcement actions.
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Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states
Feb 10, 2026 4:27 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to withhold some public health and transportation money from a group of Democratic-led states. Full details have not b...
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FBI search of Georgia offices tied to probe of possible 2020 election 'defects,' affidavit says
Feb 10, 2026 3:25 pm - ATLANTA — The FBI relied on years-old claims of fraud, many of them thoroughly investigated, to obtain a search warrant to seize ballots from election offices in Fulton C...
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Democrats say White House offer on ICE is 'insufficient' as Homeland Security funding set to expire
Feb 10, 2026 3:17 pm - WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they demand new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigrati...
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Gov. Tim Walz says federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end within days
Feb 10, 2026 3:14 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota will end in “days, not weeks and months,” based on his recent conv...
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Trump EPA set to repeal scientific finding that serves as basis for US climate change policy
Feb 10, 2026 8:21 am - The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule Thursday rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding.
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ICE chief defends his officers' actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters
Feb 10, 2026 8:15 am - Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation plans.
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UK leader Starmer averts a leadership challenge for now but remains damaged by Epstein fallout
Feb 10, 2026 8:11 am - After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he was saved by a pugnacious fightback and by hesitation among his rivals in the governing Labour Party about the consequences of a leadership coup.
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Top Iran security official is in Oman, site of talks with the US, likely over nuclear messages
Feb 10, 2026 8:03 am - A top Iranian security official traveled on Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program aimed at halting a possible American strike.