Nation and World
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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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Retail sales unchanged in December from November, closing year on a lackluster tone
Feb 10, 2026 8:13 am - Shoppers pulled back the pace of their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone. The report, issued by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, surprised economists who were looking for growth despite mounting concerns about slowing job growth, uncertainty about President Donald Trump's tariffs and other economic headwinds.
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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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A person has been detained for questioning in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, AP sources say
Feb 10, 2026 8:06 am - “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie pleaded for the public’s help at “an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing mother as the family’s latest attempts to reach the abductors failed to yield any proof she is alive or communication with the culprits.
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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.
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DOJ seeks to undo Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
Feb 09, 2026 7:01 pm - The Justice Department is taking steps to throw out Stephen K. Bannon’s conviction for defying a congressional subpoena about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, its latest shift in ...
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China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case
Feb 09, 2026 6:49 pm - Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.
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Crackdown on dissent after nationwide protests in Iran widens to ensnare reformist figures
Feb 09, 2026 4:54 pm - Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement, reports said Monday.