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Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in Minnesota church protest

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Feb 13, 2026 7:39 pm - Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four others also pleaded not guilty in the case.
DHS shutdown nears as Senate fails to cut deal, heads to recess

By Erik Wasson and Steven T. Dennis
Feb 13, 2026 7:26 pm - A Saturday shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is all but inevitable after the Senate failed to advance a funding bill and headed out on a week-long recess without a deal regarding new limits on immigration enforcement.
Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers’ testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, JIM MUSTIAN and JACK BROOK
Feb 13, 2026 7:14 pm - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers

By Douglas MacMillan and Jonathan O'Connell
Feb 13, 2026 6:46 pm - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the country and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of immigrants, according to documents the agency provided to New Hampshire’s governor and published on the state’s website Thursday.
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding

BY MELISSA GOLDIN
Feb 13, 2026 4:35 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 endangerment finding, which has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.But in making the announcement, Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the government declaration, climate change, and energy.
Trump says change in power in Iran ‘would be the best thing that could happen’

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, AAMER MADHANI and JON GAMBRELL
Feb 13, 2026 4:23 pm - President Donald Trump said Friday that a change in power in Iran “would be the best thing that could happen” as the U.S. administration weighs whether to take military action against Tehran.Trump made the comments shortly after visiting with troops in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and after he confirmed earlier in the day that he’s deploying a second aircraft carrier group to the Mideast for potential military action against Iran.
Pregnant women die at higher rates when states restrict abortion

By Emma Court
Feb 13, 2026 4:17 pm - State abortion restrictions put in place during the last two decades have resulted in more women dying during or after childbirth, leading to about 16 additional deaths a year across the states that became more stringent, new research finds.
January inflation eased more than expected in promising sign for economy

By Andrew Ackerman
Feb 13, 2026 4:11 pm - Inflation cooled more than expected in January, capping a week of promising economic data, easing pressure on the White House, which has faced political criticism about the economy.
EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says ‘everyone hates’

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Feb 12, 2026 4:16 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency announced an end Thursday to credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles, a device intended to reduce emissions that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said “everyone hates.”
2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and MILEXSY DURÁN
Feb 12, 2026 3:24 pm - HAVANA — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a U.S. blockade deepens the island’s energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks ...

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