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'Let's stop the games': Hillary Clinton calls for testimony in Epstein probe to be public

Posted 10:03 AM, Feb 05, 2026 and last updated 26 minutes ago Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fired off some strong-worded social media posts on Thursday, calling for her testimony before the House Oversight Committee to be public. The former first lady and former President Bill Clinton agreed to testify later this month as part of the committee's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The agreement comes just days before a potential vote to hold the Clintons in ...

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Teamsters back Greg Abbott as unions split endorsements in governor's race

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday drew the backing of a slew of labor unions, including the Texas Teamsters, in his bid for a record fourth term in office — a series of endorsements that the Republican touted as a first from labor groups that have historically backed Democrats. ...

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Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard's office obtained and tested voting machines in Puerto Rico

Updated Feb 5, 2026, 11:01 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2026, 11:33 PM ET The Office of the Director of National Intelligence obtained voting machines from Puerto Rico and probed them for security vulnerabilities, the office said in a statement to CNN Wednesday. The extraordinary move comes amid Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s broader search for voter fraud at the behest of President Donald Trump, who has falsely claimed that the 2020 election was rigged despite numerous court rul ...

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Russia warns of response to any US weapons deployment in Greenland

Feb. 4, 2026 Updated Feb. 5, 2026, 8:36 a.m. ET A senior Russian official said Moscow is ready to respond with military measures if the United States follows through on its plan to deploy its Golden Dome missile defense program to Greenland. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, made the comments on Feb. 3 during a visit to China, according to Russian state news agencies. His comments came ahead of the expiration on Feb. 5 of the last remaining bilateral nuclear arms control pact ...

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Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank

Thu 5 Feb 2026 12.30 EST Last modified on Thu 5 Feb 2026 15.15 EST On the morning of 21 January, Israeli authorities left eight Palestinian men at a West Bank checkpoint. Disoriented and cold, they were dressed in prison-issued tracksuits and carried their few belongings in plastic bags. Hours earlier, they had been sitting with their wrists and ankles shackled on the plush leather seats of a private jet owned by the Florida property tycoon Gil Dezer, a longtime business partner of Donald Tru ...

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Top Dems in Congress list ICE constraints they want in funding bill

(Nebraska Examiner) The top two Democrats in Congress on Wednesday outlined their proposal for restrictions on immigration enforcement, including body cameras and a ban on masks, though they had no details to share about when actual negotiations would begin. Lawmakers from both political parties have less than two weeks to find a solution before the stopgap law funding the Department of Homeland Security expires Feb. 13, which could force all of its components, including the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency, into a shutdown.

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Supreme Court Allow New California Voting Map For Midterms

(Bloomberg News) The US Supreme Court cleared California to use its new congressional map that favors Democrats during this year's midterm election, giving the party a pathway to neutralize anticipated Republican gains in the House due to new districts in Texas. The justices on Wednesday denied a request from the California Republican party and the US Department of Justice to prevent the state from using its new voter-approved map on the grounds that it was racially gerrymandered and therefore illegal.

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Republicans fear Trump backlash could cost them Senate control

(The Hill) Senate Republicans are concerned that a public backlash to President Trump’s handling of the economy and his aggressive deportation policies could give rise to a Democratic wave that not only sweeps away the House Republican majority, but also threatens their own three-seat majority. The latest alarm bell rang over the weekend when Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet won a state Senate seat in North Texas that President Trump won by 17 points in 2024, a stunning upset that GOP senators say should serve as a “wake-up call” heading into November.

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Elon Musk will have to sit for a deposition over what he did at DOGE, judge rules

(Business Insider) Elon Musk will have to sit for a deposition for lawyers to examine his role in dismantling USAID, a Maryland judge ruled. In an eight-page order released on Tuesday, US District Judge Theodore Chuang rejected a request from Musk and officials linked to the Department of Government Efficiency to forgo a deposition. It ordered him, along with former acting USAID director Peter Marocco and Department of State official Jeremy Lewin, to be deposed. Musk's legal team had tried to use the "apex doctrine" to avoid the deposition, a rule that allows high-ranking government officials to avoid depositions in some situations.

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Trump cuts funds for EVs, health in blue states

13 min ago - 02/05/26 6:02 PM ET The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday. The OMB dire ... (The Hill)

Florida push for mid-decade redistricting draws its first lawsuit

41 min ago - 02/05/2026 05:36 PM EST TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s bid to reshape its congressional map — which still hasn’t happened yet — drew its first lawsuit Thursday with the help of a group aligned with Democrats. Two Floridian ... (Politico)

Mark Warner Warns Trump Planning a 'Coordinated Effort to try to Interfere' in the Midterms

1 hr ago - Feb 5th, 2026, 5:30 pm Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, sounded the alarm on Thursday about President Donald Trump’s recent statements urging Republicans to “take over” elections from the ... (MEDIAite)

Cuban president says he's willing to talk to U.S. but preparing a 'defense plan' as fuel crisis worsens

1 hr ago - Feb. 5, 2026, 5:00 PM EST HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the government is preparing for severe fuel shortages as he denounced the Trump administration's measures that have cut oil supplies to the island. “It is repr ... (NBC News)

Trump has no 'formal plans' to deploy ICE at polling sites, White House says

1 hr ago - February 5, 2026 4:47 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has not discussed "formal plans" to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites at November's midterm elections, the Wh ... (Reuters)

Senate GOP blocks push for legal action over Epstein law

2 hrs ago - Posted February 5, 2026 at 4:22pm Senate Republican leadership blocked a Democrat-backed measure Thursday that would direct the chamber to take legal action over the Justice Department’s much-criticized handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents. ... (Roll Call)

Judge who helped immigrant evade arrest says ICE agents violated 'longstanding privilege' barring civil arrests at court

2 hrs ago - Feb 5th, 2026, 3:58 pm ICE agents "violated a longstanding privilege" barring civil arrests from happening in courthouses when they tried to arrest an undocumented immigrant that Hannah Dugan -- the former Wisconsin judge who was found guilty last y ... (Law & Crime)

Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles airport, train station renamed for him, source says

5 hrs ago - By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump offered last month to drop his hold on funding for a key $16 billion New York Hudson River tunnel project in exchange for Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer supporting the renaming of ... (Reuters)

Sarpy County beer distributors on strike; company aims to 'crush' union, Teamsters says

6 hrs ago - Updated: 9:15 PM CST Feb 5, 2026 Aaron Hegarty SARPY COUNTY, Neb. — Employees of Premier-Midwest Beer and Beverage have been picketing around the clock since their union contract expired on Monday, Teamsters Local 554 tells KETV. The union's pri ... (KETV)

U.S. asks American citizens to 'leave Iran now' ahead of high-stakes talks with Tehran

6 hrs ago - The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran issued a security alert early Friday urging American citizens to “leave Iran now” and prepare departure plans that don’t rely on U.S. government assistance. The notice comes ahead of U.S. and Iran’ ... (CNBC)

DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos

6 hrs ago - February 5, 2026 8:10 PM The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family. The 5-year-old returned home this week after he was detained with hi ... (MPRNews)

Marco Rubio drops one of his job titles, while still juggling several other hats

9 hrs ago - Updated Feb 5, 2026, 10:17 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2026, 9:52 AM ET Marco Rubio now has one less critical role to worry about in the Trump administration. After nearly a year as acting archivist of the United States, Rubio’s tenure has ended. Ru ... (CNN Politics)

Medgar Evers' killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist

9 hrs ago - Jerry Mitchell February 5, 2026 Join 35,000 readers who wake up informed. Sign up for our free daily newsletter to get the latest Mississippi news directly in your inbox every weekday. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from ... (mississippitoday)

Scoop: US and Russia agree to observe New START nuclear pact after expiration

9 hrs ago - 12h The U.S. and Russia are closing in on a deal to continue to observe the expiring New START arms control treaty beyond its expiration on Thursday, three sources familiar with those talks tell Axios. Two of the sources cautioned that the draft plan ... (msn/Axios)

Virginia Democrats expect to release proposed new congressional map this week

9 hrs ago - 02/05/2026 01:07 PM EST Virginia Democrats plan to release a proposed new congressional map this week that, if approved by voters, could net the party four additional seats in Congress. The effort comes as a legal fight over the redistricting push p ... (Politico)

Norway investigates former PM Jagland over alleged Epstein links

10 hrs ago - A special Norwegian police unit which is analysing newly released Epstein files in the US said the 75-year-old was suspected of "aggravated corruption". Police said they had already asked the country's foreign ministry to lift his immunity, which he ... (BBC)

FDA approves natural food dye beetroot red, expands the use of spirulina

10 hrs ago - Updated Feb 5, 2026, 1:06 PM ET PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2026, 10:06 AM ET As part of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement’s efforts to replace artificial, petroleum-based food dyes with natural ones, the US Food and Drug Administration s ... (CNN Health)

Rep. Khanna calls for those who emailed Epstein to testify before House panel

11 hrs ago - Posted 12:38 PM, Feb 05, 2026 Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is ramping up pressure on those who were communicating with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking on the House floor, Khanna said individuals who exchanged emails with Epstein should ... (Scripps News)

Trump dealt another court blow as ICE scheme to mine IRS data blocked

12 hrs ago - February 5, 2026 5:30PM ET The Trump administration was dealt another court blow Thursday as a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security from using taxpayer address ... (Raw Story)

Exclusive: Justice Department unit on police misconduct sees staffing plunge and probes scaled back, sources say

12 hrs ago - February 5, 2026 6:03 AM EST Updated 2 hours ago WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, ... (Reuters)