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Steve Bannon fires warning shot to Trump over midterms: 'There is a massive lack of enthusiasm among the base'

Sunday 08 February 2026 16:18 EST Steve Bannon has warned President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that there is a “massive lack of enthusiasm” among the MAGA base heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Bannon, Trump’s former adviser during the first administration, complained that Republicans were “running for the hills” over current negotiations on the Department of Homeland Security funding to avoid a shutdown. “Step up and do something,” Bannon said on a recent episode of his Wa ...

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Warsh Call for Fed-Treasury Accord Stirs Debate in $30 Trillion Bond Market

Sun, February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Warsh floated plenty of ideas for how he would run the Federal Reserve during his campaign for the job as chair. For Wall Street, few are as cryptic — or potentially consequential — as his call for a new accord with the Treasury Department. Warsh has voiced support for overhauling the relationship between the two institutions with a new version of an agreement in 1951. That pact had dramatically limited the Fed’s footprint in the bon ...

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Mexico Dispatches Two Ships to Cuba With Humanitarian Aid

February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM EST Two Mexican navy ships departed for Cuba on Sunday with more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid as the island strains under growing US economic pressure. One ship will transport more than 500 tons of staples such as beans and rice as well as personal hygiene products. The other boat was loaded with almost 300 tons of powdered milk. The ships set sail from the port of Veracruz and are expected to arrive in four days. “Cuba and Mexico are sister nations, heirs to ...

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Trump administration appeals ruling on releasing New York City tunnel funds

February 8, 2026 7:07 PM EST Updated 22 mins ago Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday appealed against a decision requiring the Transportation Department to unfreeze federal funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project in New York, according to a court filing. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that requires the federal government to release funds for a project to overhaul critical rail infrastructure in New ...

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Warner questions whether Trump will interfere in 2026 midterms

02/08/26 4:26 PM ET Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday questioned the possibility of President Trump interfering in the 2026 midterm elections. Warner’s concern stemmed from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s effort to gather voting records related to the 2020 presidential election, which Trump has falsely claimed he won. “The fact is Donald Trump cannot get over the fact that he lost Georgia in 2020, that he lost the election in 2020,” Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate I ...

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Oz alleges Maine 'looks a lot like Minnesota' regarding entitlement fraud

02/08/26 7:00 AM ET The Trump administration’s top Medicare official has suggested that alleged fraud in Maine’s social services programs may be on par with the welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz said there is “another big crisis” concerning alleged social services fraud in Maine during an appearance on John Catsimatidis’s “The Cats Roundtable” radio show. “It turns out that Maine looks a lot like Minnesota,” Oz said in the inte ...

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Democratic Sen. Schiff says Trump intends to 'subvert' 2026 midterm elections

February 8, 2026, 11:40 AM Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress. "I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections," Schiff told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And if he loses the vote ... he's prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn't question that ...

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Newsom Mocks Trump With 'Bad Bunny Day' Declaration for Super Bowl Sunday

Published Feb 08, 2026 at 04:48 AM EST updated Feb 08, 2026 at 05:04 AM EST California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared Super Bowl Sunday “Bad Bunny Day” in the state, marking the day of the Puerto Rican artist’s halftime performance, in a social media post that took a swipe at President Donald Trump. In an all-caps X post on Saturday, Newsom praised Bad Bunny’s music, Spanish heritage, and cultural impact while declaring February 8 as a day to celebrate the Grammy‑winning performer ah ...

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Former Washington Post editor says Jeff Bezos has made the paper's crisis 'dramatically worse'

Feb. 8, 2026, 2:08 PM EST As The Washington Post reels from last week’s massive layoffs and the weekend’s leadership upheaval, former executive editor Martin Baron is pointing the finger at the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, accusing him of decisions that have deepened the Post’s financial and editorial crisis. The Post announced cuts to a third of the staff Wednesday, stunning the staff and readers of the outlet and the wider news industry. Saturday, its chief executive and publisher Will L ...

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Trump Trashes Olympic Skier Who Says He Has 'Mixed Emotions' Representing US: 'A Real Loser'

President Donald Trump speaking with the reporters just after signing an Executive Order establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) President Donald Trump attacked Olympic skier Hunter Hess for saying he has “mixed emotions” about representing the U.S. at the 2026 Games. In a blistering post to Truth Social on Sunday morning, the president ripped Hess over remarks he made ...

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Activists Hand Out 'ICE OUT' Towels at Super Bowl LX

8 min ago - Published Feb 08, 2026 at 08:28 PM EST At Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, activists distributed 15,000 rally towels emblazoned with “ICE OUT” ahead of Super Bowl LX. The towels, which were handed out by volunteers stationed ... (Newsweek)

US figure skater Amber Glenn faces backlash over politics and copyright issues after Olympic gold

24 min ago - By DAVE SKRETTA Updated 4:38 AM CST, February 9, 2026 MILAN (AP) — On the same day Amber Glenn won Olympic gold as part of the team event, and stepped away from social media due to backlash over her comments on politics and the LGBTQ+ community, ... (AP)

Searing Dem Letter Asks Ghislaine Maxwell If She or Epstein Procured 'Underage Girls to President Trump'

51 min ago - Feb 8th, 2026, 8:02 pm Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) sent a searing letter in which he stated his intention to ask Ghislaine Maxwell if she or Jeffrey Epstein ever procured “underage girls” for President Donald Trump. House Oversight Committee Cha ... (MEDIAite)

March for Life attendees may have been exposed to measles, DC Health warns

1 hr ago - February 8, 2026 7:06 PM ET Health officials are warning that confirmed cases of measles may have spread at this year's National March for Life rally and concert in Washington, D.C. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators converged upon the National ... (NPR)

Trump administration appeals ruling on releasing New York City tunnel funds

2 hrs ago - February 8, 2026 7:07 PM EST Updated 22 mins ago Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Sunday appealed against a decision requiring the Transportation Department to unfreeze federal funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunne ... (Reuters)

Obama Shades MAGA in Celebratory Super Bowl Post

2 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 8 2026 6:43PM EST Published Feb. 8 2026 5:31PM EST MAGA world caught a sly snub from former President Barack Obama in a tongue-in-cheek post about the Super Bowl. The Obama Foundation posted support of Bad Bunny ahead of his Super Bowl ... (Daily Beast)

Mexico Dispatches Two Ships to Cuba With Humanitarian Aid

3 hrs ago - February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM EST Two Mexican navy ships departed for Cuba on Sunday with more than 800 tons of humanitarian aid as the island strains under growing US economic pressure. One ship will transport more than 500 tons of staples such as bea ... (Bloomberg)

Lawmakers locked in standoff over ICE reforms as DHS funding deadline approaches

3 hrs ago - Updated on: February 8, 2026 / 5:13 PM EST / CBS News Washington — Republicans and Democrats in Congress are locked in a standoff over reforming the nation's immigration enforcement operation as a deadline to reach a resolution and fund the Depa ... (CBS News)

Warner questions whether Trump will interfere in 2026 midterms

4 hrs ago - 02/08/26 4:26 PM ET Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday questioned the possibility of President Trump interfering in the 2026 midterm elections. Warner’s concern stemmed from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s effort to gathe ... (The Hill)

Steve Bannon fires warning shot to Trump over midterms: 'There is a massive lack of enthusiasm among the base'

4 hrs ago - Sunday 08 February 2026 16:18 EST Steve Bannon has warned President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that there is a “massive lack of enthusiasm” among the MAGA base heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Bannon, Trump’s former ... (The Independent)

Republican Urges Immigration Reform, Says Mass Deportation 'Not Realistic'

4 hrs ago - Published Feb 08, 2026 at 03:49 PM EST updated Feb 08, 2026 at 03:50 PM EST Representative Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, has urged lawmakers on Sunday to find a bipartisan path towards immigration reform, saying that trying to deport all undocu ... (Newsweek)

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump

5 hrs ago - Feb. 8, 2026 Updated 3:24 p.m. ET President Trump's allies are offering access to him and other perks to donors who give at least $1 million to a new group supporting flashy initiatives he is planning around the nation's 250th birthday, according to ... (New York Times)

Warsh Call for Fed-Treasury Accord Stirs Debate in $30 Trillion Bond Market

5 hrs ago - Sun, February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Warsh floated plenty of ideas for how he would run the Federal Reserve during his campaign for the job as chair. For Wall Street, few are as cryptic — or potentially consequential — ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

Seahawks ride their 'Dark Side' defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13

8 hrs ago - By ROB MAADDI Updated 10:04 PM CST, February 8, 2026 Leer en español SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Dr ... (AP)

Judge rejects Democrats' plea for early voting sites at 3 North Carolina universities

11 hrs ago - Updated 5:30 PM CST, February 8, 2026 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule decisions by Republican-contr ... (AP)

'Take the vaccine, please,' Dr Oz urges amid rising measles cases in US

12 hrs ago - A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks continue in multiple states and concerns grow that the country could lose its measles elimination designation. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeo ... (The Guardian)

GOP Rep. Lawler says image posted by Trump mocking Obamas was 'racist'

12 hrs ago - February 8, 2026, 11:41 AM New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler reiterated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Sunday after a post from Trump last week included a racist animation of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle ... (ABC News)

SpaceX to prioritise building self-growing city on moon, Musk says

12 hrs ago - Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which he said could be achieved in less than 10 years. "That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in abou ... (Reuters)

HUD headquarters move draws legal, funding scrutiny

12 hrs ago - 02/08/2026 10:00 AM EST The Department of Housing and Urban Development has started its long-awaited, multistage relocation of Washington-based staff to Alexandria, Virginia, even as questions swirl over the move’s legality, cost and congression ... (Politico)

USPS Launches New Forever Stamps

13 hrs ago - Published Feb 08, 2026 at 07:19 AM EST updated Feb 08, 2026 at 07:21 AM EST The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced a new collection of commemorative Forever stamps titled "Lowriders," according to the official USPS press release, as part of its ... (Newsweek)

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