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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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Norway investigates former PM Jagland over alleged Epstein links

8 min 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

19 min 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

59 min 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

1 hr 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

1 hr 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)

Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders'

1 hr ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders” — escalating ... (AP)

Vance's TikTok fixer to depart Trump administration for the private sector

2 hrs ago - Feb. 5, 2026, 10:30 AM EST The top lawyer in Vice President JD Vance’s office is departing for the private sector after a year when he was a key player in the White House deal to save TikTok and other initiatives. Sean Cooksey will leave his po ... (NBC News)

Kara Swisher Donates $10K as Washington Post Alums Rally Behind Laid-Off Staff

3 hrs ago - Feb 5th, 2026, 6:55 am Kara Swisher led Washington Post alumni by donating a staggering $10,000 to a rapidly growing fundraiser for journalists laid off from the newspaper on Wednesday. The veteran tech journalist and former Post reporter made the d ... (MEDIAite)

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

3 hrs ago - 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 h ... (Houston Chronicle)

For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia have no limits on nuclear weapons

3 hrs ago - The world's two largest nuclear powers, Russia and the United States, no longer have any limits on their arsenals. At midnight on Thursday, a 15-year-old treaty called New START expired, and with it, caps on the number of weapons the two sides could ... (NPR)

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

4 hrs ago - 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 ... (The Guardian)

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

4 hrs ago - 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 Wedn ... (CNN Politics)

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

5 hrs ago - 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 form ... (Scripps News)

Russia warns of response to any US weapons deployment in Greenland

5 hrs ago - 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 R ... (USA Today)

DOJ Looks to Automatically Dismiss Immigration Appeals as Trump Pushes Mass Deportations

5 hrs ago - Immigration DOJ Looks to Automatically Dismiss Immigration Appeals as Trump Pushes Mass Deportations A new entry to the Federal Register is meant to speed the rate of decisions at the Board of Immigration Appeals. By Jose Pagliery February 5, 2026 12 ... (NOTUS)

Democrats criticize cost of National Guard deployment in D.C. and its results in new report

6 hrs ago - Feb. 5, 2026, 5:00 AM EST WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to the nation's capital has cost taxpayers more than $330 million and delivered little in the way of measurable results, according to a new report ... (NBC News)

"Needs to get the hell out": House Dems fume at Schumer

6 hrs ago - House Democrats found themselves in the familiar position this week of seething at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for negotiating a deal with Republicans to keep the government funded. While his caucus remains behind him, Schumer is b ... (Axios)

The College Board Is Banning Students From Using Smart Glasses During the SATs

6 hrs ago - It’s not just theoretical. The prospect of students using smart glasses to cheat on tests is apparently so real that the College Board, which administers the SATs, just banned students from using smart glasses starting in the spring. Here’s ... (Gizmodo)

Trump Says It's His Right to Use DOJ as His Personal Law Firm

7 hrs ago - The president believes he has a “right” to use the Justice Department as his own personal law firm. Speaking at the 74th National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning, Donald Trump seemed to think that criticism of his intent to abuse the exec ... (The New Republic)

Crypto crash accelerates as investors flee risky assets

7 hrs ago - Bitcoin’s plunge accelerated on Thursday, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency fell to around $67,000 in morning trading, a level not seen since October 2024. The moves underscore how vulnerable cryptocurrencies can be when investors turn ... (NBC)