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US Warns Peru That China Is Threatening Its Sovereignty

State Department tells South American nation 'cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty'

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty in solidifying control over the South American nation's critical infrastructure, a blunt warning after a Peruvian court ruling restricted a local regulator's oversight of a Chinese-built mega port. The $1.3 billion deepwater port...

WH Fires Judge-Appointed US Attorney Hours After Hiring

Move in New York over Donald Kinsella intensifies showdown over authority to appoint US attorneys

(Newser) - A 79-year-old prosecutor's return to federal service in upstate New York lasted just hours. On Wednesday, judges in the Northern District of New York quietly tapped veteran litigator Donald Kinsella as US attorney—only for the White House to swiftly inform him by email that he was out. Kinsella,...

Federalized Guard Units Quietly Pulled From Cities

US Northern Command confirms troops have left Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland

(Newser) - The Trump administration pulled federalized National Guard troops from American cities, without saying much about it. US Northern Command says all Guard units sent under federal authority to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland are now home, wrapping up a controversial experiment that ran into stiff resistance from governors, mayors, and...

Op-Ed: It We Want to Outpace China, We Need a New Strategy
Op-Ed: 'Outpacing China
Has to Begin at Home'
OPINION
Feb 11, 2026 1:00 PM CST

Op-Ed: 'Outpacing China Has to Begin at Home'

Former Obama adviser Steven Rattner argues tariffs and diplomacy aren't paths to success

(Newser) - Steven Rattner returned from a week in China with a blunt message for Washington: "We are not winning." Writing in the New York Times , the former Obama Treasury official and longtime investor in China argues that both President Trump's tariff-heavy strategy and more traditional diplomatic approaches miss...

US Hits Record Low in Global Public-Corruption Rankings

We're now at No. 29; watchdog blames weakened enforcement, rising threats to judicial independence

(Newser) - Transparency International's annual global corruption index is out, and the United States has landed at its lowest spot on the list since the index relaunched using new scoring methodology in 2012. The US fell one place, to No. 29 out of 182 nations in the group's latest Corruption...

Alex Pretti's Parents Have a Question: Why?

Michael and Susan Pretti say their son was killed for no good reason in first major interview

(Newser) - In a Denver-area living room, a cardboard box stuffed with hundreds of letters now doubles as a counterpoint to how the Trump administration has portrayed Alex Pretti. In a detailed piece for the New York Times , Jack Healy talks with Michael and Susan Pretti less than three weeks after their...

In Armenia, JD Vance Uses 'Genocide' Term, Then Zaps It

VP marks a Trump administration first by referring to 'Armenian genocide,' then deletes his post

(Newser) - JD Vance's history-making trip to Armenia just picked up an asterisk. The vice president on Tuesday became the first in his office to visit the country, laying a wreath at Yerevan's Armenian Genocide Memorial—then briefly went further than his boss ever has, via a now-deleted post on...

GOP Revolt Means House Will Vote on Trump Tariffs

Republican Rep. Don Bacon blasts the 'significant' tariffs as an economic misstep

(Newser) - House Republicans have lost a vote intended to shield President Trump's tariffs—leaving Democrats free to force votes on them. On Tuesday, the House narrowly rejected a GOP rules maneuver that would have postponed any vote on canceling Trump's tariff-related emergency until after July 31. By law, resolutions...

Grand Jury Refuses to Indict in 'Illegal Orders' Case: Source

Administration targeted lawmakers over video urging military members to resist 'illegal orders'

(Newser) - A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged US military members to resist "illegal orders," according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP . The Justice Department opened an investigation into the...

Senators Grill Lutnick Over Epstein Links

Commerce secretary defends 2012 visit to Epstein's island

(Newser) - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who previously claimed that he cut all ties with Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, admitted to lawmakers Tuesday that he visited Epstein's private island with his family in 2012. "I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a...

Things Got Heated at ICE Hearing in Congress

'If you don't want to be called a fascist regime or secret police, then stop acting like one,' says Rep. Dan Goldman

(Newser) - Three men responsible for carrying out President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration testified before a House committee on Tuesday, and things sometimes got heated with Democratic lawmakers. The three were Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Rodney Scott, head of Customs and Border Protection; and Joseph...

Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Gay Rights Site

National Park Service cites rules restricting the display of non-official flags

(Newser) - The rainbow flag is no longer flying over the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The National Park Service has taken down the large pride flag at New York City's Stonewall National Monument, reports USA Today . The agency cited a new policy saying that only the US flag...

A Landmark Climate Rule Is Being Eliminated

EPA is poised to roll back key 2009 basis for tougher emissions rules

(Newser) - The EPA is expected to revoke a landmark rule on climate emissions in the coming days that would remove limits on greenhouse gases from power plants and cars. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal report that the agency is poised to scrap a 2009 "endangerment finding"...

Op-Ed: Here's How to Get That Baby Boom for Free

Hybrid and remote work policies emerge as a low-cost pronatalist strategy

(Newser) - If the Trump administration is hunting for a baby boom, Joanne Lipman argues it's ignoring the cheapest tool on the table: letting people work from home. In a New York Times opinion piece, the Yale lecturer points to research suggesting remote and hybrid work have already nudged US births...

Judge Blocks California's Mask Ban for Federal Agents

But ruling leaves state's ID requirement for law enforcement in place, for now

(Newser) - California's attempt to unmask federal agents just ran into a constitutional snag, though not a complete stop. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday blocked the state's new ban on face coverings for federal law-enforcement officers, ruling that the law illegally singled them out by exempting state...

Trump Administration Denies Expediting Deportation of Boy, 5

DHS official insists situation is 'not ... expedited removal'

(Newser) - Federal authorities have denied attempting to expedite an end to asylum claims by the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that has shaken the Minneapolis area, the AP reports. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos wearing a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack...

Dr. Oz: 'Take the Vaccine, Please'
Dr. Oz: 'Take
the Vaccine, Please'
Feb 9, 2026 7:28 AM CST

Dr. Oz: 'Take the Vaccine, Please'

Top US health official makes an appeal as measles cases rise

(Newser) - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles amid outbreaks across several states and as the US risks losing its measles elimination status. "Take the vaccine, please," said Dr. Mehmet Oz. "We have a solution for our...

Hegseth: Harvard 'No Longer Meets the Needs' of Pentagon

Defense secretary ends military training, certification programs at 'woke' Ivy League school

(Newser) - The Pentagon said Friday it's cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships, and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution. The announcement marks the latest development in the Trump administration's prolonged standoff with Harvard over the White House's demands for reforms at the Ivy...

Trump Yanks Back Obama Protections in Atlantic

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument will open for commercial fishing

(Newser) - President Trump has again moved to open a protected ocean area to commercial fishing, this time targeting the only national marine monument in the Atlantic. In a proclamation issued on Friday, Trump authorized commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, roughly 130 miles off Cape Cod...

Liam Is Home, but Maybe Not for Long

DHS seeks to end asylum claims of 5-year-old Minn. boy at center of ICE storm

(Newser) - Federal immigration officials are moving to fast-track the deportation case of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their attorney. The federal government filed a motion on Wednesday to speed up removal proceedings and shut down the Minnesota family's asylum bid, said their legal team, per MPR...

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