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Feds Drop Charges Against Man Shot by Agent in Minneapolis

'Newly discovered evidence' undercuts government's version of events

(Newser) - A federal judge in Minneapolis on Friday ordered the dismissal of felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government's version of events. In a highly unusual motion to dismiss filed late Thursday, US...

Jeanine Pirro Suit: I Fell in the Street, Now Pay Up

US attorney for DC's $250K negligence suit targets NY town, Con Ed for road hazard after Pirro tripped

(Newser) - Jeanine Pirro is taking her suburban hometown and a utility to court over what she describes as a painful street stumble. The US attorney for the District of Columbia and former Fox News host has filed a $250,000 negligence suit against the city of Rye, New York, as well...

US Secretly Sent Thousands of Starlink Terminals to Iran

State Department covertly delivered satellite internet amid mass protests, per WSJ

(Newser) - Washington's quiet bet on Elon Musk's satellites in Iran turns out to have been much bigger than previously disclosed. US officials say the Trump administration secretly moved about 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran after security forces there crushed mass protests in January, killing thousands and...

Fired Over a Blanket? Noem Won't Like Exposé

Wall Street Journal is out with a not-so-flattering look at DHS chief's reign

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is out with an investigative look at Kristi Noem's tenure running the Department of Homeland Security, and it's a safe bet she will not be pleased. The story notes that Noem has been taking heavy bipartisan criticism for her DHS tactics and "constant...

Judge Blocks Trump's 'Arbitrary' Health Grant Cuts

He says Democratic-led states showed Trump cuts were possibly unconstitutional

(Newser) - A federal judge has hit pause on the Trump administration's bid to yank hundreds of millions in health dollars from four Democratic-led states. In a brief order Thursday, US District Judge Manish Shah in Illinois blocked an attempt to reclaim about $600 million in previously approved federal public health...

Judge Reads Death Threats After Her Haiti TPS Ruling

'Thank you,' Ana Reyes says in response to violent emails

(Newser) - "I hope you die today," one email said. "Enjoy choking on your tongue." A federal judge used part of a contentious court hearing Thursday to read that and other email and social media death threats she received after her ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending...

US, Taiwan Sign Deal Cutting Tariffs, Adding Investment
US, Taiwan Sign Trade Deal
Feb 12, 2026 7:00 PM CST

US, Taiwan Sign Trade Deal

Agreement includes purchases of American energy, aircraft, and technology

(Newser) - The US and Taiwan sealed a trade pact Thursday that lowers tariffs and steers tens of billions of dollars toward American energy and technology projects. Unveiled Thursday in Washington, the agreement commits Taiwan to buying more than $44 billion in US liquefied natural gas and crude oil, while further opening...

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"...

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