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Lindsey Graham Shares Blunt Message to Those 'Nervous' About Trump's Takeover Plans: Who Gives a S--- Who Owns Greenland

Sen. Lindsey Graham dismissed worries about President Donald Trump's quest for full “ownership” of Greenland, including threats to acquire it by force. Graham's blunt message came at POLITICO’s 2026 Munich Security Conference on Friday, Feb. 13, after journalist Jonathan Martin asked the South Carolina Republican, 70, if he has a message for Europeans in the audience “who are obviously nervous” about Trump’s controversial plans for the NATO territory. Graham, a Trump ally, first joked about Ma ...

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Barack Obama publicly states support for anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis

Sat 14 Feb 2026 12.15 EST Last modified on Sat 14 Feb 2026 12.20 EST Barack Obama publicly gave his support to demonstrators in Minneapolis for standing up to the “unprecedented nature” of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minnesota. Speaking in an interview with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Saturday, the former president discussed the power that US citizens hold when standing up for the values they believe in and his hopes for the next generation of Ame ...

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Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections

Feb 14, 2026, 06:00 AM EST WASHINGTON – Prominent critics of artificial intelligence warned that the industry’s plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this year’s midterm elections are aimed at blocking Congress from regulating a rapidly advancing technology that poses serious risks to society, including jobs, energy prices, and privacy, along with more existential dangers. “The big money interests, the billionaires who control our economy and our political system, are going to do ...

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Rubio tells Munich security forum that US and Europe belong together

By Humeyra Pamuk MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a message of ‌unity to Europeans on Saturday, saying Washington does ‌not intend to abandon the transatlantic alliance, but that Europe's leaders ​had made a number of policy mistakes and need to change course. Rubio's overall message of togetherness at the annual Munich Security Conference was relatively well-received by the gathering ‌of European diplomats and ⁠security official ...

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Judge bars 'warrantless' immigration enforcement raids at churches to protect 'religious freedom'

Feb 14th, 2026, 10:26 am The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country. In a 62-page memorandum and order, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, a George W. Bush appointee, rejected the need for such efforts in all but the most limited of cases in the name of religious freedom. "The prospect that a street-level law-enforcement ...

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Israel's Barak says he regrets knowing Epstein after documents detail their long friendship

Feb. 13, 2026, 4:35 PM EST TEL AVIV, Israel — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has apologized for his yearslong friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included regular correspondence, multiple visits to the disgraced financier’s Manhattan apartment and one to his private island. The former Israeli leader has not been implicated in Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls and faces no accusations of wrongdoing. In an exclusive interview with Israel’s Channel 12 o ...

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Reporter Corners Trump on What's Left to Bomb If He 'Totally Obliterated' Iran's Nuclear Sites

Feb 13th, 2026, 6:21 pm In a Friday appearance before reporters from the tarmac at Fort Bragg, President Donald Trump was questioned on what's left to bomb in Iran if he truly "totally obliterated" the country's nuclear sites as he's previously claimed. The off-camera reporter cited Trump's speech after last June's military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, in which he deemed the bombings a "spectacular" success that had "completely and totally obliterated ...

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Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats

Fri 13 Feb 2026 18.17 EST First published on Fri 13 Feb 2026 16.51 EST A prominent healthcare advocacy group is calling for the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to step down from his post after he downplayed Covid risks by saying: “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.” Kennedy, who was appointed secretary of the federal health and human services (HHS) department despite his avowed anti-vaccine activism, made that remark on the 12 February episode of ...

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Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

Updated 7:11 PM EST, February 13, 2026 MALAKOFF, Texas (AP) — Some school districts in the U.S. dropped plans for class pictures after widespread social media posts linked a billionaire with ties to Jeffrey Epstein to the photography giant Lifetouch, which on Friday called the claims “completely false.” The disruption to school picture plans in Texas and elsewhere began after online posts linked Lifetouch, which photographs millions of students each year, to the investment fund manager Apollo ...

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NAACP threatens to sue Musk's xAI over Mississippi gas turbines powering data center

02/13/26 6:31 PM ET The NAACP on Friday threatened to sue Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, claiming that gas turbines powering a company data center are polluting communities in Mississippi and Tennessee. “Our communities are not playgrounds for corporations who are chasing profit over people. xAI’s first data center is already creating pollution for Mississippi’s neighbors in Memphis — a community already suffering from decades of disparity — and now they are polluting in Southaven, Mississippi,” ...

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Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute

3 hrs ago - The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models, a senior administration official told Axios. Why it matters: The Pentagon is pushi ... (Axios)

US, Iran to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week, Swiss gov. says

5 hrs ago - February 14, 2026, 2:32 PM GENEVA -- Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of indirect talks on Feb. 6 ... (ABC News/AP)

US sends medicine and supplies to Venezuela in sign of renewed cooperation

5 hrs ago - Posted 2:17 PM, Feb 14, 2026 A shipment from the United States of medicine and medical supplies arrived in Venezuela on Friday, reflecting a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries following the stunning capture last month of then-Preside ... (Scripps News/AP)

New York City Opens First Free Grocery Store

6 hrs ago - Published Feb 14, 2026 at 07:44 AM EST New York City’s first "free" grocery store opened on February 12, offering thousands of New Yorkers no-cost staples, produce, and household items. Polymarket, a prediction market website, announced the stor ... (Newsweek)

Trump's communications chief uses derogatory slur in rant against lawmakers over the Epstein files

6 hrs ago - Saturday 14 February 2026 11:31 EST White House Communications Director Steven Cheung called two lawmakers the R-word, a slur long used to demean people with disabilities, in a social media post shared Friday evening. Cheung called Democratic Represe ... (The Independent)

Pelosi Warns of Trump 'Surveillance' Ahead of Midterms: 'It's Not Right'

7 hrs ago - Feb 14th, 2026, 11:35 am Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warned MS NOW about “surveillance by the intelligence operation” ahead of the midterm elections, telling Democrats to not “put anything past” President Donald Trump. Pelosi joined ... (MEDIAite)

Danish state could face legal action over deal that gives US powers on its soil

7 hrs ago - Sat 14 Feb 2026 07.00 EST Last modified on Sat 14 Feb 2026 07.02 EST Denmark could face legal action over an agreement that gives the US sweeping powers on Danish soil, over claims it is “unconstitutional” and could pose problems in talks w ... (The Guardian)

New Mexico fire victims await payments. A FEMA director got his.

8 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 14, 2026, 10:17 a.m. ET Sara Jo Mathews and her family did their part to fight the wildfire that ravaged New Mexico. By the time it was over, her businesses had suffered substantial losses. She’s still waiting for a payment from the ... (USA Today)

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distra

8 hrs ago - Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care -snip- According to new reporting by the New York Times, Meta could make the facial recognition ... (Futurism)

Lawmakers Barred From ICE Detention Center Visits Amid DHS Funding Lapse

8 hrs ago - Published Feb 14, 2026 at 11:49 AM EST updated Feb 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM EST Federal officials told a Washington, D.C., court that a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse meant the government did not have to permit members of Congress to ... (Newsweek)

Johnson's delegation cancellation upends lawmakers' travel to critical global summit

9 hrs ago - Sat, February 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM EST The cancellation of the official House delegation to the annual Munich Security Conference has drawn pushback from Democrats who still plan to attend, even as it’s upended a decades-long tradition of robust ... (Yahoo! News/The Hill)

Senators Sound Alarm As AI Companies Pour Millions Into U.S. Elections

10 hrs ago - Feb 14, 2026, 06:00 AM EST WASHINGTON – Prominent critics of artificial intelligence warned that the industry’s plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on this year’s midterm elections are aimed at blocking Congress from regulat ... (Huff Post)

Rubio tells Munich security forum that US and Europe belong together

10 hrs ago - By Humeyra Pamuk MUNICH, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a message of ‌unity to Europeans on Saturday, saying Washington does ‌not intend to abandon the transatlantic alliance, but that Europe's leaders ​ha ... (Reuters)

Lindsey Graham Shares Blunt Message to Those 'Nervous' About Trump's Takeover Plans: Who Gives a S--- Who Owns Greenland

10 hrs ago - Sen. Lindsey Graham dismissed worries about President Donald Trump's quest for full “ownership” of Greenland, including threats to acquire it by force. Graham's blunt message came at POLITICO’s 2026 Munich Security Conference on Friday ... (People)

Judge bars 'warrantless' immigration enforcement raids at churches to protect 'religious freedom'

10 hrs ago - Feb 14th, 2026, 10:26 am The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country. In a 62-page memorandum and order, U ... (Law & Crime)

'Major travel impacts' expected as winter storm watch is issued for northern California

11 hrs ago - By SARA CLINE Updated 12:20 PM CST, February 14, 2026 As people travel for the holiday weekend, much of Northern California is under a winter storm watch, with communities bracing for several feet of snow. The National Weather Service warned people t ... (AP)

Barack Obama publicly states support for anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis

11 hrs ago - Sat 14 Feb 2026 12.15 EST Last modified on Sat 14 Feb 2026 12.20 EST Barack Obama publicly gave his support to demonstrators in Minneapolis for standing up to the “unprecedented nature” of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) oper ... (The Guardian)

US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

11 hrs ago - The US military conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria between 3 and 12 February as part of a campaign against the extremist group in Iraq and Syria. US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on Saturday that the U ... (The Guardian)

Hollywood talent agent Casey Wasserman to sell company over Epstein files revelations

12 hrs ago - PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2026, 11:00 AM ET Casey Wasserman, a prominent entertainment and sports agent and the chair of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, is putting his eponymous talent agency up for sale after facing backlash over his appearance in files the ... (CNN Politics)

A new mortgage crisis is quietly hitting those who can least afford it

12 hrs ago - According to New York Fed data, the 90-plus-day mortgage delinquency rate for families in the lowest-income bracket jumped from 0.5 percent in 2021 to nearly 3 percent by the end of 2025. Meanwhile, folks in the highest-income areas are doing just fi ... (Washington Post)

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