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The Independent

The Independent

38 stories • 38 source cards • Latest source: Feb 13, 2026, 10:22 AM
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Evgeny Lebedev
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https://independent.co.uk/
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United Kingdom
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1986
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The Independent
The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 10:22 AM
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The USS Gerald R Ford is the largest warship ever constructed and was previously deployed in Venezuela

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The Independent
The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 5:35 AM
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Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have moved to drop felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by a immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government’s version of events

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The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 1:20 AM
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A supervisor of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been taken into custody amid an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and former U.S. official briefed on the ma...

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The Independent
The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 1:16 AM
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A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give detained immigrants in Minnesota quick, private access to lawyers

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The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 10:13 AM
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Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 7:05 PM
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The move eviscerates the government’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases

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The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 2:33 AM
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A Goldman Sachs spokesperson said Ruemmler “regrets ever knowing him”

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The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 12:59 AM
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year-old mother of Today show star Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for nearly two weeks

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 9:17 PM
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Lawmakers in both chambers were put on notice to return to Washington should a deal be reached to avert the anticipated shutdown

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 7:27 PM
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Israeli leader meets Trump ahead of Iran talks in seventh visit to White House since last year

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 7:16 PM
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The 2018 deal one was one of Trump’s main economic legacies from his first term

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 10:39 AM
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The announcement comes as John Healey co-hosts meetings in Brussels with the 50-nation Ukraine Defence Contact Group and Nato defence ministers.

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 5:39 PM
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The IRS handed over data on up to 47,000 people, according to reports

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 11:08 PM
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Actor Blake Lively and director Justin Baldoni came to a New York courthouse to see if her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment on the set of the 2024 romantic drama “It Ends With Us” could be settled before a May trial

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 1:15 AM
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Trump attacked Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt as part of the public back-and-forth around the upcoming events

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 4:38 PM
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Supreme Court blocked Trump’s troop deployment in December in apparent rebuke of his attempt to send troops into cities

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 8:01 PM
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Carrie Prejean Boller asserted only Trump could remove her from the commission after the chairman said she had been ousted

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 10:09 AM
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Veteran prosecutor Donald Kinsella abruptly dismissed by White House less than five hours after being sworn in as replacement for John Sarcone, who was ruled to have unlawfully outstayed his tenure

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 8:42 PM
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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 8:35 PM
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Valeria Chomsky says she and her husband Noam Chomsky made serious errors in judgment in their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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The Independent
The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 1:00 PM
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Researchers say that Black women are ‘overexposed’ to the risks

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 5:53 PM
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Homeland Security officials are highlighting the potential impact of a shutdown

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 2:40 AM
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A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 3:20 PM
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Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills area on January 31

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 2:29 PM
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The sudden closure, which was quickly reversed, fueled fear and speculation online

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 10:16 PM
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The professor joins a list of people in the U.S. and Europe facing scrutiny because of the Epstein files

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The IndependentFeb 11, 2026, 1:34 PM
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The economy added 130,000 new jobs in January, according to a federal jobs report released Wednesday.

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The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 2:16 AM
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The tariff challenge is unlikely to become law, but it represents a major challenge to Donald Trump’s economic agenda nonetheless

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The Independent
The IndependentFeb 12, 2026, 10:55 PM
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Taiwan has reached a trade deal with the United States that cuts almost all of its tariff barriers

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The IndependentFeb 13, 2026, 1:41 AM
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The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting

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US Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier From Caribbean to Middle East Amid Iran Tensions: Report
Iran Politics • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 6:53 PM
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US Deploys Second Aircraft Carrier From Caribbean to Middle East Amid Iran Tensions: Report

The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran.

45% Center coverage•254 sources•~8 min read
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DOJ Moves to Drop Charges Against Men Arrested After Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Immigration and Customs Enforcement • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:38 AM
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DOJ Moves to Drop Charges Against Men Arrested After Minneapolis ICE Shooting

The U.S. Justice Department has moved to drop charges against two men charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis in January after an officer shot a Venezuelan immigrant, a court document showed on Thursday.

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DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
Latin America • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:37 AM
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DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe

A supervisor at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested as part of an investigation into abuse of a U.S. visa program for confidential informants, a current and former U.S. official briefed on the matter...

75% Left coverage•16 sources•~6 min read
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A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:34 AM
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A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give immigrants detained in Minnesota access to attorneys immediately after they are taken into custody and before they are transferred out of state.

54% Center coverage•34 sources•~7 min read
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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court
Politics • United Kingdom • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:33 AM
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Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court

The High Court is to rule on Friday on whether the Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was lawful

40% Left coverage•18 sources•~6 min read
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Trump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health
Climate • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:33 AM
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Trump revokes EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health

President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases.

44% Center coverage•310 sources•~8 min read
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Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler resigns after Epstein disclosures
Goldman Sachs • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:30 AM
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Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Ruemmler resigns after Epstein disclosures

Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler said Thursday night that she will leave the investment bank at the end of June, a move that comes after the recent release of additional documents detailing her often chummy conversations with notorious sex predator J...

51% Center coverage•118 sources•~8 min read
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FBI releases description of suspect in Nancy Guthrie disappearance, raises reward for information
Nancy Guthrie • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:30 AM
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FBI releases description of suspect in Nancy Guthrie disappearance, raises reward for information

The FBI's Phoenix bureau released a new description of a suspect in the case of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's disappearance in a statement on Thursday night on X/Twitter.

59% Center coverage•149 sources•~8 min read
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DHS shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill
US Politics • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 11:29 AM
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DHS shutdown imminent after Senate Democrats block Homeland Security bill

Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a motion to advance a House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, putting Washington on the brink of a partial government shutdown that will affect more than 260,000 federal employees.

47% Center coverage•172 sources•~8 min read
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Trump tells Netanyahu Iran nuclear talks must continue
Nuclear Power • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:56 AM

Trump tells Netanyahu Iran nuclear talks must continue

US President Donald Trump said "nothing definitive" was agreed but that he had "insisted" talks with Iran continue during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.

37% Center coverage•355 sources•~8 min read
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Trump privately weighs quitting USMCA trade pact he negotiated, Bloomberg News reports
USMCA • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:54 AM

Trump privately weighs quitting USMCA trade pact he negotiated, Bloomberg News reports

The president has asked aides why he shouldn’t withdraw from the pact, which he signed during his first term, though he has stopped short of flatly signaling that he will do so, Bloomberg reports.

46% Left coverage•44 sources•~7 min read
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UK Pledges $205 Million to Send US Weapons to Ukraine
Ukraine Politics • United Kingdom • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:51 AM

UK Pledges $205 Million to Send US Weapons to Ukraine

LONDON, ‌Feb 11 - ​Defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday Britain had ‌committed 150 million pounds ($205 million) to the so-called Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply ‌Ukraine with U.S. weapons. PURL was set up ‌last s...

60% Left coverage•48 sources•~7 min read
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IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says
US Immigration • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:50 AM

IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS, Washington Post says

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service improperly disclosed the confidential tax information of thousands of people to federal immigration enforcement authorities, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the situation.

69% Center coverage•126 sources•~9 min read
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Appear in Court Together for First Time Amid Legal Battle
Blake Lively • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:48 AM

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Appear in Court Together for First Time Amid Legal Battle

Actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are in NYC federal court for a settlement conference in Lively's lawsuit against her former co-star.

52% Center coverage•92 sources•~9 min read
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Trump slams ‘RINO’ Stitt over National Governors Association dinner
Donald Trump • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:47 AM

Trump slams ‘RINO’ Stitt over National Governors Association dinner

President Trump lashed out at Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, calling him a “RINO” after the National Governors Association (NGA) announced it would not hold its annual meeting at the White House.

49% Center coverage•54 sources•~8 min read
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National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland: Report
National Guard • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:47 AM

National Guard troops were quietly withdrawn from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland: Report

“The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks,” the Washington Post reports.

53% Left coverage•18 sources•~6 min read
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Member of White House Religious Liberty Commission booted after antisemitism hearing
US Politics • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:46 AM

Member of White House Religious Liberty Commission booted after antisemitism hearing

Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who chairs the body, accused her of trying to “hijack” a hearing on antisemitism this week.

52% Center coverage•133 sources•~8 min read
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U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
New York State Politics • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:46 AM

U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House

Federal judges in upstate New York appointed a new U.S. attorney on Wednesday only to see him abruptly fired by the White House, in the latest clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary.

40% Right coverage•54 sources•~8 min read
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Bud Cort, known for 'Harold and Maude' role, dies at 77
Entertainment • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:45 AM

Bud Cort, known for 'Harold and Maude' role, dies at 77

"Harold and Maude" actor Bud Cort has died. He was 77. (AP Photo)

56% Center coverage•87 sources•~8 min read
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Valeria Chomsky Admits 'Serious Errors in Judgment' over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Epstein Files • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:43 AM

Valeria Chomsky Admits 'Serious Errors in Judgment' over Jeffrey Epstein Ties

Valeria Chomsky says she and her husband Noam Chomsky made serious errors in judgment in their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

57% Center coverage•48 sources•~8 min read
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Study: Hair Extensions Contain Dozens of Carcinogens
Health • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:42 AM

Study: Hair Extensions Contain Dozens of Carcinogens

A Silent Spring Institute study identified 48 chemicals of public health concern in hair extension, including 12 flagged under California's Proposition 65 as likely to cause cancer or reproductive harm.

42% Center coverage•46 sources•~7 min read
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Homeland Security Officials Voice Concerns About Looming Shutdown
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Homeland Security Officials Voice Concerns About Looming Shutdown

A disruption in reimbursements to states for disaster relief costs. Delays in cybersecurity response and training. And missed paychecks for the agents who screen passengers and bags at the nation’s airports, which could lead to unscheduled absences and long...

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D.C. grand jury declines to indict six Democratic lawmakers involved in 'illegal orders' video
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D.C. grand jury declines to indict six Democratic lawmakers involved in 'illegal orders' video

A federal grand jury in D.C. refused the Justice Department’s attempts to indict six Democratic lawmakers over their comments to military service members — the latest rebuke of the Trump administration’s push to prosecute the president’s foes, according to ...

52% Center coverage•330 sources•~9 min read
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Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Abduction Case Released
Nancy Guthrie • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:37 AM

Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Abduction Case Released

A person who was detained for questioning in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been released. The man was brought in for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the alleged kidnapping of the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Sav...

67% Center coverage•255 sources•~8 min read
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FAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement
Politics • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:37 AM

FAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted its temporary closure of airspace over El Paso on Wednesday, saying all flights will resume as normal and that there was no threat to commercial aviation.

49% Center coverage•289 sources•~9 min read
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Yale Bars Professor David Gelernter From Teaching Amid Epstein Email Review
Epstein Files • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:37 AM

Yale Bars Professor David Gelernter From Teaching Amid Epstein Email Review

Yale University says a prominent computer science professor will not teach classes while it reviews his conduct, after newly released documents show he sent Jeffrey Epstein an email describing an undergraduate as a good-looking blonde while recommending her...

69% Center coverage•79 sources•~8 min read
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U.S. Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in January, Exceeding Expectations; Unemployment Falls to 4.3%
Business • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:36 AM

U.S. Economy Adds 130,000 Jobs in January, Exceeding Expectations; Unemployment Falls to 4.3%

The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment report showed the labor market booming last month, with th...

45% Center coverage•316 sources•~9 min read
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House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs
Tariffs • Canada • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:36 AM

House votes to override Trump’s Canada tariffs

The House on Wednesday passed a resolution disapproving of President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada, a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and a rare Republican rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy.

44% Center coverage•371 sources•~8 min read
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Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan’s tariff barriers
Business • International • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:34 AM
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Trump administration reaches a trade deal to lower Taiwan’s tariff barriers

The Trump administration reached a trade deal with Taiwan on Thursday, with Taiwan agreeing to remove or reduce 99% of its tariff barriers, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.

62% Center coverage•54 sources•~8 min read
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UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections
Artificial Intelligence • United States • Updated Feb 13, 2026, 5:34 AM
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UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting.

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