Trump News for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

A pride flag outside Stonewall National Monument during the New York City Pride Parade in 2022 LGBTQ+ groups say it's the latest effort to "whitewash" the only national monument to queer history. [ more › ]

ESPN NBA senior writer Vincent Goodwill joins ABC News Live to discuss the fallout from a fight between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets.

The commerce secretary has no answer for his misleading statements about his dealings with the sex offender.

The Gallup Organization will no longer track presidential approval numbers, ending a gathering of data that goes back to Franklin Roosevelt. Gallup’s most recent presidential approval rating for Donald Trump, measured from Dec. 1-15, put the president at 36% …

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration’s latest attempt to go after …

Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public ...

In a humiliating defeat for Donald Trump’s administration, all federalized National Guard troops have been pulled out of American cities that never wanted them there after failing to accomplish what the president asked them to do. Hundreds of servicemembers d…

The measles situation in the U.S. is so bad that the disease is spreading south of the border.Answering a question from a reporter Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed that the sudden resurgence of measles in Mexico had originated from the …

The National Labor Relations Board dropped a case against SpaceX... and washed its hands of all future cases.

Trump's tariffs, heightened healthcare and housing costs, and a stagnating jobs market leaves more workers struggling.

As US actions fuel a humanitarian crisis in Cuba, is US President Trump seeking a deal, or to topple the government?

The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, only to reopen it hours later. The bizarre episode pointed to a lack of coordination between the FAA and the Pentagon.

Today’s (belated) nonfarm payroll report had a little something for everyone. Whether you are bullish or bearish, recession or expansion, MAGA or Never Trump, there were nuggets of data in the report for you. My charge is to put this into a broader context mi…

'One Big Beautiful Bill Act', higher tariffs and immigration crackdown are factored into the report.

The National Governors Association said governors from both parties would be able to meet with President Donald Trump later this month after the White House ...

US attorney general was hammered over heavy redactions to Epstein-related documents, prosecution of political rivals.

Attorney General Pam Bondi stomped and raged her way through her hearing before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, but her refusal to answer one particularly heated line of questioning inspired Bondi to accuse a Jewish lawmaker of antisemitism in an app…

Sources said the closure was connected to new counter-drone laser technology and miscommunication or misunderstanding by FAA. The post Officials Dispute Trump Explanation of El Paso Airspace Closure. “There Was Not a Threat.” appeared first on The Intercept.

Technically — TECHNICALLY! — we still have a system that relies on three co-equal branches to ensure that any single branch can’t steamroll the rest of the system (along with the nation it’s supposed to serve) to seize an unequal amount of power. Technically.…

The Trump administration's swift reversal has provoked questions about the legitimacy of the foreign drone claims.

Senior FDA official Vinay Prasad reportedly overrode his staff in deciding to reject Moderna's application for a new seasonal flu shot.

Kiva Lucero cancelled his work flight to Dallas and spent nearly $100 on a 12-hour bus when he found out El Paso's airspace would close for 10 days. He didn't feel relieved when it reopened.

Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin posted on Twitter, aka X, hinting that the government may work to get rid of...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not say why he believed the US would respect the limits set out in New START.

DOD initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.

Representative Ted Lieu accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of lying under oath Wednesday, catching the Trump official in a bind after she claimed no evidence existed of young girls at parties attended by the president.The California lawmaker highlighted that,…

Eyeing second round of US talks, Iranian officials say willing to talk nuclear, but draw red line on ballistic missiles.

Attorney General Pam Bondi was being questioned by Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler when she sparred with his Democratic colleague.

Attorney General Pam Bondi crashed out during a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and began ranting about how great the stock market is doing in order to try and deflect questions over whether she was investigating any of convicted sex off…

It’s official: the jobless boom of Donald Trump’s first year back in office was even worse than we originally thought. A jobs report published Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics contained significant downward revisions for the already weak job growth…

The FAA announced it was completely closing airspace around El Paso for 10 days on Tuesday, Feb. 10, due to an unspecified security concern

The El Paso International Airport will apparently not be closed for 10 days, despite an earlier announcement that set off an overnight panic. But the reasons why the closure was announced in the first place are still not quite clear, nor is whether this was a…

Job growth in 2025 was already very bad, and it got worse in a good January jobs report.

The U.S. military continues killing people in Pacific Ocean boat strikes, without bothering to tell us who we're executing.

In a rare appearance on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies Wednesday amid multiple controversies before the House Judiciary Committee.

President Trump said Tuesday he raised tariffs on Switzerland after a phone call with the country’s former president, saying he did not approve of “the way...

We're looking at Ford's inauspicious end to 2025, as well as Ferrari's better numbers and Hyundai shareholders' demand for robots, plus more.

A recommendation for a recent episode of the Heavyweight podcast on the Trump regime’s occupation of Minneapolis.

President Donald Trump and his party might hate Somalia ... but, at least Somalia executes pedophiles there instead of electing them -- so says Rep. Ilhan Omar. The Democratic Congresswoman from Minnesota took to social media, apparently to express…

Donald Trump’s outrageous threat to close a new bridge between Michigan and Canada appears to have been at the behest of a billionaire who operates another bridge between the two countries. Just hours before Trump published a scattered tirade Monday night aga…

The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.

After a cop got shot, Prairieland ICE protesters face terrorism charges. Will Alex Pretti’s killing sway the jury? The post Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes on Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE appeared first on The Intercept.

We told you this was coming months ago. The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has initiated a broad investigation of Netflix’s business practices and it’s planned $82.7 billion merger with Warner Brothers. The Trump DOJ’s pretense is that they’re just…

US congressman names six men whose names were redacted in the Epstein files, including a US billionaire and Dubai CEO.

An odd number of government news stories are centered around El Paso, Texas, even before the FAA suddenly closed its airspace on Tuesday.

A significant part of Iranian society is infuriated and grieving the killings of thousands during recent protests.

The louder the West talks about defeating Russia, the further peace in Ukraine moves out of reach.

A few spoke out, but most right-wing Christians quietly support the president's ugly views

Kennedy Center staffers have been blindsided by a vague note from the boss of President Trump’s MAGAfied performing arts hub that has left their jobs...

Trump and Vance back down and blame unnamed staffers for controversial posts

My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • Andreessen Horowitz’s Rising Influence Over Trump-Era AI Policy: The VC giant is shaping how Washington thinks about artificial intelligence — and the stakes couldn’t be higher. (Bloomberg free) • “Everything is gambling…

Patel is already doing what he does best: rushing to tweet and potentially bungling the investigation in the process.

Honduras is slipping back into Washington’s imperial orbit.

In conservative and swing states, teachers, moms and women candidates are taking back local education.

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

Trade tensions between the US and Canada escalate as Donald Trump threatens to delay the Gordie Howe International Bridge, challenging Mark Carney.

Iran's president also says his country does not seek a nuclear weapon, and apologises for his government's shortcomings.

The president made a claim that was wild even by his standards.

An annual meeting of the nation's governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.

By Renee Hickman Feb 10 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have released bodycam footage in the case of a Chicago woman who survived being shot multiple times...

Israeli raids and attacks across Gaza and the occupied West Bank have continued as Trump and Netanyahu prepare to meet.

Investigators said one immigration enforcement official got away with physically assaulting his girlfriend for years. A third is charged with taking bribes ...

Speaker Mike Johnson failed to reinstate a ban on lawmakers’ ability to challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs when three Republicans crossed party lines...

The DOJ failed to secure indictments for Democratic members of Congress who participated in a video telling the military they could disobey illegal orders.

The Trump administration has accused Hokkons Baules of Palau and Anderson Jibas of the Marshall Islands of corruption.

President Donald Trump recalled punishing a world leader with steeper tariffs after being dissatisfied with her tone during a phone conversation.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday its contract with national security firm Peraton, the ...

Close-up detail of a law enforcement agent. New Jersey officials say they’re investigating after an ICE officer discharged a firearm in Roxbury Township. [ more › ]

An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.

Loved ones say they were 'stonewalled' by immigration agents as Leqaa Kordia rushed to hospital from detention centre.

Rep. Jamie Raskin says the unredacted version of an email regarding President Trump "seems to be at odds" with some of the things Trump has said about Jeffrey Epstein.