The federal workforce saw a significant cut of 324,000 jobs in 2025, according to the new data. The data paints a poor picture of Trump’s so-called “Golden Age’ for American manufacturing. The new data suggested that the jobs market may have started to r
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Actors who worked with James Van Der Beek on "Dawson's Creek" shared tributes to him on social media. The actor died on Wednesday at the age of 40. "I grew up alongside @vanderjames," Sarah Gellar wrote on Instagram. "He was my friend and i loved him and i’m so gratified"
The government paid an estimated $16,500 per day, per detainee, to hold those accused of terrorism. The naval base is known for the torture and inhumane treatment of men suspected of terrorism in the wake of 9/11. About 50 Cuban men sent to Guantánamo in December and January have languished at Camp 6.
Kim Jong Un has selected his daughter as his heir, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. It remains unclear why Kim Jong Un, who is young and reportedly healthy, has already designated his 13-year-old daughter as heir. It is puzzling why Ju Ae, a daughter, would be selected as the heir above an older son in North Korea's deeply patriarchal society.
India will reduce the weight of food in its consumer price index (CPI) to 36.75% under a new inflation series. The move could make headline inflation readings less volatile and provide a smoother backdrop for monetary policy. Counting by hand is expected to begin almost immediately, with the first significant results potentially expected overnight. This is the first inflation reading under the revised series.
Helena City Commission approved a resolution calling for its police officers to “avoid” assisting federal authorities with immigration enforcement. Democrats raised concerns about broader enforcement practices, including allegations that immigration agencies have tracked protesters, conducted operations without adequate coordination with local authorities, and relied on tactics that blur the line between immigration enforcement and criminal policing.
Congress has approved full-year funding for the vast majority of the federal government, but it only passed a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security that extends through Friday. Democrats are demanding new curbs on ICE including better identification, the use of judicial warrants and an end to racial profiling, among other asks.
The warrant allowing access to an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia, was unsealed Feb. 10. The warrant was issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia. The office is investigating allegations of election impropriety in the county's election process. The case is being investigated by the FBI's Atlanta Field Office.
Shapiro and 17 other governors say they won't attend White House meeting. It's unclear if they would have had any influence on decisions made by the Trump administration. The National Governors Association meeting is scheduled for Feb. 19-21 in Washington, D.C. It was traditionally a bipartisan event.
Anthropic announced a $20 million donation to Public First Action, a group supporting AI guardrails. The group has just launched six-figure ad buys to back pro-AI regulation candidates Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Pete Ricketts from Nebraska. Blackburn, a U.S. senator now running for governor of her state, has led kids online safety bills. Ricketts, who's running for re-election, introduced legislation this year to limit advanced U.s. chips from being sold to China.
City officials project that even without the expansion, the program will cost nearly $2.4 billion more than Adams had budgeted for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. City budget officials had previously warned that a full expansion could tack on about $17 billion in new spending over five years.
Ineos Group Holdings and Ineos Quattro Holdings had more than £18bn of borrowings combined at the end of last year, an increase of nearly £3bn from the year before. The French government also backed a £75m loan guarantee, while Inoos will invest £30m of its own money.
Religious Zionism MK Ohad Tal, chair of the Public Enterprises Committee, described the reform as part of a broader shift in policy. Critics counter that steps presented as ‘administrative’ c are actually part of an Israeli strategy. The only actor the Israeli government cannot refuse is Trump.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was grateful "for the support he has given me over the past year" “Our country is fortunate to have such dedicated individuals devoted to public service, and I wish them every success for the future,” he said. Sir Chris was only appointed to the role in December 2024.
Anthropic has set itself apart from rivals, including OpenAI, by pushing for stringent AI regulations. The company wrote in its post that the contribution is “part of our commitment to governance that enables AI’s transformative potential and helps proportionately manage its risks.” OpenAI and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz have lobbied aggressively against state AI safety rules across the country.
Since late 2025, armed federal agents have descended on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and elsewhere in Minnesota in the thousands. The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and US Border Patrol agents revealed the enormous risks many are taking to protect their neighbors and sparked protests and outrage.
The insight that the free exchange of goods and services has positive-sum benefits has always eluded Trump. Trump’s post also requires, as a condition of opening the new bridge, that Canada give the United States more “respect” One way other countries have demonstrated respect to Trump has been furnishing him with expensive gifts or investing in his family businesses.
House passes revamped citizenship and voter ID bill. Issue has become a rallying cry for House Republicans and conservative influencers. The bill would require Americans to prove they are citizens when they register to vote, mostly through a valid U.S. passport or birth certificate. Democrats warn it will disenfranchise millions of voters.
The IOC barred Heraskevych from wearing the helmet, which featured black-and-white images of 24 individuals that had died since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. “Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Her as an athlete says otherwise,” the IOC says.
Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp in the country, the company said. It is the latest move in an ongoing government effort to tighten control over the internet. According to WhatsApp, Russian authorities are seeking to push citizens towards the state-backed Max app, which is seen as exposed to surveillance. Some Russian experts said that blocking WhatsApp would free up technological resources.
The BlueOval SK project brought two, roughly 4-million-square-foot facilities to the central Kentucky community of Glendale, an investment of $5.8 billion. An impact study projected Hardin County to need 8,000 new housing units under the project's original plan. At the time of the plant's closure, only about 1,600 people had been hired.
The corporate debt market has experienced a "monumental" increase in size. The companies to look out for are those that have to come back to the market in the next couple years. For borrowers, that means a higher cost of capital, which results in a hit to profits. With so much debt coming from a small number of companies, corporate bond indexes are faced with a similar issue.
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday morning that the federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota would be ending. Homan said Trump had approved his request to conclude the operation, adding he would stay in Minnesota "a little longer to oversee the drawdown, to ensure its success" Homan took over the Minnesota operation in late January after the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents and amid growing political backlash.
Democrats repeatedly brought up the issue of immigration enforcement officers wearing masks as they carry out their jobs. Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., was comparing masked ICE agents to the actions of those in Nazi Germany and the former Soviet Union. Lyons stood behind ICE’s tactics, refusing to apologize for the actions.
Pam Bondi defended the justice department's handling of the files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She faced a barrage of angry questions on other issues during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday. The hearing followed the release by the Justice Department earlier this year of millions more files from its investigations into the well-connected paedophile.
At least 21 dead after boat sinks on Sudan's River Nile. At least 23 people, most of them children, drowned when their boat sank in the Nile while they were being taken to school. "Rescue teams are continuing with their work since there could be more bodies," said Dr Mohamed Faisal Hassan, the network’s spokesperson.
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Police said the alleged shooter was found dead in the school with what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury. Meanwhile, a young female relative at the Tumbler Ridge home of the suspected shooter alerted a neighbor to the attack, who then phoned police. Darian Quist, a grade 12 student at the school, was in a classroom with a teacher and about 15 students when the lockdown alarm sounded.
CBP officials thought they were taking down a drone, but it was a party balloon. El Paso airspace closure was reportedly triggered by the CBP’s use of an anti-drone laser. The closure in the Texas border city stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials.
Hundreds of workers set for layoff as Ford retools battery plant in Kentucky. "I am confident that Ford’s new plan to make storage batteries will be successful," Beshear said in a statement. The goal is to ensure every BOSK worker finds a job, said Andy Games, president and chief operating officer.
Savannah Guthrie has shared a heartbreaking decades-old home video of her mother, Nancy, and insisted that the family is not giving up hope of finding her. The search for the missing 84-year-old enters its 12th day. Arizona authorities received nearly 18,000 tips since Nancy Guthrie was allegedly kidnapped from her home.
Donald Trump has denied ever visiting Epstein's private island, though records show Trump flew on Epstein's plane in the 1990s eight times. Former President Bill Clinton has also denied going to Epstein's island, but has been repeatedly named and pictured in the released files. There is no clear evidence Epstein worked for Mossad or any other intelligence service.
John McGowan traveled to Ireland to meet his son after hearing he was not taking his medication. Henry McGowan told police he ran from Dublin’s airport to the city center and left all his personal belongings behind. He was then hospitalized and given medication, and his father arrived to meet him.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright landed in Venezuela to assess progress on revamping the country’s oil industry following the ouster of former President Nicolás Maduro. “This year, we can drive a dramatic increase in Venezuelan oil production, in Venezuelan natural gas production and Venezuelan electricity production,” Wright said.
The father of Anna Kwok was today convicted of attempting to deal with funds linked to an ‘absconder’, an offence under the Hong Kong’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas spokesperson Joey Siu said: “This conviction is the first time a family member of a ‘wanted’ pro-democracy activist living abroad has been convicted”
Herzog has been dogged by protesters who label him a war criminal. It is the first Australian visit by an Israeli head of state in six years. Earlier in his Australian visit, Herzog said such protests were mostly attempts to “undermine and delegitimize” Israel’s right to exist.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte introduces United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby to military staff during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Belgian police searched European commission buildings on Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities over a €900bn property deal. The Guardian understands that Belgian police were involved in the raids. It is the second known instance when EPPO has raided EU buildings in three months. In a separate probe last December Belgian police raided the headquarters of the EU foreign service.
Prosecutors say the fashion house did not adhere to a law aimed at preventing money laundering. A 36-year-old woman is suspected of spending more than 2 million euros in criminal proceeds. A money laundering case is ongoing against the woman and two other suspects. The settlement with the Dutch arm of Louis Vuitton was reached out of court.
Police say the victims included a 39-year-old teacher and five students, ages 12 to 13. Darian Quist said he knew the attack was real when the principal came down the halls and ordered doors to be closed. The suspect was not related to any of the victims at the school, he said.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke to large crowds in Tehran. He acknowledged the "great sorrow" caused by authorities' crackdown on the recent wave of unrest in the country. Iran insisted Wedn that the protests were not linked to the country's currency collapse. The protests began in late December over the collapse of Iran's rial currency.
Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said broadening talks to cover Tehran's ballistic missile program would risk "nothing but another war" Trump's office said he wanted any talks with Iran to address not only its nuclear program but also its ballistic missile activities and support for armed proxies in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.
Two major leaks could be part of a pincer movement by the Trump administration to make sufficient progress regarding Hamas disarmament. Short of Hamas shooting itself in the foot by refusing even the appearance of partial disarmament, all of this makes the above scenario of Trump blocking a potential Israeli invasion of Gaza, on the basis of interim progress, a real possibility.