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FAA closes El Paso airspace for 10 days over security concerns

Updated Feb 11, 2026, 4:19 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2026, 3:51 AM ET The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days. According to the FAA’s website, the pause over El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is due to “special security reasons.” El Paso International Airport, which issued a notice late Tuesday, said all commercial, cargo an ...

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'We have to revise our expectations': White House downplays coming jobs report

Updated Tue, February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM EST A much-anticipated labor market update isn't due out until Wednesday morning, but the White House is already working to temper expectations. Members of President Trump's team have offered multiple warnings that employment gains may disappoint Wall Street and have tried to downplay what a miss might indicate about the state of the US economy. "One shouldn't panic," National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Monday in ...

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Gabbard's office warns attorney not to share classified complaint with Congress

02/10/26 4:15 PM ET National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s office on Monday warned the attorney of an anonymous whistleblower not to share a classified complaint about the director’s handling of classified material with Congress. Gabbard’s general counsel sent the letter to attorney Andrew Bakaj in response to a letter sent on Feb. 3. Bakaj wrote that if Gabbard failed to provide security guidance to him and his client, they will approach members of Congress and hold an unclassified b ...

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Paramount sweetens its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery

Feb. 10, 2026 Updated 1:11 PM PT Paramount Skydance has sweetened its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding a $2.8-billion “break fee” for Netflix and a payment to shareholders set to increase for every quarter after Jan. 1, 2027, that the transaction does not close. However, it’s not clear the latest move will do much to sway Warner Bros. Discovery’s board, which has endorsed a rival bid from Netflix. The David Ellison-led company sent notice Tuesday of its revised offer to the Warner Bros. ...

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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. ... Moderna received what’s called a “refusal-to-file” letter from the FDA that objected to how it conducted a 40,000-person clinical trial comparing its new vaccine to one of the standard flu shots used today. That trial concluded the new vaccine was somewhat more effective in adults 50 and older ...

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Who Are 6 Redacted Potential Co-Conspirators in Epstein Files? What We Know

Published Feb 10, 2026 at 01:08 PM EST updated Feb 10, 2026 at 01:09 PM EST The six redacted potential co-conspirators listed in the Epstein files have been revealed. The identities of the six men were disclosed by Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, in a post on X on Tuesday, as Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner. Khanna and Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, had cl ...

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Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner

WASHINGTON – Democratic governors from across the country say they will boycott a White House dinner and meeting with President Donald Trump after he excluded two of their colleagues from a historically bipartisan annual gathering. Their move comes after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis were disinvited from a White House dinner with the National Governors Association, a nonpartisan group made up of all 50 state leaders set to gather in Washington from Feb. 19 to 21. Trump t ...

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Karoline Leavitt cuts short White House briefing after reporter asks about Commerce chief Lutnick's Epstein island admis

Tuesday 10 February 2026 15:31 EST White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday abruptly cut short a briefing with reporters after a reporter asked about Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The question came hours after Lutnick, responding to questions from congressional lawmakers over documents released by the Justice Department, revealed that he misled the public about the extent of his ties to the convicted pedophile sex trafficker, who killed ...

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Governors won't hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans

The National Governors Association is not going to hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump. Author: JOEY CAPPELLETTI (STEVE PEOPLES and STEVEN SLOAN) Updated: 11:21 AM CST February 10, 2026 WASHINGTON(AP) — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans. “NGA staff was informed that the White House inten ...

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Cannon faces fresh appellate review of her pro-Trump actions on Jack Smith report

Feb. 10, 2026, 2:03 PM EST Aileen Cannon hasn’t had a great run at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, at least not when it comes to her handling of Donald Trump-related litigation. The federal appeals court that covers Florida, where the Trump-appointed trial judge sits, has chided her multiple times, most recently calling out the judge’s “undue delay” in ruling on motions seeking the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case report. Cannon issue ...

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Trump has 'private' dinner with Rupert Murdoch at the White House amid Epstein lawsuit: report

24 min ago - Tuesday 10 February 2026 23:15 EST President Donald Trump reportedly had a private dinner with Rupert Murdoch Tuesday, despite his ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal – which is owned by the billionaire media mogul. The p ... (The Independent)

House Republicans break with Trump, blocking a bid to protect his tariff authority

59 min ago - Updated on: February 10, 2026 / 10:16 PM EST Washington — A group of House Republicans defied leadership on Tuesday to sink a key procedural vote that would have barred lawmakers from overturning President Trump's sweeping global tariffs. Three ... (CBS News)

'We have to revise our expectations': White House downplays coming jobs report

1 hr ago - Updated Tue, February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM EST A much-anticipated labor market update isn't due out until Wednesday morning, but the White House is already working to temper expectations. Members of President Trump's team have offered multiple warnin ... (Yahoo! Finance)

FBI cited debunked claims to obtain warrant for Fulton County vote records, documents show

1 hr ago - February 10, 2026 at 5:40 p.m. EST The FBI relied heavily on previously debunked claims of widespread election irregularities in Georgia as it persuaded a federal judge last month to sign off on plans to seize 2020 voting records from the state's mos ... (Washington Post)

Senate Leader Thune throws cold water on filibuster change in push for voter-ID bill

2 hrs ago - Published Tue, Feb 10 2026 4:42 PM EST Updated Tue, Feb 10 2026 5:16 PM EST Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday dashed a push from President Donald Trump and his allies to amend the Senate filibuster rule to speed passing controvers ... (CNBC)

Trump's DOJ seeks examples of 'egregious' judges for Congress to review

2 hrs ago - February 10, 2026 4:55 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary on Tuesday, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to ... (Reuters)

FAA closes El Paso airspace for 10 days over security concerns

2 hrs ago - Updated Feb 11, 2026, 4:19 AM ET PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2026, 3:51 AM ET The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas and an area of southe ... (CNN US)

Gabbard's office warns attorney not to share classified complaint with Congress

3 hrs ago - 02/10/26 4:15 PM ET National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s office on Monday warned the attorney of an anonymous whistleblower not to share a classified complaint about the director’s handling of classified material with Congress. G ... (The Hill)

Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

3 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday. ... Moderna received what’s calle ... (Associated Press)

Bondi to face criticism over Epstein disclosure law at House hearing

3 hrs ago - Posted February 10, 2026 at 4:13pm Attorney General Pamela Bondi is set to face House lawmakers at an oversight hearing Wednesday expected to focus in part on a string of controversies stemming from the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffr ... (Roll Call)

Paramount sweetens its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery

3 hrs ago - Feb. 10, 2026 Updated 1:11 PM PT Paramount Skydance has sweetened its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding a $2.8-billion “break fee” for Netflix and a payment to shareholders set to increase for every quarter after Jan. 1, 2027, that the ... (Los Angles Times)

GOP rebels rebuke Trump tariffs, blocking ban on snap repeal votes

8 hrs ago - A few GOP rebels on Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke of President Trump's tariff regime, joining with Democrats to vote down legislation that would have banned members' ability to call snap votes to repeal the tariffs. The rule failing to pass paves ... (The Hill)

9 dead, 25 injured in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. school shooting

9 hrs ago - At least nine people were killed in a school shooting Tuesday afternoon in British Columbia's Peace region, in which the suspected shooter also ended up dead. RCMP said there were "multiple victims" from a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary Scho ... (Global News)

Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video

10 hrs ago - WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration tried and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment in connection with a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, t ... (NBC)

Governors won't hold meeting with Trump after White House only invited Republicans, Stitt says

10 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group of state leaders meet in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans. " ... (PBS News)

'I saw the writing on the wall': Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities

10 hrs ago - Tue 10 Feb 2026 00.01 EST Last modified on Tue 10 Feb 2026 13.06 EST Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to fear government reta ... (The Guardian)

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Trump's election bill, with a warning to her party

11 hrs ago - Feb. 10, 2026, 11:47 AM EST WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski became the first Republican senator to speak out against the SAVE Act, a sweeping election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship to vote nationw ... (NBC News)

Ukrainian Skeleton Racer Could Face Olympic Disqualification Over Helmet Honoring War Dead

11 hrs ago - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has said he could be disqualified from the Winter Olympics after refusing to stop wearing a custom tribute helmet honoring athletes killed by Russia, which was banned by the International Olympic Committ ... (Kyiv Post)

Trump's threat to Canada came hours after backroom meeting with billionaire competitor

11 hrs ago - Erik De La Garza February 10, 2026 6:53PM ET A Detroit billionaire who owns a major U.S.-Canada border crossing met privately with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just hours before Donald Trump publicly threatened to block the opening of a competi ... (raw story)

GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas

11 hrs ago - 02/10/26 4:00 PM ET Republican senators grilled top executives from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon on Tuesday for handing over the phone records of several members of Congress that were subpoenaed by former special counsel Jack Smith. The Senate Jud ... (The Hill)

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