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Feb 13, 2026
Inflation cools in January, defying Wall Street expectations
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Major Regulatory Change: White House Rescinds 2009 Federal Climate Finding
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Judge frees three illegal-immigrant murderers from detention; calls convictions 'irrelevant'
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times A federal judge last week ordered Homeland Security to release three illegal immigrants with homicide convictions on their criminal records and a fourth illegal immigrant convicted of sex crimes. DHS had made immigration arrests on the...
Feb 12, 2026
Campus antisemitism driven by faculty at University of California campuses, report finds
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times The pro-Palestinian activists who swarmed college campuses, erected encampments and terrorized Jewish students for two years had plenty of support - from university professors. Faculty activism played a key role in driving the dem...
Feb 12, 2026
Democrat-run Virginia goes big on gun control
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Feb 10, 2026
Trump called police two decades ago to report on Epstein, Maxwell
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Feb 10, 2026
Local leaders and lawmen defy Democrat-run states' crackdown on cooperating with ICE
By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times Politicians in Democratic-led states are rushing to end cooperation with ICE, but a rebellion is brewing among conservative local officials who say they will find ways to work around the bans. In New York, Rensselaer County Executive St...
Feb 10, 2026
U.S. military strike against suspected drug vessel kills two, leaves one survivor
By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times The U.S. military struck its 39th suspected drug-smuggling vessel on Monday, killing two people and leaving one survivor. U.S. Southern Command said it conducted a lethal kinetic strike on the boat, citing intelligence that confirmed...
Feb 10, 2026
DOJ reaches legal settlement declaring Biden's border 'parole' to be unlawful
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times The Trump administration has quietly struck a legal settlement that ends one of President Biden's mass migrant "parole" programs and could block future presidents from trying to revive it. The consent decree, reached in a law...
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Gallup: Most Americans expect inflation and unemployment to worsen as the stock market grows
By Sean Salai - The Washington Times The latest Gallup poll, released Monday, finds that most Americans expect inflation and unemployment to worsen this year, even as the stock market improves. The research firm reported that 62% of adults responding to its questionnaire an...
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Virginia Democrats go all in on tax hikes after campaigning on affordability
By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times Virginia Republicans are questioning whether their Democratic counterparts have a case of political amnesia after rolling out a long list of proposed tax increases that threaten to undercut Gov. Abigail Spanberger's affordability mes...
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Man charged with attempted murder of Trump's budget director Russ Vought
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times A Maryland man has been arrested on attempted murder charges against Russ Vought, one of President Trump's top aides. Police in Arlington County, Virginia, announced the arrest of Colin Demarco on Thursday, after a months-long investig...
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