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GOP Official Snatches Thomas Massie's Mic In the Midst of Comments at Kentucky Event

Feb 7th, 2026, 3:48 pm Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) had a microphone snatched right out of his hand Friday night as he spoke at the Oldham County, KY, Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. Massie was in the midst of saying, “If you are a congressman, you work not for the Speaker of the House, I work for you!” pointing to the audience, when event emcee and state House Speaker David Osborne (R) decided he’d heard enough. Osborne grabbed the mic away as someone yelled, “Welcome to the snake pit ...

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Laura Loomer Accuses Tim Scott of 'Trying to Sabotage' Trump

Published Feb 07, 2026 at 04:32 PM EST updated Feb 07, 2026 at 04:54 PM EST Far-right political activist Laura Loomer hit out at Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, over his comments he made in response to controversial video that was posted, then deleted from President Donald Trump's Truth Social account on Friday. "I showed this tweet posted by Tim Scott to President Trump last night. 14 million views on a lie because [Scott] wants to cost the GOP the midterms & smear Presi ...

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Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors' Announcement Dated Before His Death

Updated Feb. 8 2026 2:42AM EST Published Feb. 8 2026 12:38AM EST Newly released Epstein files include a draft statement attributed to federal prosecutors that is dated the day before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. The draft appears among at least 23 documents in the disclosure labeled as statements from the Southern District of New York’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. A review of the records shows multiple versions of similar statements with inconsistent redactions—some leaving phone numbers o ...

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US agency investigating if ABC's 'The View' violated equal time rules for political candidates

12h WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is opening an investigation into whether ABC's "The View" daytime talk show violated equal time rules for interviews with political candidates after an appearance by a Democratic Texas Senate candidate this week, a source told Reuters on Saturday. The Republican-led FCC said last month that daytime and late-night TV talk shows are no longer considered "bona fide" news programs that are exempt from equa ...

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Bondi scrambles to explain what Trump meant when he blamed her for Gabbard's role in FBI's Georgia raid

Saturday 07 February 2026 16:26 EST Attorney General Pam Bondi has struggled to explain the confusion over why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was sent to an FBI raid in Georgia last month. Questions have continued to swirl around why the National Intelligence boss was at the scene at all in Fulton County on January 28, where agents seized ballots and voting information from the 2020 election. Bondi failed to clarify the situation at a Friday briefing after Trump said that Ga ...

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'Mysteriously disappeared': DOJ Epstein prosecution memo vanishes after press inquiry

February 7, 2026 2:27PM ET An 86-page Justice Department prosecution memo that included details on “potential co-conspirators” of Jeffrey Epstein “mysteriously disappeared” from the DOJ’s website after the agency was asked about the document by the Miami Herald, investigative reporter Julie Brown revealed Saturday. “Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey ...

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Kushner, Witkoff visited USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran

Updated Feb 7, 2026, 1:28 PM ET PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2026, 11:26 AM ET President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner, visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier on Saturday morning after completing talks with Iran on Friday. Kushner and Witkoff were invited to visit the carrier, which is part of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, by the commander of US Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, a senior US official told CNN. The intention of the tr ...

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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday. Mr. Lewis said in a statement that he had made the difficult decision "in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post." Mr. Lewis stepped down days after the company undertook a significant round of layoffs that cut 30 percent of the staff -- more than 300 journalists -- setting off widespread recrimination from current and former Post employees. Ma ...

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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Says Trump's Post On The Obamas Shows A 'Bigoted And Racist Regime'

Feb 7, 2026, 11:15 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses. First it dismissed “fake outrage,” then it deleted the post and blamed a staff member. Trump later told reporters Friday that “I didn’t make a mistake.” The Republican president insisted that before the video was posted, no one saw the part that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle O ...

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Netanyahu to hold urgent meeting with Trump Wednesday amid Iran negotiations

2h Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved up his visit to Washington and is expected to meet with President Trump on Wednesday to discuss the negotiations with Iran, the prime minister's office said in a statement. Why it matters: The announcement of the urgent visit comes a day after Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held negotiations in Oman with Iran's foreign minister over a potential nuclear deal. Trump said the U.S. and Iran had "very good talks" ...

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'We will pay,' Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother

21 min ago - By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TY ONEIL Updated 7:57 PM CST, February 7, 2026 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the fr ... (AP)

Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint

28 min ago - Feb. 7, 2026, 7:35 PM EST / Updated Feb. 7, 2026, 10:45 PM EST Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard responded to criticism from Sen. Mark Warner and others that she allegedly "hid" a complaint from a whistleblower. "Senator Mark Warner an ... (NBC News)

Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors' Announcement Dated Before His Death

1 hr ago - Updated Feb. 8 2026 2:42AM EST Published Feb. 8 2026 12:38AM EST Newly released Epstein files include a draft statement attributed to federal prosecutors that is dated the day before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. The draft appears among at least ... (Daily Beast)

Jon Ossoff Tells Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Welcome to the Resistance'

1 hr ago - Published Feb 07, 2026 at 08:00 PM EST updated Feb 07, 2026 at 08:01 PM EST Senator Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, at a recent rally hailed former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, for her statements calling out MAGA voter ... (Newsweek)

Eric Swalwell calls for Dems to use 'leverage' to make Trump testify about Epstein ties

2 hrs ago - 12h . Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) told MS NOW that Democrats need to use their “leverage” to get President Donald Trump to testify about his relationship with dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein — and implied the president is scared of doi ... (msn/MEDIAite)

Laura Loomer Accuses Tim Scott of 'Trying to Sabotage' Trump

2 hrs ago - Published Feb 07, 2026 at 04:32 PM EST updated Feb 07, 2026 at 04:54 PM EST Far-right political activist Laura Loomer hit out at Senator Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, over his comments he made in response to controversial video that was pos ... (Newsweek)

Police use tear gas, water canons on protestors near Winter Olympics venue

3 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 7, 2026, 4:43 p.m. ET MILAN — Police fired tear gas and used water canons to disperse demonstrators Saturday, Feb. 7 near a Winter Olympics venue, according to the Associated Press and a travel alert issued by international security ... (USA Today)

Bondi scrambles to explain what Trump meant when he blamed her for Gabbard's role in FBI's Georgia raid

3 hrs ago - Saturday 07 February 2026 16:26 EST Attorney General Pam Bondi has struggled to explain the confusion over why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was sent to an FBI raid in Georgia last month. Questions have continued to swirl around wh ... (The Independent)

GOP Official Snatches Thomas Massie's Mic In the Midst of Comments at Kentucky Event

3 hrs ago - Feb 7th, 2026, 3:48 pm Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) had a microphone snatched right out of his hand Friday night as he spoke at the Oldham County, KY, Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. Massie was in the midst of saying, “If you are a co ... (MEDIAite)

US agency investigating if ABC's 'The View' violated equal time rules for political candidates

4 hrs ago - 12h WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is opening an investigation into whether ABC's "The View" daytime talk show violated equal time rules for interviews with political candidates after an appearance by a Democratic ... (msn/Reuters)

Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing

4 hrs ago - Feb. 7, 2026, 3:14 PM EST A month after Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an immigration officer in Minneapolis, her partner spoke out on Saturday, condemning the federal government’s immigration crackdown that took Good's life and urging ... (NBC News)

Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building on 1-month anniversary of woman's death

8 hrs ago - Updated 5:54 PM CST, February 7, 2026 Leer en español MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several dozen protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota wo ... (AP)

LA Times Sports Writers Urge Dodgers to Ditch White House Visit: Trump Has 'Declared War on Its Fan Base'

10 hrs ago - Feb 7th, 2026, 2:54 pm Two prominent Los Angeles Times sports reporters have urged the world-champion Dodgers to skip the customary trip to the White House, with veteran columnist Bill Plaschke saying it is necessary after President Donald Trump has ... (MEDIAite)

Republicans instructed not to bring up Epstein files in upcoming Pam Bondi hearing: report

11 hrs ago - February 7, 2026 1:16PM ET Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 11, but according to journalist Aaron Parnas, Republicans on the committee have been instructed not to mention the J ... (Raw Story)

Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE's new mass surveillance tool

11 hrs ago - 02/07/2026 02:00 PM EST A push to put body cameras on all ICE agents has Democrats running headlong into a new problem: fear that the technology will provide another avenue for mass surveillance of protesters. Congressional Democratic leaders have ma ... (Politico)

Super Bowl fans warned to keep drones at home with flights banned over big game

12 hrs ago - Updated on: February 7, 2026 / 9:33 AM EST / CBS News As fans from around the country descend on California to watch the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's Super Bowl, officials are telling them to leave their drones at hom ... (CBS News)

Trump accused of role in Epstein's death in explosive email sent to FBI, documents reveal

12 hrs ago - Saturday 07 February 2026 14:48 EST Jeffrey Epstein’s brother accused President Donald Trump of being involved in the late convicted sex offender’s death in a tip sent to the FBI, according to a bombshell email revealed in the Department of ... (The Independent)

'The proper remedy': Trump admin must free Minnesota man under ICE detention in Texas, judge says in scathing ruling

12 hrs ago - Feb 7th, 2026, 9:57 am A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered the release of a Venezuelan man in a scathing ruling that takes a shot across the bow at ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The ruling addresses th ... (Law & Crime)

ICE chief counsel in Minnesota leaves his job amid burnout and dissent

13 hrs ago - Amid a torrent of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration tactics, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has departed. The top lawyer, Jim Stolley, retired after 31 years of ser ... (MS NOW)

Tourists stopped from seeing The Last Supper, while Olympic VIPs including Vance visit

13 hrs ago - Updated 12:52 PM EST, February 7, 2026 MILAN (AP) — Tourists to Milan during the Winter Olympics hoping to see Leonardo da Vinci’s “ The Last Supper” were in for an unwelcome surprise: Access to the masterpiece is closed to the pu ... (AP)

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