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

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, STEVE PEOPLES and STEVEN SLOAN
Updated 11:02 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 intends to limit invitations to the annual business meeting, scheduled for February 20, to Republican governors only,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who is the chairman of the NGA, said in a Monday letter to fellow governors obtained by The Associated Press. “Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program.”

The NGA is scheduled to meet in Washington from Feb. 19-21. Representatives for Stitt, the White House and the NGA didn’t immediately comment on the letter.

The governors group is one of the few remaining venues where political leaders from both major parties gather to discuss the top issues facing their communities. In his letter, Stitt encouraged governors to unite around common goals. ...

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Democrats demand new restrictions to Trump's immigration crackdown and threaten a DHS shutdown

Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.
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US lawmakers accuse justice department of 'inappropriately' redacting Epstein files

Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna say the DOJ is not complying with their transparency law.
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Democrats reject GOP counterproposal on ICE changes as shutdown deadline nears

Details of the GOP counteroffer have not been made public.
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Ghislaine Maxwell declines to answer questions from lawmakers in testimony and seeks clemency from Trump

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers on Monday. (Produced by Elaine Carroll)
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Senate races to avert third shutdown as DHS deal takes shape

Department of Homeland Security faces a potential shutdown affecting TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, as Senate Democrats push for immigration enforcement changes.
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Backlash to Trump emboldens Democrats on DHS and ICE as partial shutdown looms

Surveys show Americans are souring on Trump's immigration crackdown, and Democrats are drawing a hard line on funding as they seek changes to rein in ICE and CBP.
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Masks emerge as symbol of Trump's ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress

The images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
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Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between US and Canada

Trump appears to be referring to the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a six-lane project that is set to connect Windsor and Detroit.
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Malinowski concedes to Mejia in Democratic US House special primary in New Jersey

Former congressman Tom Malinowski concedes to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House special election.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court justices "get along well": "A model for learning how to disagree"

Ketanji Brown Jackson told "CBS Mornings" that the justices "have learned how to adapt to being in an environment with people who have very strongly held but different views."
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Ex-Florida police chief claims Trump told him ‘everyone’ knew what Epstein was doing in 2006

Former police chief Michael Reiter claims Trump also said ‘thank goodness you’re stopping’ Epstein in 2006 phone call
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'This is how a wave starts': Democrats win another special election

On the heels of a state legislative win in Texas, Democrats saw a 37-point swing that kept a Louisiana state House seat in their ranks
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Latest Jeffrey Epstein file disclosures rock the rich and powerful: Top takeaways

The more than 3 million files that were released reveal how business titans looked the other way at the convicted sex offender's history.
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New York GOP’s midterm problem: No money, no bench — and Trump

The hard-knock life of a blue-state Republican looks even worse this midterm.
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Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says

A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.
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Trump threatens to block opening of Gordie Howe border bridge between Detroit and Canada

President Trump said Monday he would block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Canada "until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them."
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Conservative columnist says Donald Trump has lost the country. It’s complicated.

Trump's approval rating reportedly drops to 37% as conservative columnist Ross Douthat argues the president has "lost the country" amid challenges.
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ICE acting director says Minnesota bodycam footage will be released amid transparency push

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons told lawmakers Tuesday that body camera footage from ICE operations in Minnesota will be released, while acknowledging that about 3,000 of roughly 13,000 ICE agents currently wear body cameras.

Lyons made the remarks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, as lawmakers pressed the agency following the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti last month. The hearing grew contentious as ICE officials acknowledged the limited use of body cameras and lawmakers clashed over...
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Hochul primary challenger Antonio Delgado ends campaign for New York governor

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New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced Tuesday he is ending his campaign for governor of New York, saying he "concluded that there simply is no viable path forward."

The withdrawal comes just days after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Delgado’s boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, as she runs for re-election. Delgado would have challenged Hochul in the Democratic primary this year.

"I’ve decided to end my campaign for Governor of New York. After much consideration, I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward," Delgado said in...
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Vance: US should get 'some benefit' from Greenland if it's going to be 'on the hook' for protecting territory

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Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the United States should get "some benefit" from Greenland if it’s going to "be on the hook for protecting this massive landmass."

Vance told reporters in Armenia that, "it's very early in the Greenland talks," amid the Trump administration's push to acquire the Danish territory.

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Trump Accounts touted as antidote to ‘anti-capitalist’ ideology, financial illiteracy gripping US: regulator

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FIRST ON FOX: "Trump Accounts" will work as a nationwide financial literacy starter kit that simultaneously serves as an antidote to rising anti-capitalist sentiment, according to the head of the Treasury bureau that regulates and supervises national banks.

"Trump Accounts will be one of the most impactful financial literacy tools in our country’s history," Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said Friday before the Financial Literacy and Education Commission. "They present a unique chance for all Americans to own a stake in the most powerful...
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Venezuelan opposition politician under house arrest after kidnap, son says

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Juan Pablo Guanipa was recaptured by Venezuela's security forces on Sunday, hours after he and other political prisoners were freed.
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Lutnick defends visit to Epstein's island with his family

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged Tuesday visiting Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in 2012, as Senate Democrats called into question his credibility on the issue. Justice Department files on Epstein released recently show Lutnick and Epstein had a closer relationship than Lutnick has previously stated.

Maryland's Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen recalled that Lutnick had previously claimed to have cut off contact with Epstein, Lutnick's neighbor in New York, in 2005, "but now it turns out not to be true." Lutnick said last year he...
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Tom Malinowski concedes in special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's seat in Congress

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Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's congressional seat.

Malinowski was one of 11 candidates on the Democratic ballot for the 11th Congressional District. He had been neck-and-neck with Analilia Mejia.

Mejia, who held a slim lead over Malinowski, is expected to host a news conference later Tuesday afternoon with supporters.

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Federal judge rejects Trump admin lawsuit seeking Michigan voter rolls

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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit from the Trump administration seeking to acquire Michigan's voter registration rolls.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou, a Trump appointee, is the latest in a string of legal losses over the acquisition of sensitive voter information.

The Trump administration has sued multiple states over voter information in an effort to force them to clean up their voter lists.

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House GOP leader rips 'socialist' Zohran Mamdani after 18 people freeze to death in NYC

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The No. 2 House Republican in Congress tore into Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday after cold weather left 18 New York City residents dead.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., made the comments in the context of warning that Democrats' rejection of a bipartisan compromise on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will leave critical offices — like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — with a dire lack of money.

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Murkowski breaks with GOP on voter ID, says push ‘is not how we build trust’

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A Senate Republican who has routinely broken from the GOP and President Donald Trump announced that she wouldn’t support efforts to pass voter ID legislation.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in a post on X on Tuesday that she would oppose forthcoming legislation that would enact more stringent election integrity laws backed by both Trump and conservatives in the upper chamber. Her opposition underscores a reality many in the Senate already acknowledge: without extraordinary steps such as nuking the filibuster or support from Democrats (a...
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Netanyahu heads to US for Trump talks on Gaza, Iran, as Islamic Republic faces pressure to make nuclear deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he plans to discuss Iran and Gaza with U.S. President Donald Trump during their upcoming visit.

The foreign figure, who is traveling to the U.S. to meet with Trump, indicated that the two nations share a close bond, and that he and Trump are close as well.

"I am now leaving for the United States for my seventh trip to meet with President Trump since he was elected for a second term. This, of course, does not include his unforgettable visit to Israel and his speech in the Knesset," Netanyahu noted...
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FBI releases images of masked man in hunt for Savannah Guthrie's mother

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The mother of the news anchor Savannah disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was last seen on 31 January.
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French former teacher charged with abusing 89 teens dating back to 1960s

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Jacques Leveugle allegedly kept a diary of the abuse which also spanned several countries, prompting police to appeal for more victims to come forward.
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Laegreid wins bronze then confesses to affair on TV

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Winter Olympics bronze medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid says on live TV that he made the "biggest mistake" by cheating on his girlfriend.
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Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears

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The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles
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Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court justices "get along well"

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Tuesday that the justices on the court "get along well" despite their different viewpoints and believes it's "a model for learning how to disagree without being disagreeable."

"The court is very good at compartmentalizing, meaning that we focus on our work," she told "CBS Mornings." "We work very hard. We come up with our own individual opinions as to how we think about the law."

"We're sort of always thinking about the law in different ways. And so we have learned how to adapt to being in an...
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Court unseals more records in Fulton County suit over FBI search

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A federal court in Georgia unsealed key records related to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election materials from Fulton County last month, following an emergency lawsuit filed by the county last week that seeks to regain control of thousands of files.

On Jan. 29, the FBI executed a search warrant at a Fulton County elections office, seeking to take ballots as part of an ongoing investigation into the 2020 presidential election.

Last week, Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts and the county's Board of Registration and Elections sued to compel...
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Trump allegedly thanked police for probing Epstein in 2000s, warned Ghislaine Maxwell is ‘evil’: FBI doc

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President Donald Trump allegedly called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department in the mid-2000s to thank them for investigating Jeffrey Epstein while simultaneously warning them to stay focused on "evil" Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an FBI document recapping an interview with the local department's former chief.

"TRUMP called the PBPD (Palm Beach Police Department) to tell him 'thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this,'" reads an FBI document reviewed by Fox News Digital recounting a 2019 interview with...
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Progressive backed by Sanders, AOC pulls off upset ballot box shocker in Democratic congressional primary

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A progressive candidate backed by champions of the left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pulled off a major upset victory over the more mainstream front-runner in a Democratic congressional primary for a blue-leaning seat in New Jersey.

Analilia Mejia, a progressive organizer, edged out former Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski in the battle for their party's nomination in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

On Tuesday, Malinowski announced on X that he had conceded the...
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Scathing report reveals Antifa-linked org passing out material to K-12 students: 'Political revolution'

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FIRST ON FOX: A newly unearthed training guidebook from the far-left activist group Sunrise Movement calls on both college and K-12 students to engage in monthly disruptions and "mass non-cooperation" as part of a coordinated effort to spark a "political revolution" across the United States.

The 25-page document, obtained by Defending Education, focuses on mobilizing youth against what it describes as a "regime" and a "system captured by billionaires," urges students to walk out of classrooms and boycott businesses in an attempt to prove that the...
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Unearthed docs undercut Dem warnings of harm from Trump executive order blocking trans surgery for minors

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FIRST ON FOX: Conservative lawfare group America First Legal (AFL) has been filing records requests after 15 Democrat-led states and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, D, sued to block President Trump's executive order banning sex changes for minors, in an attempt to find out whether the harm being alleged in their lawsuit is actually happening.

Fox News Digital reported last month on how AFL's more than a dozen records requests to state departments of health were either ignored, or did not include any responsive records documenting the harms the...
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House Democrats on offense: Expand 2026 map with 5 new Republican targets

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Emboldened congressional Democrats are once again expanding their battleground map for this year's midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their razor-thin majority in the House.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Tuesday added five more offensive opportunities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, South Carolina and Virginia to their list of what they consider are vulnerable Republican-held House districts.

That brings the total number of districts Democrats are hoping to flip to 44. The DCCC notes that all five of...
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Pilot praised after crash-landing faulty Somali passenger plane on seashore

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The Civil Aviation Authority say it overshot the tarmac after failing to stop on the runway.
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Judge rejects Trump administration's effort to obtain Michigan voter data

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Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday rebuffed the Justice Department's effort to obtain sensitive voter information from Michigan, joining a growing number of judges who have tossed out lawsuits brought by the Trump administration in its bid to secure voter registration lists from states.

U.S. District Judge Hala Jarbou granted a request from Michigan officials to dismiss the lawsuit from the Justice Department seeking voter registration data from the state, finding that federal voting laws do not require the records to be disclosed.

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Airlines adjust as Trump's policies dry up Cuba's jet fuel supplies

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Havana — Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn't enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Caribbean nation off from its fuel resources.

The government of Cuba published the notices to airlines and pilots on Sunday night, warning that jet fuel wouldn't be available at nine airports across the island, including José Martí International Airport in Havana, starting Tuesday and continuing until March 11.

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