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Kristi Noem snaps back amid anger over her claim she'll ensure the 'right people' elect the 'right leaders' in midterms

Sunday 15 February 2026 17:25 EST Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem doubled down on her assertion that her department assists in election security Sunday, telling critics that they were creating fake outrage after she asserted the “right people” would elect “the right leaders.” Over the weekend, lawmakers, democracy advocates and political commentators raised alarm bells at Noem’s claim that her department, which oversees domestic security and immigration, played a role in safeguardi ...

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Indian Health Service to phase out use of dental fillings containing mercury by 2027

Updated 5:29 PM EST, February 15, 2026 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it will phase out the use of dental fillings containing mercury. The Indian Health Service has used fillings, known as dental amalgams, that contain elemental mercury to treat decayed and otherwise damaged teeth for decades. Native American rights and industry advocates have called for an end to the practice, arguing it exposes patie ...

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RFK Jr. says ultraprocessed food manufacturers hijacked GRAS "loophole" to use questionable ingredients

February 15, 2026 / 7:00 PM EST Ultraprocessed foods comprise half of the average American's diet, and according to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are leading to Americans being obese and malnourished at the same time. Kennedy said that Americans don't know about the health consequences of what they eat thanks to a 67-year-old government exemption allowing ingredients that are generally recognized as safe, or GRAS. Kennedy says the Food and Drug Administration of today doesn't know how many ...

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Tillis won't support Fed nominee confirmation before DOJ investigation of Powell is done

02/15/26 4:21 PM ET Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reiterated Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) concludes its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I’ve tried to make it very clear that I have no intention of supporting any confirmation of any Fed board member, chair or otherwise … until this is resolved,” Tillis told host Ed O’Keefe on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” Tillis, who sits on the Sen ...

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No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

Updated 4:27 PM EST, February 15, 2026 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security. A partial government shutdown began Saturday after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team failed to reach a deal on legislation to fund the department through September. Democrats are demanding changes t ...

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Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

Updated 2:27 PM EST, February 15, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge. A “small” security force will stay for a short period to protect remaining immigration agents and will respond “when our agents are out and they get surrounded by agitators and thing ...

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Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon

Chinese cars could be at an American dealership sooner than you think, and that’s good news for US consumers. Chinese car companies make more vehicles than anyone else on Earth and export more as well. But high tariffs and hostile US-China trade relations have kept them out of the American market. That’s likely to change, according to experts, with Chinese autos hitting US showrooms in the next five to ten years. ...

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Europeans push back at US over claim they face 'civilizational erasure'

Updated 6:09 AM EST, February 15, 2026 MUNICH (AP) — A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to European allies. He struck a less aggressive tone than Vice President JD Vance did in lecturing them a ...

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'This is the Epstein Administration!' Thomas Massie Trashes Trump in Fiery ABC Hit

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) ripped President Donald Trump — accusing him of being “still in the Epstein class” in a fiery interview on ABC Sunday. Speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, the Kentucky Republican — who has relentlessly pushed for transparency on the Epstein files — slammed the president, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the administration as a whole. Raddatz began by asking Massie to weigh in on Bondi’s “combativeness” at Wednesday’s blockbuster House Judiciary hearing. “Sh ...

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Trump's bizarre Valentine's Day fundraising letter asked do you still love me? - and E Jean Carroll said she received it

Sunday 15 February 2026 15:00 EST E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won an $83.3 million defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he denied sexually abusing her, said she received a Valentine’s Day-themed fundraising email from a political action committee associated with the president that asks “do you still love me?” The email, from “secret admirer Donald J. Trump,” begs people to read the “love letter” from the president and prove their devotion with a monetary donation. “Ros ...

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Lawyers urge federal court to stop Trump's latest 'chill on voting rights'

17 min ago - February 15, 2026 10:36PM ET Lawyers filed an emergency motion on Sunday night requesting that a federal judge in Georgia stop President Donald Trump's latest "chill on voting rights." Earlier this month, the Trump administration dispatched FBI agent ... (Raw Story)

RFK Jr. says ultraprocessed food manufacturers hijacked GRAS "loophole" to use questionable ingredients

1 hr ago - February 15, 2026 / 7:00 PM EST Ultraprocessed foods comprise half of the average American's diet, and according to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are leading to Americans being obese and malnourished at the same time. Kennedy said that Americans d ... (CBS News)

Republican senator calls Trump 'irresponsible' over Greenland threats

1 hr ago - Sun, February 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM EST A Republican senator who has become one of Donald Trump’s most frequent critics on the issue of foreign policy called his threats towards Greenland a mistake on Sunday. Sen. Thom Tillis told CBS News that th ... (Yahoo! News/The Independent)

Indian Health Service to phase out use of dental fillings containing mercury by 2027

2 hrs ago - Updated 5:29 PM EST, February 15, 2026 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it will phase out the use of dental fillings containing mercury. The Indian Health ... (AP)

Kristi Noem snaps back amid anger over her claim she'll ensure the 'right people' elect the 'right leaders' in midterms

2 hrs ago - Sunday 15 February 2026 17:25 EST Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem doubled down on her assertion that her department assists in election security Sunday, telling critics that they were creating fake outrage after she asserted the “righ ... (The Independent)

No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight

3 hrs ago - Updated 4:27 PM EST, February 15, 2026 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Dep ... (AP)

Tillis won't support Fed nominee confirmation before DOJ investigation of Powell is done

3 hrs ago - 02/15/26 4:21 PM ET Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reiterated Sunday that he will not support Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, until the Department of Justice (DOJ) concludes its probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell. ... (The Hill)

New Book on Rupert Murdoch Flops Despite Pre-Release Hype -- Falls Short of Even Olivia Nuzzi's Debut Sales

4 hrs ago - Feb 15th, 2026, 4:03 pm Bill O’Reilly used to tell viewers they were entering the “No Spin Zone” when they watched his Fox News program. Unfortunately for Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman, his new book on the family d ... (MEDIAite)

Poland should 'begin work' on nuclear defenses, Nawrocki says

11 hrs ago - February 15, 2026 3:49 pm CET Polish President Karol Nawrocki thinks his country should start developing nuclear defenses, given the threat from Moscow. In an interview with Polsat television on Sunday, Nawrocki described himself as "a great supporte ... (Politico (EU))

VA Announces Change to Veteran Benefits

11 hrs ago - Published Feb 15, 2026 at 08:57 AM EST The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has finalized a new rule that it says is designed to streamline certain decisions around veteran survivors’ benefit claims—a move the agency says will result in ... (Newsweek)

Ty Cobb: Top Trump officials "should be impeached," including Trump himself

12 hrs ago - Published February 15, 2026 1:30PM (EST) A former Trump White House lawyer sharply escalated his public criticism of the president’s inner circle this week, saying several top officials — including Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth &# ... (Salon)

Trump announces Board of Peace members have pledged more than $5B toward Gaza

13 hrs ago - 02/15/26 1:41 PM ET President Trump on Sunday said members of his newly created Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion toward Gaza reconstruction efforts and will commit thousands of personnel to “maintain security and peace” in the territo ... (The Hill)

US teen who pushed for her father's release from ICE custody dies of cancer

13 hrs ago - A Chicago teenager, whose father was detained by immigration authorities while she navigated cancer, died on Friday, a family spokesperson said. Ofelia Torres, a 16-year-old in Chicago, had been undergoing treatment for an aggressive and rare form of ... (The Guardian)

Trump adviser admits citizen revolt spurred admin to change course from 'quagmire': report

13 hrs ago - February 15, 2026 11:48AM ET The ongoing fierce resistance to the surge of federal immigration officers in Minnesota is striking real fear in the Trump administration, one adviser to President Donald Trump revealed Sunday, so much so that officials w ... (Raw Story)

Bondi Blasted for Putting Long-Dead Celebs on Epstein Email List

13 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 15 2026 11:43AM EST Published Feb. 15 2026 10:46AM EST Attorney General Pam Bondi’s attempt to quell the angry mob over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal backfired when she brought dead mid-20th-century celebrities into ... (Daily Beast)

Schumer Calls 'Bull' On Noem's Voter Fraud Fearmongering

14 hrs ago - Feb 15, 2026, 02:29 PM EST Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) doesn’t think Immigrations and Customs Enforcement “thugs” have any business being near polling places, no matter what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. T ... (Huff Post)

Trump's bizarre Valentine's Day fundraising letter asked do you still love me? - and E Jean Carroll said she received it

14 hrs ago - Sunday 15 February 2026 15:00 EST E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won an $83.3 million defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he denied sexually abusing her, said she received a Valentine’s Day-themed fundraising email from a po ... (The Independent)

Rapper turned civic leader Luther Campbell challenges Cherfilus-McCormick in congressional primary

15 hrs ago - Luther Campbell, the rap music icon, free-speech advocate and civic activist, launched a primary challenge Sunday against U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is under federal indictment and now faces a widening field of political rivals. Campbe ... (Sun-Sentinel)

Democrats say Trump's climate rollbacks 'corruption in action'

15 hrs ago - 02/15/26 6:00 AM ET Democrats are linking President Trump’s unraveling of climate change regulations to a larger story about corruption, a midterm argument they think could hurt Republicans in the battles for the House and Senate this fall. Whil ... (The Hill)

National Institutes of Health faces leadership vacuum as director positions sit open

15 hrs ago - Feb. 15, 2026, 5:00 AM EST The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research is in limbo. The National Institutes of Health has, in large part, managed to withstand the Trump administration’s attempts to slash its budget and upend h ... (NBC News)

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