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Friday, February 13, 2026

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

The nomination of Scott Socha follows widespread firings within the Park Service.

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Judge blocks Trump administration from moving former death row inmates to Colorado’s ‘Supermax’ prison

U.S. District judge ruled the government cannot send the former death row inmates to the “Supermax” federal prison in Florence, Colorado, because it likely would violate their Fifth Amendment rights to due process.

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Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

Lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break.

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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it’s eroding

Survey results show Americans’ confidence keeps sliding, not rising.

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Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein files

Rep. Jamie Raskin asked the DOJ’s inspector general to investigate.

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Colorado sues to block Trump administration from cutting public health grants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified Congress it wouldn’t pay $600 million worth of grants already awarded in Colorado, California, Illinois and Minnesota.

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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says ‘there will be costs’ to Trump officials after failed indictment attempt

“We are taking names, we are making lists,” U.S. Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado said in an interview Wednesday, a day after federal prosecutors failed to win an indictment against him and other la