Mexico sends aid to Cuba as Sheinbaum walks diplomatic tightrope with US Much-needed supplies but no oil arrive on navy ships as Trump stokes island nation’s economic crisis The Guardian - US · Feb 12
Religious Liberty Commission boots former beauty pageant winner during meeting on antisemitism Carrie Prejean Boller asserted only Trump could remove her from the commission after the chairman said she had been ousted The Independent UK · Feb 12
Mexican Navy ships carrying humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis The ships arrived two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba, prompting the island to ration energy. Euronews · Feb 12
Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a U.S. Marine and his wife will keep an Afghan orphan they brought home in defiance of the U.S. government’s decision to reunite her with her Afghan family The Independent UK · Feb 12
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 12
Sarah Ferguson asked Epstein for bankruptcy advice and begged him for a job while he was in jail, emails suggest The former Duchess of York appeared to ask Epstein for a job telling him she ‘desperately needs the money’ The Independent UK · Feb 12
Democrats eye legal action, GOP seeks answers on Trump admin "spying" on Congress "This is very serious, and we're not going to let it go," said one House Democrat. Axios · Feb 12
Morning Mail: Taylor poised to take Liberal leadership, Trump’s gift to billionaire polluters, Australia’s moguls gold Challenger expected to oust Sussan Ley in party room vote this morning The Guardian - AU · Feb 12
Johnson warns Pam Bondi against spying on Congress members’ Epstein search histories: ‘We can’t allow for that’ Democrats say a revealing photo from the attorney general’s heated testimony this week could have a ‘chilling factor’ on getting to the truth about who enabled the dead sex trafficker The Independent UK · Feb 12
ICE Reveals ‘Key’ Role at 2026 World Cup Amid Growing Unrest in U.S. The United States is set to host 78 of the competition’s 104 matches this summer. Sports Illustrated · Feb 12
EPA abandons the foundation of greenhouse gas rules It's the Trump administration's most direct effort yet to rip out climate regulations root and branch. Axios · Feb 12
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding – a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive climate change, including carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger… The Conversation · Feb 12
What to know about EPA decision to revoke a scientific finding that helped fight climate change The Trump administration has made it more difficult to curb planet-warming pollution by dumping a scientific finding that's the legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases from power plants, vehicles and other sources The Independent UK · Feb 12
The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians Editorial: A campaign of ethnic cleansing and ‘tectonic’ new legal measures are killing the two-state solution to which other governments pay lip service The Guardian - UK · Feb 12
Motor1 · Feb 12 Auto Stop/Start Is Effectively Dead Early in 2025, the head of the EPA, Lee Zeldin, hinted that the Trump Administration was considering killing automatic stop/start, arguably one of the most annoying features found in any modern car. Today, it’s official—automatic stop/start is effectively dead.
The Guardian - US · Feb 12 US judge blocks Hegseth’s bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video Judge reprimands defense secretary over attempt to reduce Arizona senator’s military rank and pension
The Guardian - US · Feb 12 Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’ Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Trump terminates Obama-era findings that tied greenhouse gases to climate change The move eviscerates the government’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Lawyers say access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is still hard to get as a judge weighs the case Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Trump’s whole hand caked in makeup as he covers bruises before meeting with coal miners White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt chalked up the president’s bruised hands to his ‘hard work’ and numerous hand shakes
Salon · Feb 12 The shrunken ambition of "Love Story" A decade after "The People v. O. J. Simpson" comes an empty romance whose existence hangs on the Kennedy name
The Times of India · Feb 12 Who is Andrew Paul Johnson? January 6 rioter pardoned by Trump found guilty of child sex abuse A Florida handyman who was pardoned by US President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 US Capitol riot has now been found guilty of multiple child sex abuse charges.
We Got This Covered · Feb 12 Bob Evnen must give Trump’s DOJ every Nebraska voter’s sensitive info, and his answer about security proves nobody is safe Nothing to do once it’s out there
The Independent UK · Feb 12 Canadian separatists say they discussed moving to the US dollar and creating a new military in White House meeting Could a right-wing group close to the Trump administration lead Alberta to become an independent oil-rich nation?