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Texas A&M Ends Women’s and Gender Studies, Alters Hundreds of Courses

On Jan. 30, 2026, Texas A&M University said it would end its women’s and gender studies program and that syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new systemwide policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms. University officials said six courses

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Trump calls for Republicans to 'nationalize' voting

President Trump called for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in the United States during a podcast interview released Feb. 2, 2026, saying Republicans should “take over” voting in at least 15 places, The New York Times reported. On the Dan Bongino podcast, Mr. Trump said, “The Republicans should say,

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France adopts budget after months of turmoil as Lecornu survives no‑confidence votes

On Monday night, Feb. 2, 2026, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu overcame the last parliamentary obstacle to pass a state budget, surviving last‑gasp no‑confidence votes and clearing the way to fund state services for another year. For more than a year, the failed effort to pass a budget helped

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Judge allows Sunrise Wind construction to resume, overturns Interior halt

A federal judge on Feb. 2, 2026 struck down the Interior Department’s order to halt work on Sunrise Wind, a multibillion-dollar wind farm off the coast of New York State, and issued a preliminary injunction allowing the developer to restart construction while the broader legal battle unfolds. The ruling

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Trump announces initial trade deal with India, U.S. tariff cut to 18%

President Trump announced on Monday that the United States had reached a trade arrangement with India that would roll back some tariffs in return for India’s dropping tariffs on some American goods and ceasing its purchases of Russian oil, saying the agreement would take effect immediately and that the

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New York appellate court reverses custody and relocation denial, orders hearing

On June 18, 2025, the New York Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a lower court order in a contested custody and relocation matter, finding the trial court denied a request for a custody modification and relocation without holding an evidentiary hearing. Barrows Levy PLLC represented the appellant. The appeal arose

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Trump assails Grammys and threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke

President Trump on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, sharply criticized the Grammys telecast and threatened to sue its host, Trevor Noah, over a joke that appeared to tie Mr. Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, writing on Truth Social just after 1 a.m. Eastern after the broadcast ended. Mr. Trump called the

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Taylor Rehmet, machinist and union leader, wins Texas State Senate special election

Taylor Rehmet, a 33-year-old machinist, Air Force veteran and union leader, won a State Senate special election on Saturday in a district in and around Fort Worth and its suburbs, defeating a hard-line Republican by 14 percentage points, The New York Times reported. Mr. Rehmet said he shifted toward the

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Lisa Bloom launches legal action alleging FBI failed Jeffrey Epstein’s victims

Lisa Bloom, the California-based lawyer who represents 11 of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, launched new proceedings against the FBI in December on behalf of eight clients, arguing the agency failed to investigate credible reports of Epstein’s sexual misconduct going back as far as 1996. On Friday, 3m new pages

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Justice Department published unredacted nude images in Epstein files

The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website as part of the disclosure of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, showing young women or possibly teenagers, The New York Times reported on Feb. 1, 2026. In reviewing more than three million pages uploaded to the department’s

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Trump to close Kennedy Center for two-year reconstruction

President Trump announced Sunday that he would shut down the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington for two years, saying the temporary closure would begin on July 4. Mr. Trump called the building "a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center" and said the work would

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AEC releases 2024–25 donation figures showing Hancock, Palmer and Climate 200 donations

The Australian Electoral Commission on Monday released its 2024–25 annual financial disclosure returns, revealing major political donations in the lead-up to the 2025 election, including nearly $900,000 from Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to the rightwing campaign group Advance. The returns show Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy was again

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Justice Dept. found no credible basis to probe Trump in Epstein files, NYT review shows

The Justice Department said it looked into sexual misconduct allegations tied to President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein but did not find credible information to merit further investigation, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN. The comment came after the administration released about three million pages of documents from the Epstein

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U.A.E. firm bought 49% stake in Trump family crypto company, Times reports

An Emirati-backed investment firm purchased a 49 percent stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, in a $500 million deal signed days before President Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, The New York Times reported on Sunday, confirming an earlier Wall Street Journal account and a

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Canadian company cancels sale of Virginia warehouse to ICE

Jim Pattison Developments said on Friday that it would no longer sell a Virginia warehouse to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had planned to use the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. The warehouse was one of several planned industrial purchases by ICE and

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Gary Cohn: US economy strong but K-shaped gap leaves many Americans suffering

Gary Cohn, former chief economic advisor to President Trump and now IBM vice chairman, said on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that the US economy is both strong and facing an affordability crisis. Cohn pointed to overall output, saying GDP is "trending about 5% right

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Judge Boasberg cleared of Justice Department ethics complaint

On Feb. 1, 2026, a high-ranking federal appeals judge dismissed an ethics complaint filed by the Justice Department against Judge James E. Boasberg, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in an order signed by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S.

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Gun rights groups say Trump has their back despite 'wrong' comments

Since Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection officer on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis, President Trump has criticized Mr. Pretti for carrying a firearm — but many gun rights groups say they remain aligned with the president despite calling his comments

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Takeaways From Gavin Newsom’s Memoir 'Young Man in a Hurry'

Gavin Newsom’s new memoir, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, focuses on his upbringing, marriages and personal struggles rather than contemporary politics, according to an early copy provided to The New York Times and a report published Feb. 1, 2026. Newsom says he originally intended a

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Readers respond to essay on teaching Plato and campus censorship

Letters to The New York Times on Feb. 1, 2026, respond to Greg Lukianoff’s Jan. 13 opinion essay about Texas’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from university classrooms. Writers who weighed in include Zhiyi Yang, Matteo Fiori, Patricia Gamon and John R. Wallach. Zhiyi Yang, a professor

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US tariffs threaten Cuba fuel supplies as island faces possible blockade

The United States has authorised extra tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, a step the White House said was to “protect American citizens and interests” and that officials say could stop further fuel shipments to the island. In

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Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Federal judges around the country have ordered the release of hundreds of immigrant detainees in recent weeks after a surge of habeas corpus petitions challenging the Trump administration’s push to detain people indefinitely, The New York Times reported. Lawyers said they had filed dozens and, in some organizations, hundreds

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Starmer urges former Prince Andrew to testify to Congress over Epstein ties

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Saturday urged Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — to testify before a congressional committee about his dealings with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, comments made while Mr. Starmer was traveling in Asia, according to the report. Mr. Starmer told reporters traveling

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Costa Rica votes amid insecurity and fears of authoritarian turn

Costa Rica heads to the polls on Sunday to elect a president and 57 members of congress after a campaign dominated by rising insecurity and warnings of an authoritarian turn. President Rodrigo Chaves, who could not run again under the constitution, looms over the race; his handpicked candidate, Laura Fernández,

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Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins special Texas Senate race in Fort Worth suburbs

Taylor Rehmet, a Democrat and local union leader, won a state Senate special election on Saturday in a Fort Worth-area district that President Trump carried by more than 17 percentage points just over a year ago, defeating Republican Leigh Wambsganss by 57 to 43. Mr. Rehmet, a first-time candidate and