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Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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The FBI doubled its initial cash reward for information leading to a breakthrough in the case late Thursday -- nearly two weeks after the 84-year-old vanished.
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A woman and two Chicago police officers were injured when a squad car hit a CTA bus traveling through the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Kathy Ruemmler, the top lawyer at storied investment bank Goldman Sachs and former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, announced her resignation Thursday, after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship where she described him as an "older brother" and downplayed his sex crimes.
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Congressional hearing on Jeffrey Epstein case devolved into partisan theater as both sides seemed to prioritize viral moments over substantive answers.
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Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Minnesota immigration surge was a success, pointing to over 4,000 detentions as federal agents begin scaling back operations.
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Global shares slip ahead of US inflation data, tech worries simmer TradingView
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Global shares retreat from record ahead of US inflation data, tech worries simmer TradingView
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Halfway through the academic year, the administration canceled $168 million in community schools grants.
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The Trump administration says it is ending its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests, led to thousands of arrests and the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about the lingering impact of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
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A DHS partial shutdown is set for midnight Friday after Senate Democrats blocked funding over ICE reforms, though immigration operations will continue with their existing budget.
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Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America The New York TimesList of ICE raids, major updates in Minnesota on Thursday, Feb. 12 Bring Me The NewsActivists Are Fighting ICE Even Though It Could Get Them Killed. Here's Why. SlateICE increasingly targeting Minnesota immigrants with active work permits Sahan JournalICE is pushing Minneapolis underground The Verge
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The USS Iwo Jima, a 840 foot-long assault ship, was deployed to the Caribbean after Trump had ordered dozens of warships to mobilize in the Caribbean in 2025.
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A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation.
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Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.
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Commercial driver licensing failures continue causing preventable highway deaths as federal audits expose states cutting corners on safety standards.
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European banking stocks now down year-to-date, head for biggest weekly drop since April TradingView
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona about the fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Illinois' three House Republicans — all loyal Trump supporters who reliably vote with the president — may have recalibrate as they weigh in on increasingly unpopular positions.
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On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station NPRSpaceX and NASA launch astronauts to relieve bare-bones crew at ISS CNN‘Here it comes': Sonic boom shakes Florida's Space Coast during Crew-12 mission YahooFour astronauts launch to space station after prior crew's early departure NBC NewsWatch SpaceX rocket blast off to International Space Station BBC
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Virginia Democrats fast-track new congressional map that could flip four GOP seats, potentially deciding House control in November elections.
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The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.
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Focuslight Technologies's Shareholders Plan To Unload Shares TradingView
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European Opportunities Trust Begins Strategic Review TradingView
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"In short, a student was admitted to the dental school through an irregular process, coinciding with fundraising solicitations by former academic and alumni leadership of the school."
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country's first election since 2024 uprising AP NewsBangladesh Election 2026 Live Updates: Tarique Rahman's BNP Claims Victory The New York TimesBangladesh National Party claims victory in first election since student uprising NPRBangladesh election results live: BNP claims win, Jamaat ‘not satisfied' Al Jazeera
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Former CNN anchor and independent journalist Don Lemon is charged with conspiracy to deprive religious freedom rights and a violation of the FACE Act.
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Rivian shares surge as upcoming affordable SUV powers EV delivery forecast Reuters
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Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days The GuardianCondom crisis at Winter Olympics: 10,000 packs at Games Village gone in 3 days India TodayIOC Reveal X-Rated Item Being Handed Out at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics SPORTbibleSex-crazed Winter Olympics stars 'run out of condoms' in athletes' village The Sun
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The number of children in immigration detention has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.
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We look at what life is like on the ground in Milan and Cortina.
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US stock index futures slip ahead of key inflation data Reuters
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Plus, your Friday news quiz.
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2026 Winter Olympics live updates: Highlights, scores, results from Milan Cortina on Feb 12 NBC Olympics2026 Winter Olympics: Follow live updates from Milan Cortina ESPNJessie Diggins headlines Team USA's best moments from Day 6 NBC Olympics2026 Winter Olympics: U.S. men's hockey begins, Chloe Kim takes silver in halfpipe NBC News
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The FBI described the suspect in Nancy Guthrie's abduction as a 5-foot-9-inch man of average build who was wearing a black "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Democratic lawmakers who questioned her about the Epstein files and the weaponization of the Justice Department at an oversight hearing Wednesday.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
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Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Resigns Over Epstein Ties The New York TimesKathy Ruemmler, top Goldman Sachs lawyer, resigning amid Epstein fallout CNNTop lawyer at Goldman Sachs resigns after revelation of Epstein relationship The GuardianTop Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign over Epstein links Financial Times
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A sudden DOJ departure is stoking fear that Trump's populist antitrust movement is dead PoliticoJustice Department's antitrust chief says she's leaving, effective immediately NBC NewsTrump officials oust Abigail Slater as DOJ's antitrust chief, sources say CBS NewsJustice Department's antitrust chief has been fired, sources say CNN
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Bangladesh dynastic heir defeats Islamist challengers in post-uprising election Financial TimesWho is Tarique Rahman, set to become Bangladesh's next PM? BBCIs BNP's Tarique Rahman the change post-Hasina Bangladesh is looking for? Al JazeeraWhat Bangladesh's Election Means for South Asia and the World Time MagazineAfter 17 years in exil
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The unofficial CAL DOGE department, helmed by gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, claims to have dredged up $370M in mismanaged substance abuse education funds that were allegedly "funneled to [the] voter mobilization machine for California Democrats."
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Pride flag flies again at Stonewall Inn, challenging federal ban The Washington PostN.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal The New York TimesStonewall National Monument pride flag raised again after Trump administration removal ABC7 New YorkNY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration Yahoo
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The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite The New York TimesThe Epstein files come for Hollywood royalty CNNInside Epstein's efforts to influence elites, from U.K. to Russia and beyond AxiosThe Epstein files tell a story of justice denied The EconomistOpinion | The Real Epstein ‘Ring' The Wall Street Journal
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An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in the U.S.
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Trump repeals U.S. government's power to regulate climate The Washington PostTrump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change The New York TimesTrump rolls back landmark policy regulating greenhouse emissions PBSTrump delivers a deadly blow to EPA's ability to regulate climate pollution CNNEPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
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Gov. Tim Walz is demanding the federal government "pay for what they broke" after the Tom Homan announced it would draw down its immigration enforcement presence in Minnesota.
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U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to bring back 137 deported migrants at taxpayers' expense after ruling they were denied due process.
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Democrats on Thursday said they see opportunity to press for their priorities in DHS talks and more as GOP House teeters on a razor-thin margin.
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The Environmental Protection Agency revoked its own 2009 "endangerment finding," a scientific conclusion that for 16 years has been the central basis for regulating planet-warming emissions.
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Watch SpaceX launch Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station early on Feb. 13 SpaceNASA, SpaceX Work Toward Friday Morning Crew-12 Launch NASA (.gov)Crew-12 launch, Artemis II delayed and Musk's big shift: Space Beat Florida TodaySpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Florida may be visible in New Hampshire Friday morning WMUR
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka Oforah, 21, declared dead after reportedly falling overboard from USS Iwo Jima during Caribbean operations last week.
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The FBI doubled its reward to $100,000 in the Nancy Guthrie case after releasing new suspect details including height and backpack brand from doorbell footage.
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The video, which was captured on a Ring camera about 1:54 a.m., shows a bald man wearing a gray jacket and a backpack similar to the one worn by the masked man outside Guthrie's door before she was abducted.
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Investigators again scoured the desert brush outside the Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie, as officials were reviewing a new message that could be tied to her abduction.
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The scale of the buildup seems aimed at readying forces for expansive operations, analysts said.
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U.S. Border Patrol shot Patrick Gary Schlegel after he fired at agents during a foot chase, officials said. The FBI's local office is working with the sheriff.
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Wednesday's CPI inflation reading showed that the pace of price hikes slowed more than expected last month. The Federal Reserve is set to release new economic projections and a decision on rates at 2 pm ET.
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