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Lead: A 52-year-old supervisory officer with US Customs and Border Protection based in Laredo, Texas, has been criminally charged with harboring an undocumented woman he allegedly lived with and supported. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas filed a complaint after investigators received information in 2025 and conducted surveillance and interviews into the relationship. … Read more
Lead: Astronomers announced on 12 February 2026 the discovery of an unusual four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903, located about 116 light-years from Earth. Using data from NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops plus ground-based follow-up, the team found an unexpected sequence: a small rocky world close in, two gas-rich planets at intermediate distances, … Read more
Google released an official YouTube app for Apple Vision Pro on February 12, 2026, giving visionOS users a native way to watch YouTube content. The new app brings signed-in features such as subscriptions, playlists and watch history to the headset and supports Shorts alongside traditional rectangular videos. It also adds native playback for spatial formats … Read more
Lead Jordan Binnington backstopped Team Canada to a 5-0 victory over Team Czechia in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 opener on Feb. 12 at Santagiulia Arena in Milan, making 26 saves. Connor McDavid recorded three assists and 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini scored the late first-period winner, becoming the first teenager to register a game-winning … Read more
U.S. equity markets moved lower on Thursday as investors positioned ahead of an upcoming inflation report, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4% and the S&P 500 off 0.6%. Traders cited caution ahead of the print that could influence Federal Reserve expectations and near-term policy pricing. Market participants rotated away from risk-sensitive positions … Read more
Gail Slater, who led the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division for nearly a year, was forced out of her post the week of Feb. 12, 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Sources told CNN the dismissal followed months of friction between Slater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the White House. Slater posted on … Read more
Lead Federal border official Tom Homan announced Thursday that a two-month immigration enforcement operation in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area is ending, calling Minnesota “safer” after more than 4,000 arrests. The operation, described by the Department of Homeland Security as its largest immigration enforcement effort to date, followed two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens that drew … Read more
Lead: On Feb. 12, 2026, a federal judge in Washington blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to discipline Sen. Mark Kelly for a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found Hegseth’s actions to be unconstitutional retaliation that violated Kelly’s First Amendment rights. The decision came two days … Read more
Spirit Airlines said on Feb. 12, 2026 that it has sold 20 more Airbus jets and will recall 500 flight attendants from furlough as it prepares for the spring break travel peak. The Dania Beach, Florida-based carrier, navigating a second bankruptcy filing in under a year, reduced its active fleet to 94 aircraft and plans … Read more
Lead On Feb. 12, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that his administration has rescinded the Environmental Protection Agency’s long-standing “endangerment finding,” a scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The move, announced at the White House with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin present, removes the legal foundation the federal government has used to … Read more
Justice Department Antitrust Chief Gail Slater Resigns Effective Immediately Lead: Gail Slater, the Assistant Attorney General leading the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, announced on Thursday that she is leaving her post effective immediately. The move comes at a high-stakes moment for U.S. merger reviews, including competing bids for Warner Bros. Discovery and an upcoming court … Read more
Lead On Feb. 12, 2026, U.S. District Judge Rich Leon in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction preventing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly over the Arizona Democrat’s appearance in a November video advising service members about refusing unlawful orders. The order also bars, for now, any move to strip Kelly of … Read more
Lead On Thursday, leaders from the 27-member European Union gathered at the 16th-century Alden Biesen castle in Bilzen-Hoeselt, Belgium to address intensifying external pressure from U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump, economic coercion linked to China, and hybrid threats from Russia. The meeting, called to recalibrate trade and diplomatic strategy, produced urgent calls for policy … Read more
Feb. 12, 2026 — Climate advocates, lawmakers and public-health activists gathered outside the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington on Wednesday to condemn the Trump administration’s plan to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that underpins federal greenhouse gas regulations. Organizers said the move, announced by the White House press secretary and scheduled to be finalized … Read more
Lead: The Nasdaq slipped in today’s session as shares of Applovin and Cisco moved lower, while a cluster of data-center stocks posted notable gains. Market participants cited sector rotation and macroeconomic newsflow as drivers. Live coverage tracked intraday swings and color from traders across U.S. exchanges. Key Takeaways The Nasdaq traded down on the day, … Read more
