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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, February 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM EST A recent meeting of President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission rapidly devolved into a shouting match between commission members over the issue of antisemitism. That's according to a Tuesday article by MS NOW's Ja'han Jones, who wrote that several conservative Christian members of the commission got into a "fit of infighting" when discussing antisemitism on college campuses. Commission members Carrie Prejean Boller (who was Miss California U.S.A. in 2009) and Seth Dillon -- who is the CEO of conservative satire site The Babylon Bee -- battled over far-right commentator Tucker Carlson and whether MAGA influencer Candace Owens is antisemitic. February 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM EST The New York Times reports a Washington D.C. grand jury has again refused to acquiesce to President Donald Trump's quest to prosecute his political foes, with the paper calling the rejection "a remarkable rebuke" from ordinary citizens. The Times reports: "Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video last fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders, four people familiar with the matter said." February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM EST The Daily Beast's "The Swamp" newsletter reports Trump's announcement of the closure of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was a surprise to everyone -- including the people in charge of it. "Well-placed sources have told The Swamp that Trump's decision blindsided nearly everyone involved -- including, awkwardly, [Interim Executive Director/President] Ric Grenell and his inner circle," the Beast reported. February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM EST Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's recent testimony to U.S. senators about his relationship with convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein may have put his job in even greater danger, according to one Republican. Semafor reported Tuesday that Lutnick's testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies may have turned even more Republicans against him, while Democrats push for his resignation. One unnamed Republican senator told the outlet that Lutnick would likely be fired "if it were anybody but President Trump" in the White House. February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM EST President Donald Trump will now have more difficulty withholding money for federal programs appropriated by Congress, thanks to lawmakers from both parties. The New York Times reported Tuesday that in the government funding package Congress passed last week (which Trump later signed into law) includes language meant to hamstring Trump's attempts to carry out "pocket rescissions," in which he freezes money meant to be disbursed. Language restricting Trump's use of pocket rescissions made its way into all 11 spending bills the president signed, which will last through September 30 of this year. February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM EST President Donald Trump has "surrounded" himself with people who have connections to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and that's worrisome to one retired federal prosecutor. In a Tuesday interview with Substack host Jim Acosta, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Alene Vance (who former President Barack Obama appointed to the Northern District of Alabama) reminded viewers of the numerous high-ranking officials in the Trump administration with ties to Epstein. Acosta played a video of Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who is a member of the House Oversight Committee, giving multiple names of current and former officials in the second Trump White House who have been named in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest batch of Epstein files. February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM EST "[W]hite Christians, who played a key role in returning Donald Trump to the White House, are losing confidence in President Trump's policies," reports Religion News Service, citing recent Pew Research numbers. Support from white evangelicals fell nearly 10 points from 66 percent to 58 percent during the first year of Trump's second term. That drop echoed similar declines among white Catholics, whose support fell from 51 percent last year to 46 percent this year. White Protestants who are not evangelical represented the deepest drop, falling from 46 percent to 33 percent, according to the Monday survey. February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM EST The newly released warrant application behind the FBI raid of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia is under new scrutiny. A new report reveals the FBI's criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by a "stop the steal" campaign attorney known for "spreading baseless allegations of election fraud." The supporting affidavit for the warrant to search Fulton County election records was unsealed Tuesday, publicly revealing the mechanics behind the invasive search and seizure conducted by President Donald Trump's politicized FBI. February 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM EST Democrats are poised to take back at least one chamber of Congress after this November's midterm elections according to the latest polls. But Republicans are hoping their significant fundraising advantage can give them a critical edge this fall. That's according to a Tuesday article by the New York Times' Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer, who reported that the GOP is going into the midterm race with a cash haul significantly larger than the opposition. According to the Times , President Donald Trump's main super PAC is sitting in more than $304 million, and other well-funded super PACs affiliated with the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence are expected to write big checks to Republicans this cycle. February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM EST After Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick told senators on Capitol Hill that he took his family for lunch to the private island owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2012, the White House insisted that he remains an important part of the administration. There is bipartisan support for Lutnick to resign from the administration. A reporter, mentioning Lutnick's congressional testimony, reminded Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that the family lunch occurred "after he said that he had cut ties with Epstein," and that a DOJ document "showed that he was in contact with Epstein through 2018 over messages." February 10, 2026 at 12:13 PM EST President Donald Trump's Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, admitted during congressional testimony that he took his family to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private island for lunch in 2012. "I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat, going across on a family vacation," Secretary Lutnick told U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on Tuesday. "My wife was with me, as were my four children, and nannies." February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM EST Donald Trump promised to avoid "regime change" foreign policy goals when he ran for reelection, but according to his former national security adviser, John Bolton, he has engaged in a "much worse" policy, implemented "incoherently" and risking "disastrous consequences" for the U.S. On Tuesday, Bolton published a scathing takedown of Trump's second-term foreign policy agenda for The Atlantic. In it, he echoed the frustrations of many Republicans about the president's reversal from his campaign promise to avoid "regime change" and "nation building" initiatives, while also ripping the haphazard execution of the "global buccaneering" plans he has pursued instead. |
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