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ICE blocked detainees' access to lawyers in Minnesota, judge finds
By Dietrich Knauth Feb 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure that detainees have access to their attorneys in Minnesota, after finding t...
Feb 12, 2026
New Yorkers return Pride flag to Stonewall after Trump administration removed it
By Aleksandra Michalska and Roselle Chen NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - New York officials on Thursday hoisted a large rainbow Pride flag over the Stonewall National Monument that was removed by the Tru...
Feb 12, 2026
Republican to oppose Trump nominee for senior diplomatic post over remarks on Israel, Jews
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to be assistant secretary of state for international organizations hit a major stumbling block on Thursday when a Repu...
Feb 12, 2026
New York tunnel project expects to receive frozen US funding after court order
By David Shepardson Feb 12 (Reuters) - The commission overseeing the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project in New York said on Thursday it expected to soon receive $205 million in frozen federal funding a...
Feb 12, 2026
Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, emailed an invitation to a Valentine's ...
Feb 12, 2026
US Congress names press gallery for abolitionist Frederick Douglass
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday named its press gallery after Frederick Douglass, 150 years after the famed 19th-century or...
Feb 12, 2026
Factbox-A timeline of Trump's Minnesota immigration crackdown
By Julia Harte Feb 12 (Reuters) - White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to end an immigration-enforcement surge in Minnesota, drawing down...
Feb 12, 2026
Trump cannot end deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from ending temporary protections from deportation that had allowed hundreds...
Feb 12, 2026
US senators sharply question Trump officials about Pretti shooting, use of force
By Ted Hesson Feb 12 (Reuters) - The top Republican and Democrat on a U.S. Senate committee played video showing the lead-up to the shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti to Trump immigration officials ...
Feb 12, 2026
US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday d...
Feb 12, 2026
