While White House border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday morning the federal immigration surge in Minnesota would be ending, state officials were facing tough questions about the circumstances that led to that crackdown in the first place. Those officials, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the state’s corrections commissioner, Paul Schnell, in turn blasted the Trump administration for the way it has conducted itself in their state. Walz said the surge did serious economic damage to the state and said he would seek repayment. “You don’t get to break things and then just leave without doing something about it.”And while Homan was speaking in Minneapolis, top Minnesota officials testifying in Washington said the damage had already been done. Johnson said it was no wonder that ICE officers were on “hair-trigger alert” considering the number of people who opposed them and sometimes confronted them during operations.

LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul is stepping away from the NBA for good after more than two decades in the league. The 12-time All Star who played a key role in the Clippers' "Lob City" era made the announcement Friday soon after being waived by the Toronto Raptors. After over 21 years I'm stepping away from basketball," Paul wrote in a lengthy statement posted to his Instagram account. While this chapter of being an 'NBA player' is done, the game of basketball will forever be engrained in the DNA of my life." "Playing basketball for a living has been an unbelievable blessing that also came with lots of responsibility," Paul wrote.

The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job GrowthAfter a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers. By Ben Casselman, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman, June Kim and Nikolay NikolovFebruary 13, 2026

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“We can barely afford food, let alone medications.”Somehow, Omar scraped together money for the antibiotics, which the clinic staff administered. “You feel helpless,” said Areeda Fadhli, the 53-year-old medical assistant managing the clinic, as she shifted the pillow away to look at Rania’s face. “We’re trying to stretch them as much as possible.”The contractions in Yemen reflect a wider ravaging of foreign assistance worldwide. In 2025, the U.S. pledged $3.4 billion in global aid, a fraction of the $14.1 billion funded under President Biden. The result, the U.N. says, is that 453 health facilities have faced partial or imminent closure across the country, including hospitals, primary health centers and mobile clinics.

Crews finally are removing fire debris from the Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates, a roughly 170-unit, rent-controlled mobile home park along Pacific Coast Highway. The Palisades Bowl’s owners still are disputing whether residents’ leases remain intact. AdvertisementCrews used excavators to clear debris from the Palisades Bowl. The owners have failed to provide meaningful updates on whether residents will be able to return, they say, and when. The Palisades Bowl cleanup process began this month only after intense pressure from residents and the city.

The Trump administration this week began cuts to $600 million in funding used to track and prevent HIV and STDs in four Democrat-led states. Cuts began the week of February 9 and are expected to continue over the next several weeks. Historically, the groups used the money to study the spread of HIV and STDs, track outbreaks or offer pre-exposure prophylaxis. Some funding cuts would also apply to groups that supported children's gender transition or provided social programs for LGBTQ+ adults. He is using federal funding to compel states and jurisdictions to follow his agenda," Bonta said.

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I hope that California can be a leader in a more compassionate form of government that provides some kind of universal basic services to the people who live here. I hope we look back and realize just how weak our safety nets were in 2026 and how much we’ve built upon them to where it’s really not recognizable. That we are a more collectivist society that slows down and takes care of each other. And we’re not so obsessed with the newest fad, the newest trend, latest invention, and we realize that just because we have cell phones doesn’t mean that we’re more advanced than past populations. In some ways it might make us less so.

Maduro’s name was only mentioned once on the first day, Wright told CNN, because the trip was to discuss business, not politics. This is the path of cooperation, and it is the agenda for a long-term productive partnership,” Rodríguez told CNN. Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright shake hands after attending a meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, February 11, 2026. “We are five weeks into the transition process; a lot remains to be done,” Wright told CNN Wednesday. Asked about Rodríguez’s future and her repeated insistence that Maduro remains Venezuela’s legitimate president, Wright said the US is not “going to tell Delcy what her future role is.

Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong and St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen were among the defendants to plead not guilty. MINNEAPOLIS — Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. "For more than 30 years, I've been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my work," Lemon told reporters following his court appearance. The veteran journalist has said he was at the church to chronicle the protest but was not a participant. The church protest drew sharp complaints from conservative religious and political leaders.

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Last spring, the powerhouse restaurateur Stephen Starr took it over and brought in the chef Mark Ladner, who rose from the pasta station at Babbo to running the haute Del Posto. It’s only when the dishes arrive that you start to see what Mr. Ladner is trying to do. Mr. Ladner thought it too rich, and he was right. In a holdover from Del Posto, lamb scottadito — the lamb chops, were just too big. Turns out Mr. Ladner is not trying to replicate the past, just make peace with it and find a way to move on.