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The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.
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Top officials meet amid fresh questions over the transatlantic alliance and Europe’s security architecture.
06:45 AM on 02/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Europe looks for US resolve as Ukraine talks bog down
The Trump administration’s attempt to end the war hasn’t produced major breakthroughs as the war approaches its fourth anniversary.
12:05 AM on 02/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Opinion | Sen. Mitch McConnell on What the West Must Do Now
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Some members were still planning to participate in the event.
06:46 PM on 02/13/2026 Politico Top Stories The Industry Comes In and Kills the Work of Local Citizens
States and feds aren’t doing much to affect data center growth. Residents are building the playbook for pushing back here.
05:00 AM on 02/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now
02:41 AM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give detained immigrants in Minnesota quick, private access to lawyers
08:33 PM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Arizona GOP candidate drops out of primary, narrowing field to two
President Donald Trump-endorsed housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson suspended her campaign Thursday for Arizona governor
09:05 PM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the government declaration, climate change and energy
06:17 PM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary
Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill
05:46 PM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Trump immigration officials shown video of Alex Prettis death in tense Senate hearing
Sen. Rand Paul has challenged federal immigration officers over the shooting death of Alex Pretti and said the public has lost trust
05:53 PM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Trump heads to Fort Bragg to cheer special forces members who ousted Venezuela's Maduro
President Donald Trump is visiting Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Friday to praise special forces involved in the capture of Venezuela’s former leader, Nicolás Maduro
02:25 AM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding
A new trove of documents released by the Justice Department reveals that Epstein’s reach into academia was wider than previously known
12:10 AM on 02/13/2026 ABC Politics Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead
03:45 PM on 02/12/2026 ABC Politics Lawyers say access to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is still hard to get as a judge weighs the case
Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed
01:46 PM on 02/12/2026 ABC Politics Tariff votes hand Republicans an unwanted referendum on affordability
House GOP leaders shielded their most vulnerable members from politically explosive votes for more than a year. Now the fallout is reverberating.
04:45 AM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: Top NATO allies dont think US helps deter enemies anymore
The United States' eroding reputation is raising fresh questions about the stability of the global order that has held for decades, and of the country's strength on the world stage.
10:40 PM on 02/12/2026 Politico Top Stories NATO deploys to Greenland to keep Trump onside
The alliance’s Arctic Sentry is mostly a rebranding exercise aimed at appeasing the U.S. president — in response to a largely exaggerated threat.
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