Hannah Northey

Heavy traffic choked the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital city after a series of Israeli strikes hit the country.

NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

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Iranian state media reported explosions in various cities after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes across the country.

The total number of casualties in Iran was not immediately clear, but satellite imagery and videos show damage to civilian areas.

Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday.

US Customs & Border Protection statement: “He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues or disabilities requiring special assistance."

The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
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E&E News: US-Canada feud threatens Trump’s mineral quest Growing divisions between mineral-rich Canada and the U.S. could imperil President Donald Trump's critical minerals plan.

Lost in the shuffle on a busy Friday: Trump officials claim all is well with their mineral agenda and FORGE, but Canada denies claims its already part of the effort.

How Trump's feud w/mineral-rich Ottawa could undermine his push for mineral dominance:

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👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump spares power plants from mercury emissions clampdown The rollback is the latest salvo in the president's multipronged push to boost the coal industry.

This rollback is especially notable as more coal plants are staying online past previous retirement dates to power data centers and AI.

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Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.

Climate denialists claimed victory when the Trump administration published an unprecedented report reliant on decades of debunked claims. The administration just proved it has no confidence their work could withstand scrutiny in a legal fight over climate regulations www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

I love this song. The art of the f%&* deal. Read, listen, so good 👇

Making Coal Cute Again | Decoder Ring There’s a new mascot in town—and he might be hazardous to your health.

#Coalie still kickin': shows.acast.com/696572d375c0...

Exclusive: Senate appropriators are investigating DOE's repurposing of this climate, CCUS money to prop up coal plants (Trump awarded yesterday). I dug deep into this last month 👇@eenews.bsky.social: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Important.. and tough to stomach..

Bad Bunny gets RESULTS

“Liam is now no longer going to school — let alone a Super Bowl.”

The electricity grid making an appearance at the Super Bowl half-time show 🤯

The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Sharing bc it feels pertinent on a site where we’re posting important stories all day/night and assuming and hoping the world takes note. #sundayfeels

Hearing more family/friends say they no longer watch the news or trust journalists (they know I’m a reporter) and that they don’t “do” politics.

Amid the ensuing debate, I counter that politics is part of everything and will affect you whether you’re paying attention or not…

Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.

Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo Doctors, nurses, and other officers are increasingly being deployed to ICE detention centers. Some have resigned in protest, while others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.

A growing number of U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) doctors, nurses, and officers are resigning rather than accepting deployments to the Trump administration’s expanded immigration detention operations at Guantánamo Bay. This story was published in partnership with @kffhealthnews.org.

Absolutely outrageous how many incredible reporters lost their jobs today. I've been teaching about AI for 2 decades and I've used Natasha Tiku's reporting in my classes, including this piece that's on my syllabus again this semester: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Marissa J. Lang @Marissa Jae X.com I was laid off today by The Washington Post. I'm proud of the work I have done at this place — not just the award-winning work, but the stories that spurred change, that were steeped in this beautiful local community. Job tips welcome. DMs open. Or: marissalang(@)gmail(dot)com 9:15 AM • 2/4/26 • 76K Views

The Washington Post Sign in Marissa J. Lang Washington, D.C. Enterprise reporter Marissa J. Lang is an enterprise reporter for The Washington Post focused on high-impact stories in the D.C.region. She previously covered housing and gentrification, zeroing in on the affordable housing crisis, homelessness and the transformation of cities. She joined The Post in 2018 as its lead protest reporter. Her coverage of domestic extremism and the violence that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol culminated in her on-the-ground reporting of the insurrection and its aftermath. Marissa was part of the team of journalists recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Trump’s Greenland gambit could undermine critical minerals meeting

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what an Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials.

(Published Dec. 2025)

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Trump admin clips EPA oversight amid deregulatory blitz POLITICO’s E&E News reviewed the steady dismantling of scientific and regulatory oversight functions happening largely under the radar.

Brutal story about how the Trump administration is shielding its pro-polluter agenda from any oversight or potential resistance from the public, the independent civil service, or Congress. That just leaves the courts in a few, but not all cases.
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Serbians pushed out as China takes over a mining empire Beijing’s investment is transforming the landscape in Bor — and the lives of the people who call it home.

Since 2018, a mining complex in northeastern Serbia has been taken over by Chinese state-owned group Zijin Mining, which has invested €2.3 billion to increase production. The expansion goes far beyond industry.