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"I have spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn — cartilage and tendon. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me, and that's really challenging…But honestly, the thing that I’m far more concerned about than myself is that this is an ongoing fear and threat for people around this country. What happened to me is absolutely not new in the history of this country, and we have not seen accountability that gives me any reason to believe that this won’t be done to somebody else.”

—Aliya Rahman, the woman who immigration agents dragged out of her car in Minneapolis as she was trying to get to a doctor’s appointment, said on MS NOW on Tuesday. Rahman is one of Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) guests for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

Residents in several states could once again see the Northern Lights on Tuesday due to strong solar winds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. People living near the U.S.’s northern border with Canada -- in places like Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota -- are among those with the best chances.

A federal judge has ruled that the government may not search through the electronic devices of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, whose Virginia home was raided by federal authorities earlier this year.

“Given the documented reporting on government leak investigations and the government’s well chronicled efforts to stop them, allowing the government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product — most of which consists of unrelated information from confidential sources — is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the Washington Post’s henhouse,” Magistrate Judge William Porter wrote in the ruling.

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President Donald Trump is expected to award the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to E. Royce Williams, a 100-year-old Korean War veteran who once completed a secret mission against Soviet forces.

The move drew praise from Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who said that he had worked with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to pass legislation that waived time limits and made the honor possible. Kelly touted Williams’ prowess as a fighter pilot and the skill he exhibited in a dogfight against multiple Soviet aircraft.

“This still stands out as one of the most exceptional and brave feats of naval aviation in our history, but to avoid escalation with the Soviets, the details of the mission were kept secret for decades and Captain Williams wasn't recognized at the time,” Kelly wrote in a post on X.

According to CBS News, this will be the first time a president has presented the Medal of Honor during a State of the Union address.

Chef José Andrés commemorated the fourth anniversary of the start of Russia's war in Ukraine by noting that World Central Kitchen has served more than 295 million meals to families there since 2022.

"When heat and power go out in the cold winter…we bring hot meals," Andrés wrote Tuesday on social media. "When supply chains break…we find new ways forward. We keep innovating alongside Ukrainians with our community kitchens, frontline food kits, and rapid response teams after strikes."

Andrés said in a statement that "no amount of meals can replace peace."

"No kitchen can stop a missile," he said. "The strikes must stop. The attacks on civilians must stop. Ukraine deserves safety, dignity, and a future."

Andrés founded World Central Kitchen in 2010 after Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake that killed up to 316,000 and displaced 1.5 million people.

Katherine Hartley Short, the daughter of actor Martin Short, has died. She was 42.

In a statement sent to media outlets on Tuesday, the Short family confirmed her death but did not elaborate on the cause.

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Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is considering an executive order that would require banks to collect customers’ citizenship information.

The information gathering effort would undoubtedly be a prelude to something far more sinister, bolstering the administration’s efforts to engage in mass deportations.

Unnamed sources also confirmed the administration’s thinking to CNN.

“It’s a bad idea," a financial industry source told the outlet. "We are very alarmed.”

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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said he won't resign after Republicans and Democrats alike called on him to step down over an apparent affair with a staffer who later died.

“I am not going to resign. I work every day for the people of Texas,” Gonzales told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday.

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Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, now a podcaster, reacted with outrage at the way New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani handled a preplanned snowball fight in lower Manhattan on Monday, which ended chaotically after NYPD officers arrived and were promptly met with snowballs.

“I’ve seen the videos of kids throwing snowballs at NYPD officeers in Washington Square Park,” Mamdani said on social media. “Officers, like all city workers, have been out in a historic blizzard, keeping New Yorkers safe and cars moving. Treat them with respect.”

He added, “If anyone’s catching a snowball, it’s me.”

To Kelly and others, though, the snowballs were apparently a menace to public safety.

“NOT. IT. SIR. Kids??” she replied to Mamdani on X.

Video of the incident shows what appear to be teens or young adults in the park lobbing snowballs at NYPD officers, who retreat calmly to a van.

Fox News and multiple local Fox affiliates covered the incident, with Fox 5 morning show co-hosts Rosanna Scotto and Jerry O’Connell calling it “a tense situation” where “anybody who’s seen this video is not happy.” Multiple organizations representing NYPD officers derided the snowballs as dangerous.

Right-wing outlets have been paying close attention to Mamdani's mayoral tenure, as he is the city's first Muslim and Democratic Socialist to be elected to the office.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded the AI company Anthropic allow its models to be used for the mass surveillance of Americans and the development of weapons that fire without human involvement in a meeting Tuesday with the company's CEO, Axios reported.

Anthropic's Claude model is currently the only AI approved for use in the military's classified systems, but Hegseth has suggested the government could either declare the company a supply chain risk, essentially cutting the company off from work with the Pentagon and its numerous contractors, or try to use the Defense Production Act to force the company to produce a model fitting the Pentagon's demands. He gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday to comply.

"During the conversation, Dario expressed appreciation for the Department's work and thanked the Secretary for his service," an Anthropic spokesperson told Axios. "We continued good-faith conversations about our usage policy to ensure Anthropic can continue to support the government's national security mission in line with what our models can reliably and responsibly do."

The Pentagon's threats to cut out Anthropic entirely are seen as something of a bluff -- there is no readily available replacement for the product, though Elon Musk's xAI recently signed a contract to try to bring Grok into classified settings, and both OpenAI and Google could also adapt their models for classified use.

A new poll from the University of New Hampshire shows progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner with a substantial lead in Maine's Democratic Senate primary and topping Sen. Susan Collins in the general election.

The poll found Platner with a 64% to 26% edge over Gov. Janet Mills in the primary, and leading GOP Sen. Susan Collins 49% to 38% in a general election. The survey found Mills and Collins essentially tied in a general election matchup, 41% to 40%.

The poll also found Mills' approval among all voters sitting at 46%, with 52% expressing disapproval.

The survey of 1,120 likely voters of the state, conducted from Feb. 12 to Feb. 16, has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, will be President Donald Trump's “special guest” at his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, confirmed Kirk will attend the event, in which Trump will reportedly urge Congress to “firmly reject political violence.”

Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist who founded Turning Point USA, was shot dead in September while speaking at Utah Valley University.

Trump stood alongside Erika Kirk during a memorial service for her husband days after the shooting, and spoke about how he disagreed with Charlie Kirk in wanting the best for his opponents.

“I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry. I am sorry, Erika,” he said at the event in Arizona shortly after Erika Kirk had spoken of forgiving her husband's killer.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended FBI director Kash Patel partying with the USA men's hockey team after their Olympic win.

Jordan was asked by CNN's Manu Raju if Patel's reported use of an FBI jet should be investigated, a question he initially sidestepped, saying, "This was as all-American, apple pie moment as possible. The American men's team, the American women's team played unbelievable hockey." When pressed again, Jordan eventually suggested, "I think he was over there because of security, looking at security."In the past, Jordan has gone after plenty of Democrats for allegedly using their proximity to public office for private gain, notable among them Hunter Biden.

The U.S. Secret Service plays a big role in the State of the Union every year, ensuring that the president, the vice president and other high-level government officials are protected throughout the event.

This year, though, its agents aren’t being paid. The Department of Homeland Security is entering day 10 of a partial shutdown as Congress fights over new funding for immigration enforcement, and the Secret Service isn’t being funded in the process.

It’s not clear if, or how, the lack of paychecks will affect the number of Secret Service agents working the event. A Secret Service spokesperson declined to comment.

Instead, they pointed to a statement from Secret Service Director Sean Curran about all the planning that’s been put into making the State of the Union a success.

"The U.S. Secret Service has conducted extensive security planning with public safety partners over the past few months for the 2026 State of the Union and is prepared to provide the highest level of security for this [National Special Security Event],” Curran said.

"We have been preparing for this event with our partners and will have a successful protective mission thanks to our dedicated workforce,” he said. “The men and women of the Secret Service represent the best among us. Their commitment to the mission, our protectees and the nation are unparalleled."

Laurence des Cars, the director of the Louvre, resigned Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Thieves stole nine items, including jewels, from the museum in a seven-minute heist in October; des Cars offered to resign over the "terrible failure" of the Louvre's security.

The office of French President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted her resignation, praised "an act of responsibility at a time when the world's largest museum needs calm and a strong new impetus to successfully carry out major projects involving security, and modernization," according to Reuters.

An NPR investigation into the Epstein files found the Justice Department removed and withheld a substantial number of documents that mention President Donald Trump.

Using unique serial numbers tied to documents in the Epstein database, NPR concluded at least 53 pages of Trump-related documents have been withheld.

Among those missing are FBI files concerning allegations Trump sexually abused a minor, including interviews with the woman, who said Epstein introduced her to Trump in the early 1980s when she was around 13 years old and allegedly forced her to perform oral sex on him.

Other missing documents include testimony from a different woman who served as a witness in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, a former acquaintance of Epstein’s who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Maxwell refused to answer questions before the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door deposition earlier this month, indicating she’s holding out for a pardon from Trump.

NPR’s conclusions align with those of lawmakers who reviewed unredacted versions of the Epstein files earlier this month and accused the DOJ of orchestrating a cover-up.

“I saw the names of lots of people who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told reporters. “I think the Department of Justice has been in coverup mode for many months and has been trying to sweep the entire thing under the rug.”

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will reportedly brief lawmakers Tuesday on the situation in Iran as the U.S. assembles the largest fleet of warplanes and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.

Rubio's discussions with House and Senate leaders, and leading figures on congressional intelligence committees, comes as negotiations between Iran and the U.S. on Tehran's nuclear program are expected to continue Thursday.

Trump has warned of “bad things” if no deal is made.

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Plans for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Hampshire have been scrapped following a local backlash.

New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) announced Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security will not move forward with the proposed facility in Merrimack following discussions with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

“I thank Secretary Noem for hearing the concerns of the Town of Merrimack and for the continued cooperation between DHS and New Hampshire law enforcement to secure our northern border, keep dangerous criminals off our streets, and ensure our communities are safe,” Ayotte said in a statement.

It's unclear whether an alternative location will be sought for an ICE center in the state.

The Trump administration is facing resistance from communities across the country as it looks to spend more than $38 billion converting warehouses into detention centers to support the president's sweeping immigration crackdown.

I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security will not move forward with the proposed ICE facility in Merrimack. During my trip to Washington last week, I had productive discussions with Secretary Kristi Noem. I thank her for hearing the concerns of the…

On Tuesday night, Democrats in Congress will once again face one of the most mundane tasks in politics: How to channel their constituents' disgust and outrage with President Donald Trump and his policies during a State of the Union address.

Countering the president ― who has the benefit of being able to talk for an hour or more while you’re expected to sit still ― has proven difficult for members of both parties. Democrats' efforts in 2025 were mostly met with skepticism or resistance. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) won liberal plaudits and got booted out of the chamber for waving his cane and yelling at Trump, while progressives were panned for the circular signs they passed out with anti-Trump messages. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) made a few headlines for solemnly walking around the chamber with her handwritten message, "This is NOT Normal."

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President Donald Trump is set to continue jabbing at former President Joe Biden for the cost-of-living crisis despite returning to the White House more than a year ago.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday previewed some of the themes likely to emerge in the president's State of the Union address later in the day, noting he would highlight his “no tax on tips” policy and discounts on medications under the TrumpRx government portal.

Leavitt told Fox News he would “share stories of everyday Americans benefiting from his policies and making a few new policy announcements as well to continue tackling the affordability crisis Joe Biden created a year ago.”

Karoline Leavitt: "The president will be making a few new policy announcements to continue tackling the affordability crisis that Joe Biden created one year ago." (Joe Biden was no longer president one year ago.) pic.twitter.com/gRkRetYZ08

Savannah Guthrie said her family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for information that leads to the recovery of her missing mother, Nancy, while saying she may “already be gone” but “we need to know where she is.”

“We still believe in a miracle, we still believe that she can come home,” the co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show said in an emotional video posted Tuesday morning to Instagram.

“We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother Pierce, and with our daddy. And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it,” she says in the video. “But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery.”

Guthrie said her family has also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“Somebody knows something that can bring her home. Somebody knows,” she says.

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