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US proposes boosting ‘Buy America’ requirements for government-funded EV charging stations

February 10, 2026 4:10 PM UTC / Reuters

By David Shepardson

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday it is proposing to boost American content in federally funded electric vehicle charging stations from 55% to up to 100% and require them to be produced in the United States, which could pose significant hurdles to the use of the funds.

The Biden administration in 2023 agreed to waive some “Buy America” requirements for government-funded electric vehicle charging stations for the $5 billion program to fund the stations.

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The proposal – first reported by Reuters – would take immediate effect once the changes are finalized. USDOT said it believes manufacturers have the capacity to produce EV chargers in U.S. facilities, which will “protect Americans from foreign-made EV charger components that use technology with cybersecurity vulnerabilities.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the increase in content requirements will “strengthen domestic manufacturing, generate new American jobs, make U.S. businesses more competitive, and address potential national security concerns.”

During the Biden administration, USDOT’s Federal Highway Administration waived U.S. content requirements for steel, iron and construction materials for EV charging stations, which some Republicans said would result in U.S. taxpayers subsidizing Chinese-made products.

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JUDGE RULED AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Last month, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin ruled President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully suspended funding awarded to support the expansion of electric vehicle charger infrastructure, in a victory for 20 Democratic-led states that sued over the action.

The states sued USDOT after it suspended in February an EV charger infrastructure program enacted by Congress in 2021 under Democratic President Joe Biden.

Duffy said USDOT has updated EV charging guidance and made it easier for states to build chargers, resulting in nearly double the number of charging ports completed during the Biden administration. “If Congress wants to see these chargers built, we put America First,” Duffy said.

Soon after Duffy took office, USDOT suspended the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which was part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that Biden signed into law in 2021.

The Trump administration has pursued policies to boost the sale of gas-powered vehicles and cut EV incentives for automakers and consumers.

A funding bill approved in January by Congress redirected $879 million in funds approved under Biden for the EV charging network to other infrastructure priorities.

Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Rod Nickel

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Former US Representative Malinowski concedes to progressive challenger in New Jersey primary

By Nolan D. McCaskill
February 10, 2026 5:47 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Tom Malinowski congratulated Analilia Mejia for winning the Democratic nomination in a phone call on Tuesday morning, conceding a race that has been too close to call since Thursday’s election.

Mejia, national political director of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, leads Malinowski by nearly 900 votes in Tuesday morning’s latest tally.

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Voters in northern New Jersey chose Mejia as the Democratic nominee to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the favorite to be elected to Congress in two months.

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Mejia, who ran as a progressive outsider, prevailed over 10 other Democrats in the crowded field in New Jersey’s 11th District, finishing narrowly ahead of Malinowski. The seat was previously held by Mikie Sherrill, a moderate Democrat who left the House after she was elected governor in November.

Mejia will face Randolph Township Councilman Joe Hathaway, who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination, in the April 16 special election to serve the remainder of Sherrill’s term through early 2027.

“It is essential that we send a Democrat to Washington to fill this seat, not a rubber stamp for (President Donald) Trump,” Malinowski said. “Analilia deserves unequivocal praise and credit for running a positive campaign and for inspiring so many voters on Election Day.”

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The Democratic candidate is favored to win the district, which former Vice President Kamala Harris carried in the 2024 presidential election by nearly 9 points.

House Republicans hold a 218-214 majority, which means they can spare only one vote to pass legislation over united Democratic opposition.

A Democratic victory in New Jersey would give Republicans an even narrower margin. However, Republicans are favored to fill two vacant seats in special elections in Georgia on March 10 and California on August 4, which would expand their majority by two seats.

PROGRESSIVES BACKED MEJIA; OUTSIDE GROUP TARGETED MALINOWSKI

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Mejia earned the backing of leading progressives on Capitol Hill, including Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

A pro-Israel super PAC spent $2.3 million opposing Malinowski, who said he would not rule out placing conditions on foreign aid to Israel.

Other top candidates included former Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way and Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill.

If Mejia is elected in April, she will be on the ballot again for the state’s June 2 primary to be the Democratic nominee in the general election for a full two-year term.

United Democracy Project, the pro-Israel super PAC that targeted Malinowski, said last week that the race’s outcome “was an anticipated possibility” and signaled it would spend more money to defeat Mejia in June.

“Our focus remains on who will serve the next full term in Congress,” the group said in a statement.

November’s midterm elections will determine which party controls the House and Senate for the final two years of Trump’s term.

Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill in Washington; Additional reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Matthew Lewis

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Democrats press Trump officials on immigration enforcement tactics in tense hearing

February 10, 2026 3:22 PM UTC / Reuters / By Ted Hesson

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WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress pressed President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials on Tuesday over the Republican president’s crackdown, the first such hearing since two U.S. citizens were killed in Minnesota amid mounting opposition to Trump’s mass deportation push.

The officials – the highest-ranking at three agencies overseeing immigration enforcement and legal immigration – faced repeated criticism from Democrats on the committee after the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

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Trump escalated his aggressive immigration enforcement push in Minneapolis in January, leading to clashes between masked immigration officers and residents opposed to broad immigration sweeps that have picked up many people with no criminal record, including families and children. Top Trump officials swiftly portrayed Good and Pretti as “domestic terrorists” and aggressors after they were killed by federal immigration officers, but video evidence contradicted those statements.

The fallout over the killing became a tipping point for Democrats after months of intensifying immigration enforcement and led them to hold up funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in January, agreeing to a short-term funding extension that expires on Friday.

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Democrats say ICE must be reformed and have demanded they remove masks, wear body cameras and prioritize enforcement to focus on criminal offenders.

U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, a Republican, called for a full investigation into the killings of the two U.S. citizens in Minnesota in opening remarks, a departure from Trump officials who blamed Good and Pretti.

“There must be a complete and impartial investigation,” said Garbarino, who represents a district on Long Island in New York. “I expect each of our witnesses to keep this committee fully informed as the investigations run their course … While these investigations are ongoing, officials and elected leaders cannot rush to judgment.”

The top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson, sharply criticized the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement in U.S. cities and reiterated a call for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

PARTISAN CLASHES OVER ‘ABOLISH ICE’ CALLS

Testifying on Tuesday were Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Joe Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The three Trump officials in opening remarks defended the president’s immigration agenda, highlighting threats to ICE officers, increased border security under Trump, and more intense vetting of legal immigrants.

Lyons said ICE officers would continue implementing Trump’s deportation push even as officers faced the risk of assault amid public opposition.

“Despite these perils, our officers continue to execute their mission with unwavering resolve. And we are only getting started,” he said. “ICE remains committed to the fundamental principle that those who illegally enter our country must be held accountable.”

A spending package passed by the Republican-controlled Congress in 2025 devoted a historic $170 billion to immigration enforcement agencies through September 2029, a huge surge of funding over ICE and Border Patrol’s existing annual budgets of about $19 billion.

Some Democrats embraced calls to “Abolish ICE,” while Republicans said that would be reckless and stressed the high levels of illegal immigration under Democratic former President Joe Biden.

“It seems like one side of the aisle is in favor of open borders and wants to abolish ICE,” said Republican U.S. Representative August Pfluger of Texas. “I hope that that can be proven wrong, and the other side of the aisle wants to enforce the laws that are on the books.”

IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN SWEEPS IN U.S. CITIZENS

Democratic U.S. Representative Lou Correa, who represents a district that includes Anaheim, California, pressed Lyons on whether ICE maintained a database on U.S. citizens.

Correa cited a video of a masked federal immigration officer in Maine saying he would put an opponent’s name in a “nice little database” and that the person was now “considered a domestic terrorist.” Reuters reported on Tuesday that ICE officers have been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, citing two ICE officials.

Lyons denied his agency was tracking anti-ICE protesters in a database.

“I can assure you there is no database that is tracking U.S. citizens,” he said.

DHS said in response to Reuters that it does not maintain a database of U.S. “domestic terrorists,” but does track threats.

Seth Magaziner, a Democratic U.S. representative from Rhode Island, played a video clip of a border agent who sprayed a chemical irritant at a Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter at close range in their car last year.

“This is a family of United States citizens who were out to get groceries at a Sam’s Club in Chicago,” Magaziner said to Scott, the nation’s top border official. “Is it proper procedure to aim pepper spray into the window of a moving vehicle?”

“I don’t have all the details on this; it’s an ongoing investigation,” Scott said. “But to answer your question, we try to avoid that … No, it is not proper procedure.”

Despite internal ICE guidance calling for officers to stop engaging with protesters, the encounters have continued, including U.S. citizens arrested and charged after following officers in their cars.

Reporting by Ted Hesson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Rod Nickel

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