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US appeals court lets Trump continue ending deportation protections

February 9, 2026 11:49 PM UTC / Reuters

Feb 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday temporarily lifted a federal judge’s order that had blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for nearly 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.

The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals said the government could likely prove there were “legitimate” reasons to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from those countries and paused a California federal judge’s ruling against the administration for the duration of the appeal.

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“TPS was never designed to be permanent, yet previous administrations have used it as a de facto amnesty program for decades,” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on X in response to the decision. “Given the improved situation in each of these countries, we are wisely concluding what was intended to be a temporary designation.”

Attorneys and spokespeople for the National TPS Alliance, which represents the migrants, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the ruling.

TPS provides deportation relief and work permits to people already in the U.S. if their home countries experience a natural disaster, armed conflict or other extraordinary event. Trump has sought to end most TPS enrollment as part of a broader effort to restrict immigration.

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U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco blocked Noem in December from ending TPS for migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, finding the administration failed to adequately consider conditions in the three countries that would prevent them from returning. Thompson also said the terminations may have been motivated by racial animus, citing statements from Noem and Republican President Donald Trump portraying immigrants as criminals and a drain on U.S. society.

A unanimous three-judge 9th Circuit panel said on Monday, however, that the terminations may not have been eligible for court review. The panel also said the government could likely show that Noem appropriately considered conditions in the countries before ending the migrants’ TPS.

The three judges were appointed by Trump, Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic President Bill Clinton.

Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington; editing by Diane Craft

特朗普政府资助欧洲国家推广言论自由

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月10日 08:24 / 联合早报

美国特朗普政府将资助与华盛顿结盟的欧洲国家推广言论自由举措。

路透社报道，美国国务院负责公共外交的副国务卿罗杰斯（Sarah Rogers）本周访问都柏林、布达佩斯、华沙和慕尼黑，与欧洲官员及其他人士讨论言论自由和数码自由议题，反击美国所谓的欧洲“审查制度”法规是罗杰斯此行的重点。

美国官员强烈反对欧盟的《数码服务法案》和英国的《网络安全法案》等在线法规，称这些法规扼杀言论自由，尤其是对移民政策的批评，而且给美国科技公司施加繁重的要求；支持者则认为这些法规旨在打击网络上的仇恨言论、虚假信息和错误信息。

罗杰斯9日在布达佩斯的一个小组讨论会说：“我的办公室的运作方式将有所不同，我们将对所有工作都保持非常坦诚和透明的态度。”她强调，她的职责赋予她如何使用拨款的权力。

“我希望在西方盟国民主国家促进言论自由，……这就是我拨款的目的所在。”

《金融时报》上周的一篇报道引述知情人士的话称，罗杰斯曾与英国反对党改革党成员讨论一项计划，旨在资助与特朗普“让美国再次伟大”政策相符的智库和慈善机构。

当被问及这篇报道时，国务院发言人没有证实具体的资金情况，但称该计划是“透明、合法的资源使用，旨在促进美国在海外的利益和价值观。”

特朗普政府去年12月发布的《国家安全战略》指出，欧洲领导人正在审查言论自由，并压制反对移民政策的声音，华盛顿称这些政策可能导致欧洲大陆面临“文明灭绝”。随后，美国对一名前欧盟委员和四名反虚假信息活动人士实施签证禁令，华盛顿称这些人参与审查美国社交媒体平台。欧洲领导人谴责这些禁令，并捍卫欧洲就外国公司在当地运营方式立法的权利。

美国官员还与欧洲极右翼政党接触，他们认为这些政党是网络规则的打击对象，辩称合法的反移民观点以防止仇恨言论的名义遭到审查。

罗杰斯9日与匈牙利民族主义总理欧尔班的一名高级幕僚一同出席活动，她表示特朗普政府在移民等问题上与欧洲大多数民众的看法并不矛盾，并引述了她未具体说明的欧洲国家民意调查数据。

罗杰斯说：“美国政府不仅通过我，也通过其他途径，一直积极致力于言论自由议题，因为没有言论自由就无法实现自治；如果公共领域禁止表达观点，那就无法进行民主协商。”

特朗普恫言阻止美加新大桥通车 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月10日 08:46

耗资47亿美元兴建的戈迪·豪国际大桥2018年动工，预计将于今年晚些时候通车。 （路透社）

美国总统特朗普恫言不让连接美国密歇根州和加拿大安大略省的一座新大桥通车。

法新社报道，特朗普星期一（2月9日）在社媒平台说，美国将立即与加拿大就是否允许戈迪·豪国际大桥（Gordie Howe International Bridge）通车进行谈判。

他称美国应该拥有戈迪·豪国际大桥“至少一半”的产权。

这座耗资47亿美元（约60亿新元）的大桥，以已故加拿大国家冰球联盟传奇人物戈迪·豪（Gordie Howe）的姓名命名，2018年开始建设，预计将于今年晚些时候通车。

特朗普在Truth Social贴文说：“在加拿大对我们给予他们的一切做出充分补偿之前，我不会允许这座桥开通。而且，更重要的是，加拿大必须给予美国应有的公平和尊重。”

特朗普说：”我们将立即谈判。马上。”

特朗普抱怨加拿大拥有戈迪·豪国际大桥两端的所有权，而且在建造过程中“几乎”没有使用任何美国产品。

“现在，更糟糕的是，（加拿大）卡尼总理希望与中国达成协议——加拿大将被他们吞噬。我们只能捡些残羹剩饭！他们休想。”

卡尼上个月访问北京并与中国达成初步贸易协议，特朗普随即威胁要对加拿大征收100%的关税。

US to cut $600 million in public health grants to Democratic-led states, Bloomberg News reports

February 10, 2026 1:09 AM UTC / Reuters

Feb 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is expected to cut about $600 million in public health grants to California, Minnesota, Illinois and Colorado because they do not align with the White House’s priorities, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters could not verify the report. The HHS did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

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Reporting by Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City; Editing by Jamie Freed

特朗普恫言阻止美加新大桥通车

2026年2月10日 08:46 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普恫言不让连接美国密歇根州和加拿大安大略省的一座新大桥通车。

法新社报道，特朗普星期一（2月9日）在社媒平台说，美国将立即与加拿大就是否允许戈迪·豪国际大桥（Gordie Howe International Bridge）通车进行谈判。

他称美国应该拥有戈迪·豪国际大桥“至少一半”的产权。

这座耗资47亿美元（约60亿新元）的大桥，以已故加拿大国家冰球联盟传奇人物戈迪·豪（Gordie Howe）的姓名命名，2018年开始建设，预计将于今年晚些时候通车。

特朗普在Truth Social贴文说：“在加拿大对我们给予他们的一切做出充分补偿之前，我不会允许这座桥开通。而且，更重要的是，加拿大必须给予美国应有的公平和尊重。”

特朗普说：”我们将立即谈判。马上。”

特朗普抱怨加拿大拥有戈迪·豪国际大桥两端的所有权，而且在建造过程中“几乎”没有使用任何美国产品。

“现在，更糟糕的是，（加拿大）卡尼总理希望与中国达成协议——加拿大将被他们吞噬。我们只能捡些残羹剩饭！他们休想。”

卡尼上个月访问北京并与中国达成初步贸易协议，特朗普随即威胁要对加拿大征收100%的关税。

韩国东南部一储油设施发生火灾 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月10日 08:48

韩国东南部庆尚北道庆山市一处输油管道的室外储罐仓库发生火灾，尚无人员伤亡报告。

韩联社报道，火灾在星期二（2月10日）上午8时（新加坡时间上午7时）左右发生。

警方说，大火从该储油设施顶盖处烧起并发生爆炸，随后火势减弱，目前仅烟雾冒出。

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Trump threatens to bar the new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands talks with Ottawa

February 10, 2026 12:31 AM UTC / Reuters

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bar the new $4.6 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario from opening, in his latest salvo against Canada over trade issues.

Trump cited Canada’s ownership of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, its refusal to stock some U.S. alcoholic beverages on Canadian store shelves, Canada’s tariffs on dairy products and its trade talks with China.

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“I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve,” Trump said on social media. “We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset.”

In 2012, Michigan’s then-Governor Rick Snyder accepted a Canadian government offer to fund most of the new Gordie Howe bridge’s costs, and took the unusual step of using executive authority to bypass the legislature. Construction began in 2018 and the bridge is nearing completion.

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The U.S Homeland Security Department on January 30 published a rule declaring the bridge as an official port of entry.

The Canadian Embassy in Washington, the office of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the bridge authority did not immediately comment.

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, said “canceling this project will have serious repercussions. Higher costs for Michigan businesses, less secure supply chains, and ultimately, fewer jobs.”

She added Trump is “punishing Michiganders for a trade war he started. The only reason Canada is on the verge of a trade deal with China is because President Trump has kicked them in the teeth for a year.”

In 2023, Detroit was the second-largest U.S. freight port by value and was the largest on the U.S.-Canada border, handling $126 billion of value traded by commercial trucks.

The bridge will help ease truck traffic, which is handled by the Ambassador Bridge. The Gordie Howe Bridge will cut 20 minutes off the crossing time, saving truckers $2.3 billion over 30 years, according to a University of Windsor study.

Trump has made a number of threats against Canada in his second term and drastically hike tariffs on the U.S. northern neighbor. Last month, he said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it follows through on a trade deal with China.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in January traveled to China to reset the countries’ strained relationship and reached a trade deal with Canada’s second-biggest trading partner after the U.S.

Trump also said in January the U.S would decertify Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatened 50% import tariffs on all aircraft made in Canada until Ottawa certified a number of planes produced by U.S. rival Gulfstream. The Trump administration so far has taken no actions against Canadian aircraft.

Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto: Editing by Caitlin Webber and Lincoln Feast.

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US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter’s home

February 9, 2026 11:58 PM UTC / Reuters

By Jan Wolfe

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Feb 9 (Reuters) – A press freedom organization has urged Virginia’s attorney licensing body to discipline a federal prosecutor who applied for a warrant last month to search the home of a Washington Post reporter.

In a February 6 letter to the Virginia State Bar, Freedom of the Press Foundation said prosecutor Gordon D. Kromberg appeared to have withheld information from the magistrate judge who approved the warrant as part of a leak investigation.

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The complaint asserted that Kromberg likely violated ethics rules by not informing the judge of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, a law that limits searches for reporting materials.

The complaint alleged that Kromberg was likely “well aware of applicable law, but deliberately chose not to mention it,” violating a state ethics rule mandating that lawyers disclose to judges legal authorities “adverse to the position of the client.”

“We request that this office take appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including disbarment, and that it expedite disciplinary proceedings due to the dire consequences for First Amendment freedoms if illegal newsroom raids and seizures of journalists’ work product are allowed to go unchecked,” the complaint stated.

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The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has covered U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers and shift remaining workers to implementing his agenda.

In a note to staff, Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said FBI agents searched Natanson’s home and seized her electronic devices. He said she and the paper are not a target of the probe, which is linked to a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.

Prosecutors allege the contractor, Aurelio Perez-Lugones, took screenshots of classified intelligence reports and printed those documents, according to a criminal complaint.

Investigators also found documents marked “secret” in a lunchbox in Perez-Lugones’ car and in his basement, according to an FBI affidavit.

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“The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security,” U.S. Attorney General Bondi said on X in January.

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Ghislaine Maxwell told lawmakers Trump, Clinton ‘innocent of any wrongdoing’ regarding Epstein

Maxwell appeared virtually before the committee on Monday morning

By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News

Published February 9, 2026 10:15am EST | Updated February 9, 2026 6:44pm EST

The House Oversight Committee’s deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment.

Maxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government’s handling of Epstein’s case.

Her attorney apparently told lawmakers, however, that she could not implicate neither President Donald Trump nor former President Bill Clinton in any wrongdoing.

“[B]oth President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation,” lawyer David Oscar Markus posted on X after the deposition.

Markus also told lawmakers that she would only answer questions if her prison sentence was cut short by Trump, according to the statement.

“If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path. Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump. Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters,” his statement said.

Maxwell is currently serving out a 20-year sentence at a Texas prison.

“As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This is obviously very disappointing,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters after the deposition. “We had many questions to ask about the crime she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth for the American people and justice for the survivors.”

Comer said Maxwell’s lawyer told the committee that she would only answer questions if she was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.

Maxwell did say through her attorney, however, that neither Trump nor
Democrats on the panel, who spoke after Comer, accused Maxwell of trying to lobby for a pardon and demanded that Trump publicly rule out the possibility.

“What we did get was another episode in her long-running campaign for clemency from President Trump, and President Trump could end that today,” said Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va. “He could rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. The question for all of us today is why hasn’t he done that?”

The former British socialite was found guilty in December 2021 of being an accomplice in Epstein’s scheme to sexually traffic and exploit female minors.

The DOJ said at the time of her sentencing that Maxwell “enticed and groomed minor girls to be abused in multiple ways.”

Comer announced lawmakers would hear from Maxwell late last month during a meeting on holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for his Epstein probe.

“We’ve been trying to get her in for a deposition. Our lawyers have been saying that she’s going to plead the Fifth, but we have nailed down a date, Feb. 9, where Ghislaine Maxwell will be deposed by this committee,” Comer said at the time.

Contempt proceedings against the Clintons stalled, however, after they agreed via their attorneys to appear in person on Capitol Hill just days before the full House of Representatives was expected to vote on referring the pair to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.

Comer’s team had been in a back-and-forth with Maxwell’s attorney for months trying to nail down a date for her to speak to committee lawyers.

He agreed to delay her previous planned deposition in August after her lawyer asked him to wait until after the Supreme Court decided whether it would hear her appeal. The Supreme Court turned down Maxwell’s case in October.

She and the Clintons’ depositions are part of the House Oversight Committee’s months-long probe into how the government handled Epstein’s case.

Comer told reporters on Monday that five more depositions would happen in the coming weeks including former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner on Feb. 18, Hillary Clinton on Feb. 26, Bill Clinton on Feb. 27, Epstein accountant Richard Khan on March 11, and Epstein attorney Darren Indyke on March 19.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com

Trump to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback, WSJ reports

February 10, 2026 2:11 AM UTC / Reuters

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Feb 9 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing U.S. officials.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

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