Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada

A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.

By Tyler Pager and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Reporting from New York

Feb. 10, 2026

The billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada met Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, on Monday hours before President Trump lambasted a competing span, in the latest flashpoint in the deteriorating relationship between the United States and Canada.

Tumbler Ridge B.C. school shooting: 10 dead including shooter, 27 injured

By Amy Judd
Posted February 10, 2026 3:11 pm
Updated February 10, 2026 9:59 pm
5 min read

At least nine people were killed in a school shooting Tuesday afternoon in British Columbia’s Peace region, in which the suspected shooter also ended up dead.

RCMP said there were “multiple victims” from a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where students attend Grades 7 through 12.

Report: Netanyahu received intel of Hamas plan to invade southern Israel as early as 2018

By Ethan Rubinson

Today, 2:13 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with IDF intelligence reports detailing Hamas’s battle plans as early as April 2018, the Ynet news site says, citing intelligence documents and testimony from senior officials.

FBI releases surveillance photos of potential subject in Nancy Guthrie case

Feb. 10, 2026, 9:10 AM PST
By Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst and Daniel Arkin

The FBI on Tuesday released photos of a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted four black-and-white photos of the person on X. The images show a masked person wearing gloves and a backpack in front of Guthrie's house in Tucson, Arizona, Patel said.

Canada's Carney says issue of bridge that Trump threatened will be settled

David Ljunggren and David Shepardson

Reuters

Feb. 10, 2026

Ottawa/Washington – Canada and the United States will resolve the issue of a $4.7 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario that U.S. President Donald Trump is unhappy about, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday.

DOJ unredacts more names from Epstein files after pressure

by Max Rego - 02/10/26 

 THE HILL 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week unredacted multiple names in files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after pressure from lawmakers

A top DOJ official announced the action after Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Monday decried multiple redactions from the millions of documents released by the administration.

Seth Harp Speaks on New York Times Spiking US Foreign Policy Interview With Ross Douthat

“I think the US is only the latest in a very long history of military empires,” 

he told Common Dreams. “This is a perspective to which New York Times readers are rarely exposed.”

Stephen Prager

Feb 09, 2026

Investigative journalist Seth Harp has accused the New York Times of burying his interview with a prominent opinion columnist. He told Common Dreams that the paper is trying to silence his forceful critiques of US foreign policy.

The search for Nancy Guthrie is in its 10th day. Here are the key developments

By Danya Gainor

3 hr ago

The search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has stretched into a second, anguished week, with mounting pressure on investigators and a family grappling with uncertainty.

Guthrie was last seen on January 31, before she was apparently kidnapped, disappearing from her secluded home in Arizona’s Catalina Foothills without her phone or critical medications.

Australia urges calm after violent clashes in Sydney during Israeli President's visit

Summary

• Police say 27 people arrested, officers showed restraint
• Protesters say police indiscriminately used pepper spray
• PM Albanese urges protesters to express views peacefully
• Protesters to rally outside police HQ on Tuesday evening

SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia erupted in Sydney.

Fact check: Canada paid for Gordie Howe Bridge, but doesn’t own it alone

 

By Sanjay Maru

Updated: February 09, 2026, at 8:33PM EST 

Published: February 09, 2026, at 7:43PM EST

Canada is paying the full upfront cost of the Gordie Howe International Bridge because of a binational deal reached after years of studies, legal battles and political resistance on the U.S. side of the border.

Under the 2012 Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, Canada agreed to finance, build, and operate the new Windsor-Detroit crossing, including portions on the American side, to move the long-delayed project forward.

The Dark Enlightenment and the Return of Political Theology in Russia and the United States

Maria Engström examines the Dark Enlightenment in Russia and the US: a philosophical doctrine that reintegrates metaphysical elements into political thought and promotes a new authoritarian world order

By Maria Engström

09 February 2026

In this essay, we aim to examine a new ideological and cultural phenomenon that is becoming increasingly visible at the state level in both Russia and the United States: the Dark Enlightenment movement. This movement represents a hybrid of illiberalism, techno-optimism, and Christian metaphysics.

How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs

Draft of the War Room from Dr Strangelove by Ken Adam © Deutsche Kinemathek – Ken Adam Archive.

JACOBIN
By Ben Wray

Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentagon funding for AI is too tempting to refuse.

No front line, no pause: Russia's hybrid pressure on the Bundeswehr in Lithuania

Copyright Mindaugas Kulbis/AP

By Johanna Urbancik & Franziska Müller

Published on 07/02/2026 - 8:00 GMT+1

The German army brigade in Lithuania is not under fire, but it is under hybrid attack. Soldiers report mysterious phone calls, and drones appear to be spying on manoeuvres. How should the Bundeswehr and NATO respond?

Iran Update, February 8, 2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in Washington, DC, on February 11 to discuss Iran. Israeli media and officials stated on February 7 that Trump and Netanyahu will discuss the United States’ negotiations with Iran.[1]

Centre-left António José Seguro beats far-right rival to Portuguese presidency

Copyright Ana Brigida/AP Photo 

By Orestes Georgiou Daniel with AFP

Published on 08/02/2026 - 21:17 GMT+1•Updated 09/02/2026 - 4:51 GMT+1

The Socialist Party candidate António José Seguro won with 66.7% of votes, compared with 33.3% for André Ventura's far-right Chega party according to official results with 99% of votes counted.

SAVE America Act becomes catch-all for Trump's election demands: Here's what's actually in it

Avery Lotz

8 hours ago - Politics & Policy

With high-stakes midterms approaching, President Trump has called for Republicans to "nationalize" elections, end mail-in ballots and pass the SAVE America Act.

Cato Institute: Οι Μετανάστες Μείωσαν τα Ελλείμματα κατά 14,5 Τρισεκατομμύρια Δολάρια από το 1994

3 Φεβρουαρίου 2026

Του David J. Bier

Σήμερα, το Ινστιτούτο Cato δημοσίευσε στις ΗΠΑ τη μελέτη «Οι Πρόσφατες Επιπτώσεις των Μεταναστών στους Κυβερνητικούς Προϋπολογισμούς: 1994–2023», μια μελέτη σχετικά με τις δημοσιονομικές επιπτώσεις των μεταναστών – νόμιμων και παράνομων – η οποία βασίζεται στο μοντέλο δημοσιονομικών επιπτώσεων των Εθνικών Ακαδημιών Επιστημών, Μηχανικής και Ιατρικής (NASEM).

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994

February 3, 2026
By David J. Bier

Today, the Cato Institute published “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” a study on the fiscal effects of immigrants—legal and illegal—that builds upon the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) fiscal effects model.