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Columbia University fessed up Wednesday to its dental school's involvement in an admissions scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend.

Documents recently released by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice revealed that a student linked to the disgraced financier was admitted through an "irregular process."

President Donald Trump on Wednesday walked back a snub he gave to two Democratic Governors.

Last week, Trump notably did not invite Democratic governors Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado to the upcoming National Governors Association meeting at the White House. Trump told his aides at the time that he only wanted Republican governors at the event, which would also include face time with some of Trump's cabinet members, The New York Times reported.

Embattled former HGTV host Nicole Curtis apologized on Wednesday after she was caught using a horrific racial slur.

Earlier in the day, video surfaced of Curtis using a racial slur while on set filming her show "Rehab Addict." In the video, Curtis can be heard begging the crew to delete it, RadarOnline reported.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board published a scathing takedown on Wednesday of President Donald Trump's top Food and Drug Administration vaccine regulator, Dr. Vinay Prasad, for his completely unsupported decision to reject Moderna's new mRNA flu vaccine.

Prasad has been the focus of controversy for a while, including from Trump's own supporters. Far-right influencer Laura Loomer briefly forced his resignation last year by slamming his rejections of drugs for rare diseases and his prior political support for Democrats, but he returned to his position just weeks later.

The "crony bridgegate" scandal President Donald Trump cooked up this week earned the president a searing rebuke from the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board.

Earlier this week, Trump threatened to shut down the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will connect Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, after it opens later this year. Trump accused Canada of giving the U.S. a bad deal, and demanded that the two countries negotiate a deal where the U.S. becomes a partial owner of the Canadian-financed and built project.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) got a bitter blow in her candidacy for governor of South Carolina as outgoing Gov. Henry McMaster endorsed his lieutenant governor, Pamela Evette, to succeed him — leading some to speculate President Donald Trump, who is close with McMaster, might do the same any day now.

Mace took to X on Wednesday to fight back.

US House approves bill mandating proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections

by Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
February 11, 2026

With President Donald Trump's Justice Department trying, and failing, to secure a criminal indictment against Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) for their roles in a video advising active-duty troops they must refuse illegal orders, Senate Republicans are coming out of the woodwork to condemn the administration having even attempted this in the first place, NOTUS reported on Wednesday evening.

“It’s very chilling, right? As a member of Congress, we have the Speech and Debate Clause. Not only as a member, but it’s a First Amendment right of speech here,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a frequent critic of the president, told NOTUS.

Investigators may have found stunning new evidence that could be linked to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, 11 days ago. Local investigators have not released any information about a potential suspect or a person of interest in the case. On Tuesday, video from Guthrie's doorbell camera captured images of an individual dressed in gloves and a ski mask breaking into her home.

A controversial former Miss USA runner-up who was yanked from the White House Religious Liberty Commission hit back in a stern post Wednesday at the MAGA chair of the commission who announced her ouster.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced earlier in the day that he removed Carrie Prejean Boller from the panel after she tried to “hijack” a recent hearing on antisemitism.

President Donald Trump issued a rare apology on Wednesday night to voters in one of the president's "cherished' red states.

Trump told the voters of ruby red Oklahoma in a post on Truth Social that he was "sorry" for supporting Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who Trump described as a "RINO," an acronym for Republican in name only. Trump made the comments at a time when he suffered a stinging setback in Congress, as Republicans in the House voted with Democrats to cancel Trump's tariffs.

President Donald Trump took another swipe at America's neighbor to the North on Wednesday in a viperous social media post.

Trump has picked several trade fights with Canada throughout his second administration. He's unilaterally increased tariffs on goods imported from Canada, causing the country to stop buying American staples like whiskey. Canadian tourism to the U.S. has also fallen off a cliff under the second Trump administration.

Several House Republicans revolted against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping Democrats pass a sweeping resolution to block controversial Canadian tariffs and delivering a rare and stinging rebuke to the president's signature economic policy.

The final vote was 219-211, with one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, going rogue and siding with Trump.