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One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting. The Super Bowl is a football game, an entertainment spectacle, a global billboard and a crucible of American political discord. Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill” act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks. The Federal Aviation Administration has halted all flights into and out of El Paso until very late on Feb. 20 for what it calls “special security reasons.” The Trump administration has filed lawsuits against 24 states in an effort to obtain their voter rolls.

• February 10, 2026 • The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens.
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• California school districts could be on the hook for about $3 billion in liability for child sexual abuse lawsuits.
• February 10, 2026 • An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 in Tokyo. Check this page for latest political news today including live updates and breaking headlines from Australia and around the world. February 8, 2026 • Vote counting was underway in Thailand’s early general election on Sunday, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. February 10, 2026 • The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens. February 10, 2026 • An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.

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Voters look at candidates listed on a display board before entering a voting station for the general election in Bangkok, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. And, several asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly fast-tracked. Analilia Mejia, co-executive director of Center for Popular Democracy, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. An FBI employee stands inside the Fulton County election hub, near Atlanta, as the FBI executes a search warrant for 2020 election materials, on Jan. 28. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter and get our latest stories delivered straight to your inbox.

Florida prosecutor subpoenas city of Jacksonville over immigration enforcement

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