House passes funding package to end partial government shutdown

February 12, 2026 • Concerns about the tactics of federal immigration agents remain front of mind for some key voters who supported President Trump in 2024. People demonstrate against federal immigration enforcement outside the Minnesota governor’s residence in St. Paul on Feb. 6. Citizenship and Immigration Services will appear for their second oversight hearing this week and as lawmakers tussle over their funding. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons are sworn in to testify during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday. February 12, 2026 • Stolz received his gold for winning the men’s 1,000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games in an Olympic-record time https://www.dagensvimmerby.se/nyheter/e/312533/kanaliseringsgraden-for-spel-stora-skillnader-mellan-olika-typer/ thanks to a blistering closing stretch.

• Meanwhile, hard-line Republicans also threatened to hold the package up in hopes of attaching an unrelated bill that would require a proof of citizenship in federal elections known as the SAVE Act.
• The New START treaty was signed during the Obama administration, in 2010, when Dmitry Medvedev was Russia’s president.
• Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after nearly 90 years
• On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the “Varsity Blues” star’s wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, wrote in an Instagram post that her husband had died.

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And forecasters predict that the rain will still be falling daily in those areas by Sunday. In just the first three days of this month, the South East had received 32% of the long-term average rainfall for February, the EA said. South West England and South Wales have faced 50% more rainfall than is usual for January, with rain every day of the year so far. A yellow rain warning is in force for the West Midlands, and parts of the south of England and Wales, running until 9pm on Friday.

L.A. County beaches could be managed by the federal government

FBI investigators canvass the neighborhood around Annie Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. The latest canvassing effort took place Tuesday evening, as the FBI went door-to-door in Annie’s neighborhood. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Nancy Guthrie has been missing since last being seen on Saturday night.

As NBC News first reported, DOJ prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to indict the members of Congress — which included Slotkin — despite a push from the Trump administration. Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Corina Machado, recently said she intends to be president one day. Later in the day, he will hold discussions with Rodriguez, the interim president, and other top Venezuelan officials. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday. Energy Secretary Chris Wright touched down in Caracas today, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Venezuela after the Trump administration ousted President Nicholas Maduro last month.

“Regardless, your unprecedented abuse of power will not intimidate Senator Slotkin, who will continue to represent the people of Michigan and to stand up for the fundamental principles of our constitutional system of government.” Trump told NBC News last month that he’s prepared to be in Venezuela for years, and he has not given а target date to hold new elections. He has also said he wants to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry, bringing production back to benefit the United States and the people of Venezuela.