Breaking MS NOW: DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.

Colbert: "They know damn well that every word of my script last night was approved by CBS lawyers who, for the record, approved every script that goes on the air."

Stephen Colbert blasted CBS's denial that it blocked the broadcast of his interview with James Talarico, "I don't even know what to do with this crap." He then pulled a plastic doggy bag from behind his desk, picked up CBS's statement, tied a knot and mimed tossing it before cutting to commercial.

Rep. Thomas Massie vows to continue the Epstein files fight: "When the attorney general is reduced to a stack of pre-prepared insults to deliver, and when the DOJ is responding to my every tweet with additional unredactions, I don't think I'm going to change what I'm doing just yet."

A group of nonprofits have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump admin — arguing that its decision to remove the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan this month violated a federal law that allows national parks and monuments to fly Confederate flags.

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Judge says government can't take Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody because it lacks viable deportation plan.

According to internal emails obtained as part of a FOIA request, top ICE officials knew as early as March 2025 that officers were using dramatically more force against civilians and the targets of enforcement operations — months before federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Breaking Politico: Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's spokesperson and a known spreader of disinformation, is expected to inform colleagues Tuesday that she's leaving DHS. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Stephen Colbert says he was told by CBS lawyers "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Texas State Rep. James Talarico on his program. "Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has died. He was 84.

Thomas J. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, stepped down from his role as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation — becoming the latest person felled by an association with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...

Breaking: Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump admin of a "cover-up" over its handling of the Epstein files. "Get the files out. They are slow-walking it." On her upcoming deposition before the Oversight Committee: "We have nothing to hide … We think sunlight is the best disinfectant."

Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.

Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.

Obama responds to the racist Trump video — saying there's a "sort of clown show" playing out on social media: "What is true is there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sense of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office."

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress. The referendum will take place on April 21.

Breaking WSJ: Casey Wasserman is putting his talent and marketing agency up for sale, he said in a memo to staff Friday night. The move follows the release of suggestive emails he exchanged years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell and the departure of high-profile talent from his firm.

Reuters Exclusive: The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from USAID, the former U.S. foreign aid agency, to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul cut thousands of federal jobs.

New via MS NOW: Corey Lewandowski raised alarm inside DHS when he sought approval to carry a federally-issued firearm while working for the agency. Lewandowski's pursuit of a weapon became so contentious that a veteran attorney for ICE was escorted from the building after refusing the request.

Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein. Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.

Breaking: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.

Reuters: DON LEMON PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES STEMMING FROM ICE PROTEST AT CHURCH

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. on Theo Von's podcast: "I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."

Corey Lewandowski "fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after [Kristi] Noem's blanket was left behind on a plane" — a decision that was reversed when they realized they needed someone to take them home. People said Noem and Lewandowski "do little to hide their relationship inside the department."

BREAKING: Goldman Sachs's top lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, has just resigned in the wake of the Justice Department's release of emails and other material that revealed her extensive relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...

The Trump Justice Department admits: It "logs all searches" by members of Congress who view the unredacted versions of the Epstein files on their data systems. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/e...

Breaking WSJ: The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, removing key basis for climate change fight.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "Sometimes the media is our biggest enemy."

BREAKING on MS NOW: A federal judge has ruled Pete Hegseth can't penalize Sen. Mark Kelly over that video telling service members they can refuse illegal orders. Judge Richard Leon blocked the disciplinary action after finding an effort to cut his retirement benefits was likely unconstitutional.

Sen. Jacky Rosen is introducing a resolution today that would force senators to go on the record over whether Trump should grant clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Trump admin claims it's ending the aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota. It remains to be seen whether the crackdown will actually end.

Trump's IRS improperly shared confidential tax information of thousands of individuals with immigration enforcement officials, according to three people familiar with the situation, appearing to breach a legal fire wall intended to protect taxpayer data. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reuters: U.S. HOUSE BACKS RESOLUTION THAT WOULD END TRUMP'S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219 TO 211

*None* of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump admin's pitch on why they should indict the Democratic lawmakers who recorded that illegal orders video believed the Justice Department had met the low threshold of probable cause, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Alex Pretti's parents keep a box crammed with 200 letters and cards that have poured into their Denver home since their son was shot and killed by immigration agents. "He's my first born," Susan Pretti said. "He's the one that made me a mother. There was no reason he should have died that day."

NYT: Jeffrey Epstein directed one of his aides to obtain hidden video cameras, apparently to be set up in his home in Palm Beach, according to a recently released 2014 email. A number of Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal called on Epstein survivors in the hearing room to stand up and raise their hands to show who hasn't had the opportunity to meet with DOJ. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Under pressure from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Pam Bondi refuses to apologize to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse for her actions in the Epstein case.

JD Vance dodged a question on AF2 about Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein.

First on MS NOW: House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia just announced that Oversight Democrats will hold a shadow field hearing as part of their Epstein investigation in Palm Beach, Florida on April 14. The field hearing will include testimony from survivors and important witnesses.

An AP review of crimes committed by ICE agents shows how their powers can be abused: One official admitted he repeatedly sexually abused a woman in his custody. Another is charged with taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation.

Breaking MS NOW: In a major defeat for Mike Johnson, 3 House Republicans bucked their leaders to block legislation that would have restricted Congress' ability to strike down Trump’s tariffs. The final tally was 214-217, with 3 Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

Rep. Jamie Raskin tells Axios that when he searched Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files, it came up "more than a million times." www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...

BREAKING: The Trump admin just tried and *failed* to secure an indictment in connection with that video featuring Democratic lawmakers urging military members not to comply with unlawful orders.

The Trump admin has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument. apnews.com/article/ston...

A federal judge — appointed by Trump — has blocked a bid by Trump's Justice Department to get a complete copy of Michigan's registered voter list.

Don Lemon has hired as one of his defense lawyers a former senior federal prosecutor who just resigned from the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota in mid-January over the Justice Department's handling of the Trump admin immigration operation. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Flagging: Trump directed top U.S. spy agencies to share sensitive intelligence about the 2020 election with Kurt Olsen, who we just learned helped launched the FBI raid on Fulton County. Olsen is a 2020 election denier who tried to overturn the results of the election. tinyurl.com/3tyrd7xm

MS NOW: The FBI's criminal investigation into Fulton County's 2020 ballots originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen. Olsen was one of the Trump lawyers who worked on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.