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Judicial research center cuts climate section from judges’ manual after Fox News Digital report
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.

The research arm of the federal judiciary announced it would remove a controversial climate-centric section from the latest edition of its influential scientific-evidence guide for judges, days after a Fox News Digital report highlighted sourcing accused of liberal bias.
The Federal Judicial Center regularly publishes its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, and the climate policy chapter of its fourth edition, released on Dec. 31, included several pages of content critics said had been gleaned from left-wing climate advocates and were indoctrinating judges rather than educating them.
Late Friday, federal Judge Robin Rosenberg — the Obama-appointed jurist who leads the center at the Thurgood Marshall Building in Washington — wrote to West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey alerting him that the climate policy chapter has been removed from the guide.
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McCuskey and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers recently led the charge to get the House Judiciary Committee to expand its probe on climate-related policy influence on federal judges to include the contents of the manual.
"In response to your letter dated January 29, 2026, I write to inform you that the Federal Judicial Center has omitted the climate science chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Fourth Edition (RMSE)," Rosenberg wrote, linking to the Federal Judicial Center’s webpage introducing the guide.
The approximately 1,600-page guide was released at the beginning of the year and included several citations and footnotes to climate change activists and proponents, including climatologist Michael Mann and environmental law expert Jessica Wentz.
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When Fox News Digital opened the webpage, the download link for a PDF of the manual still listed it as 1,682 pages long — but the document appeared reduced to 1,662 pages.
A footnote in the appendix also indicated that "The FJC omitted ‘Reference Guide on Climate Science’ on 2/6/2026."
In a statement, McCuskey said his office led the charge in calling for the FJC to withdraw "an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with ‘climate science’."
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"We have just received notice that, because of our efforts, the chapter is being removed," McCuskey said, calling the news a "win for impartiality in our judiciary and for the people of West …

‘The worst, ever’: MAGA rages about Bad Bunny’s halftime set
Who's accountable for the results?

President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement furiously denounced Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show, denigrating the Puerto Rican superstar and claiming he does not truly represent America.

Trump, who previously called Bad Bunny a “terrible choice” to head up the NFL’s largest annual broadcast, chimed in with complaints about the show’s first-ever mostly-Spanish performance: “Nobody understands a word this guy is saying,” he wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post.

At Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Bad Bunny delivered a 13-minute homage to his homeland, weaving through a sugarcane field studded with bodegas and a traditional casita. His show was lauded by fans as a vibrant celebration of Puerto Rican heritage — but Trump and MAGA faithfuls weren’t so convinced.

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the Puerto Rican-born singer better known as Bad Bunny, made his Super Bowl debut in 2020 alongside Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. But since the NFL announced him as the Super Bowl headliner in September, he became a focal point for conservative ire — thanks, in part, to his high-profile political activism.

An outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration crackdown, he declared “ICE out” onstage at last week’s Grammy Awards — where his album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" made history as the first all-Spanish record to snag the show’s coveted album of the year trophy — and left viewers wondering what message he might have for the millions of football fans tuning into his set.

But Bad Bunny did not directly call out any of the president’s policies or supporters during his Super Bowl show. The only English he spoke during Sunday’s show was him saying, “God bless America,” as he was marching off the field with a procession of Latin and South American flags — led by the U.S.’s flag. He then spiked a football that read: “together, we are America.”

His show also referenced the island’s long-struggling power grid.

In the hours after the performance, MAGA allies took issue with the show’s mostly-Spanish discography and Puerto Rican inspiration.

“Was a single word of English spoken during the Super Bowl Halftime Show?” Nick Adams, Trump’s pick to become ambassador to Malaysia, wrote on X. “Someone needs to tell Bad Bunny he’s in America. This is an abomination.”

Far-right influencer Laura Loomer railed against his set in a series of X posts, urging border czar Tom Homan to deploy an immigration raid on site.

“There’s nothing American about any of this,” she wrote. “This isn’t White enough for me. Cant even watch a Super Bowl anymore because immigrants have literally ruined everything.”

Meanwhile, MAGA-friendly influencer Jake Paul urged his X followers to “turn off this halftime,” decrying Bad Bunny as a “fake American citizen performing …

Jake Paul clarifies he called Bad Bunny a ‘fake American’ over ICE criticism
This isn't complicated—it's willpower.

Boxer Jake Paul is saying his comments against Bad Bunny are being “misinterpreted.”

Paul encouraged Super Bowl viewers on Sunday to turn off Bad Bunny’s performance at the halftime show, saying on X that he couldn’t support “a fake American citizen performing who publicly hates America.” The Puerto Rican singer was one of several musicians at the 2026 Grammy Awards who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s nationwide rollout.

Purposefully turning off the halftime show

Let’s rally together and show big corporations they can’t just do whatever they want without consequences

(which equals viewership for them)

You are their benefit. Realize you have power.

Turn off this halftime. A fake American…
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) February 8, 2026

Paul’s comments toward Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, come as Paul currently lives in Puerto Rico, where those born in the territory are U.S. citizens.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and YouTuber Rosanna Pansino both cited how Paul moved to Puerto Rico, with the former accusing him of doing so “to avoid paying your taxes.” 

The boxer has since rescinded some of his criticism, saying he called the musician fake because of Bad Bunny’s “values and criticism of our great country.”

“To clarify: I wasn’t calling anyone a ‘fake citizen’ because they’re from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico, and I love Puerto Rico,” Paul said.

“I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and will always do so. But if you’re publicly criticizing ICE who are doing their job and openly hating on America, I’m going to speak on it. Period.”

To clarify: I wasn’t calling anyone a “fake citizen” because they’re from Puerto Rico. I live in Puerto Rico, and I love Puerto Rico. I have used my platform to support Puerto Rico time and time again and will always do so.

But if you’re publicly criticizing ICE who are doing…
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) February 9, 2026

Paul also echoed Bad Bunny’s halftime performance closing statement that “love is more powerful than hate.” On Monday morning, Paul said, “idk what happened on my twitter last night,” and changed his X description to “Benito #1 fan.”

Logan Paul, a wrestler and Jake Paul’s brother, disagreed with his brother’s initial statement against Bad Bunny, saying Puerto Ricans are “Americans,” and he is “happy they were given the opportunity to showcase” their talent.

TURNING POINT USA CELEBRATES ‘OVER 20 MILLION’ VIEWERS FOR ITS …

Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe
What's the endgame here?

Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a vulgar six-word warning for President Donald Trump as Democrats continue to hunt for links implicating him in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
It comes after Ghislaine Maxwell's closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee in which the convicted Epstein accomplice pleaded the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering any questions from lawmakers.
"We're gonna be on his ass," Crockett told reporters on Monday morning after the deposition concluded. "We have a 34-count convicted felon, and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex-trafficking ring."
She then pivoted to contrasting Trump's treatment with how House Republicans have handled the Clintons, who are also being asked to testify, though Crockett insisted it was not a partisan situation.
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"Right now we know that they were willing to try to throw the Clintons in prison for not showing up yet," Crockett said. 
"Then we went through the hearing as it relates to the Clintons, I said, listen, we know that Donald Trump's name is mentioned more. Bring him in, too… This, for the Democrats, this isn't partisanship. This is about right versus wrong."
Crockett was referring to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., launching contempt proceedings against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for initially refusing to appear in person on Capitol Hill for their own closed-door depositions.
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The Clintons' attorneys wrote to Comer announcing they would finally agree to come in under his terms just days before the full House of Representatives was set to vote on referring the ex-first couple to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.
But a public spat has erupted since then, with the Clintons demanding they instead get to testify at televised hearings. Currently, they are slated to be grilled during closed-door, videotaped depositions.
When asked about that back-and-forth by Fox News Digital, Crockett said, "What they want to do is they want to go behind closed doors and then come out with whatever spin that they want to put on it and have it be a he said, she said."
"They are playing games right now. And again, this is all about shielding and distracting from the President of the United States, who is absolutely mentioned in those files," Crockett told Fox News Digital.
Both Trump and …

Judge says Abrego Garcia Supreme Court ruling may shape Venezuelan deportation case
This affects the entire country.

A federal judge said on Monday that the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia may inform what remedy is required for more than 100 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act last spring.

Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia raised the issue during a hearing in J.G.G. v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime statute to deport Venezuelan nationals accused of ties to the Tren de Aragua gang.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia arrives at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

“Given what the Supreme Court said in Abrego, if these people were illegally removed … then the remedy has to be the same,” Boasberg said, referring to the high court’s April order requiring the government to facilitate relief for Abrego Garcia, who was previously deported to El Salvador despite an immigration judge’s 2019 order barring deportation to his country of origin.

The case before Boasberg involves 137 Venezuelan men deported in March under the Alien Enemies Act and flown to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center without advance notice or court hearings. Boasberg has already ruled that their removals were a violation of due process. Monday’s hearing focused on what relief, if any, the court can order after the men were later transferred out of U.S. custody and repatriated to Venezuela in a July prisoner exchange.

Boasberg stressed that any return of previously deported Venezuelans, the bulk of whom have ties to the Tren de Aragua gang, does not mean that they will be released or allowed out of custody.

“And I think the point which I made at the very first hearing in this case is I’ve never said, and the plaintiffs have never said, that they are not deportable,” Boasberg said. “The only question in this whole case is, are they supportable pursuant to the AEA and the proclamation, and were they given due process before they were removed?”

President Donald Trump issued the proclamation on March 15, invoking the Alien Enemies Act and declaring Tren de Aragua a designated foreign terrorist organization, citing what the administration described as an extraordinary threat posed by the Venezuelan gang. Federal officials said the designation authorized the rapid removal of suspected members during what they characterized as a national security emergency. …

Jasmine Crockett says US ‘falling apart’ in response to Ghislaine Maxwell pleading the Fifth
This is performative politics again.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) railed against the state of the union in her response to Ghislaine Maxwell‘s closed-door hearing before the House on Monday.

Maxwell, convicted co-conspirator of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer questions from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. She pleaded the Fifth Amendment as she demanded clemency from President Donald Trump. Crockett voiced her own frustrations with the way the deposition and the Epstein files rollout are playing out, focusing her comments on the president while saying, “For the Democrats, this isn’t about partisanship.”

“The United States is falling apart right now, partially because he’s going out and randomly allowing for the killings of people in the middle of the street, but the other part of it is we have a 34-count convicted felon and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring,” Crockett said.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson blasted Crockett’s statements to reporters as lies.

“This is as incoherent as the rest of the lies Jasmine Crockett spews. She doesn’t have a shred of credibility on this issue after she falsely attacked Republicans because she couldn’t properly read an FEC report – all while failing to explain why Democrats like Stacey Plaskett and Hakeem Jeffries continued to solicit money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted as a sex offender,” Jackson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

Crockett, vice ranking member of the House oversight committee, said she doesn’t “understand why we are pretending like any of this is normal.” She brought up the committee’s threatened contempt resolutions against Bill and Hillary Clinton, which were dropped once the former president and first lady agreed to testify before the committee.

“When we went through the hearing as it relates to the Clintons, I said, ‘Listen, we know that Donald Trump’s name is mentioned more. Bring him in, too.’ Like, I’m not saying that this should be partisan. This should be whoever. I want to be clear about that. For the Democrats, this isn’t partisanship,” Crockett said.

Jackson told the Washington Examiner that Crockett “lives in an alternate reality where the truth doesn’t exist.”

“President Trump’s policies have led crime rates to drop to historic lows. The President’s policies are making America safe again; it’s unfortunate Crockett lives in an alternate reality where …

What Lawyer for Jailed Epstein Ally Told Congress About Trump, Clinton
Law enforcement shouldn't be political.

Ghislaine Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years in prison for assisting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, didn’t answer questions from a House panel Monday, as her lawyer attested to the innocence of both President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton in the Epstein matter.  

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is investigating the close ties Epstein had with powerful people and what mistakes the Justice Department made in prosecuting the case.  

Maxwell, appearing virtually to committee members for a closed-door deposition, invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify against herself, in response to a congressional subpoena.   

“Right now, every American has questions that would be very important in this investigation, and she chose to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights,” House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Monday.  

Comer added, “Her attorney said that she would answer questions if she would be granted clemency by President Trump.” 

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to felony solicitation of prostitution, as well as procurement of minors to engage in prostitution. 

Epstein died in a New York prison cell in 2019, which investigators determined was a suicide. Maxwell was sentenced in 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to sexually exploit and abuse minor girls.

In addition to the prison sentence, Maxwell was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $750,000 fine.  

Democrats have scrutinized Trump’s past association with Epstein, while Republicans have scrutinized Clinton’s past association.

Both the current and former president have denied any wrongdoing, and said they ended their association with Epstein. Clinton, and wife Hillary Clinton, are complying with a subpoena to testify to the oversight panel after initially refusing to do so.

Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, said on Monday that she had pending court motions, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., a member of the oversight committee, told reporters. 

“The other thing, he pointed out a number of times that she has a habeas corpus petition pending for a new trial or release, and that’s why she is not going to answer questions,” Biggs said.  

Markus posted his statement to the committee on X.  

“If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path. Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump,” Markus said.

“Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters. For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing.” 

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he planned to ask, “Who were the other men who raped these underage girls? Did she have any conversations about a deal with Donald Trump?”  

“Now, she’s taken a blanket Fifth Amendment on any question, and my view is that many of my questions don’t, in any way, incriminate her,” Khanna told reporters.  

From at least 1994 to 2004, Maxwell assisted in recruiting, and grooming underage girls for Epstein, according to the Justice Department. …

How would the House of Representatives be different if the House of Representives to have 4 year terms but staggered, half of the House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2021, 2025, and 2029, and the other half of the House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2023, 2027, and 2031?
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

The reason for this change being, is that the House of Representatives never does very much becuase campaigns take 18 to 20 months to run, and because each house term is only 24 months long, Representatives ultimately have very little time to actually pass bills, as they spending most of their time campaigning instead of passing bills.
Then again, mabye we should just keep things as they are and not mess with what the founding fathers created.?

Where government funding talks stand with DHS ahead of Friday deadline
Who benefits from this decision?

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is expected to shutter at the end of this week, as congressional Democrats barter with the White House over immigration enforcement.

Republican appropriators had a deal to modestly reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would have allocated new money for body cameras and de-escalation training. Senate Democrats tanked that deal, however, after a second U.S. citizen was killed in an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis last month.

Since then, the Senate has been an obstacle to final passage as Democrats dig in on bigger reforms to address the conduct of immigration enforcement officers.

Republicans agreed to punt the question of DHS spending for another two weeks, a timeline Democrats demanded to fund the rest of the federal government. But the new deadline they set, Feb. 13, is about to arrive with both sides still far apart on what a new compromise might entail.

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Republicans have expressed openness to a legislative solution, but they are bringing their own demands to the table and have rejected some of the Democratic reforms. In particular, a ban on face masks and tighter warrant requirements as nonstarters.

The impasse means there will likely be at least a temporary shutdown for DHS on Saturday, the third for Washington in the past year. ICE will remain funded through money allocated under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but other departments with national security functions will shutter, including the Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration.

Little time for a deal

Democrats made their opening offer in funding talks last week, staking out reforms that include new use-of-force standards and a ban on immigration enforcement at sensitive sites such as schools and churches.

But Republicans, who initially wanted six weeks to negotiate DHS spending, have balked at the short window to reach a deal and hope to keep the agency open with another short-term funding patch. Negotiations can now get underway in earnest, as Democrats sent legislative text for their demands to Republicans over the weekend, according to two sources familiar with the talks.

What remains to be seen is whether those negotiations will take place during another government shutdown.

It usually takes Congress at least a full week to send legislation to the president’s desk. And it’s not yet clear if …

The cost of this grocery staple is nearing record highs — and Americans can't get enough
Every delay has consequences.

Beef is at record high prices and Americans are buying more of it than ever.
In 2025, shoppers spent more than $45 billion on beef, buying more than 6.2 billion pounds, according to data from Beef Research, a contractor for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. That's enough to give everyone on the planet three hamburgers.
Compared to the year prior, spending rose about 12%, while the amount of beef sold climbed more than 4%. In short, consumers aren’t just paying higher prices; they’re buying more beef, too.
That demand is also reflected in the meat case, where beef accounts for more than half of all fresh meat dollars, far outpacing other protein options like chicken, pork and seafood.
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According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, the average price of beef in grocery stores climbed from about $8.40 per pound in March to $10.10 per pound by December 2025, a roughly 20% increase.
Economists say that deep-rooted demand is helping drive prices higher and there’s little sign it will ease anytime soon.
Glynn Tonsor, a professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, told Fox News Digital that strong consumer demand continues to push beef prices upward.
"There’s nothing that forces me or you or anybody else when we go into the grocery store to pay more for beef. People are choosing to," he said. "The consumer desire for beef is strong and, regardless of the supply-side situation, that has the effect of pulling prices up."
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But even with strong consumer appetite keeping the market buoyant, ranchers are facing challenges on the other end of the supply chain.
Years of drought, high feed costs and an aging ranching population have thinned herds across the country, leaving the U.S. cattle supply at its lowest level in more than 70 years.
Derrell Peel, a professor of agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University, said the current supply crunch won’t be fixed overnight.
"The fact of the matter is there’s really nothing anybody can do to change this very quickly," Peel said. "We're in a tight supply situation that took several years to develop, and it’ll take several years to get out of it."
Meanwhile, the Trump administration says it is working to ease beef prices by temporarily increasing imports from Argentina, while also laying out longer-term plans to bolster the U.S. cattle industry.