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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.

Grand jury declines criminal charges against 6 Democrats, sources say

The new document revealed that the FBI’s investigation was initiated following a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s congressional seat​. GOP leaders launched an unsuccessful bid to reinstate a ban on resolutions that challenged the president’s sweeping tariffs.

• Our trustworthy journalism is free from partisan politics, free from corporate influence and actually free for all Californians.
• But judges say they can’t bow to political or popular will, only to the law.
• Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s congressional seat​.
• We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.
• Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill” act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.
• 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.

I cover justice and the rule of law, including the Justice Department, U.S. attorneys and the courts. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona has detained a person of interest connected with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, according to two law enforcement sources. With Handyman Hal net worth and biography the search for Nancy Guthrie in its tenth day, law enforcement sources told CBS News that the Pima County Sheriff’s Office detained a person for questioning. The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount. Estée Lauder lawsuit alleges Walmart sells fake versions of products from brands including Aveda, Clinique and Tom Ford. A 14-year-old girl said she was “crying” and “struggling to breathe” when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.