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 Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, said Russia had "significantly damaged" equipment at its thermal power plants, calling it the ninth massive attack on those facilities since October 2025.

Russia unleashed one of its most intense winter assaults on Ukraine, firing ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones at energy infrastructure across the country, Ukrainian officials said, in what appears to end a brief pause in strikes requested by President Donald Trump.

Trump's efforts to nationalize elections gain steam

President Donald Trump has said that the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother is "terrible" as authorities continue investigating what they describe as a possible crime in Tucson, Arizona. The White House also issued a statement on X: "The search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, is ongoing, and authorities are requesting assistance from the public. A person familiar with the investigation said there were signs of forced entry and that several of Guthrie's belongings -- including her cellphone, wallet and vehicle -- were left behind.

The dispute centers on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1977 law permitting the president to "deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the President declares a national emergency with respect to such threat."

Lawyers representing hundreds of alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein have asked two federal judges in New York to order the Department of Justice (DOJ) to temporarily remove its public Epstein files website, warning that repeated redaction failures have exposed the victims' identities. In a letter, attorneys Brittany Henderson and Brad Edwards urged U.S. District Judges Richard Berman and Paul Engelmayer to order an immediate takedown of the DOJ-hosted Epstein materials. "The Department of Justice publicly released more than 3.5 million Epstein-related documents while failing to redact victim names and other personally identifying information in thousands of instances, despite repeated representations that redaction was the sole reason for delayed release," they wrote.

TSA launches new fee

A DHS spokesperson rejected Bundy's criticism in a statement, saying comparisons of detention centers to World War II internment camps are "deranged and lazy" and arguing that such rhetoric contributes to a reported surge in assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Clintons bow to House demands

On the Republican side, Vance leads with 53 percent, far ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio at 17 percent and former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson at 5 percent. The poll also measured favorability ratings, showing Vance at 38 percent, compared with Rubio at 34 percent, Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez at 32 percent and Carlson at 27 percent. I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here, so it's too early obviously to talk about it but certainly he's doing a great job, and he would be probably favored at this point," Trump said. But if you are looking for the leaders, see who Trump plays up the most, since the MAGA base so far has been playing 'follow the leader' in siding with Trump's positions on issues and it would seem attitudes toward people," said Robert Y. Shapiro of Columbia University.