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Friday, February 13, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1778, two future presidents, John Adams and his 10-year-old son, John Quincy Adams, boarded the frigate Boston in Marblehead Harbor, Massachusetts, bound for France to negotiate an alliance treaty for Congress.
Why not start your week off right with the Feel Good Flyover? Instead of finishing your week with good news, we’re starting it with good news. As of this week, your Feel Good Flyover edition and podcast will arrive on Monday at 4 p.m. ET instead of Friday.
In today’s Winter Olympics section, we’re featuring American skier Breezy Johnson getting engaged just an hour after crashing out of the super-G race. See photos and details below.
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 Minnesota ICE Surge Ending
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that the federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was winding down, saying he proposed the drawdown of most of the 2,000 remaining ICE officers, and President Trump concurred.
The operation, which began late last year with more than 3,000 federal agents surging into the city, yielded over 4,000 arrests, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Homan said the decision followed an ongoing drop in confrontations with protesters and the volume of arrests already made. “I don’t want to see any more bloodshed,” he said.
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Olympics Disqualify Ukrainian over Helmet
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday, just 45 minutes before his race, after refusing to remove a helmet honoring more than 20 athletes and coaches killed in his country’s war with Russia.
The International Olympic Committee ruled the “helmet of remembrance” violated its ban on political statements during competition and offered compromises, including a black armband, but the medal contender refused.
He argued the rule was applied inconsistently, saying other athletes displayed personal tributes at these Games without penalty. Some things “are more important than medals,” he told reporters.
President Zelenskyy said the Olympic movement “should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors.” Ukrainian service members have since launched a social media campaign in support of the racer.
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FTC Warns Apple Over News Bias
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter Wednesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook, warning that the company’s popular News app may be violating consumer protection laws by systematically suppressing conservative news outlets.
The letter followed a study by the Media Research Center, which analyzed 620 stories featured on Apple News in January and found that none came from right-leaning outlets.
Of the total, 440 were from left-leaning sources and 180 from centrist ones, with zero articles from the New York Post or Fox News. President Trump shared the findings on Truth Social.
Ferguson urged Cook to conduct a “comprehensive review” and take corrective action if the app’s curation does not match its terms of service, though he acknowledged the FTC cannot require Apple to promote any particular viewpoint.
Apple said its app “provides access to news spanning a wide range of topics from more than 3,000 publications” and that users can tailor the feed to their interests.
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➤ President Trump revoked a major Obama-era EPA ruling, calling it the largest deregulation in America’s history. (Hear More)
➤ Two U.S. Navy ships collided in the Caribbean during a routine operation. (Hear Story)
➤ After 16 years on the run, a Slovak man was arrested while attending the Olympic Games in Milan. (Listen Now)
  
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➤ The House late Wednesday passed a resolution disapproving of President Trump’s tariffs against Canada, a rare congressional rebuke of U.S. tariff policy. The resolution passed 219-211, with several Republicans crossing the aisle to support it. (More)
➤ President Trump said he will allow all but two governors to attend an annual White House meeting after confused communications caused the National Governors Association to briefly cancel the event, which is now back on for next week. Not invited are Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado and Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, both Democrats. (See Details)
➤ A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank over a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders. The judge said no court had ever extended military limits on First Amendment rights to retired service members. (More)
➤ The White House fired the top federal prosecutor in upstate New York just hours after federal judges appointed him to the post in the latest battle between the administration and the judiciary. (More)
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➤ Kyle Busch won pole position for the Daytona 500, meaning he’ll start the race in the best position on Sunday. The two-time NASCAR champion is 0-20 in the Daytona 500, the race’s longest active losing streak. (More)
➤ The Dallas Mavericks’ current ownership group denied reports that they’d consider selling majority control in the franchise back to former owner Mark Cuban. (More)
➤ FanDuel Sportsbook announced they’ll no longer accept credit card deposits for sports betting on its platform beginning March 2, in an effort to eliminate junk fees. (More)
➤ This year’s finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame include WNBA star Candace Parker, “Lob City” dunker Blake Griffin, and 2008 Celtics coach Doc Rivers. (See Full List)
➤ Yesterday’s Results: NBA | NCAAM | NCAAW | NCAASB | Soccer | Golf
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 American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins won a bronze medal despite injured ribs in the 10-kilometer freestyle Thursday, collapsing and writhing in pain after crossing the finish line for her fourth career Olympic medal. (More)
American skier Breezy Johnson got engaged at the Olympics about an hour after crashing out of the super-G race. Her boyfriend, who works in construction, proposed at the base of the mountain surrounded by the U.S. ski team, reciting lyrics from Taylor Swift. (See Photos)
Curler Rich Ruohonen, 54, made his Olympic debut against Switzerland yesterday, becoming the oldest Winter Olympian in U.S. history. (See Video)
Yesterday’s Results: Daily Events | Global Medal Tracker
Yesterday’s U.S. Medal Count: 🥇4 | 🥈7 | 🥉3
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 Daily Market Report 02/12/2026
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NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
22,597.15 |
-2.03%
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SPX
S&P 500 |
6,832.76 |
-1.57%
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DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average |
49,451.98 |
-1.34%
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BTC
Bitcoin |
$65,624.87 |
-2.04%
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GOLD
Per Ounce |
$4,937.60 |
-2.64%
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SILVER
Per Ounce |
$74.93 |
-10.54%
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OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude |
$62.86 |
-2.74%
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ICLR
Icon Plc |
$80.12 |
-39.82%
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➤ Big Stock Move: Icon shares plunged nearly 40% on Thursday after the drug-research company disclosed an internal accounting investigation. It was the stock’s worst day since 1999. (More)
➤ Electricity prices jumped an average of 6.9% nationally in 2025 year over year, more than double the headline inflation rate of 2.9%. Analysts say prices will continue to rise through the end of the decade, as data centers grow to take up 40% of electricity demand growth. (More)
➤ Existing home sales sank 8.4% last month from December, the biggest monthly decline in nearly four years and the slowest annualized sales pace in more than two years. (More)
➤ Billionaire investor and Pershing Square hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has reportedly committed an estimated $2 billion to Meta’s AI strategy, representing a sizable 10% of Pershing Square’s total portfolio. (More)
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➤ Scientists used artificial intelligence to decode the rules of a mysterious Roman-era board game found on a limestone disc in the Netherlands, revealing a strategy game where players hunt and trap opponents’ pieces. (More)
➤ Researchers from Singapore say they’ve identified a protein that may help reverse age-related declines in brain cell production. (More)
➤ New research suggests Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed from a collision between two older moons hundreds of millions of years ago. (See Details)
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➤ Actor Bud Cort, best known for his roles in Harold and Maude, M*A*S*H, and Brewster McCloud, died Wednesday at his Connecticut home after a long illness. He was 77. (More)
➤ First Lady Melania Trump named Michael Jackson, Pavarotti, Tina Turner, and Miley Cyrus among her favorite artists during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, calling Billie Jean one of her top songs. (More)
➤ St. Louis CITY SC unveiled its Tina Turner Kit, an Adidas collaboration honoring the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s St. Louis roots, featuring cultural events and gold accents inspired by her style. (See Kit)
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➤ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is close to selecting his daughter, believed to be 13, as his heir, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. (More)
➤ The Chinese government-controlled owner of New York’s Waldorf Astoria is preparing to put the landmark hotel on the market, months after it reopened from a $4 billion overhaul. (See Details)
➤ Temperatures across northern Europe have plunged so sharply that Estonians are now driving over a 12 1/2-mile sheet of frozen sea connecting the nation’s two largest islands. (Watch Video)
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 Daily Quote
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“I pray every night for the safety of law enforcement personnel and the safety of those in the community, whether you’re here legally or illegally. I don’t want to see anybody harmed.”
— Border czar Tom Homan in Thursday’s announcement of the withdrawal of most ICE agents from Minneapolis
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 Today’s Trivia
Which M&M color went from most common in the 1990s to the least common today?
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