Trump favors 250-foot arch that would tower over other monuments – The Washington Post

Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice.

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNN

The Trump administration has spent more than $30 million to send migrants to far-flung countries that are not their own, including, in a few instances, paying over $1 million a person, a new report from the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/politics/trump-admin-spending-deporting-migrants-report

Here is a link the the CNN article

A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather and climate research centers, which the admin views as a source of climate change alarmism.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/weather/trump-colorado-lab-ncar-supercomputer-climate