February 6, 2026

What Happened Today – February 5, 2026

February 6, 2026 by George Bounacos

Aerial view of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in Washington state

Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, one of eight federal dams at the center of renewed litigation after Trump killed a $1 billion deal to recover endangered salmon runs. (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Americans are trying to kill each other over politics, and the pace is accelerating. A Jan. 6 rioter Trump pardoned pleaded guilty today to threatening to kill the House Minority Leader and walked away with probation. This week, another man was charged with attempted murder after spending months planning to assassinate the president’s budget director, … Read more