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What Happened Today – February 7, 2026

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swears in Mehmet Oz as CMS Administrator in the Oval Office, April 18, 2025

Protesters marched through downtown Minneapolis yesterday carrying anti-ICE signs during weeks of demonstrations that drew national attention after federal agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens. (Photo: Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0)

Two thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far. On Friday, two judges gave them permission to go further. The Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 that anyone who entered the country without going through a port of entry can be held without a bond hearing for the duration of their case, overruling more than 350 … Read more

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