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February 12, 2026

Bondi Mocks, Insults Democrats

Attorney-General Pam Bondi on February 11, 2026 testified before the House Judiciary Committee, stonewalling the questions asked by the Democrats in the panel, resorting to diversionary tactics frequently and insulting the lawmakers for criticizing the DOJ. During the time testimony, one document that Pam Bondi was holding seemed to have included the marking related to the search history of Pramila Jayapal, implying that the DOJ was tracking the lawmakers' search history. Days ago, select Congressional members, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal, went to the Justice Department to see and search less redacted versions of the documents in the Epstein Files. 

Israeli Premier Meets Trump on Iran, Gaza, Regional Stability

As the U.S. and Iran are engaged in mediated, indirect negotiation on Tehran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs his own political pivot with President Donald Trump. On February 11, 2026, Netanyahu met Trump in the White House for the seventh time in the Republican president's second term. 

Netanyahu is reported to have requested Trump to include Ballistic missile program, in addition to enrichment process, in the negotiating agenda. 

February 13, 2026

Bipartisan Criticism of Search History Tracking of Epstein Files

A day after a contentious testimony of Attorney-General Pam Bondi before a House committee, ranking Democrat in the Judiciary Committee Rep. Jamie Raskin on February 12, 2026 asked the DOJ Inspector-General to launch an investigation into Justice Department's "spying" on select Congressional members' searches of more unredacted documents of the Epstein Files. 

Mexican Navy Ships Deliver Aid to Cuba

After Nicolas Maduro's ouster from presidency, U.S. cut off Venezuelan oil shipment to Cuba, compounding the woes of the Communist nation. Recently, Havana warned that it didn't have enough aviation fuel for the commercial airlines, leading to airlines cancelling or cutting back services to serve Cuba. One of the biggest airlines to cancel flights was Air Canada, which announced on February 9, 2026 that it was suspending its services to Cuba. Cuban authorities began rationing energy use for domestic purpose. 

As Cuban energy crisis began to bite the broader economy, the only Latin American nation that came to Havana's rescue was Mexico. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ignored President Donald Trump's threat to punish any nation which would help Cuba. Two Mexican Navy ships with aid supplies on February 12, 2026 docked at Cuban ports.