Politics: 5 stories from this week
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On Politics
February 14, 2026

Here are some stories you might have missed this week, curated by Times editors and personalized for you.

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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”

By Karoun Demirjian, Kate Kelly, Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager

A person stands behind yellow police tape watching a line of law enforcement officers not far from a group of residents.

David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart

A judge dropped charges against the immigrant and another man after the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota said new evidence was not consistent with the agents’ testimony.

By Mitch Smith and Hamed Aleaziz

A crowd of protesters in a city street cast an array of long shadows across pavement in the foreground.

Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

By Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac

Side-by-side photos of Senator John Fetterman, left, and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.

Eric Lee for The New York Times, Greg Kahn for The New York Times

Why Pennsylvania’s Two Most Powerful Democrats Don’t Speak

Senator John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro do not get along. The bad blood goes back years.

By Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck

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A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho

Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community.

By Anna Griffin and Loren Elliott

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The New York Times

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