Wednesday, February 12

📌 House and Senate GOP go to war over budget (AXIOS)

📌 DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American students’ academic progress (AP)

📌 A potent winter storm is thumping 1,500 miles of the US. Two more are right behind it (CNN)

📌 27 religious groups sue Trump administration over immigration enforcement policy (NPR)

📌 FBI finds secret JFK assassination records after Trump order (AP)

📌 White House announces wrongfully detained American teacher Marc Fogel released from Russia in an ‘exchange’ (CNN)

📌 Rebels attack DR Congo army ending lull in fighting (BBC)

📌 Nonstop Quakes Leave a Santorini Empty and Its Residents on Edge (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 Chocolate prices are up 20% this Valentine’s Day as cocoa prices hit record (CNN)

📌 FEMA officials fired after Musk claims they paid to house migrants in 'luxury' NYC hotels (ABC)

📌 Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé and associates of assaulting her and raping others in House speech (AP)

📌 New Yorkers raced to get tickets to Paul McCartney’s surprise show on Tuesday (GOTHAMIST)