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AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro Fri Feb 13 21:54:35 2026

Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…

Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…Open

NYTIMES (Eric Niiler) - A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who. Fri Feb 13 21:51:58 2026

The National Science Foundation said management of the machine, used by researchers for forecasts, disaster warnings and pure science, would be transferred to a “third-party operator.”

NYTIMES (Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Brian O. Otieno and Ed Ram) - Can’t Buy Love? Kenya Bans Bouquets Made of Cash. Fri Feb 13 21:51:57 2026

Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.

NYTIMES (Kellen Browning) - AOC Ties Inequality to Rise of Authoritarians at Munich Security Conference Fri Feb 13 21:51:57 2026

Speaking at a security conference, the New York progressive argued that “extreme levels of income inequality lead to social instability” and eventually far-right populism.

NYTIMES (Jeff Sommer) - Crises Everywhere, but the Markets Don’t Seem to Mind Fri Feb 13 21:51:56 2026

Stocks have prospered while the world has plunged into disorder, an economist says. “Keep calm and carry on” may be the best investors can do.

NYTIMES (Lydia DePillis and Sydney Ember) - White House Sees Win After 2 Strong Economic Reports Fri Feb 13 21:51:56 2026

Solid jobs data and a soft inflation reading for January are welcome news for President Trump. But the bigger economic picture is less encouraging.

NYTIMES (Lynsey Chutel and Henrik Pryser Libell) - The Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Thorbjorn Jagland Fri Feb 13 21:51:55 2026

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.