2.11.26 Japan’s conservative landslide, Hong Kong’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, and museums rethink how to protect priceless treasures

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🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Washington Wednesday on Japan’s conservative landslide and push for constitutional reform, World Tour on Hong Kong’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, and protecting priceless collections. Plus, Cal Thomas on The Washington Post’s shrinking audience, the lack of privacy for elite athletes, and the Wednesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from WatersEdge. Competitive rates and supporting churches. 4.55% APY on a 13-month term investment. WatersEdge.com/investFrom The Master’s University, equipping students for lives of faithfulness to The Master, Jesus Christ. masters.eduAnd from The Joshua Program at St. Dunstan’s Academy in Virginia ... a gap year shaping young men ... through trades, farming, prayer ... stdunstansacademy.org

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0:00.0	Good morning. The U.S. and Europe are reacting differently to the Epstein files.
0:10.6	People in power, if they have been implicated in the files and in ways that shock the conscience, should be held accountable.
0:18.8	That's ahead on Washington Wednesday.
0:23.0	Hunter Baker is standing by.
0:24.7	Also today, World Tour.
0:28.6	And what a heist at the Louvre revealed about museum security.
0:32.9	They, by their design, are not meant to be Fort Knox. And World Commentator Cal Thomas on how the Washington Post lost the trust of Americans.
0:46.4	It's Wednesday, February 11th.
0:48.8	This is The World and Everything in it from listener-supported World Radio.
0:52.8	I'm Mary Rackard.
0:53.6	And I'm Lindsay Mask.
0:54.8	Good morning.
0:57.4	Up next, Kent Covington has today's news.
1:01.5	Congress is up against another deadline to avoid yet another partial government shutdown.
1:06.7	Members have just a couple of days to reach a compromise or funding will expire for the Department of Homeland Security.
1:12.6	Democrats are demanding changes at DHS. After two fatal incidents between federal agents and demonstrators in Minnesota,
1:20.0	they want tougher rules for immigration and customs enforcement, including requirements for agents to unmask and to obtain warrants in more situations.
1:28.3	Committee on Homeland Security will come to order.
1:30.3	Immigration officials testified before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday,
1:34.4	and Democratic Congressman Ted Liu questioned the professionalism of immigration enforcement agencies.
1:40.0	And that's because real police officers are trained to de-escalate, not to escalate.
1:46.2	Real police officers wear body cameras and not masks.
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