" A bizarro post-consequence universe." The Reporters' Roundtable. February 13, 2026.
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🗓️ 13 February 2026
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ICE Retreats. Trump’s Very Bad Week. Bondi’s Hissy Fit. Democrats Fight Back. DHS Shutdown. EPA Neutered. All The President’s Prizes. 3 Polls: Biden Better than Trump. Gallup Leaves a Vacuum. With Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ Roll Call, Hunter Walker, Investigative Reporter for Talking Points Memo and Linda Feldmann, DC Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Friday, good friends, and on this Friday, February 13, welcome to this week's |
| 0:13.1 | Reuters' Roundtable on the Bill Press pod, looking back at a week with some surprising |
| 0:18.0 | outcomes. |
| 0:19.9 | In 1970, Republican President Richard Nixon signed an executive order |
| 0:24.3 | creating the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the nation's air and water. Yesterday, |
| 0:31.1 | Republican President Donald Trump signed another executive order, essentially shutting it down. |
| 0:37.5 | What's EPA's new mission? |
| 0:39.4 | Back to smog? |
| 0:40.7 | In December 2025, President Trump sent almost 3,000 ICE agents into Minneapolis. |
| 0:47.8 | Yesterday, borders our Tom Homan, shut it down. |
| 0:51.9 | After declaring Operation Metro's surge a major success, even though it resulted |
| 0:57.5 | in the murders of two American citizens. Several weeks ago, six members of Congress posted |
| 1:02.9 | a video reminding members of the military that they had no duty to obey an illegal order. |
| 1:10.3 | Yesterday, Trump's Justice Department accused them of treason, |
| 1:14.0 | not just yesterday, but last week, |
| 1:15.9 | but this week, a federal grand jury |
| 1:17.9 | citing the First Amendment shut down that case |
| 1:22.2 | for the administration and for the rest of us. |
| 1:25.4 | What does all of this mean? |
| 1:27.3 | Well, here to help us read the tea |
| 1:28.8 | leaves this morning. Today's panel, we welcome Jason Dick, editor and chief of CQ roll call. Hello, |
| 1:34.7 | Jason. Happy Friday the 13th, Bill. What can go wrong, huh? Yeah. Linda Feldman, White House |
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