NYT Strands hints, answers for February 8, 2026

Today’s NYT Strands hints are easy if you love an alcoholic beverage. Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky…

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This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

Brian Fitzpatrick’s survival mechanism as a battleground House Republican entails occasionally distancing himself from his own MAGA-controlled party. On Thursday he took that to the next level by voting against President Donald Trump’s megabill amid an unrelenting pressure campaign from the White House. The head-turning move made Fitzpatrick one of just two House Republicans to…

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