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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 8th 2026
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer Donald Trump said on Friday he made the call to post a now-deleted video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes but deflected blame for the move, causing new speculation in his orbit about whether the blame lay with the president or his aide Natalie Harp. The brief clip, shared late ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
The White House's TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at "the lowest price anywhere in the world." "This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times, and it's not even close," President Trump said at a news conference announcing the launch of the platform. Drug policy experts say the jury is still out on ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says he hopes talks with the United States will resume soon, while US President Donald Trump pledged another round of negotiations next week following mediated discussions in Oman. Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Saturday that Iran's missile programme was "never negotiable" in Friday's talks, and warned Tehran would target US military bases in the Middle East if the US attacks ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Judge orders Trump administration to restore funding for rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey on Friday, ruling just as construction was set to shut down on the massive infrastructure project. The decision came months after the administration announced it was halting $16 billion in support for the project, citing the then-government shutdown and what a top federal ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Authorities in the European Union said that the video-sharing platform TikTok is in breach of online content regulations, warning the company to change "addictive" features in order to protect minors from compulsive use. The European Commission shared the preliminary conclusions of a probe into TikTok on Friday, stating that features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and a personalised ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
News ) Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million in bellwether sexual assault case A US federal jury on Thursday ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages to a passenger who alleged she was sexually assaulted by her driver, marking the first plaintiff victory in a multidistrict litigation including thousands of similar claims. Thursday's verdict hinged on the legal theory of apparent authority , under which a ...
Source: jurist.org
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
The Department of Defense will also review partnerships with other universities. Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon would end its academic partnership with Harvard University over what he called a "woke" institution that is not welcoming to the U.S. military. In a posted on Friday to X, Hegseth said the Department of Defense would end its partnership and work with the ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Will Lewis, the embattled CEO and publisher of the Washington Post, has resigned just three days after the storied newspaper laid off about one-third of its staff. In a note sent to employees Saturday and shared by them on social media, Lewis wrote that "after two years of transformation, now is the right time for me to step aside." "During my tenure, difficult decisions had to be taken in order to ensure the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A grand jury in New Mexico indicted actor Timothy Busfield on child sex abuse charges, officials said Friday. Busfield was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo County District Attorney's office said in a press release. "As with all criminal proceedings, Mr. Busfield is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law," Bernalillo County District Attorney ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The judge in Luigi Mangione's state trial set a June 8 trial date for New York's case against him for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , leading Mangione to have an outburst Friday as court concluded. The judge started the proceedings by saying it appears the federal government had reneged on their agreement to let the state trial go first by setting a date of Sept. 8 to begin jury selection in ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
with a Health+ subscription, supposedly aiming for a better combo between the Apple Watch, Apple Fitness+, and all the data those apps bring. However, the that Apple is scaling back its plans, as one of its top executives believed the service wasn't good enough to become a subscription. According to Bloomberg, services chief Eddy Cue said Apple's competitors in the health market have more competing features ...
Source: bgr.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Canada opened its consulate in Greenland's capital and the first French consul to the Danish territory arrived on Friday, following the Trump administration's efforts to acquire the island. "I am en route to Nuuk for the opening of Canada's new consulate — strengthening Canada's presence, partnerships, and leadership in the Arctic," Canadian Foreign Minister Anita ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
The United States' top nuclear arms official on Friday accused China of carrying out an undisclosed nuclear detonation in 2020, arguing that recent secretive underground tests by China and Russia have given Washington reason to conduct "parallel steps" as a decades-long moratorium on nuclear testing among major powers is unraveling. Thomas DiNanno, the undersecretary of state for arms control, told the Conference ...
Source: seattletimes.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
A top Russian military intelligence general was shot in a Moscow apartment building Friday and hospitalised, Moscow said, in what it said was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Ukraine. There was no comment from Kyiv, which has claimed responsibility for some of the several high-ranking military officials that have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive in February 2022. Russian ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Zubayar al-Bakoush is suspected in Libya attack resulting in deaths of US ambassador and three other Americans The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Friday the arrest of a "key participant" in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four US government officials, including the US ambassador to Libya , J Christopher Stevens. Bondi said the suspect, Zubayar al-Bakoush, was taken into US custody at ...
Source: theguardian.com