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Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs, rendering tariffs imposed under IEEPA unlawful from the outset. Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the majority, concluded that IEEPA's grant of authority to "regulate … importation" does not encompass the power to impose tariffs, which are a form of ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Britain's Thames Valley Police Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of King Charles III, on suspicion of misconduct in public office tied to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The former prince was "released under investigation," meaning he has not yet been charged nor ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will direct the Department of Defense to start the process of releasing government files related to "alien and extraterrestrial life," as his administration faces criticism over its handling of documents tied to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein . "Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
As President Donald Trump continued to threaten a potentially massive war, Iran's foreign minister stressed his commitment to peaceful negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Amid the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq, Trump said on Thursday that he was weighing an initial, limited strike in order to force Iran to negotiate a new deal to limit its nuclear enrichment and would ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
MILAN — The last time the United States and Canada met for Olympic gold, at Vancouver 2010, it drew more American viewers than any hockey game since the culmination of the Miracle on Ice. The last time the US and Canada faced each other, a year ago Friday in the 4 Nations Face-Off, it was the most-watched NHL-sanctioned game in US history . Given the factors at play — the NHL's return to the Olympics ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Four astronauts set to venture farther than any human has ever traveled from Earth are set to enter quarantine Friday as the Artemis II moonshot mission is finally set to launch early next month. NASA officials announced the new target date after completing a redo of a simulated countdown Thursday night at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B which solved a recurring ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Administrator Jared Isaacman cites 'major progress' since earlier discovery of liquid hydrogen leaking from rocket Nasa said on Friday it was planning to launch its delayed Artemis II moon mission on 6 March after successfully completing a fueling test that had caused it to stand down earlier this month. Jared Isaacman, the space agency's newly confirmed administrator, cited "major progress" since the original ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Avalanche Deaths Are Mounting This Season — Here's What Backcountry Travelers Need to Know By At least 16 people have died in avalanches during the 2025-2026 season so far, a number already tracking toward some of the worst seasons on record with winter still ongoing. KEY FACTS: According to The New York Times , while scientists are careful not to blame climate change for any single weather event without ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
As the United States and China battle to dominate artificial intelligence , this week India attempted to highlight other pathways to navigate the silicon surge. Billed as the first high-level AI gathering to be held in the Global South, the India AI Impact Summit has given the world's most populous country a stage to promote itself as a global AI player, broadening the AI conversation to include countries in Latin ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The 43-day government shutdown in the fall stymied U.S. gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. GDP for the fourth quarter of 2025 grew by 1.4% on an annual basis, more than a full point below the Dow Jones estimate of 2.5%. Consumer spending climbed more slowly than expected, while government spending lagged behind greatly. The slowdown ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
– Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done "solely for the sake of the nation and our people," and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53. His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig's disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. "He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Democrats cry foul at change to airport closest to Mar-a-Lago days after president's lawyers trademarked new name Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved renaming the airport in West Palm Beach to the "President Donald J Trump International Airport", less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought to trademark the name . Only the signature of Florida's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
NASHVILLE Today, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal - and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Research from real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle found more than half of U.S. data center builds are happening outside traditional industry hubs. Texas could become the top such market by 2030. (TNS) — From rural counties to fast-growing suburbs, data center projects are spreading across Texas, often drawing local opposition. Now, thanks in part to its business-friendly regulatory climate, Texas could soon ...
Source: govtech.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons West Virginia attorney general sues Apple over encryption, child porn West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey filed suit against Apple on Thursday, arguing that the company turned a blind eye to iCloud encryption methods that facilitate mass transmission of child pornography. The suit focuses on Apple iCloud and its use of end-to-end encryption, which makes digital files ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The department is reportedly considering buying a Boeing plane for deportation flights and for use by Trump officials A $70m aircraft the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering for deportation flights has a luxurious interior and will be used to transport Trump administration officials to engagements in comfort, according to a report published Friday. NBC News obtained images of the Boeing 737-8 Max ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The Google Pixel 10a may not be the upgrade you expected, but it beats the more expensive Pixel 10 in a few ways. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Unlike last year, Google's new affordable Pixel 10a is closer to its predecessor than the base flagship model, the Pixel 10 . Last year, the Pixel 9a bridged the gap between A-series and flagship Pixel phones. Unfortunately, ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Republican leaders on the House Science and Technology Committee want the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a comprehensive review of existing federal and state laws that regulate artificial intelligence (AI). In a sent Wednesday to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, and Research and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., ...
Source: meritalk.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Families of political prisoners await prison releases as Venezuela signs amnesty law Venezuela's acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could see hundreds of politicians, activists and lawyers released soon, while tacitly acknowledging what the country has denied for years – that it has political detainees in jail. The law, signed on Thursday, in effect reverses decades of denials in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Ex-Victoria's Secret mogul Les Wexner's lawyer was caught on a hot mic jokingly threatening to "kill" him if he continued giving long answers to questions during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee. The moment was caught after the committee released its full, nearly five-hour deposition of 88-year-old Wexner as part of its ongoing probe into ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from entering her department's headquarters after at least two women accused him of sexual assault, according to multiple reports ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
New home sales closed out 2025 on a mixed yet resilient note, pointing to steady underlying demand even as affordability pressures and limited supply continued to weigh on the market. Although sales dipped 1.7% from November to December, activity in December 2025 remained stronger than a year earlier. Data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau show that sales of newly ...
Source: nahb.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! A federal grand jury has indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges in a scheme to steal trade secrets from Google and other leading technology companies. The indictment charges the three defendants with conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, theft and attempted theft of ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a regional Coca-Cola bottler for allegedly discriminating against male employees after hosting a 2024 women-only networking event. The federal agency that enforced workplace civil rights claimed in its Tuesday lawsuit that male employees of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast "suffered damages" after a September 2024 two-day event at the Mohegan Sun casino resort ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Property taxes around the U.S. have long been a lightning rod for debate, with political leaders perpetually balancing the need to fund their budget priorities against the risk of alienating homeowners and businesses. This week, for example, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked an uproar by proposing to close a budget hole by sharply raising property taxes . Although the move was widely interpreted as a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
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Source: nautil.us
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Recent research reveals the most vulnerable passwords of 2026 — additionally, the research determined the most commonly hacked categories of passwords. This research was conducted by Plasma. The methodology involved assessing Comparitech's Most Common Password report and NordPass's Top 200 Most Common Passwords list, then leveraging KeywordTool to determine search volumes to find the 25 most ...
Source: securitymagazine.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Sunshine Sykes says Trump administration poses threats and is recklessly violating law with its mass deportations A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people. The judge said that the White House had also "extended its violence on its own citizens", citing the killings of Renee Good in January by an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
A woman has been charged with animal abandonment after she allegedly left her two-year-old dog at a Las Vegas airport, police have said. Officers found the golden doodle/mini poodle tied to a baggage sizer at Harry Reid International Airport after being alerted by other travellers. The animal's owner was stopped at a departure gate. The police said the dog was taken in by Animal Protective Services, but as the ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
gathered in Washington on Thursday for its long-awaited first meeting, with the next stage of the It was an event teeming with "the greatest world leaders," financial and troop pledges and promises of global conflicts settled, which he cast as a coda to his presidency. The board would not only achieve peace in Gaza but also intervene in "hot spots" around the world, Trump said. "We will help Gaza," he said. "We ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other Democrats are demanding that the Federal Reserve turn over information on recent changes to its bank supervision division following a media report that Fed staff are unhappy with those changes, the Wall Street Journal reported The newspaper reported in January that former and current staff have expressed concerns about the leadership of Fed Vice Chair for Supervision ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Independent United Nations human rights experts released a report Thursday detailing allegedly genocidal crimes committed by Sudanese rebels during an October offensive in Darfur, where thousands of people were killed and others tortured, raped, and starved during the capture of el-Fasher. The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan report, titled Hallmarks of Genocide in el-Fasher , found that ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees , on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood. The seven-member panel is one of two federal agencies that must approve Trump's plans for the ballroom. The National Capital Planning Commission, which has jurisdiction over ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Alysa Liu won a gold medal in women's individual figure skating on Thursday, making her the first U.S. woman to take the Olympic podium in the event since 2006. Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took silver and Ami Nakai, also of Japan, took the bronze. The last American woman to earn a medal in individual figure skating was Sasha Cohen, who took home silver in 2006. Sarah Hughes was the last American woman to take home a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on whether he should extend an order that protects Minnesota refugees who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim blocked the government from targeting these refugees last month, saying the plaintiffs in the case were likely to prevail on their claims "that their arrest and detention, and the ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Steven Spielberg, phone home! The legendary "E.T." director and California resident has moved to Manhattan amid a billionaire exodus from the Golden State — as voters eye a controversial wealth tax . But the move, first reported by the LA Times, allegedly had nothing to do with the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act. "Steven's move to the East Coast is both long-planned and driven purely by his and Kate Capshaw's ...
Source: nypost.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
By Ben Casselman and Ana Swanson President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised that his steep tariffs would reduce U.S. imports, shrink the trade deficit and lead to a revival in American manufacturing. So far, the opposite has occurred. U.S. imports grew last year, and the trade deficit in goods hit a record high, data released Thursday showed, as Trump's policies scrambled trade but did not halt it. That was ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The latest Gemini model makes impressive strides in benchmarks, but forthcoming models could give it a reality check. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Model capabilities are ultimately relative, one expert said. Another week, another "smarter" model -- this time from Google, which just released Gemini 3.1 Pro. Gemini 3 outperformed several ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Sickness and death are inevitable, but many of us will never get the chance to know exactly when our worst health ailments will strike. Someday soon, though, that might not be true for people with Alzheimer's disease, research out today shows. Scientists say they've devised a model that can narrow down the onset of Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia. Based on simple blood test ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
US president links deal with military strikes against Iran in connection with Tehran's nuclear ambitions Donald Trump changed his mind on supporting the Chagos Islands deal because the UK will not permit its airbases to be used for a pre-emptive US strike on Iran, the Guardian has been told. In his latest change of heart on the deal, the US president said on social media that Keir Starmer was "making a big mistake" ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The Bears ditching the Windy City in favor of Indiana is becoming a serious endeavor. Lawmakers in the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved an amendment to a bill which clears a path for the Bears to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana. Indiana State Bill 27 was approved with a 24-0 vote on Thursday and would create the Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority, which would have the power to ...
Source: nypost.com