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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 25th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 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? President Donald Trump 's sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs were barely cold after the Supreme Court struck them down as illegal on Friday before he announced their replacement. At a press ...
Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The killing of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or CJNG), has triggered a wave of violence across several Mexican states, including Jalisco. Cervantes, better known as "El Mencho", was killed in an operation by Mexico's army on Sunday. But what is the Jalisco cartel, and what happens next after the killing of one of the most powerful ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – Millions across the northeastern United States on Tuesday contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major — in some areas — storm that blanketed the region with snow, , disrupted transit and downed power lines. Even as the snow moved north Tuesday giving way to sunshine in parts of the region, National Weather Service forecasters warned another storm originating in ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's State of the Union address is expected to tilt heavily on domestic issues, but it's also a chance for the Republican to make the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating uneasiness about his priorities . The president counts brokering a fragile ceasefire deal in Gaza, capturing autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro in ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The women's ice hockey team of the United States has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, US media reported, after he joked he would be "impeached" if he did not ask them to attend. NBC cited a statement from the women's team on Monday, saying players would be "unable to participate" in the State of the Union address. "We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
AI isn't a side project anymore; it's running the business, and now leaders have to own its behavior, not just its hype. After years of building AI-native companies and partnering with Fortune 500 teams through large-scale technology transformations, I've watched AI follow a familiar, deceptive path. It starts as a spark of an idea. Then a pilot. Then, almost without ceremony, it becomes part of the machinery that ...
Source: cio.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Anthropic accused three Chinese AI firms of engaging in concerted "distillation attack" campaigns. U.S. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are concerned with ceding a competitive advantage to such firms, who can reproduce the performance of American AI models at a significantly lower cost. Some online users, however, were quick to point out the similarities between Anthropic's claims and its own use of ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Peter Mandelson , Britain's former ambassador to the United States, was released on bail in the early hours of Tuesday after being arrested in London on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The Metropolitan Police said in a news update that it released a 72-year-old-man arrested at an address in the Camden area of north ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites 'harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities', while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC's failure to edit A black British film-maker has said he will step down as a Bafta judge over the organisation's handling of the incident during Sunday's ceremony during which a Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted a racial slur while two black actors were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Without federal climate regulation, fossil fuel industry may be more vulnerable to local lawsuits The Trump administration 's repeal of a foundational climate determination could clear a path for new litigation and policies targeting big oil, legal experts say. Earlier this month, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) finalized a rule revoking the "endangerment finding", a 2009 determination that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker joins Jakub Krupa to answer readers' questions about four years of war, and where it's heading From The Russian foreign ministry has just issued a lengthy statement just now warning of risks of a direct clash between nuclear power and its potential consequences. It said the suggestions, first carried by the Russian intelligence earlier today, suggest are ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
— President Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, laying out his agenda for the year ahead and touting his accomplishments since returning to office. he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade agenda. The president has vowed to go around the court's decision and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Panama authorities have taken control of two ports operated by a subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, assets that came under scrutiny after President Donald Trump claimed China exerted too much influence over their operation. Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings condemned the Monday takeover in a statement on Tuesday that said the actions of Panama were "unlawful" and raised risks to ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier's influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability. Many of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent universities and academics , which he maintained through monetary donations and luxury gifts, have been known since his 2019 arrest and suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. After the US ...
Source: wired.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Florida on Monday blocked the public release of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on his investigation into classified documents held at President Donald Trump 's Mar-a-Lago estate. In the order , U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon of the Southern District of Florida said Smith's report should not be made public after she previously ruled that he was illegally ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Despite all of the scandals surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor —particularly his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which culminated in his shocking arrest on February 19—the former Prince Andrew is still No. 8 in the British line of succession , behind only Prince William and his three kids and Prince Harry and his two children. Last week, the former Duke of York became the ...
Source: instyle.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The U.S. struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, the military announced Monday afternoon. More than 40 such strikes have been carried out in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September, killing at least 137 people, according to statements from the Defense Department tracked by NBC News. The targeted boat on Monday was "transiting along known narco-trafficking ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Republican from a Texas border district, faced growing pressure to resign on Monday amid allegations that he had coerced a sexual relationship with a staff member who later killed herself. Gonzales sent "sexual texts" to the staff member, Regina Santos-Aviles, and appeared to pressure her into a relationship, according to Bobby Barrera, a lawyer for Santos-Aviles' husband. Barrera said in an ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Screenshot President Donald Trump claimed a "great hospital boat" was on its way to Greenland to help sick people there who aren't "being taken care of" — but the Pentagon reportedly says it has not received any such orders. Trump announced Saturday on Truth Social that he was working with his envoy to Greenland, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA), to "send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many ...
Source: mediaite.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A new package of European Union sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine , the 20th such set of measures, was stalled Monday after being blocked by Hungary, which is demanding Ukraine reopen a pipeline supplying it with Russian oil. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said there was "not going to be progress" on the new round of sanctions at Monday's meeting of EU foreign ministers in ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
3 min read A former US Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer who was responsible for training new deportation officers warned Monday that the agency's training program for new recruits is "deficient, defective and broken." Ryan Schwank's comments during a forum held by congressional Democrats come at a time of intense scrutiny of the officers tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A murder trial is set to begin Monday for a Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of killing him. Kouri Richins, 35, faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl in March 2022 at their home just outside the ski town of Park City. Prosecutors say she slipped five ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch gui00878 The creators of Dark Sky, who sold their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, are back with a new take on weather forecasting. The team recently announced the launch of their new app, Acme Weather , which they claim offers a better and more reliable forecast than the one they had at ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
OpenAI is broadening how it helps large organizations put artificial intelligence into real use. The company announced a new initiative, Frontier Alliances , teaming up with four major consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) , McKinsey & Company , Accenture , and Capgemini, to help enterprises move beyond pilot AI projects and embed intelligent systems deeply into business workflows. The announcement , ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Lily Collins is ready for her reservation at Tiffany's. The actor will play Audrey Hepburn in a new movie about the making of the 1961 classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The film is based on the Sam Wasson book "Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman," according to Variety . Collins will serve as a producer of film, and Alena Smith, the creator of the Apple TV ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Reading time 8 minutes We're still scarred from everything that happened in last week's " In the Name of the Mother ," but after the horror of battle comes "The Morrow." Dunk survived against the odds—and while the Targaryens and the realm suffered a huge loss, the Trial of Seven proved what we already knew: the hedge knight was always the most honorable guy on the field. But after all that excitement, ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Jennifer Lopez is taking a moment to celebrate a major milestone in her twins' lives—Max and Emme are 18! And Lopez seems to be getting very nostalgic as she commemorates their big day. In a new Instagram video, Lopez reflected on her twins' lives so far. She included a sweet montage of moments through the years: there were snaps of the pair as babies, home videos, cute clips from previous birthdays, family ...
Source: instyle.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles on Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner , 32, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree in the fatal stabbings at the couple's home in LA's Brentwood neighborhood in December. His public defender, Kimberly Greene, entered the not guilty plea on her client's behalf. Reiner sat in court behind his attorney ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The celebrity doctor Peter Attia is stepping down as a contributor to CBS News amid growing scrutiny on his email exchanges with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Attia, best known for his social media content about longevity science, told CBS he would resign from the position effective immediately, and the news division's booking department informed CBS News staff Monday, according to a source ...
Source: nbcnews.com