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Top News Stories for Sunday, February 15th 2026
Government shutdown hits DHS after Democrats blow up bipartisan funding deal over immigration uproar
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The third government shutdown in under half a year has officially begun just after midnight on Saturday after Democrats and Republicans spent recent weeks battling over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Just one area of government has been left without federal funding as of midnight — the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress has completed ...
Source: foxnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Huda Ammori calls for proscription to be lifted after high court finds it to be very serious interference with protest rights The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the ban on the group "massively backfired" and called for its proscription to be suspended after the high court found it to be unlawful . Three senior judges ruled on Friday that the ban was disproportionate and constituted very serious ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
By In the United States, gas-powered vehicles still reign supreme, and recent legislation ensures that will be the case for a lot longer than we anticipated. With federal tax credits for EVs expiring and automakers pivoting back to hybrids, gas prices remain a critical weekly consideration for millions of commuters. As some regions see prices tick up due to seasonal shifts, many areas are seeing prices drop ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Many people bought the devices thinking they would do little more than protect their delivery packages W hat happens to the data that smart home cameras collect? Can law enforcement access this information – even when users aren't aware officers may be viewing their footage? Two recent events have put these concerns in the spotlight. A Super Bowl ad by the doorbell-camera company Ring and the FBI's pursuit of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny's body and highly likely resulted in his death What is dart frog toxin, which is said to have been used to kill Alexei Navalny? Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison administered by the Russian state two years ago, a multi-intelligence agency inquiry has found, according to a statement ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
– Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran's nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Oman, which welcomed the first round of on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days. After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Four new astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, bringing the lab back up to full capacity after several of their colleagues were forced to leave early last month due to a medical issue. The U.S., French and Russian astronauts and cosmonaut launched from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX rocket on Friday for the approximately 34-hour journey. "That was quite the ride," NASA Commander Jessica ...
Source: foxnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are under criminal investigation after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss felony assault charges against Venezuelan nationals from a January shooting in Minneapolis . ICE Director Todd Lyons said Friday that newly reviewed video evidence suggests the officers may have made "untruthful statements" under oath about the ...
Source: foxnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin need only to have looked into the stands on Friday night, where Nathan Chen watched as the American figure skating sensation known as the "Quad god" fell apart in his Olympic free skate , for inspiration about what might come next. The overwhelming favorite to win gold, Malinin fell twice amid a calamitous program that he seemingly had perfected over the past year, sending him ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Hollywood mogul Casey Wasserman on Friday informed staff members at his talent agency that he is putting the company up for sale, a move that comes as he faces growing scrutiny over his ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. In a memo to staff obtained by NBC News, Wasserman wrote that he believed he had "become a distraction" at his eponymous firm, which represents high-profile musicians and athletes. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! as cheating allegations and audible curse words overshadowed a feisty match between two of the best men's teams. 's Marc Kennedy got offended when he was accused by ...
Source: pressherald.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The US military conducted a deadly strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people. The operation is part of the Trump administration's ongoing campaign against drug cartels, which has resulted in 133 deaths through 38 attacks since September in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters. US Southern Command shared details of the latest strike on social media, including video ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
At least a half-dozen top officials in the current Trump administration have connections to Jeffrey Epstein , according to an NBC News review of some of the over 3 million documents the Justice Department has released. The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications. President Donald Trump, who had a lengthy relationship with Epstein, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
There's Now a Café Where You Go on Dates With AI By As AI continues to reshape how people work and socialize, a more intimate frontier has emerged: romance. Millions of people now talk, flirt, confide, and form emotional bonds with AI companions-relationships that exist entirely on screens. But what has been missing, until now, is the presence of an IRL date itself. On Valentine's Day weekend, that boundary ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The protests followed a call by Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran. Around 200,000 people demonstrated against the Iranian regime on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders on Saturday. The protests followed a call by Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked-up international pressure on Tehran. US President Donald Trump said regime change in Iran ...
Source: news.sky.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Cases among younger people are rising – such as with actor James Van Der Beek, who died on 11 February at age 48 Actor James Van Der Beek died on 11 February, aged 48; he had been diagnosed in 2023 with colorectal cancer. According to the World Health Organization, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While rates are declining ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ICE's new "processing centers," like the one it is eyeing in a massive warehouse in east Orlando, would each hold up to 1,500 immigrant detainees for as long as a week before they are transferred to other facilities or deported, according to an outline of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's plan released by New Hampshire's governor. Homeland Security intends to ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
– The Trump administration is suing , saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said Harvard has "thwarted" efforts to investigate potential discrimination. It accused Harvard of refusing to comply ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Proofpoint is adding agentic workspace protection to its cybersecurity platform by acquiring Acuvity . Acuvity delivers AI enterprise security and governance, while Proofpoint offers cybersecurity and compliance, the companies said in a Friday (Feb. 13) press release . With the acquisition, Proofpoint will enhance its platform's ability to provide AI-native visibility, governance and run-time protection for AI and ...
Source: pymnts.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had served as the chair of DP World since 2007, and as its CEO since 2016. It comes after the Department of Justice's latest release of files related to Epstein showed the pedophile's emails with bin Sulayem. In a 2013 email to bin Sulayem, Epstein said: "You are one of my most trusted friends in very sense of the word, you have never let me down." Correspondence between bin Sulayem, ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Kathy Ruemmler is leaving her position as Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s top lawyer, drawing to a close a monthslong saga that saw the investment bank staunchly defend Ruemmler over her previous association with Jeffrey Epstein. Processing Content For weeks, Goldman has faced a steady drumbeat of headlines as the public has pored over the millions of pages of documents that have been released by the US Department of ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, accused in a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Four other people are also set to be arraigned in the case. Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courthouse accompanied by his attorney, Joe ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza to the United States within two weeks, saying it was time to "make amends" for mistakenly deporting her to Honduras in November in violation of a court order. "In this unfortunate case , the government commendably admits that it did wrong," US District Judge Richard G. Stearns wrote in the eight-page order. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 13th, 2026 -
Some of the world's most corrupt countries have received huge payments in third-country deportation scheme The Trump administration has spent more than $1m per person to deport some migrants to countries they have no connection to, only to see many sent back to their home nations at further taxpayer expense, according to a new congressional investigation. A 30-page report from Senate foreign relations committee ...
Source: theguardian.com