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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 25th 2026
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The president's lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims Donald Trump officially made the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday night, with broad claims about the successes achieved during the first year of his second term. But the speech that stretched across more than an hour and 41 minutes was filled with strong statements, many of them inflated, ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON—After the Supreme Court invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs , he and congressional Republican leaders have a major math problem: hundreds of billions of dollars they were counting on is now in doubt. The money was supposed to help offset the cost of their sweeping tax cut legislation enacted last year. Without that revenue, the federal government's budget deficit could balloon even ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
President Trump on Tuesday awarded Team USA's hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The American team won the Olympic gold medal on Sunday, the first time in 46 years, on the anniversary of the team's legendary triumph over the USSR, known as the "Miracle on Ice." They won in a 2-1 overtime game against Canada, with Hellebuyck's performance widely ...
Source: latimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Forget the AI bubble talk. Hong Kong's C-suite has already moved on. According to Accenture's recently released Pulse of Change survey, which involved 3,650 C-suite leaders, 3,350 employees, 20 industries, and 20 countries, a staggering 91% of Hong Kong organizations plan to increase their AI investments in 2026. If the so-called AI bubble actually bursts? More than half (51%) would still ramp up ...
Source: cdotrends.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers training at a local gun range largely went unnoticed by residents of one Southern California city for more than a decade, until and the recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents. The arrangement in Escondido, a city of about 150,000 people north of San Diego surrounded by farms and horse ranches, has sparked weeks of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Tony Gonzales allegedly asked his staffer what her 'favorite position' and asked her to send him a 'sexy pic' Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales has hit back at calls for him to resign, as more details continue to emerge about an alleged affair with a staffer who later died by ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Reddit $19.5 million after finding that the company failed to use children's personal information lawfully, exposing them to inappropriate and . The investigation found that Reddit did not apply an age assurance mechanism ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
In Virginia, home to more than a tenth of data center capacity in the entire world, lawyers who benefit from the complex work of bringing these massive projects to life see signs of a tipping point. The costs of building in the state may soon outweigh the benefits—whether due to local opposition, the possibility of vanishing state tax breaks , or simply because power supplies can't keep up with demand. "It's ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Ornate packaging paired with enticing advertisements that claim expensive shampoos are elixirs to all hair woes can leave one wondering: Are the higher prices really worth it? Should I abandon my $8 drugstore mainstay for a $42 premium brand? Experts say affordable shampoos and conditioners found in grocery stores and pharmacies can do the job as well as the pricey versions with tempting messaging and testimonials ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
In 2008, after years of allegations from teenage girls who said they had been abused inside the property, Jeffrey Epstein secured what was later described as one of the most extraordinary plea deals in modern US legal history. He pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution and served fewer than 13 months of an 18-month prison sentence, much of it on work release, avoiding federal sex-trafficking charges ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – Light snow moved through parts of the Northeast on Wednesday as people heading to work and school were trying to navigate their way out of that dropped piles of powder on streets and sidewalks from Maryland to Maine. One to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 centimeters) of snow was expected — a far cry from — but any snow that melted likely froze overnight, resulting in patchy black ice to make for ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are barred from conducting an "unsupervised, wholesale search" of electronic devices that they seized from a Washington Post reporter's Virginia home while investigating allegations that a Pentagon contractor illegally leaked classified information to the journalist, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday . U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter said he will independently review ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Discord announced Tuesday it is delaying its global age verification rollout from March to the second half of 2026. The decision follows heavy user backlash earlier this month regarding the company's initial plan to place all users into a "teen-appropriate experience" by default until they verified their age as adults. Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy acknowledged the company failed to clearly communicate its ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Visa is winning the AI race in the payments industry, according to a brand new ranking — but no company is revealing quite how much the technology is paying off. "With relatively nascent industry players like Stripe and Block performing well — and showing their AI potential reflected in their valuations — the Index leaders cannot afford to drop off the pace," Alexandra Mousavizadeh, co-founder and ...
Source: insider.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
BEIJING (AP) — There are many things that China and Germany do not see eye-to-eye on — notably Russia's war in Ukraine — but the leaders of the world's second and third largest economies nonetheless pledged Wednesday to work to deepen ties in an era of global turbulence. Both countries have been buffeted by the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, who lauded his import tariffs in a State of ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Generative AI firm Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies have generated millions of queries with the Claude large language model (LLM) in order to copy the model – a technique called 'model distillation attack.' In a new blog published on February 23, Anthropic said three GenAI labs based in China, DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax, have generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude through approximately ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press briefing at the White House, following the Supreme Court's ruling that he had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque After reviewing unredacted files on Jeffrey Epstein at the Justice Department headquarters, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) accused the Trump administration on Tuesday of appearing to ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not "broken Ukrainians" nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow's ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim anniversary of the ...
Source: militarytimes.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Trigger Warning : This article mentions suicide. Hilary Duff is paying tribute to her Lizzie McGuire dad . Robert Carradine died on Feb. 23 at the age of 71, as his family announced in a statement to Deadline. The actor took his own life following a decades-long battle with bipolar disorder. "In a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon [of] light to everyone around him," his family wrote. "We are ...
Source: bustle.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WBD's board is still reviewing the offer. Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from Netflix for WBD's movie studios and streaming businesses, WBD said that Paramount's new bid "could reasonably be expected to lead to a 'Company Superior Proposal.'" Under its revamped offer, Paramount would also pay the $7 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Meta said its multiyear deal with AMD involves deploying up to 6 gigawatts of the company's graphics processing units for AI data centers. Last week, Meta committed to using millions of Nvidia's processors to power its AI expansion. AMD has issued Meta a performance-based warrant to acquire 160 million of its shares, about 10% of the company. In this article Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Some US presidents have more of the gift of the gab than others. The American Presidency Project has tracked the length of every president's State of the Union address since 1964, with the timer beginning when the president opens with "Mr. Speaker" or "Madam Speaker." In the State of the Union , which is mandated by the Constitution, presidents typically highlight their administration's accomplishments and lay out ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two additional sexual charges in a British court Tuesday, including one for rape. Brand, 50, was charged in December with the rape and sexual assault of two women, which allegedly happened in 2009. He appeared at Southwark Crown Court for the plea and trial preparation hearing. He has pleaded not guilty charges of two counts of rape, one charge ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Slight improvements in consumers' expectations for business conditions, labor market conditions and incomes drove a turnaround in consumer confidence in February, The Conference Board said Tuesday (Feb. 24). The organization's Consumer Confidence Index rose by 2.2 points in February to 91.2 after dropping in January, according to a Tuesday press release . "Four out of five components of the ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Police in Britain said Peter Mandelson, the former U.K. ambassador to the United States, has been released on bail after he was arrested in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It came days after a friendship with Epstein landed the former Prince Andrew in police custody. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said in a statement issued just after 2 a.m. ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The Trump administration sued the University of California on Tuesday, accusing its Los Angeles campus of endemic antisemitism that compromised the civil rights of Jewish employees. Filed nearly seven months after the Justice Department sought a range of policy concessions and more than $1 billion from the university, the lawsuit represented a significant escalation in the long-running dispute between the Trump ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The creators of Dark Sky, the cult-favorite weather app acquired by Apple in 2020 , pulled off something rare: they made forecasting feel personal. Dark Sky was beloved for its hyperlocal rain predictions, precise alerts and emphasis on data visualization. Now, three of its creators— Adam Grossman , Josh Reyes and Dan Abrutyn —are taking another swing at weather forecasting with Acme Weather, a new app ...
Source: observer.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Experts say some will benefit from cuts to list prices, but it's net prices that often matter more Novo Nordisk made headlines Tuesday by announcing it would slash the list prices of its GLP-1 drugs and arguing that doing so would expand access. For insured patients who have to pay coinsurance — a certain percentage of the list price — when buying prescription drugs, or for those in high-deductible ...
Source: statnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon has given artificial intelligence firm Anthropic until Friday to lift restrictions on how its Claude AI system can be used by the military, warning it could cancel a $200 million contract or take other punitive steps if the company refuses, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The skirmish broke out after the Pentagon claimed Anthropic ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
whether climate change tort litigation brought by local and state governments against large energy companies can continue in state courts or whether jurisdiction is more appropriate in federal court. Dozens of lawsuits initiated by local and state governments have been filed in state courts across the country. In this particular case, the City of Boulder, Colo. sued two global energy companies. The companies have ...
Source: natlawreview.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 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon Monday moved to permanently block the release of former special counsel Jack Smith's final report on President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents after he left the White House in 2021. Cannon said releasing Smith's report would amount to a "manifest injustice" ...
Source: theweek.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
France has banned United States Ambassador Charles Kushner from meeting French government ministers, after he failed to attend a meeting at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Paris to explain comments made by the Trump administration following the recent killing of a French far-right activist. The French Foreign Ministry announced the decision on Monday, as diplomatic relations between Paris and ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. military on Monday said it had killed three alleged narco-terrorists in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean believed to have been shipping drugs out of the region. The strike is the latest in a series of attacks on vessels in the Caribbean, many leaving from Venezuela, that have been alleged to be trafficking drugs to the United States or other parts of the world. "Intelligence confirmed ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Controversial doctor steps down as contributor after Epstein files reveal communication between the two men Controversial longevity expert Dr Peter Attia has resigned from his post as a CBS News contributor after correspondence between Attia and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was made public. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news of Attia's departure. Less than a month ago, Attia was announced as ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Collins 'honoured and ecstatic' to play Hepburn, in film charting the dramatic making of the 1961 romantic comedy Lily Collins, the star of Netflix hit Emily in Paris, has been cast to play Audrey Hepburn in a new film about the making of her 1961 romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's. The as-yet-untitled film will be based on Sam Wasson's nonfiction book Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's ...
Source: theguardian.com