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Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
OpenAI has agreed to deploy its own artificial intelligence models within the Defense Department's classified network after rival Anthropic PBC saw its relationship with the Pentagon implode over surveillance and autonomous weapons concerns. OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said late Friday that he'd reached an agreement with the department that reflects the company's principles on prohibiting "domestic ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
The United States and Israel have struck multiple locations across Iran , including the capital, Tehran, in what US President Donald Trump described as "major combat operations". The attacks come amid negotiations between the US and Iran over the latter's nuclear and ballistic missiles programmes, after weeks of mounting threats from Trump – and eight months after the US and Israel waged a 12-day war against ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Former President Bill Clinton delivered a sweeping denial of any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes during roughly six hours of closed-door testimony Friday before a House committee investigating the disgraced financier's political connections. "I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said in a statement prepared for delivery at his closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York. "I know what I saw, and ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
By Benjamin Mullin and Lauren Hirsch Three years ago, David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, had major headaches. The company's movie studio was in third place, despite a blockbuster performance for "Barbie." He was slashing costs and shelving projects, turning his once-warm relationship with Hollywood frosty. Shares hit $13, down from nearly $25 when he took control. One article, in GQ, ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Scouting America has adopted "key reforms" after previous concerns regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), religion, and "cultural changes" that included combining Boy and Girl Scouts. A spokesperson for Scouting America, which has been around since 1910, told Military.com on Friday that they reached "a renewed, strengthened partnership with the ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Mamdani wooed the president with much property talk and showed the real 'art of the deal' might have been soft power via Photoshop In the hours after Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump for an undisclosed sit-down in the Oval Office on Thursday, a meme quickly circulated on X. It resembled the screengrab of a TikToker who doles out dubious financial advice, but instead had the mayor's picture front and center. On ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rubbishes claims of Chinese interference and accuses President Donald Trump of 'intending to steal' the midterms have reacted angrily to reports that a group of MAGA activists has been circulating a 17-page draft executive order laying out ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) – When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, the sheer volume of the material was dizzying. It always seemed plausible that important elements of the release would take time to emerge as reporters and researchers dug into the massive trawl. This is exactly what has happened. Major news ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years. From 2001 to 2025, Israelis consistently ...
Source: news.gallup.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Trump administration's unlawful policy turns 'refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare', judge says A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed immigration authorities to arrest and detain certain refugees in Minnesota, ruling that the government relied on an incorrect interpretation of federal law and unlawfully targeted people who had already been admitted to the US. In an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
A federal judge has declined to block President Donald Trump's plan to build a massive ballroom on the site of the now-demolished East Wing of the White House, after preservationists challenged the move. On December 12, the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit against the plans, deeming them unlawful. However, in Wednesday's ruling, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US federal judge rules IRS violated federal law by disclosing thousands of taxpayers' confidential information to ICE A US federal district judge on Thursday ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violated the Internal Revenue Code by inappropriately handing thousands of taxpayers' confidential information over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): [T]he ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
US Cyber Defense Agency Switches Acting Director Amid Shutdown Turmoil The U.S. cyber defense agency is going through a major leadership shakeup - again - following months of staffing turnover, budget cuts and shutdowns that close observers say have hampered federal defenders' ability to protect government systems and critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed multiple ...
Source: bankinfosecurity.com