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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 25th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
On February 20, 2026, in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the president to impose sweeping, open-ended tariffs—striking down the legal foundation for a central pillar of the administration's trade strategy. The decision removes the fastest tool for imposing broad country-level duties, but it does not end ...
Source: brookings.edu
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. last November, will resonate with the country when she delivers their party's response to President Donald Trump's The rebuttal gives Democrats a prime opportunity to make their case against Trump and his policies ahead of the midterm elections. Spanberger's double-digit victory in Virginia last November was viewed by party leaders as validation of a ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
By The gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Hockey team won't be heading to Washington, D.C., for President Donald Trump 's State of the Union address. The champions are headed to Las Vegas instead — courtesy of rapper and longtime Olympics supporter Flavor Flav . The shift unfolded over a single day. The team publicly declined the president's invitation on Monday, Feb. 23, citing scheduling conflicts, and the ...
Source: miamiherald.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 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US court blocks release of Mar-a-Lago classified documents report A US federal judge on Monday granted President Donald Trump's motion to prohibit public release of prosecutorial findings in a dropped case against the president that involved classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. The court ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith's continued work on the case functionally ...
Source: jurist.org
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The ex-prince is accused of sharing sensitive documents with the convicted paedophile during his time as trade envoy Reading Time: 3 minutes The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew's past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files ...
Source: scmp.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas resisted growing calls Tuesday from fellow congressional Republicans to resign over a report of an alleged affair with a former staffer who later died after she set herself on fire. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Nancy Mace of South Carolina in demanding that Gonzales step down ...
Source: apnews.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 -
Anyone with eyes can tell something has gone badly wrong with the training of ICE officers—beyond the fact that the operation seems to be hiring people who failed the initiation ritual into a failing Hells Angels chapter in Encino. On Monday, a former ICE official named Ryan Schwank made it plain in front of a congressional panel. From MS NOW: Ryan Schwank—an ICE academy instructor for new recruits ...
Source: esquire.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's public database of the Epstein Files contains an allegation President Donald Trump abused a minor decades ago, but ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
sticky inflation is declining, said Goolsbee, a voting member of the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, also said the Supreme Court's decision to strike down many of President Donald Trump's inflation that there can be more rate cuts this year. But that hinges on seeing actual progress on inflation that shows we are on a path back to 2%,'' Goolsbee said in prepared remarks Feb. 24 at 3.50% to 3.75% in ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Washington — 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. The address comes days after the Supreme Court ruled he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said Tuesday that Panama authorities had threatened its employees with criminal prosecution if they defied orders to leave two strategic canal ports at the center of a legal battle that has embroiled Beijing and Washington. CK Hutchison said Panama's decision to cancel key port contracts and grant temporary licenses to the Danish shipping company Maersk and the Geneva-based ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Country follows Australia in saying it would support any UK government proposals to remove former prince after arrest New Zealand has become the second Commonwealth country to back the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A spokesperson for New Zealand's prime minister, Christopher Luxon, said on Tuesday: "If the UK ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three men. The boat was "transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on X. "Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed." ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
What began as a quiet celebration at a Utah couple's home in 2022 ended hours later with the husband dead in their bedroom and prosecutors alleging his wife slipped him a fatal dose of fentanyl. Nearly four years after Eric Richins died, Kouri Richins is set to stand trial this month on charges of aggravated murder, attempted criminal homicide, false/fraudulent insurance claim and forgery. She has pleaded not ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
BRUSSELS — The European Union had hoped to make a big show of support for Ukraine this week, on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion and at a moment when there has been little sign of progress in US-mediated efforts to end the war. But those plans have been upended after Hungary said that it would block the latest package of sanctions against Russia and that it would also stall progress on ...
Source: bostonglobe.com