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Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) — Police continued on Friday to search the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for the best part of 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Following one of the most tumultuous days in the modern ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Iran "10 to 15" days to make a meaningful deal over its nuclear program — or "really bad things" will happen. Oil prices held at six-month highs on Friday morning as energy market participants continue to closely monitor heightened geopolitical tensions. Strategists at Barclays said "if conflict is imminent it is likely to be short lived, in our view." In this article US ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Claiming his presidential predecessor overstepped national security rules, Trump, 79, told Fox News on Thursday, February 19 that Obama "gave classified information." "He's not supposed to be doing that," Trump added. "I don't know if they're real or not. I can tell you he gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information." Trump said he ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Good news for taxpayers ages 65 or older: The 2025 tax season means a new deduction for certain older adults, giving them even more tax breaks. Last year's passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, gives seniors a $6,000 deduction, or $12,000 for married couples where both spouses qualify. And the deduction is available to filers who take the standard deduction or itemize. The new senior deduction is ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
– Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done "solely for the sake of the nation and our people," and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 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? Billionaire Les Wexner got some blunt advice from an attorney during a House Oversight Committee deposition about his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Perhaps a little fed up ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Vermont senator and former labor secretary rip top earners' 'greed,' 'addiction' as they push for wealth taxes Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich are escalating their attacks on America's wealthiest individuals, accusing the "billionaire class" of having an "addiction" to greed as they push aggressive new tax hikes in solidly Democratic states like California and New York. "Governors Hochul ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The UK is blocking President Trump from using its military air bases for a possible attack on Iran — because the lefty government believes such strikes could violate international law and doesn't want Britain implicated, according to a new report. Trump has already hit back by slamming the UK prime minister's plan to resolve a long-running dispute over a strategically crucial chain of islands in the Indian ...
Source: nypost.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration has issued a sweeping new order that could lead to the arrest of tens of thousands of refugees who are lawfully in the United States but do not yet have permanent residency, overturning years of legal and immigration safeguards. A memo filed by the Department of Homeland Security ahead of a Thursday federal court hearing in Minnesota says refugees applying for green ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
At the end of October last year, the RSF took over al‑Fashir, which had been the last remaining stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Darfur region in the west of the country. paramilitary group captured the Sudanese city of al‑Fashir bear hallmarks that point to genocide, an independent UN probe said in a new report on Thursday. At the end of October last year, the RSF took over the city, ...
Source: jpost.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Washington — A commission that advises the federal government on architecture and the arts voted Thursday to approve President Trump's overhaul of the White House East Wing, clearing a key hurdle before above-ground construction can begin on a new ballroom . Six members of the Commission of Fine Arts voted to give final approval of the project after discussing the plans at a virtual meeting. One member, the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
An Obama-era determination known as the Endangerment Finding underpinned U.S. climate change regulation efforts for 17 years. Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group explores the ripple effects of the Trump Administration's repeal of the key legal basis for regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The scientific basis of the finding dates to the Bush Administration, which found that GHGs contribute to ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC's "The View" over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air, according to the head of the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast airwaves. "The FCC has an enforcement action underway on that," Chairman Brendan Carr told reporters after an agency meeting Wednesday, in response ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
At the January 2026 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the voting body chose to leave interest rates unchanged . The Federal Reserve's dual mandate of price stability and maximum employment have been at crossroads the past few months; inflation has trickled up, but the labor market shows signs of softness. At the January meeting, concerns about inflation won, as documented in the now-published ...
Source: rismedia.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
The Hammond Bears? Indiana state legislators sure seem to think that's where Chicago's football team is headed after taking another legislative step toward the state border Thursday, though the Bears stopped short of committing to pulling up stakes from Illinois. An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced legislation creating a stadium finance authority that would help the team build a dome in northwest ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
Bad Bunny to make lead acting debut in film inspired by Puerto Rican revolutionary Singer Bad Bunny is to take on his first lead acting role, starring in a film alongside Javier Bardem and Edward Norton. Porto Rico, described as a love letter to the 31-year-old's home of Puerto Rico, will be directed by rapper René Pérez, known as Residente. The film, which has been in development since 2023, is ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 -
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration. last month following an executive order by President Donald Trump. The city subsequently sued for the exhibit to be rehung and a federal judge set a for its full restoration. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com