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Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who appeared using a walker, was the pilot of the lead CH-47 Chinook helicopter that descended on the "heavily protected military fortress" that that, while successful, left seven U.S. service members with gunshot wounds and shrapnel-related injuries. "While preparing to land, enemy machine guns fired from every angle, and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons FedEx sues Trump for tariff refund FedEx filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday to recover a full refund of tariffs FedEx payed to comply with the president's several executive orders imposing high tariffs on imports in 2025. FedEx filed their suit in the US Court for International Trade. The company seeks "a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs ...
Source: jurist.org
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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 -
Central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker joins Jakub Krupa to answer readers' questions about four years of war, and where it's heading From The Russian foreign ministry has just issued a lengthy statement just now warning of risks of a direct clash between nuclear power and its potential consequences. It said the suggestions, first carried by the Russian intelligence earlier today, suggest are ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
— 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. he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade agenda. The president has vowed to go around the court's decision and ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The UK government Tuesday faced calls to release documents on ex-prince Andrew's past role as a trade envoy, just hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files related to late sex offender Epstein, containing revelations which have rocked British political and royal circles. It has ramped up pressure on the ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Trust is breaking down between the Pentagon and Anthropic over the use of its AI model, sources familiar with the situation told CBS News. In a meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei until the end of this week to give the military a signed document that would grant full access to its artificial intelligence model, the sources said. ...
Source: cbsnews.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
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
A U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean has left three people dead, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The strike was carried out Monday at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan and targeted a vessel the military said was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. statement . The three men who were killed were described by the command as ...
Source: bnonews.com