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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 7th 2026
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina and the United States agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on each other's goods in an expansive trade deal that boosts a drive by President Javier Milei to open up Argentina's protectionist economy and a push by the Trump administration to reduce food prices for Americans. The deal, which slashes hundreds of reciprocal tariffs between the countries, also reflects the ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has assumed essentially unlimited discretion to choose how many government employees lose their job security, under a rule that critics say threatens to upend the nonpartisan professional nature of the federal civilian workforce that has existed since the 1880s. A final regulation from the Office of Personnel Management released Thursday empowers Trump to reclassify federal policy-influencing ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files from the Justice Department indicates that the late sex offender maintained wider and deeper connections in the tech industry than was previously known. The revelations are now causing fractures in the usually clubby world of Silicon Valley. Emails and other documents show that Epstein was in contact with at least 20 prominent tech executives, investors and researchers, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Brad Karp has resigned from his longtime role as chairperson of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison just days after the U.S. Department of Justice released emails that offered a deeper look into his relationship with disgraced multimillionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. Karp, who has spent his entire 40-year legal career with Paul Weiss and led the law firm since 2008, will remain there as a partner, reports. ...
Source: abajournal.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Challenger report shows 205% jump from December as healthcare, transportation and technology companies scale back workforce U.S. employers' announced job cuts surged in the month of January and hit the highest level since 2009, a new report shows. Global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January – an increase from the ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
In a tearful video posted Wednesday on Instagram, "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie pleaded for more information from her 84-year-old mother's possible kidnapper, saying her family is "ready to talk." Savannah Guthrie — reading from prepared remarks, speaking directly to a camera and seated alongside her two siblings — said her family was aware of reports about a ransom letter sent to at least two ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Tech giant reports $213bn in revenue after its founder, who owns the Post, lays off a third of newspaper's employees Amazon announced plans to spend $200bn on artificial intelligence and robotics this year, the latest tech giant to vow fresh enormous investments in the artificial intelligence arms race. The news of the investment comes one day after the Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos , ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosed the investigation in a motion filed in Missouri federal court demanding that Nike fully comply with a subpoena for information. The ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JONEL ALECCIA A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health officials said. New Mexico officials this week warned people to avoid consuming unpasteurized dairy products following the death. Interest in and sales of raw milk have been rising in recent years, fueled by social media and growing ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it will not enforce regulations against "false or misleading" material on food labeling. The new plan would give manufacturers the ability to label their products free of artificial food dyes, even if they aren't. The FDA's rules say that any color additives are labeled as "artificial color" even if they're derived from natural sources. The ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Previous work on gender and autism estimated higher autism rates in boys and men, but this latest research suggests that may not be true Autism rates are 'more or less equal for men and women', according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence. While the neurological and developmental condition is known to be more common in young boys, Swedish researchers found there was a big rise in ...
Source: news.sky.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Google plans to spend up to $185B Alphabet executives struck a confident tone on Wednesday's post-earnings call, signaling that Google's heavy investments in artificial intelligence are now translating into real revenue growth across the business. The call was the first since Google released its Gemini 3 model , which has boosted user engagement and helped the company regain momentum in the intensifying AI race. ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2026 -
Housing market watchers say improving home affordability and inventory levels are short-term positives for home shoppers, but caution that the maintaining the independence of the Federal Reserve and tracking broader economic conditions like consumer confidence and economic uncertainty, will help predict where the housing market is heading in the year ahead. The latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® ...
Source: rismedia.com