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Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 - After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer Donald Trump said on Friday he made the call to post a now-deleted video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes but deflected blame for the move, causing new speculation in his orbit about whether the blame lay with the president or his aide Natalie Harp. The brief clip, shared late ...

Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 - NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey on Friday, ruling just as construction was set to shut down on the massive infrastructure project. The decision came months after the administration announced it was halting $16 billion in support for the project, citing the then-government shutdown and what a top federal ...

Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 - News ) Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million in bellwether sexual assault case A US federal jury on Thursday ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages to a passenger who alleged she was sexually assaulted by her driver, marking the first plaintiff victory in a multidistrict litigation including thousands of similar claims. Thursday's verdict hinged on the legal theory of apparent authority , under which a ...

Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 - Pentagon ends academic ties with Harvard over its 'woke ideology' The US Department of Defense is severing its academic connections to Harvard University, with Secretary Pete Hegseth accusing the oldest US university of being a centre of "hate-America activism". In a video posted on X, Hegseth announced the Pentagon would end graduate-level military training, fellowships and certificate programmes with the Ivy ...

Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 - Will Lewis has stepped down as the publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post just days after layoffs struck a third of the paper's newsroom . Advertising executive Jeff D'Onofrio, formerly chief executive at art and fandom site Tumblr, has been appointed as acting publisher and CEO and will assume the role immediately, the publication said. In a brief email to the newspaper's staff on Saturday, Lewis ...

Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 - At a time when many newsrooms are shrinking, your support is more important than ever. Membership ensures we can keep covering the issues that shape our lives and communities. Already a member? SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico grand jury has indicted Timothy Busfield on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child. Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced the indictment Friday in a ...

Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 - The judge in Luigi Mangione's state trial set a June 8 trial date for New York's case against him for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , leading Mangione to have an outburst Friday as court concluded. The judge started the proceedings by saying it appears the federal government had reneged on their agreement to let the state trial go first by setting a date of Sept. 8 to begin jury selection in ...