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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 7th 2026
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Ideas What Everyone Assumes About Jeffrey Epstein The theory that Epstein was blackmailing his rich contacts was always based on speculation. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: U.S. Justice Department / Anadolu / Getty. Save In the case of Jeffrey Epstein, association seems to imply guilt. And so the release of the so-called Epstein files is generating a wave of firings, resignations, and public apologies. The ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
The White House's TrumpRx website went live Thursday with a promise to instantly deliver prescription drugs at "the lowest price anywhere in the world." "This launch represents the largest reduction in prescription drug prices in history by many, many times, and it's not even close," President Trump said at a news conference announcing the launch of the platform. Drug policy experts say the jury is still out on ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Feb 7th, 2026 -
Donald during a press briefing at the White House. REUTERS/Nathan Howard Despite repeated judicial rulings rejecting Trump's 2020 election claims, he persists. Proving that his ego burned through his prefrontal cortex and seared his last shard of reasoning capacity, after his attempt to extort Minnesota voter rolls failed, Trump's FBI raided an election center in Georgia and seized them directly. Both acts were ...
Source: rawstory.com
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 ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
News Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday announced drastic changes to the way federal employees are classified, making it easier for the president to fire public employees. The rule adds a new "excepted service" category, Schedule Policy/Career, which includes "career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Acts are alleged to have occurred in 2024 on set of TV drama The Cleaning Lady, which Busfield acted in and directed A grand jury in New Mexico has indicted the actor Timothy Busfield on child sex abuse charges, officials announced on Friday. Busfield was indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, the Bernalillo county district attorney's office said in a statement. "As with all criminal ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Trump administration told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., last month that it would release funds to finish an infrastructure project if he named Dulles International Airport in Washington and Penn Station in New York after the president. The administration blocked funding for the $16 billion Gateway project last fall and hasn't released the money. The funding is scheduled to run ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 6th, 2026 -
Feb. 6 (UPI) -- New York's state trial of alleged murderer Luigi Mangione will start on June 8 despite objections from his legal team, a judge ruled Friday. New York Court of Claims Judge Gregory Carro set the trial date during a hearing in New York City, which will occur before the federal trial against Mangione that is scheduled to start Sept. 8. "It appears that the federal government has reneged on their ...
Source: upi.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