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Top News Stories for Thursday, February 26th 2026
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 -
Best Buy already has preorder deals on the new Samsung Galaxy S26 devices. Here's how to save. Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (512GB) for $1,300 (save $200) ZD recommends View at Best Buy Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Samsung's latest devices just dropped during its Unpacked event, including three new smartphones in the Galaxy S26 ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON—After the Supreme Court invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs , he and congressional Republican leaders have a major math problem: hundreds of billions of dollars they were counting on is now in doubt. The money was supposed to help offset the cost of their sweeping tax cut legislation enacted last year. Without that revenue, the federal government's budget deficit could balloon even ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Larry Summers has always been BIG — big personality, big career, big presence. So it was a bit jarring to see his decades-long career at Harvard end so abruptly Wednesday. In a statement to the Harvard Crimson, the former Harvard president, former Treasury secretary — and, most recently, disgraced friend of Jeffrey Epstein — announced he is retiring from the faculty at the end of the academic ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Tech company leaders will head to the White House in March to meet with President Donald Trump to pledge they will generate their own power for new data centers, saving taxpayers from picking up additional energy costs, Fox News Digital learned. "Major Tech companies will join President Trump at the White House next week to formally sign the Rate Payer ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
The dominant narrative around artificial intelligence has centered around its novelty and potential for disruption. But new research from the February 2026 edition of "The Agentic AI Report" from PYMNTS Intelligence suggests the AI market has already crossed a more consequential threshold. Consumers are no longer merely sampling AI but are beginning to rely on it. According to the study, roughly half of U.S. ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. surgeon general nominee Casey Means told Congress on Wednesday that she wants the United States to move away from being a "reactive sick care system" as senators pressed her on previous comments she's made criticizing vaccines and birth control. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee held a confirmation hearing for Means to serve as surgeon general, which heads the U.S. ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Missing pages from documents release reportedly contain allegations that president forced a victim's head 'towards his exposed penis' The US justice department withheld documents from the that allege Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, according to reports. More than 50 pages missing from the release contain notes from several interviews the FBI conducted with a woman who claimed she was abused by Mr Trump in ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By GLENN GAMBOA and JAMES POLLARD Bill Gates addressed his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and "took responsibility for his actions" during a town hall meeting of his nonprofit Gates Foundation on Tuesday, the nonprofit said. "Bill spoke candidly, addressing several questions in detail," a Gates Foundation spokesperson said in a statement. Gates ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
By Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that Paramount Skydance has raised its purchase offer to $31 per share, which may top Netflix's offer. WBD last week said it would reopen talks with Paramount, and Netflix granted a seven-day waiver that ended Monday to allow shareholders a chance to get clarity on the offer. Netflix kept matching rights. Netflix and Paramount have been trying to buy WBD since October. ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI served search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters and the home of its leader, a former Superintendent of the Year who was knighted by Spain for his work. Federal officials would not give details of the nature of the investigation involving the nation's second-largest school district and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's home. The district ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's request to search the seized devices of a Washington Post reporter as part of an FBI investigation into leaked classified documents. In a 22-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter of the Eastern District of Virginia criticized the government's handling of the case, reversing course in part after previously authorizing the seizure of ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration's policy to quickly remove people to third countries to which they have no previous connection is illegal and that people must receive meaningful notice and the chance to challenge their deportations. "This case is about whether the Government may, without notice, deport a person to the wrong country, or a country where he is likely to ...
Source: nbcnews.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 White House effort is latest in series of actions to punish Minnesota's Democratic-led government The White House is withholding $250m in Medicaid funds to Minnesota until the Democratic-led state government takes a series of as-yet unspecified "corrective actions" to prevent what ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Trump proposes up to $1,000 annual matching for certain employees whose employers don't provide retirement benefits President Donald Trump on Tuesday outlined a new retirement plan that would see the federal government match a portion of the contributions made by American workers to retirement plans that aren't matched by their employers. Trump discussed the proposal during his State of the Union ...
Source: foxbusiness.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 -
President Donald Trump presented Chief Warrant Officer Five Eric Slover, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot wounded in the audacious raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , with the Medal of Honor on Tuesday during his State of the Union address. As Slover, 45, and his wife entered the chamber, they received a standing ovation while chants of "USA, USA, USA" rang out. The scene struck a bipartisan ...
Source: militarytimes.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas, prosecutors said. The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on March 15, 2025, by a Homeland Security Investigations agent wasn't publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security until The Associated Press and other media outlets reported it last ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
NASA revealed that astronaut Mike Fincke was the crew member who suffered a medical incident at the International Space Station in January, which prompted the agency to carry out the first evacuation due to a medical issue in the space station's 25-year history. The rare decision to cut a mission short and bring Fincke and three other crew members home early made for a dramatic week in space early this year. In a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
A man convicted of killing a Palmetto grocery store owner during a 1986 robbery was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Melvin Trotter, 65, received a lethal injection after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant last month . A medic declared him dead at 6:15 p.m., the department said. Trotter declined to make a final statement. About two dozen ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Man, 32, shot dead by deputy after stabbing attack was the subject of domestic violence protection orders A man shot dead by a sheriff's deputy after he fatally stabbed four people outside his mother's home near Gig Harbor, Washington, on Tuesday morning was the subject of domestic violence protection orders recording mental health and substance abuse issues stretching back at least five years. Records reviewed by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Lizzie McGuire family is paying tribute to one of their own: The actor, best known for playing Lizzie's dad Sam McGuire in the hit Disney Channel sitcom, following a battle with bipolar disorder, his family said in a statement on Monday, February 23. "It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away," Carradine's family told ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
The Trump administration on Tuesday sued the University of California, alleging that UCLA administrators have "routinely ignored" and "failed to report" employee complaints of antisemitism since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's war in Gaza spurred a surge in pro-Palestinian campus activism. The Department of Justice alleged in court documents that UCLA has an ongoing, "severe and pervasive" antisemitism ...
Source: latimes.com