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Top News Stories for Wednesday, February 25th 2026
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
This is the online version of From the Politics Desk , a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team's latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Ahead of this evening's State of the Union address, Peter Nicholas dives into the economic dilemma President Donald Trump is facing, while Steve Kornacki lays out how the midterm environment is shaping up. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Vouched Identity Inc. , a leading developer of artificial intelligence-powered identity verification, today announced Agent Checkpoint, a platform that helps organizations integrate and engage with AI agents. Agentic AI has seen the rise of a new type of software that uses artificial intelligence to break down complex goals into step-by-step tasks and sets about using multiple AI agents in collaboration to achieve ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Labour MP Dawn Butler asks BBC for explanation over racial slur during Baftas broadcast Labour MP Dawn Butler has written to the BBC asking for an "urgent explanation" over the airing of a racist slur during the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday. John Davidson, a guest with Tourette syndrome who was the inspiration behind the film I Swear, shouted out when two black actors, Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan, were on ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Texas representative Tony Gonzales 's reelection campaign has been roiled by accusations that he had an affair with a female staffer who died by suicide last year. Gonzales has so far remained defiant, alleging a political motivation behind the claims and trying to ride out the scandal until March 3, when he faces off against a farther-right challenger in a competitive primary. But the release of Gonzales's highly ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
WBD's board is still reviewing the offer. Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from Netflix for WBD's movie studios and streaming businesses, WBD said that Paramount's new bid "could reasonably be expected to lead to a 'Company Superior Proposal.'" Under its revamped offer, Paramount would also pay the $7 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Lizzie McGuire "This one hurts. It's really hard to face this reality about an old friend," Duff, 38, wrote via Instagram early Tuesday, February 24, alongside throwback photos with her former on-screen dad. "There was so much warmth in the McGuire family and I always felt so cared for by my on-screen parents. I'll be forever grateful for that. I'm deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him , ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Anyone with eyes can tell something has gone badly wrong with the training of ICE officers—beyond the fact that the operation seems to be hiring people who failed the initiation ritual into a failing Hells Angels chapter in Encino. On Monday, a former ICE official named Ryan Schwank made it plain in front of a congressional panel. From MS NOW: Ryan Schwank—an ICE academy instructor for new recruits ...
Source: esquire.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A bombshell report regarding the Epstein files is threatening to spoil President Donald Trump's big day. An NPR investigation, published the morning of the president's State of the Union address, alleges that the DOJ withheld dozens of documents from its Epstein release that may pertain to a woman who accused Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. NPR now reports that the missing ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Tuesday that interest rate cuts aren't appropriate until there's more evidence that inflation is on its way down. "People express that prices are one of their most pressing concerns. Let's pay attention," he said. Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaks during the National Association of Business ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier's influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability. Many of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent universities and academics , which he maintained through monetary donations and luxury gifts, have been known since his 2019 arrest and suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. After the US ...
Source: wired.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who authored a children's book about grief after her husband's death, is on trial for murder Monday for allegedly poisoning her husband. The 35-year-old faces life in prison with five felony counts against her. She is charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, two counts of insurance fraud and forgery. Kouri Richins' husband Eric Richins died ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The celebrity doctor Peter Attia is stepping down as a contributor to CBS News amid growing scrutiny on his email exchanges with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Attia, best known for his social media content about longevity science, told CBS he would resign from the position effective immediately, and the news division's booking department informed CBS News staff Monday, according to a source ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Collins 'honoured and ecstatic' to play Hepburn, in film charting the dramatic making of the 1961 romantic comedy Lily Collins, the star of Netflix hit Emily in Paris, has been cast to play Audrey Hepburn in a new film about the making of her 1961 romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's. The as-yet-untitled film will be based on Sam Wasson's nonfiction book Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's ...
Source: theguardian.com