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Top News Stories for Friday, February 27th 2026
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Trump administration announced Wednesday it is pausing more than a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over alleged fraud, a move state officials called the latest act of political retribution against a Democratic-led state. "We are going to start very aggressively in the administration cracking down on people and the organizations that are defrauding Americans," Vice ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Samsung has introduced three new S26 handsets at the first Galaxy Unpacked event of the year: the S26, the S26 Plus and the uber premium S26 Ultra . The S26 Ultra continues the company's tradition of Ultra handsets that offer top-of-the-line features that are lacking from the rest of their respective series. And this year, the Ultra's Privacy Display is the clear highlight feature, allowing you to customize how ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is stepping down as a professor at Harvard over his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, he and the university said Wednesday. Summers has been on leave from Harvard, where he once served as president, since the depth of his friendship with Epstein was revealed in ...
Source: theweek.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Hillary Clinton told a congressional panel she "had no idea" about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, as she called for lawmakers to question President Donald Trump under oath about his past association with the late sex offender. "I want to see the truth come out," the ex-US secretary of state said after testifying behind closed doors for hours to a congressional committee investigating Epstein. Her husband, former ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Outrage Over Epstein Files 'Cover Up' Grows: Dems Call For Trump And Patel To Testify Democrats accused the White House of a "cover up" Thursday following revelations that documents are missing from the Epstein files that concern abuse allegations against President Trump—building on claims the Department of Justice has favored the rich and powerful in its release of the files. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Netflix Inc. dropped out of the fight to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. , clearing the way for rival bidder Paramount Skydance Corp. to clinch its $111 billion deal for the historic Hollywood studio. The streaming industry leader said that while it believed its deal would have passed muster with regulators and created shareholder value, it didn't want to keep bidding. "We've always been disciplined, and at the ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Los Angeles schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who has developed a reputation for improving academics and graduation rates while leading two major U.S. districts, had his home searched Wednesday by the FBI as part of a federal investigation. Agents served search warrants at the home as well as the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District and a location near Miami, where Carvalho was ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a policy used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to countries where they are not citizens is an unconstitutional denial of their due process rights. So-called "Third-Country Removals" were adopted as official ICE policy in a memo last year, allowing for such deportations to take place with as little as six hours' ...
Source: truthout.org
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Trump's State of the Union address could be good news for hopeful retirees. President Donald Trump proposed an expansion of retirement savings for Americans without 401(k)s and other employer-provided retirement plans during his Tuesday speech. He said the federal government will soon match individual savings up to $1,000 a year. Over 40 million Americans who work full-time don't have a retirement plan, and nearly ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
U.S. Long-Term Mortgage Rates Drop Below 6% For The First Time In Nearly Four Years The average long-term mortgage rate in the U.S. fell below 6% this week, reaching the benchmark for the first time in nearly four years as affordability for homebuyers has improved in the last few years but has not yet recovered from a mortgage rate spike in 2022. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage average in the U.S. hit 5.98% on ...
Source: forbes.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
The FBI has fired roughly 10 members, all of whom participated in a probe into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents after his first term. Their termination on Wednesday, confirmed by the BBC's US partner CBS, was announced shortly after FBI director Kash Patel told Reuters that federal agents subpoenaed his phone records when he was a private citizen during the documents investigation. Susie Wiles, now ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Astronaut Mike Fincke announced Thursday that he was the member of Crew-11 who experienced a medical event and needed to return to Earth early last month. Fincke did not disclose the type of medical event he experienced and said it was not an emergency. He said in a statement that he needed to come home "to take advantage of advanced medical imaging not available on the space station." "On Jan. 7, ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Politics Trump's Favorite Voter-ID Bill Would Probably Backfire Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a strict "election integrity" law that seems almost custom-designed to disenfranchise their own supporters. Save On the surface, the debate over the SAVE America Act is familiar, even predictable. At Donald Trump's urging, Republicans are pushing yet another voter-ID bill, ostensibly to prevent fraud and ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he and President Donald Trump had a "productive meeting" on Thursday and that he's "looking forward to building more ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
An Oregon company is recalling nearly 56,000 pounds of frozen blueberries due to possible Listeria contamination, which federal regulators this week classified as the most serious type of recall. In an online notice , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Oregon Potato Company distributed the product in Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Canada. The agency said the blueberries were not sold to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
At his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his latest push for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to overhaul elections by falsely claiming that "the only way" Democrats get elected "is to cheat." And he appeared to single out Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., by adding, "We have to stop it, John." Thune and Senate Republicans have been under an avalanche of pressure from the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A social media content creator was arrested Thursday after New York City police said he was one of a number of people who pelted officers with snow and ice during a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park this week. Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, was charged with obstructing governmental administration, a misdemeanor, and harassment, a non-criminal violation. He appeared in handcuffs and ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A pair of brothers who were prominent Brazilian politicians have been convicted in the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro councilor Marielle Franco. João Francisco Inácio Brazão, a former congressman, and Domingos Inácio Brazão, a former adviser to Rio de Janeiro's court of auditors, were each sentenced to 76 years and three months in prison. They were convicted of ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Dr. Casey Means will appear before the Senate on Wednesday in a long-awaited hearing to discuss her highly scrutinized nomination for surgeon general. Means, a popular wellness influencer, was a campaign adviser during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential bid and an architect of his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. Her brother, Calley Means, is a Kennedy ally and senior adviser to the Health and Human Services ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 -
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has apologized to staff at his philanthropic foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein , telling attendees at a Gates Foundation town hall on Tuesday that mistakes he made had overshadowed the work of the group, but denying that he was complicit in or had knowledge of Epstein's crimes. While not directly confirming the apology, a spokesperson for the Gates Foundation told CBS News ...
Source: cbsnews.com