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Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor
Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the assistance of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Guardian review of those documents. The Department of Justice did not release those records when it uploaded millions of pages of files related to Epstein beginning in December. The existence of the missing documents wa ...
Prosecutor says he knew charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia would likely be seen as vindictive
Feb. 26, 2026, 10:00 AM EST / Updated Feb. 26, 2026, 4:19 PM EST NASHVILLE, Tenn. A federal prosecutor testified Thursday that he knew an indictment he brought against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last year, would most likely be viewed by the public as vindictive and selective. I knew we were maybe going to be in a courtroom like this, McGuire told U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw about his decision to bring the human smuggling charges against A ...
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Asks Judge to Toss Out Indictment Against Him
Feb. 26, 2026, at 6:21 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked a judge on Thursday to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has unconstitutionally violated his rights to defend himself by blocking Venezuelan funds to pay his legal costs. Attorney Barry Pollack filed papers in Manhattan federal court, saying the U.S. government has violated his clients due process rights by blocking funds to defend him t ...
Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface
Feb. 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST Several advocacy groups in Idaho this week are condemning Republican members of the state's House Business Committee for allowing public testimony from a man who appeared before the committee in brownface and has previously engaged in racist and antisemitic demonstrations throughout the state. The man, far-right demonstrator David Pettinger, was initially stopped from testifying before the committee in broken Spanish while wearing brownface makeup and clothing appea ...
Irate judge threatens criminal contempt against ICE for repeatedly defying court orders
February 26, 2026 6:57PM ET A Minnesota judge threatened the Trump administration with criminal contempt on Thursday over repeated ignoring of court orders. Judge Patrick Schiltz issued a scathing order Thursday, warning that he may pursue criminal contempt charges against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after finding a pattern of defiance he called unprecedented in American history. The order was flagged on Bluesky by Law Dork's Chris Geidner. The judge said ICE had violated 97 cour ...
Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in Novembers midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trumps promised executive order on t ...
NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets To Defend Against 'Massive' Russian Attack
Published Feb 26, 2026 at 02:53 AM EST updated Feb 26, 2026 at 05:50 AM EST NATO member Poland has deployed fighter jets in response to Russian attacks on Ukraine. The Polish armed forces posted on X that the aircraft had been deployed following "another massive attack" by Russia on Ukraine. It added that "ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance have reached a state of maximum readiness." Poland said the deployments were preventative in nature, and &quo ...
Wiles "in shock" over FBI phone-record subpoena
10h FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI under President Biden subpoenaed his phone records and those of Susie Wiles, who ran President Trump's campaign and is now White House chief of staff, when they were private citizens. The big picture: Trump officials familiar with the investigation tell Axios the revelations might be "the tip of the iceberg," and that the FBI may have probed more Trumpworld figures. Wiles told associates: "I am in shock." What they're saying: ...
Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount's offer is deemed superior
Published Thu, Feb 26 2026 4:20 PM EST Updated 3 Min Ago Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed a revised bid by Paramount Skydance to be superior. Earlier this week, Paramount raised its offer to buy the entirety of WBD to $31 per share, up from $30 per share, all cash. It was the latest amendment to Paramount's multiple offers in recent months -- and since moving forward with a hostile bid to buy ...
CEO of World Economic Forum quits after Epstein ties come to light
1h ZURICH, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The president and CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, said he was stepping down on Thursday, a few weeks after the forum launched an independent investigation into his relationship with late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Brende, who became president of the WEF in 2017, announced his decision in a statement following disclosures from the U.S. Justice Department that showed the Norwegian had three business dinners with Epstein and had also communic ...
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Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options
12 sec ago - 11 hours ago The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East briefed President Trump on Thursday about the options for military action against Iran, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the meeting. Why it matters: This was ... (Axios)
FedEx vows to pass any tariff refunds it gets from the U.S. on to customers
23 min ago - Updated on: February 26, 2026 / 7:08 PM EST FedEx is pledging to return any tariff costs it charged to customers if the Trump administration refunds the delivery company for the levies. "If refunds are issued to FedEx, we will issue refunds to the s ... (CBS News)
Irate judge threatens criminal contempt against ICE for repeatedly defying court orders
55 min ago - February 26, 2026 6:57PM ET A Minnesota judge threatened the Trump administration with criminal contempt on Thursday over repeated ignoring of court orders. Judge Patrick Schiltz issued a scathing order Thursday, warning that he may pursue criminal c ... (Raw Story)
US cybersecurity agency to get new acting director
1 hr ago - February 26, 2026, 6:28 PM The agency tasked with protecting the nation's cyber and critical infrastructure is getting a new leader. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) is making changes to the leadership at the agency. The current ... (ABC News/AP)
Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface
1 hr ago - Feb. 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST Several advocacy groups in Idaho this week are condemning Republican members of the state's House Business Committee for allowing public testimony from a man who appeared before the committee in brownface and has previously ... (NBC News)
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Asks Judge to Toss Out Indictment Against Him
2 hrs ago - Feb. 26, 2026, at 6:21 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked a judge on Thursday to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has unconstitutionally violated ... (US News & World Report/AP)
Trump's State of the Union address seen by 32.6 million people, down 4 million from 2025 speech
2 hrs ago - Updated 5:54 PM EST, February 26, 2026 An estimated 32.6 million people watched President Donald Trumps State of the Union address this week, down four million from his speech to Congress last year and the smallest audience hes ever gotte ... (AP)
Pakistan bombs Kabul after intensifying border clashes with Afghanistan
3 hrs ago - Pakistan bombed Afghanistans capital of Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack, the latest escalation of deadly violence between the volatile neighbours who signed a Qatar-mediated ceasefire in 2025. Followin ... (The Guardian)
DOJ sues 5 states seeking access to voter rolls
3 hrs ago - Posted 4:43 PM, Feb 26, 2026 The Justice Department on Thursday filed federal lawsuits against five states, accusing them of failing to provide full voter registration lists. The lawsuits target Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and New Jersey ... (Scripps News)
Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm
3 hrs ago - Thu 26 Feb 2026 10.00 EST Last modified on Thu 26 Feb 2026 16.32 EST The US Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $250,000 public relations contract to a Republican political consulting firm led by former Trump campaign officials with connect ... (The Guardian)
Prosecutor says he knew charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia would likely be seen as vindictive
4 hrs ago - Feb. 26, 2026, 10:00 AM EST / Updated Feb. 26, 2026, 4:19 PM EST NASHVILLE, Tenn. A federal prosecutor testified Thursday that he knew an indictment he brought against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador last year, ... (NBC News)
Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor
5 hrs ago - Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the assistance of Je ... (The Guardian)
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7 hrs ago - The champagne corks may be popping right now at Paramount over the David Ellison-owned companys successful bid for Warner Bros Discovery, but up in Sacramento the mood is far from celebratory over the latest possible Hollywood mega-merger. ... (Deadline)
Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone
8 hrs ago - The U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said Thursday, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas. Its not clear why the laser w ... (ktsm news)
WGA Aims to Turn Focus to Studios, While Staff Remains on Strike
9 hrs ago - By Gene Maddaus Feb 26, 2026 3:36pm PT The Writers Guild of America issued its opening salvo the 2026 studio negotiations on Thursday, even as its own staff continues to walk a picket line outside union headquarters. The union is preparing to sit dow ... (Variety)
Family of UN official sanctioned by US over Israel criticism sues White House
10 hrs ago - Thu 26 Feb 2026 12.53 EST Last modified on Thu 26 Feb 2026 13.33 EST The family of independent UN investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over US sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israels policies ... (The Guardian/AP)
California must let immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses, judge rules
10 hrs ago - Updated 2:05 PM EST, February 26, 2026 More than 20,000 immigrant truck drivers will be able to keep their licenses in California, at least temporarily, despite efforts by the Trump administration and the state of California to revoke them, according ... (AP)
German intelligence must pause extremist label for AfD
11 hrs ago - An administrative court in the western German city of Cologne on Thursday ordered the country's domestic intelligence agency to cease referring to the political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "confirmed right-wing extremist" until the designa ... (DW)
Anthropic rejects latest Pentagon offer: 'We cannot in good conscience accede to their request'
11 hrs ago - Updated Feb 26, 2026, 6:20 PM ET PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2026, 6:20 PM ET Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagons latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the companys concerns that AI could be used for mass surveil ... (CNN Business)
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow an end to legal protections for Syrian migrants
11 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to move ahead with ending legal protections for migrants from Syria, in the latest emergency appeal to the nation's highest court. The Department of Justi ... (AP)



















