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Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 1:39 PM CST, February 21, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamati ...
Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police
Published Feb 21, 2026 at 03:51 PM EST An elderly homeless woman and her disabled son were found dead inside a snow-covered car in a Providence, Rhode Island, parking lot on February 11—nearly two weeks after a desperate call for help went unanswered, according to local news station WPRI. Providence police identified the victims as 75-year-old Irina Kozak and her 49-year-old son, Stanislaw Kozak. The pair had been living out of their white Kia Sorento for approximately a year. Their deaths wer ...
'Slow this thing down': Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution
Fri 20 Feb 2026 23.26 EST Last modified on Sat 21 Feb 2026 03.00 EST Bernie Sanders has warned that Congress and the American public have “not a clue” about the scale and speed of the coming AI revolution, pressing for urgent policy action to “slow this thing down” as tech companies race to build ever-more powerful systems. Speaking at Stanford University on Friday alongside congressman Ro Khanna after a series of meetings with industry leaders in California, Sanders was blunt about what he c ...
CBS to Air Star's Axed '60 Minutes' Segment Days After He Quits
Updated Feb. 21 2026 3:45AM EST Published Feb. 20 2026 10:01PM EST CBS has announced it will finally air a controversial 60 Minutes segment investigating one of the Trump administration’s most bizarre claims. After weeks of uncertainty following MAGA-curious Bari Weiss’s takeover of the broadcaster, the “white genocide” segment headed by outgoing 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper will air on Sunday. The episode, which was delayed due to an “abnormal” editing process, is slated to rev ...
JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump's accounts after Jan. 6 attack
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga over the controversial practice of “debanking.” The acknowledgment came in a court filing submitted this week in Trump’s lawsuit against the bank and its leader, Jamie Dimon. The president sued for $5 billion, alleging tha ...
House Dem Urges Trump to Immediately Release 'Evidence of Foreign Influence' on Supreme Court
Feb 20th, 2026, 4:49 pm Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, called on Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is over his claims that the U.S. Supreme Court was being “swayed by foreign influence.” Trump made the accusation during a White House press conference where he lambasted three conservative justices who ruled his sweeping tariffs — under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — were illegal. “As a member of the Judiciary Committee @ ...
Rep. Tony Gonzales faces ethics investigation over alleged affair ahead of tough primary
Feb. 20, 2026, 3:15 PM EST As Rep. Tony Gonzales prepares to face Republican primary voters in Texas on March 3, the Office of Congressional Conduct has conducted — and concluded — an investigation into an alleged affair between Gonzales and a former staffer who died by suicide in September. Two sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News that the probe has wrapped up, but the OCC cannot transmit its report to the House Ethics Committee within a 60-day window before an election invo ...
USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges
February 20, 2026 4:05 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago ARLINGTON, Virginia/CHICAGO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - As the U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares to dole out $12 billion in government subsidies next week, officials and economists at the agency's annual forum near Washington defended the assistance as a necessary measure to prevent more farmers from financial ruin. The two-day meeting this week in Arlington, Virginia, focused on a challenging farm economy that could see further headwinds after ...
Trump official admits Americans 'won't see' the billions in collected tariff revenues
12h Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the American people would never see the return of $175 billion in tariffs collected by the Trump administration after the Supreme Court struck down the president's ability to impose them. During an event at the Economic Club of Dallas on Friday, Ray Washburne noted that the administration had collected about $175 billion in tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) before the court ruled it unconstitutional. "B ...
Trump kicks reporters out of governors meeting. 'You can leave now.'
Updated Feb. 20, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump kicked reporters out of a breakfast meeting Feb. 20 with governors so the officials could speak “candidly.” “That way we’re going to talk very candidly and take questions at the end,” Trump said. “To the media, thank you. You can leave now.” Trump’s move came after disputes with Democratic Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado led to confusion about who could attend the meeting termed a "working br ...
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US group allegedly ran fake law firm and court proceedings to scam immigrants
1 min ago - Sat 21 Feb 2026 13.48 EST Last modified on Sat 21 Feb 2026 13.51 EST Four people were arraigned on Saturday in New Jersey for allegedly posing as immigration attorneys and officials to scam immigrants, the justice department said. Federal prosecutor ... (The Guardian)
Elon Musk's X appeals $140M EU fine
1 hr ago - 02/21/26 3:09 PM ET Billionaire Elon Musk’s social platform X has appealed a $140 million fine from the European Commission in a landmark case that could shape how online platforms are regulated across Europe. The company’s Global Governme ... (The Hill)
Trump administration keeping underage pregnant migrants in a single Texas shelter where abortion is outlawed: report
1 hr ago - Saturday 21 February 2026 10:04 EST Donald Trump’s administration is concentrating all pregnant children being held in federal immigration enforcement custody into one group shelter in south Texas, a state where abortion is outlawed with no exce ... (The Independent)
DOJ again swiftly fires a U.S. attorney chosen to replace Trump loyalist
2 hrs ago - By Clarissa-Jan Lim Almost immediately after federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday appointed a veteran litigator as interim U.S. attorney, a position previously held by Lindsey Halligan, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche shu ... (MS NOW)
New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women
2 hrs ago - Updated 12:00 PM EST, February 21, 2026 EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to ... (AP)
JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump's accounts after Jan. 6 attack
3 hrs ago - NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the lat ... (Associated Press)
Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police
3 hrs ago - Published Feb 21, 2026 at 03:51 PM EST An elderly homeless woman and her disabled son were found dead inside a snow-covered car in a Providence, Rhode Island, parking lot on February 11—nearly two weeks after a desperate call for help went unans ... (Newsweek)
Jeffries: Supreme Court tariff ruling a 'crushing defeat for the wannabe King'
3 hrs ago - 02/21/26 2:10 PM ET House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the Supreme Court ruling against a majority of President Trump’s tariffs a “crushing defeat for the wannabe King.” “The Supreme Court decision striking dow ... (The Hill)
Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
4 hrs ago - By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 1:39 PM CST, February 21, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey ... (AP)
CBS to Air Star's Axed '60 Minutes' Segment Days After He Quits
5 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 21 2026 3:45AM EST Published Feb. 20 2026 10:01PM EST CBS has announced it will finally air a controversial 60 Minutes segment investigating one of the Trump administration’s most bizarre claims. After weeks of uncertainty followi ... (Daily Beast)
'Slow this thing down': Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution
6 hrs ago - Fri 20 Feb 2026 23.26 EST Last modified on Sat 21 Feb 2026 03.00 EST Bernie Sanders has warned that Congress and the American public have “not a clue” about the scale and speed of the coming AI revolution, pressing for urgent policy action ... (The Guardian)
Judge who held DOJ lawyer in contempt blasts handling of immigration cases
7 hrs ago - 12h A federal judge who took the extraordinary step of holding a government lawyer in contempt of court earlier this week blasted the Justice Department for its handling of immigration cases on Friday, accusing the department's Minneapolis office of ... (msn/CBS News)
BREAKING: Georgia State Election Board Finds Voter Fraud on Elon Musk's America PAC
7 hrs ago - The Georgia State Election Board determined that America PAC distributed absentee ballot applications that were partially prefilled with voters' personal information, conduct restricted under Georgia election law. ... (International Business Times)
Trump to hike global tariffs to 15% from 10%, 'effective immediately'
8 hrs ago - Published Sat, Feb 21 2026 11:23 AM EST Updated 13 Min Ago President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would increase global tariffs to 15% from 10%, one day after the Supreme Court struck down his "reciprocal" tariffs. The new tariffs will be "effec ... (CNBC)
Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, known for walk-off home run in 1960 World Series, dies at 89
9 hrs ago - Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, known for walk-off home run in 1960 World Series, dies at 89 The Associated Press February 21, 2026, 9:07 AM Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)
Dozens of jurors dismissed from Elon Musk Twitter takeover trial after his own lawyer admits so many 'hate him'
9 hrs ago - Friday 20 February 2026 23:12 EST Dozens of jurors have been dismissed from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s civil trial regarding his actions during his takeover of Twitter, now known as X, after his own lawyer admitted so many Americans “hate ... (The Independent)
Oakland teachers' union votes to authorize potential strike, citing low wages and high turnover
10 hrs ago - Saturday, February 21, 2026 1:31AM OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- On Friday, members of the Oakland teachers' union voted to authorize a potential strike. The union said members are advocating for a fair contract that "ensures the safe, stable, racially-ju ... (ABC 7 News)
CIA retracts intel reports that agency says failed to meet standards for political bias
10 hrs ago - Updated Feb 20, 2026, 10:13 PM ET PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2026, 7:35 PM ET CIA Director John Ratcliffe has ordered the retraction or “substantive revision” of 19 of the agency’s intelligence products after a review determined they failed to ... (CNN Politics)
Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military
10 hrs ago - WP Exclusive Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military The White House budget chief was among those who internally objected to the defense secretary's plan to increase military spending by roughly 50 percent, sources say. F ... (Washington Post)
Police, FBI investigate attempted attack on power substation near Boulder City, Nevada
11 hrs ago - Posted 1:46 PM, Feb 20, 2026 and last updated 9:42 PM, Feb 20, 2026 A counter-terrorism investigation is underway after a driver attempted to crash into a power substation outside Boulder City in Nevada, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department s ... (Scripps News)
