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Sunday, February 15, 2026

President Donald Trump on Friday said he will issue an executive order "shortly" laying out the "legal reasons" for national voter-identification requirements. Trump, in posts late Friday to Truth Social, said he wants voter-ID laws implemented for the 2026 midterm elections, even though legislation mandating them appears poised to stall in Congress. read more


Saturday, February 14, 2026

Two federal officers appear to have lied about an incident last month in Minneapolis that ended with one of them shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said Friday. read more


Working in strict secrecy, a government scientist in Norway built a machine capable of emitting powerful pulses of microwave energy and, in an effort to prove such devices are harmless to humans, in 2024 tested it on himself. He suffered neurological symptoms similar to those of "Havana syndrome," the unexplained malady that has struck hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats around the world. read more


Friedrich Merz has said Germany and its European allies must not shy away from the reality of the new global order read more


A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a "Search Party" feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.


Leaders of several European nations said that after that series of shocks they are talking about "de-risking" from the United States.

It is a term previously reserved for describing a strategy of avoiding over-dependence on China, or fragile supply chains for Russian oil or critical minerals. It is now applied to the United States.


The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters. read more


Donald Trump was seen in a new photo with heavy makeup covering a bruised right hand ... read more


Fists flew, a paddle was used as a weapon and 20 people joined a brawl that began during a pickleball match between married couples in Port Orange, Florida, Volusia County sheriffs said. They have charged the husband and wife from one of the teams with felony battery. read more


While in past Olympics the number of condoms supplied were in the 100,000, in Italy only 10,000 were given away, according to reports. read more


In a humiliating defeat for Donald Trump's administration, all federalized National Guard troops have been pulled out of American cities ... read more


At least 177 new measles cases have been reported in the last week in the U.S., according to newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 910 infections have been confirmed in 24 states ... read more


Flags are at half-staff across Florida today to mark the eighth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, where 17 people, most of them students, were killed and another 18 were severely injured.d


Some of the world's most corrupt countries have received huge payments in third-country deportation scheme read more


U.S. businesses and consumers bore about 90 percent of the cost of President Trump's sweeping tariffs, according to a recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. read more


Friday, February 13, 2026

Donald Trump is quietly gearing up to roll back some of the tariffs he promised would make the country "rich as hell" as his approval rating plummets amid an affordability crisis. read more


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