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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene pointed to President Donald Trump as the person who "fought the hardest" to block the Epstein files from being released. read more


Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October 2025 that Donald Trump's administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully. read more


Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed. read more


A conservative lawyer issued a blistering takedown of President Donald Trump's attempt to prosecute six Democratic members of Congress. read more


Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling about 62.5 million liters of their plasma, a more than 30% increase in the amount of plasma collected since 2022, according to Peter Jaworski, a professor at Georgetown University who studies the ethics and economics of the plasma business. read more


The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation identified right-wing European groups for US State Dept funding such as the French think tank Western Arc and Britain's Free Speech Union. read more


Americans are set to receive some bad news regarding the average $1,000 tax refund increase expected for the 2025 tax year. read more


It still feels like a technological marvel: Waymo's autonomous cars are now transporting passengers across six cities. Alas, this driverless future comes with its own set of problems. These vehicles can be rendered inert if a passenger accidentally leaves the door open. read more


Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training read more


Soon after winning reelection in November 2024, Donald Trump's lawyers told a state judge in Delaware that a lawsuit brought against him by two co-founders of his social media company should be put on hold because a sitting president does not have time to deal with civil litigation. read more


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.


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