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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Florida lawmakers on Tuesday moved closer to placing President Donald Trump's name on the Palm Beach International Airport despite turbulence over state funding, trademarking rights and his personal conduct. read more


Shia LaBeouf wrote "Free me" on his X account Wednesday morning, one day after his arrest over an alleged physical altercation during Mardis Gras in New Orleans. read more


The Trump family company has filed to trademark the use of the president's name on airports but says it doesn't plan on charging a fee ... read more


Some of the nation's leading defense lawyers have been trying to wrap their heads around what they consider abnormal behavior by the U.S. Department of Justice over the past year. ... "We created the Case Tracker because you cannot defend against an enemy you cannot see," said Steven Salky, a lawyer in the Washington, D.C., area who oversees the project. "The Tracker is intended to spotlight for the next several years the unusual cases being prosecuted by the Department of Justice." read more


The Late Show interview that wasn't has turned into a bonanza for James Talarico, the Democrat and U.S. Senate hopeful. read more


Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council has said. read more


Public reports tonight say the former aide to Congressman Tony Gonzales, who took her own life last year, had been having an affair with Gonzales, according to the San Antonio Express News. read more


Thomas L. Friedman: Israel's accelerating attempts toward annexation of the West Bank and to permanently remain in Gaza -- and deny Palestinians political rights in both areas -- are as morally reckless and demographically insane as would be the U.S. annexing Mexico. read more


Scott Maxwell: Still no official audits of all this "emergency" spending. read more


Tax avoidance by the superwealthy is an economic issue as well as a political one read more


The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation into perceived adversaries of Donald Trump and the US government's response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

USDJ Aileen Cannon
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US Capitol Police (USCP) officers surrounded and arrested a man who ran toward the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun.

Threat Reporting Against US Congressmen Increasing
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Hailing it as a "truly heartening" decision while Donald Trump acts with almost total impunity, legal expert Steven Lubet commended the disbarment recommendation against a MAGA lawyer for taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. read more


Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Kristi Noem's new billionaire-class luxury jet that only seats 19, complete with two queen bedrooms, three bathrooms with high end showers and heated bidets, and a wet bar with a wine chiller, will be purchased on your dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill. She claims it's for "High profile deportations." read more


Hyatt Hotels Chairman Thomas Pritzker said that he would retire and renounced his relationship with sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. read more


New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women. read more


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