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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 21st 2026
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10 percent worldwide tariff after the United States Supreme Court struck down his previous trade measures, triggering immediate concern and responses from governments and markets. On Friday, Trump announced the decision on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying he has signed an executive order to impose the global tariff, which will take effect "almost immediately". ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
Police continue searches at Mountbatten-Windsor's former Windsor home after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office Buckingham Palace will not oppose plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession, the Guardian understands, as police confirmed a search of his former Windsor home would continue over the weekend. Royal sources indicated on Saturday that King Charles would not ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
President Trump says he hasn't decided whether he'll launch a military strike on Iran. But he now has a wide range of options. An American military buildup over the past month means the U.S. now has an expansive naval and air presence across the Middle East. The size of the U.S. force suggests the military would be capable of carrying out a bombing campaign that could last weeks or even longer. The president has ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
RAYAK, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including several local officials, two officials with the group said Saturday. The Lebanese Health Ministry put the death toll at 10, but did not distinguish between militants and civilians. The Hezbollah officials told The Associated Press that the eight militants were killed in strikes near ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
The India AI Impact Summit is a major tech event in the country and drew a host of prominent tech and world leaders to New Delhi. U.S. tech companies made moves to deepen ties with India's tech ecosystem. While India's public markets are booming, private capital is still lacking, according to an analyst. In this article Tech giants have committed to funneling hundreds of billions of dollars into Indian AI efforts, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Claiming his presidential predecessor overstepped national security rules, Trump, 79, told Fox News on Thursday, February 19 that Obama "gave classified information." "He's not supposed to be doing that," Trump added. "I don't know if they're real or not. I can tell you he gave classified information. He's not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information." Trump said he ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Administrator Jared Isaacman cites 'major progress' since earlier discovery of liquid hydrogen leaking from rocket Nasa said on Friday it was planning to launch its delayed Artemis II moon mission on 6 March after successfully completing a fueling test that had caused it to stand down earlier this month. Jared Isaacman, the space agency's newly confirmed administrator, cited "major progress" since the original ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
NASA is eyeing March 6 to launch four astronauts on a highly anticipated flight around the moon, agency officials announced Friday. The date was set after NASA completed an elaborate fueling test and launch-day walkthrough Thursday , filling its Space Launch System rocket with more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant and simulating nearly every step of the countdown to liftoff. The successful dress ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
MILAN — It was only fitting that Hilary Knight was in the middle of it all. As the United States women's hockey team prepared to receive their gold medals Thursday after a 2-1 win over Canada in overtime, the players lined up in numerical order. There was No. 21 in the center, with 12 teammates on one side and 10 on the other. Knight was in the middle of it an hour earlier, too, when a shot from Laila Edwards ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
GDP grew 1.4% last quarter, down from economists' forecast of 3%, though AI and tax cuts could boost growth this year US economic growth slowed more than expected in the fourth quarter amid disruptions from last year's government shutdown and a moderation in consumer spending, but tax cuts and investment in artificial intelligence were expected to support activity this year. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria" and who later in life became an advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53. His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig's disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. "He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
NASHVILLE Today, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal - and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons West Virginia attorney general sues Apple over encryption, child porn West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey filed suit against Apple on Thursday, arguing that the company turned a blind eye to iCloud encryption methods that facilitate mass transmission of child pornography. The suit focuses on Apple iCloud and its use of end-to-end encryption, which makes digital files ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Democrats cry foul at change to airport closest to Mar-a-Lago days after president's lawyers trademarked new name Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved renaming the airport in West Palm Beach to the "President Donald J Trump International Airport", less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought to trademark the name . Only the signature of Florida's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Blames "user error, not AI error" for incident in December involving its Kiro tool. Amazon's cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant's push to roll out these coding assistants. Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid-December after engineers allowed ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
After being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal motor neuron disease, Eric Dane wanted to share a final message with fans and, most importantly, his loved ones. The actor died on Feb. 19, and today, that message can be seen in Netflix's Famous Last Words , a new interview series in which public figures discuss their lives and legacies, understanding that their words will air posthumously. A ...
Source: bustle.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The conflict between the Trump administration and the judicial branch over who can lead the Justice Department's office in the Eastern District of Virginia reached a new stage Friday, after a panel of judges appointed an interim top prosecutor — and the administration fired him soon after. It's the second time this month that the administration has quickly sacked a prosecutor who was picked by federal judges, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The U.S. men's hockey team rolled past Slovakia in a 6–2 victory Friday, clinching a spot in the Olympic gold medal showdown against Canada. The two sides will face off on Sunday. Jack Hughes scored two goals, including one with a highlight-reel individual effort. The U.S. had no trouble against the Slovaks, who made an improbable run and were simply overmatched. It's the first time in 16 years that the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Move brings total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148 The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week. "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article New allegations of misconduct at the Department of Labor have come to the surface amid the ongoing departmental probe The husband of President Donald Trump 's Labor Secretary has been banned from the Department of Labor's headquarters following allegations of sexual assault, ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Families of political prisoners await prison releases as Venezuela signs amnesty law Venezuela's acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could see hundreds of politicians, activists and lawyers released soon, while tacitly acknowledging what the country has denied for years – that it has political detainees in jail. The law, signed on Thursday, in effect reverses decades of denials in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Avalanche Deaths Are Mounting This Season — Here's What Backcountry Travelers Need to Know By At least 16 people have died in avalanches during the 2025-2026 season so far, a number already tracking toward some of the worst seasons on record with winter still ongoing. KEY FACTS: According to The New York Times , while scientists are careful not to blame climate change for any single weather event without ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Sunshine Sykes says Trump administration poses threats and is recklessly violating law with its mass deportations A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people. The judge said that the White House had also "extended its violence on its own citizens", citing the killings of Renee Good in January by an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Ex-Victoria's Secret mogul Les Wexner's lawyer was caught on a hot mic jokingly threatening to "kill" him if he continued giving long answers to questions during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee. The moment was caught after the committee released its full, nearly five-hour deposition of 88-year-old Wexner as part of its ongoing probe into ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
Three Silicon Valley engineers were indicted for allegedly sending trade secrets to Iran. Personal devices linked to the defendants were allegedly used to search for methods to delete communications. Google said it detected the alleged theft through routine monitoring and alerted law enforcement. In this article People walk near a sign outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. A federal grand ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
New home sales ended 2025 on a mixed but resilient note, signaling steady underlying demand despite ongoing affordability and supply constraints. The latest data released today (and delayed because of the government shutdown in fall of 2025) indicate that while month-to-month activity shows a small decline, sales remain stronger than a year ago, signaling that buyer interest in newly built homes has improved. The ...
Source: eyeonhousing.org
Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 -
The Trump administration plans to sue states for their artificial intelligence laws, but how the push is affecting work on future legislation depends on a state's politics. (TNS) — The Trump administration plans to sue states for their artificial intelligence laws, but how the push is affecting work on future legislation depends on a state's politics. President Donald Trump issued an executive order in ...
Source: govtech.com