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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 28th 2026
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
In opening remarks posted on social media, the former President said he didn't have any knowledge of Epstein's sex trafficking operation — despite anyone's "interpretation of those 20-year-old photos." Clinton posted the remarks ahead of his closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York, before members of the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating Epstein's connections to powerful people. , ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Ban follows AI firm's refusal to enable mass surveillance, autonomous weapons. President Trump on Friday directed all federal agencies—including the Defense Department—to "immediately cease all use" of frontier AI firm Anthropic's technology, though he also said there would be a six-month "phase out period." Trump's announcement followed a tense back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Pentagon, which ...
Source: washingtontechnology.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Countries including the U.S., U.K. and China evacuated embassy staff in the Middle East and issued travel advisories amid concerns about a regional conflict, as President Donald Trump on Friday sounded downbeat about diplomatic talks meant to avert airstrikes on Iran. "We're not happy with what's going on. They should make a deal, they'd be smart if they made a deal," Trump told reporters at the White House. The ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Republicans said they would drop their oversight efforts of Netflix while Democrats aired antitrust concerns about Paramount buying Warner Bros. Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Netflix has decided to let go of its attempt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount Skydance raised its purchase offer. On Wednesday, Paramount raised its cash offer from $30 per share to $31 per share. On Thursday, WBD decided the offer was ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The United States swept the hockey gold medals at the Winter Olympics for the first time, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in both the men's and women's tournaments and finishing the tournaments unbeaten. It set off a celebration that quickly became political: The celebrations — Women's team: The players largely steered away from politics. Many said they failed to notice Vice President JD Vance , his family and ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Pakistan struck Kabul and two other provinces hours after the Taliban launched cross-border attacks, in the latest escalation of violence between the two South Asian neighbors. PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan declared "open war" Friday on Afghanistan, after the two South Asian neighbors traded overnight attacks in a sharp escalation of their long-running dispute. Both sides claimed to inflict heavy damage in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
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Source: livescience.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
When global leaders gathered at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 , the emphasis was not on model size or computational power. The central message, reinforced by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was that AI must be transparent, inclusive, and accountable. The summit marked a visible shift in tone: from celebrating innovation velocity to demanding governance maturity. For enterprises, that shift is not ...
Source: customerthink.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Instagram is launching parental alerts that notify parents when their teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content on the platform. PCWorld reports the feature initially rolls out in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, targeting accounts using Instagram's teen monitoring tools. Parents receive notifications through multiple channels including app alerts, email, text, or WhatsApp, along with expert ...
Source: pcworld.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
700,259 9,712 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + AI Summary Mortgage rates are at multiyear lows, whether you quote Mortgage News Daily at 5.99% or Freddie Mac weekly data at 5.98%. The drop has come at a good time, as the spring housing market is about to start, with more Americans looking to sell their homes and buy another. First-time homebuyers are ...
Source: housingwire.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Plainclothes Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Columbia University student Elmina "Ellie" Aghayeva in university-owned housing Thursday morning, sparking hours of protests and political intervention followed by the Azerbaijani national's release hours later. The ICE agents "gained entry by ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Google announced Nano Banana 2, technically named Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, which generates more realistic images faster than its predecessor. The model will become the default for image generation in the Gemini app's Fast, Thinking, and Pro modes. Google first released the original Nano Banana model in August 2025, leading to millions of images generated in the Gemini app, particularly in countries like India. In ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Mamdani wooed the president with much property talk and showed the real 'art of the deal' might have been soft power via Photoshop In the hours after Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump for an undisclosed sit-down in the Oval Office on Thursday, a meme quickly circulated on X. It resembled the screengrab of a TikToker who doles out dubious financial advice, but instead had the mayor's picture front and center. On ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
There is a word to describe the illegal taking of money or property, followed by a refusal to return the stolen goods. Theft. Now, as a libertarian, I am effectively obligated to remind you here that, yes, all taxation is theft. Roll your eyes if you must, but it's true. The government demands payment, never asks for consent, and backs up its demands with threats of violence. At the most basic level , the ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Secretary Hegseth has accused Scouting America of losing their way since allowing girls and LGBTQ+ boys to join Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, is agreeing to several "key reforms" in exchange for maintaining federal ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Deal signals feverish pace of AI investment with multibillion-dollar backings from Nvidia, Amazon and more OpenAI said on Friday it is raising $110bn in a blockbuster funding round that would value the ChatGPT maker at $840bn, in a deal that signals the feverish pace of investment in artificial intelligence. It's more than double the amount the company raised last year, when it racked up $40bn in the largest ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
US president accuses Tehran of failing to 'negotiate in good faith' over its nuclear programme Donald Trump says he has not made a final decision on whether to launch strikes on Iran but is "not happy" with the situation and military force – including regime change – remains an option. "We're not exactly happy with the way they [Iran] negotiated. They cannot have nuclear weapons, and we're not thrilled ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rubbishes claims of Chinese interference and accuses President Donald Trump of 'intending to steal' the midterms have reacted angrily to reports that a group of MAGA activists has been circulating a 17-page draft executive order laying out ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? The Department of Homeland Security doubled down Friday on its insistence that officers did nothing wrong in their handling of a disabled man whose frozen body ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
CEO says "most companies are late" to realize how much technology will affect employment. Block, the fintech group headed by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, will cut its workforce by "nearly half" in one of the clearest signs of the sweeping changes AI tools are having on employment. Shares in the payment company soared more than 25 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday as it announced it would shed more than ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The Defense Department on Wednesday shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in southwest Texas, federal officials confirmed. A U.S. official said a laser weapon was used to down the drone, which occurred in the area of Fort Hancock, a small community located on the U.S.-Mexico border. "This reported engagement occurred when the Department of War employed counter-unmanned aircraft system authorities to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Make no mistake, if the celebration was muted in the moment, the implications of the result are absolutely mega. At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this. There was a sea of empty chairs and but a smattering of supporters in a huge, ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Sharing some taxpayer information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement amounted to the IRS breaking federal law "approximately 42,695 times," a federal judge said in a court filing Thursday. That 42,695 figure refers to the number of taxpayer addresses the IRS disclosed to ICE through the process of Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Matching , Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
A federal judge has declined to block President Donald Trump's plan to build a massive ballroom on the site of the now-demolished East Wing of the White House, after preservationists challenged the move. On December 12, the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit against the plans, deeming them unlawful. However, in Wednesday's ruling, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana's foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war. Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said 272 Ghanaians have been lured into the battle since 2022, with two of them captured as prisoners of war, citing information from ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning A fter two decades of deferring to executive authority and eroding anti-bribery laws, the supreme court has suddenly limited presidential power in a way that could make one ugly form of political influence a bit more difficult to pull off. Last week's ruling did not merely strip one president of his ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Ancient hookups weren't as random as we thought. We now know that humans and Neanderthals interbred several times across thousands of years. Most people of non-African descent carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA as a testament to those ancient love affairs. But a new study adds a surprising pattern. It turns out those prehistoric hookups weren't as random as we thought. According to a provocative study published in ...
Source: zmescience.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! A new report by the American Heart Association (AHA) included some troubling predictions for the future of women's health . The forecast, published in the journal Circulation on Wednesday, projected increases in various comorbidities in American females by 2050. More than 59% of women were predicted to have high blood pressure , up from less than 49% currently. The review ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Company says cuts will help 'reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities' E-commerce giant eBay announced Thursday it is slashing hundreds of jobs, just days after the company dropped $1.2 billion in cash to acquire a trendy Gen Z fashion app and settled a federal stalking lawsuit involving former executives. Multiple outlets have reported that eBay will cut a total of 800 ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has not allowed the United Nations nuclear agency access to its nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the United States during a 12-day war in June, according to a confidential report by the watchdog circulated to member states and seen Friday by The Associated Press. The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency stressed that it "cannot verify whether Iran has suspended all ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Arrest after Churchill statue defaced with graffiti A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after graffiti was sprayed on the statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, the Metropolitan Police said. The statue was defaced with graffiti branding the former prime minister a "Zionist war criminal". Other phrases including "Stop the Genocide" and "Free ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Follow Earth on Google Skywatchers have an unusual opportunity this weekend to observe six planets positioned so they rise above the horizon at the same time. Often called an planetary parade, the event will appear just after sunset on February 28, 2026. This configuration is uncommon, though not exceedingly rare. "On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky," noted ...
Source: earth.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Apple confirmed that the iPhone and iPad have been approved for use with classified information in NATO restricted environments. The devices will no longer require special software or settings to handle NATO restricted-level information. "This achievement recognizes that Apple has ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
US Cyber Defense Agency Switches Acting Director Amid Shutdown Turmoil The U.S. cyber defense agency is going through a major leadership shakeup - again - following months of staffing turnover, budget cuts and shutdowns that close observers say have hampered federal defenders' ability to protect government systems and critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed multiple ...
Source: bankinfosecurity.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn't work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a two-decade stance to approve the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers. The approval was made "on the condition that strict security requirements are met," the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Cuban soldiers confronted a speedboat carrying 10 people as the vessel approached the island and opened fire on the troops, who fired back, killing four and wounding six, according to the Cuban government. The Cuban Ministry of the Interior said the people aboard the boat Wednesday were Cubans living in the U.S. and accused them of trying to infiltrate the country to engage ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Gov. Tim Walz denounced the Trump administration's latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a "retribution" campaign as he unveiled a package of legislation Thursday intended to fight fraud in public programs, a persistent problem that provided an impetus for the federal government's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Democratic governor made the announcement a day after the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
– Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as U.S. and Ukrainian envoys held more on ending the war that is The bombardment, which included 11 ballistic missiles, targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said. Dozens of people, including children, were injured, officials ...
Source: news4jax.com