Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues. The programs are designed to help speed registered travelers through security lines. Suspending them could cause headaches for fliers. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that “shutdowns have serious real world consequences.” She also said that “TSA and CBP are prioritizing the general traveling ...
US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East
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Kennedy Center ice rink vandalized, investigation underway
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Education Department puts pressure on colleges ahead of upcoming student loan changes
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Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 1:39 PM CST, February 21, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. The lawyers filed papers late Friday in Manhattan federal court to try to block the release of documents from a since-settled civil defamati ...
Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police
Published Feb 21, 2026 at 03:51 PM EST An elderly homeless woman and her disabled son were found dead inside a snow-covered car in a Providence, Rhode Island, parking lot on February 11—nearly two weeks after a desperate call for help went unanswered, according to local news station WPRI. Providence police identified the victims as 75-year-old Irina Kozak and her 49-year-old son, Stanislaw Kozak. The pair had been living out of their white Kia Sorento for approximately a year. Their deaths wer ...
'Slow this thing down': Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution
Fri 20 Feb 2026 23.26 EST Last modified on Sat 21 Feb 2026 03.00 EST Bernie Sanders has warned that Congress and the American public have “not a clue” about the scale and speed of the coming AI revolution, pressing for urgent policy action to “slow this thing down” as tech companies race to build ever-more powerful systems. Speaking at Stanford University on Friday alongside congressman Ro Khanna after a series of meetings with industry leaders in California, Sanders was blunt about what he c ...
CBS to Air Star's Axed '60 Minutes' Segment Days After He Quits
Updated Feb. 21 2026 3:45AM EST Published Feb. 20 2026 10:01PM EST CBS has announced it will finally air a controversial 60 Minutes segment investigating one of the Trump administration’s most bizarre claims. After weeks of uncertainty following MAGA-curious Bari Weiss’s takeover of the broadcaster, the “white genocide” segment headed by outgoing 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper will air on Sunday. The episode, which was delayed due to an “abnormal” editing process, is slated to rev ...
JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump's accounts after Jan. 6 attack
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga over the controversial practice of “debanking.” The acknowledgment came in a court filing submitted this week in Trump’s lawsuit against the bank and its leader, Jamie Dimon. The president sued for $5 billion, alleging tha ...
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