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President Trump said the U.S. will delay tariffs on some Mexican products for one month. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Progress and cooperations pays.
A new $100,000 retirement benefit per each Olympic Games will help Team USA athletes go for gold without going broke. LA Times
President Trump revealed plans for Cabinet secretaries and other high-level administration officials to have more sway in the Department of Government Efficiency's push for personnel cuts. New York Post
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America's secret talks with Hamas are moving along in a "positive" direction after President Trump warned the terror group to release the hostages in Gaza "or there will be hell to pay later." New York Post
The subpoena seeks communications about limits or bans on content about President Trump, Elon Musk, the virus that causes COVID-19 and a host of other conservative discussion topics. New York Post
VOA VIEW: It is called transparency.
The CFPB has dropped a lawsuit accusing Zelle and its bank backers of failing to clamp down on fraud. LA Times
President Trump tore into “sleazebag journalists” for jumping to “crazy” conspiracies at him greeting and thanking Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. The commander in chief was seen shaking Roberts’ hand after his address to Congress late Tuesday. New York Post
VOA VIEW: The sleeze media needs to be exposed.
She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against his emergency request to freeze foreign aid. New York Times
VOA VIEW: She has become a disappointment.
The idea that every student should aim for a four-year college motivated a bipartisan movement for decades. Now even enthusiastic promoters of the idea are reconsidering it. New York Times
VOA VIEW: College for all is a waste of time and money.
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Bacterial vaginosis is most likely a sexually transmitted infection, according to a new study. New York Times
The White House has denied reports that President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order abolishing the Department of Education. OANN
VOA VIEW: Don't second guess Trump.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X that the President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians. OANN
During a Wednesday trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, Vice President JD Vance stated that President Donald Trump hopes to build the entirety of the wall on the southern border by the end of his term. OANN
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Authorities are responding to an ‘active shooter situation’ at Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida. OANN
Former GOP Vice President Mike Pence congratulated President Donald Trump on his “strong” speech, referencing the president's Congressional speech on Tuesday in a social media post. OANN
VOA VIEW: Pence is sucking up.
An appeals court rejected SpaceX's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the National Labor Relations Board that accused the company of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk. Washington Times
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The FBI will work to "zero out" the population of Americans detained or held hostage in foreign countries, Director Kash Patel said Thursday at a State Department ceremony honoring the hostage community and their families. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: This is a tough administration.
Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fell last week as the labor market remains sturdy ahead of an expected purge of federal government employees. Washington Times
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the Department of Justice to investigate whether staffers of former President Joseph R. Biden took advantage of his cognitive decline to issue "radical" policies at the end of his term without his full understanding. Washington Times
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced this week that its LM 400 multi-mission satellite bus will launch later this month as part of a technology demonstration. Washington Times
Wind gusts up to 70 mph, heavy snow and torrential rain created hazardous conditions from the Midwest to the East Coast. The system dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the central U.S. CBS
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Caleb Wilson was a junior at Southern University and A&M College and a member of the school's famed marching band. CBS
The Justice Department began a crackdown on a Chinese hacking network known as Silk Typhoon. A newly unsealed indictment charges 12 Chinese nationals with a number of attacks on the U.S., including the Defense Department. CBS
VOA VIEW: They should pay heavily.
It's the latest twist in a legal fight over President Trump's authority to fire Hampton Dellinger. CBS
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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"Here, the executive put itself above Congress," a federal judge wrote, issuing a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from freezing federal assistance. CBS
VOA VIEW: This crap must end.
U.S. employers announced 172,017 layoffs for the month, up 245% from January and the highest monthly count since July 2020 CNBC
The U.S. is now home to almost 40% of the world's super rich, nearly double the share in China, which has the next highest contingent of multimillionaires. CNBC
More smartphone makers are showing off their own trifold phones — smartphones with three displays — at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. CNBC
Fewer than 30 members of the House of Representatives have been censured. Green said about interrupting Trump, "Truthfully, I would do it again." CNBC
VOA VIEW: As they should.
Some human smugglers have turned to cloning Border Patrol vehicles to bypass President Trump's crackdown on illegal border crossings. FOX News
VOA VIEW: They should be found and arrested.
A Coast Guard cutter intercepted five migrants attempting to travel illegally into the U.S. in the Trump administration's renewed efforts to combat illegal immigration. FOX News
A suspect allegedly swallowed more than $750,000 worth of Tiffany & Co. earrings following a jewelry heist at a shopping mall in Orlando, Florida, police said. FOX News
Police in Virginia released a mugshot of Mohammad Sharifullah, the suspect who allegedly scouted the attack route for the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan. FOX News
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a new policy to bar entry to foreign government officials who facilitate irregular migration into the United States. UPI
A new Gallup survey has suggested that 12% of American adults, or about 31 million people, were forced to borrow tens of billions of dollars in the past year to pay for personal medical bills. UPI
Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the people of Greenland will determine their future and don't want to be part of the United States or Denmark. UPI
VOA VIEW: That is their right.
Hayden Haynes, chief of staff for U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was cited for suspicion of driving under the influence following President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night. UPI
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Initial filings for unemployment benefits hit their highest level of the year in another potential signs of weakness in the labor market. Still part of Biden's madness.
Jobless claims for the week ended Feb. 22 totaled a seasonally adjusted 242,000, up 22,000 from the previous week’s revised level and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 225,000, according to a Labor Department report. The level of claims matched the highest since early October 2024 and comes amid questions over broader economic growth and worrying signs in recent consumer sentiment surveys.
President Donald Trump has been taking aggressive measures to reduce the federal workforce through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency advisory board. The efforts so far have resulted in tens of thousands of jobs cuts and are expected to continue. In Washington, D.C., new claims totaled 2,047, an increase of 421, or 26%, according to numbers not adjusted for seasonal factors. That is the largest number for the city since March 25, 2023, according to Labor Department records, and is consistent with a surge that began in early January.
However, the claims trend does not appear to be spreading to the surrounding areas. Virginia and Maryland both saw small declines on the week. California, which also has a large population of federal government workers, saw a drop as well. “This report showed a healthy gain, but not the first ripples of what likely will be a major wave of unemployment claims, both from layoffs in the federal workforce and at companies such as Starbucks and Southwest,” wrote Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.
Continuing claims, which run a week behind, showed a small decrease and stood at 1.86 million. However, the four-week moving average of claims, which helps smooth out weekly volatility, rose sharply to 224,000, an increase of 8,500.
