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8:50 PM ET, February 20, 2026

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New York Times:
Live Updates: Defiant Trump Says He Will Work Around Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling  —  The decision is a major setback for President Trump, who said he was “ashamed of certain members of the court.”  He promised to use other authorities to reimpose many import fees.  —  Here's the latest.
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump to impose global 10% tariff after Supreme Court loss  —  President Trump on Friday said he would sign an executive order to impose 10% tariffs on all nations, replacing part of the tariffs overturned by the Supreme Court on Friday. … - It allows Trump to impose tariffs of up to 15% …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president  —  The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law.  —  WASHINGTON — Delivering a major blow to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court …
Wall Street Journal:
The Moment Trump Found Out the Supreme Court Killed His Tariffs  —  President gets the news as meeting with governors opens; 'so, it's a loss, then?'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump had just started a closed-door White House meeting with governors when one of his trade advisers handed him a piece of paper.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
John Roberts' Rebuke of Trump's Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging … The Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump's sweeping “emergency” tariffs on Friday, ruling 6-3 that they far exceed what federal law allows.  With its decision in Learning Resources v. Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story and KVIA-TV
CNN:
Supreme Court rules that Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal  —  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Declaration of Independence  —  The court's rejection of President Trump's tariffs program is the latest in a series of clashes between him and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.  —  Starting with the 2024 decision that gave President Trump substantial immunity from prosecution …
Discussion: One First
Politico:
Trump signs order imposing ‘temporary’ 10 percent global tariff after Supreme Court ruling … The announcement seeks to keep many of his tariff policies intact even after the court's ruling.  —  “Effective immediately, all national security tariffs under Section 232, and existing Section 301 tariffs …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Demeans Himself as He Attacks the Supreme Court  —  He calls the Justices who ruled against him ‘very unpatriotic’ and ‘fools.’  —  President Trump owes the Supreme Court an apology—to the individual Justices he smeared on Friday and the institution itself.
Discussion: Raw Story, Homepage and Townhall
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
New York Times:
Trump Plans to Impose Tariffs a Different Way After Supreme Court Loss
Discussion: Vox and Bloomberg
Ryan Mancini / NewsNation:
Warren calls for tariff refund for consumers after Supreme Court ruling
David Lawder / Reuters:
Exclusive: Supreme Court tariff ruling makes over $175 billion in US revenue subject to refunds, Penn-Wharton estimates
Politico:   Republicans quietly celebrate the demise of tariffs. That relief might not last.
New York Times:
After Tariff Decision, What Happens to Trump's Deals With China, Canada and Europe?
Maddy Varner / Wired:
Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE's ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans  —  Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security's proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation.  —  A PDF that Department of Homeland Security officials provided …
CNN:
House Speaker Johnson rejects request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were handled …
Discussion: TheGrio
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Associated Press:
House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in US Capitol
Discussion: TheGrio
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for the Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in Capitol
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk  —  If Donald Trump's administration really wants to find evidence of foreign interference in Georgia's elections, then they need look no further than the president's old friend Elon Musk and his shady super PAC.
Discussion: WXIA-TV
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors  —  A Nashville comedian's deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified.”  —  Ben Palmer, a stand-up comic in Nashville, has built a following online …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
U.S. economic growth slowed sharply at end of 2025, dragging down the year  —  New GDP figures reflect subdued growth from new trade policies and a weeks-long government shutdown.  —  The U.S. economy cooled sharply at the end of 2025, with growth slowing to an annual rate of 1.4 percent …
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew More Slowly at End of 2025
Discussion: NOTUS, Axios and MPR News
Washington Post:
Judges in Virginia name new U.S. attorney, then Justice Dept. fires him  —  Federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia unanimously named an interim U.S. attorney, and the Justice Department almost immediately fired him.  —  The federal judges in the Eastern District …
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Washington Post:
Trump banner on Justice Dept. building draws authoritarian comparisons
Discussion: Above the Law
New York Times:
Ruben Ray Martinez Was Killed in an Undisclosed ICE Shooting in March, His Family Says  —  A 23-year-old American was shot last March in South Padre Island.  ICE's involvement in the shooting was not disclosed until this week.  —  Months before Renee Good's killing at the hands …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter's home rips into Justice Department  —  A federal judge ripped into the Justice Department on Friday for failing to inform him of the applicability of a law intended to protect journalists from government searches and seizures when it asked …
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New York Times:   Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Reporter's Home
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Paul McLane / Radio World:   Carr Urges Broadcasters to Get Patriotic
Gentry Estes / USA Today:
Eileen Gu responds to criticism from JD Vance, others in United States  —  Speaking after qualifying in her third event this Olympics, Eileen Gu attributed U.S. criticism to the fact she reps China.  And because she wins.  —  Gentry EstesUSA TODAY  —  LIVIGNO, Italy - After a scare …
NBC News:
Rep. Tony Gonzales faces ethics investigation over alleged affair ahead of tough primary  —  The congressman is sparring online with the husband of a former staffer who died by suicide, and his opponent is running ads referencing the alleged affair.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
CNN:
Exclusive: Secret Service will offer tailored suits to new protective detail agents  —  New Secret Service protective detail agents are about to get a wardrobe upgrade, courtesy of taxpayers.  —  The Secret Service will soon offer each agent who graduates from protective detail training two tailored suits …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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