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9:25 AM ET, February 21, 2026

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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.
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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 …
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court Refuses Trump's Tariffs
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
In Gorsuch's Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
The Hill:
5 takeaways as Supreme Court strikes blow to Trump's tariffs
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's tariff defeat, briefly explained
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
John Roberts' Rebuke of Trump's Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging
NBC News:
‘Everyone here is irate’: White House scrambles after tariff loss as Trump unloads on Supreme Court
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump to impose global 10% tariff after Supreme Court loss
Monica Eng / Axios:
Illinois Gov. Pritzker demands tariff refunds from Trump
Discussion: Newsweek
David Lawder / Reuters:
Exclusive: Supreme Court tariff ruling makes over $175 billion in US revenue subject to refunds, Penn-Wharton estimates
Axios:
Tariff ruling traps GOP leaders
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Declaration of Independence
Discussion: KVIA-TV and Raw Story
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Supreme Court Leaves No Clear Way For Consumers To Get Tariff Refunds
Jenny Kleeman / The Guardian:
'Don't go to the US - not with Trump in charge': the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks  —  Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end.  With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says …
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New York Times:
Bridge Owner Donated $1 Million to MAGA Group Before Trump Blasted Competitor  —  The PAC and the White House say the donation had nothing to do with President Trump's tirade against a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.  —  Less than one month before meeting …
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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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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Special Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis  —  The national media has moved on.  Minnesota is still under siege.  —  1. War  —  I understand that spending three days on the ground in Minneapolis is not real perspective.  But it brought home something that may not be obvious …
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.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Epstein Was Only One of Thousands of Traffickers in the U.S.  —  As the world follows the drip-drip of sensational revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, here's a number to ponder: Last year the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received more than 113,000 reports of child sex trafficking.
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s days of going wild on health may be over … For Washington's lobbyists, the move was an early glimpse of how midterm realities are forcing the administration to shift away from Kennedy's anti-vaccine, anti-chemical plans.  —  “Picking on farmers.
Discussion: Ars Technica
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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 …
Patty Nieberg / Task & Purpose:
Army warrant officers will ‘bid’ against each other for their next bonus  —  The Army will soon have senior warrant officers bid against each other in an eBay-style auction for retention bonuses and six-year service commitments.  Soldiers who agree to take a “minimum” bonus can cash in …
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 …
Katherine Eban / Rolling Stone:
New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval  —  A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered irregularities in the ethics review of a $1.6 million research grant to examine the effects of a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau
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
France 24:
Live: Macron calls for ‘calm’ as France braces for tribute to far-right activist  —  French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called for calm ahead of a memorial rally in Lyon for Quentin Deranque, a far-right activist who was fatally beaten in a street brawl between ultranationalist and anti-fascist militants in the city.
Vox:
The mess that Kristi Noem made  —  The drama at the Department of Homeland Security, explained. … There's a mess at the Department of Homeland Security right now.  —  The rumors that the agency's top boss, Kristi Noem, is about to be fired won't go away.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Matthew Chance / CNN:
Four years on, Russia is still paying for a fatal miscalculation in Ukraine
Associated Press:
Cuba's health care system pushed to the brink by US fuel blockade, Cuban minister says
Richard Wheeler / BBC:
Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession
New York Times:
U.S. Planes Land at Jordan Base, a Key Hub for Planning Possible Iran Strikes
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Telegraph
Brian Davids / The Hollywood Reporter:
‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn't During Its Release
Discussion: Gizmodo
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NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for the Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in Capitol
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
ICE's Campaign Of Terror Is Not Over, Says Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
 

 
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