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11:50 AM ET, February 21, 2026

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New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent  —  The move signaled anew that the president would press ahead with his trade war despite the legal setback from the Supreme Court.  —  President Trump announced Saturday that he would raise his new, global tariff to 15 percent …
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
With tariffs ruling, Supreme Court reasserts its power to check Trump  —  After siding with President Donald Trump in two dozen cases in the past year in ways that boosted his power and let him quickly transform U.S. policies on immigration, military service, federal employment and beyond …
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 Increases Global Tariff to 15%  —  The president said the new 15% global tariff would take effect immediately  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he would increase to 15% from 10% a global tariff that will replace many of the duties ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.
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.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
In tariff case, Supreme Court justices bicker over treating Trump and Biden differently  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, was unusually direct in suggesting some of his colleagues were treating presidents of opposing parties differently.
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
In Gorsuch's Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
Financial Times:
Corporate America demands refunds after Donald Trump's tariffs are struck down
Wall Street Journal:
The Real Tariff Liberation Day Arrives at the Supreme Court
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
The Supreme Court Refuses Trump's Tariffs
Steve Vladeck / One First:
211. Making Sense of the Tariffs Ruling
The Hill:
5 takeaways as Supreme Court strikes blow to Trump's tariffs
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Friday's Final Word
Discussion: NPR, Breitbart, Newsweek and CalMatters
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's tariff defeat, briefly explained
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 …
NBC News:
Deputy AG fires interim U.S. attorney succeeding Trump loyalist hours after appointment  —  James Hundley, a longtime Virginia litigator, was set to succeed Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan.  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  The Department of Justice fired longtime litigator James Hundley …
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Washington Post:
Trump banner on Justice Dept. building draws authoritarian comparisons
Discussion: The i Paper, Fox News and Above the Law
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Fix Is In: Lutnick Family Could Make Killing On Tariff Demise  —  Almost every article on today's tariff decision includes, somewhere two or three paragraphs down, a note which explains that it's unclear how or whether the federal government will issue refunds for illegally collected tariffs.
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Kelsey Vlamis / Business Insider:
Democrats demand that Trump issue $1,700 tariff refunds to Americans after the Supreme Court ruling
NBC News:
‘Everyone here is irate’: White House scrambles after tariff loss as Trump unloads on Supreme Court
Monica Eng / Axios:
Illinois Gov. Pritzker demands tariff refunds from Trump
Discussion: Newsweek, Breitbart and Reuters
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 …
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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 …
ABC News:
Over 40 million Americans on alert for winter storm conditions over the weekend  —  New York City is under a blizzard warning for the first time since March 2017.  —  A child plays in the snow in front of Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2026.
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 …
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
U.S. military says it struck another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 3  —  U.S. Southern Command alleged that the boat was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”  —  Listen to this article with a free account  —  The U.S. military said that it struck an alleged drug trafficking boat …
Discussion: Reuters
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Washington Post:
Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military  —  The White House budget chief was among those who internally objected to the defense secretary's plan to increase military spending by roughly 50 percent, sources say.  —  Trump administration officials have struggled …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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 …
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.
France 24:
Live: Macron calls for ‘calm’ as tribute rally for slain far-right activist begins in Lyon  —  A tribute rally for slain far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who was fatally beaten in a street brawl between ultranationalist and anti-fascist militants, began in Lyon on Saturday.
 
 
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Washington Post:
As trade envoy, Prince Andrew promoted Britain and exploited his access
Discussion: GB News
Vox:
The mess that Kristi Noem made
Discussion: Axios
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s days of going wild on health may be over
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
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New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval
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