Summers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties  —  Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship …

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump  —  Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman's unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor.  But several memos related to her account are not in the files.

Trump blasts Dems who refused to stand for protecting Americans over ‘illegal aliens’ at State of the Union: ‘You should be ashamed’  —  President Trump blasted Democratic politicians who declined to endorse his State of the Union message that the “first duty” of the US government is to protect American citizens over illegal migrants.

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol is dead  —  Nurul Amin Shah Alam.  Photo via his missing persons poster.  —  This is a developing story.  Check back for updates.  —  Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off at a doughnut shop Thursday …

Donald Trump's State of the Union Was Long and Wrong  —  But at least the President thinks everything is going great.  —  You can't say we weren't warned.  Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on Tuesday evening.

Would Josh Shapiro Make A Good President?  Pennsylvania Voters Are Divided, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Do Agree On This: Ban Cellphones In K-12 Schools  — mail_outline  —  While Josh Shapiro faces re-election this year as Pennsylvania's governor …

Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns  —  Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described …

Trump policy allowing swift deportations to alternate countries rejected by US judge  —  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration had adopted an unlawful policy that allows for the rapid deportation of migrants to countries other than their own without providing …

A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account  —  A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes “a masterpiece” appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

Spy Agency Blocks Congress From Seeing Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence  —  Tulsi Gabbard's office rejected Democratic efforts to see all the underlying material about a foreign conversation that discussed Jared Kushner  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration told Congress it won't share …

AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations  —  Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases  —  Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans …

Trump Treasury official to exit after objecting to Minneapolis crackdown  —  John Hurley's exit follows internal disputes over the White House-backed push to target alleged fraud in the Somali community.  —  A top Trump Treasury official is leaving his post after privately raising objections …

Trump's ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All  —  The “forever wars” abroad and the global war on terror after the September 11 attacks left behind a long trail of failure, disillusionment, and death—but they also funneled huge sums of taxpayer money to companies …

What the Defense Production Act Can and Can't Do to Anthropic  —  The legal answer depends on what the government is actually demanding—and the statute's ambiguities cut both ways.  —  alanrozenshtein.com  —  Meet The Authors  —  On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met …

Hungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptions  —  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary's energy system.

Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties  —  Billionaire admits he had two affairs and opens up about his mistake in associating with the sex offender  —  Bill Gates apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes …

FBI serves search warrants at Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home  —  The FBI was serving search warrants Wednesday at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters and the superintendent's home.  Federal officials in Los Angeles served the warrants …

Trump Officials Seek to Break Editorial ‘Firewall’ at U.S.-Funded News Agencies  —  Two federally funded newsrooms received a draft funding agreement that could give President Trump's appointees the power to veto their new hires for editors in chief and chief executives.

Surgeon General Nominee Sidesteps Questions on Vaccines at Senate Hearing  —  Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, author and supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said that “anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been part” of her message.  —  Dr. Casey Means, President Trump's nominee …

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos to visit White House Thursday to discuss Warner Bros. bid … The Warner Bros. board of directors said on Tuesday that no final decision has been made.  If Paramount gets the nod, Netflix will have four business days to come back with a higher bid.  —  The timing adds to Netflix's exposure.

What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?  —  There's a new agentic AI called Einstein that will, according to its developers, live the life of a student for them.  Einstein's website claims that the AI will attend lectures for you, write your papers, and even log into EdTech platforms …

Trump DOJ's own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms  —  Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he'ill likely use the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP's favor.

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Inflation Economy  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Armed ICE officer in Portland called 911 during confrontation: 'I'm going to have to shoot this kid'  —  Dispatch records and a police report obtained by OPB describe the previously unreported incident last fall.  —  In October, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer grew frustrated by a …

Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast  —  An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi and reported to federal regulators for insider trading, Kalshi officials said on Wednesday.

The Tax Nerd Who Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE  —  When an unusual opportunity opened in the prediction markets, Alan Cole took his chances.  He just needed the government to be the government.  —  WASHINGTON—Alan Cole put his life savings, all $342,195.63, into a prediction-market wager.

MAGA-Owned Business Accused of Sneaking Immigrant Workers Into U.S.  —  RULES FOR THEE  —  The billionaire owners previously funded ads warning of an immigrant “invasion.”  —  A Democratic lawmaker is calling for an investigation into a company owned by two of President Donald Trump's …

Collins questions Casey Means on ‘magic mushroom’ use during confirmation hearing  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday questioned Dr. Casey Means, President Trump's nominee for surgeon general, on her previously recommending psilocybin use.  —  During Means's confirmation hearing …