Trump News for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Content creator Sherry Zhu breaks down what the Year of the Fire Horse represents and the traditions that define the Lunar New Year.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student activist, faced deportation proceedings amid a protest crackdown under Trump.

'War of genocide against the Strip is still ongoing', Hamas says, warning the board not to act as 'cover'.

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He was never the caricature his critics wanted him to be.

What does it mean that Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery offered a 7-day waiver period to Paramount to make its best and final offer?

World leaders shared memories of Jackson, a leader of the US civil rights movement who passed away on Tuesday.

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Colombia's largest criminal group paused talks after President Gustavo Petro pledged to target its leader Chiquito Malo.

The Warner Bros Discovery board says it remains committed to the Netflix deal.

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said CBS blocked an interview over FCC concerns. It highlights tension between broadcasters and their talent.

Melania’s results closely mirrored those of her husband.

Prominent Trump supporter Amer Ghalib says US decision to nix deportation protection for Yemenis 'very unfortunate'.

Israel's Xtend recently won US Defense Department contract, is bidding for another before merger with JFB Construction.

Rev. Al Sharpton invoked the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's slogan, “I am somebody,” which Jackson famously recited in an iconic 1971 chant with children on Sesame Street.

Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum said she has turned down an invitation from Donald Trump to join his “Board of Peace."

Amid this year's Presidents' Day celebrations, survey respondents tell Yahoo and YouGov that Trump is doing a worse job than Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds

ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks. The post Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped? appeared first on The Intercept.

Judge says Trump administration has made 'one empty threat after another' to deport Salvadoran national to Africa.

Sports can't be separated from politics, and athletes are well within their rights to criticize Trump on the world stage. The post It’s Correct and Moral to Use the Olympics to Speak Out About Politics appeared first on The Intercept.

President Donald Trump's campaign against alleged drug boats has resulted in at least 145 deaths since September.

At a event in Washington D.C., A U.S. official said a remote earthquake in 2020 was caused by a Chinese nuclear test.

The right wing extremist takeover of CBS continues to go just about how you thought it might. CBS is under fire yet again, this time for forcing Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” to cancel a scheduled appearance with Texas Democratic State Representative Jame…

Rev. Al Sharpton held a news conference on the late Rev. Jesse Jackson after the civil rights leader died on Tuesday morning at the age of 84, his family said in a statement.

Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.

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Here's the interview that CBS and the FTC don't want you to see.

Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the FCC, called out CBS for restricting Stephen Colbert from featuring an interview with a U.S. Senate candidate on his late night show’s regular broadcast, as the network feared running afoul of equal time rules. On his show …

Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."

As the partial government shutdown continues, Democrats have sent their Department of Homeland Security funding counteroffer to Republicans and the White House.

Tehran's chief diplomat says some 'guiding principles' are agreed, but the supreme leader presents a different tone.

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He argued that Trump risks being known as the "Epstein president."

Air Transat will no longer fly to the US this summer, while WestJet is also slashing several routes, as Canadian interest in visiting the US falls.

Ukraine's lead negotiator says Kyiv will work 'constructively' but 'without excessive expectations'.

Thanks to Noem, Coast Guard morale is reportedly "terrible," according to NBC News.

“White House or horror movie audition?” one asked after seeing Susan Dell’s demeanor as she stood few feet away from US President Donald Trump.

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The president falsely claimed he "fixed" the affordability crisis. He and the GOP will pay in the November midterms

It taught me to desire thinness—then to hide that desire.

Steve Bannon remained close with Epstein, even texting with him about a "documentary" project on the very day of Epstein's 2019 arrest.

Here we go again. The Trump FTC has threatened Apple and CEO Tim Cook with a fake investigation claiming that Apple News doesn’t do a good enough job coddling right wing, Trump-friendly ideology. The announcement and associated letter pretends that Apple is v…

Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.

The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real, but it isn’t matched by the rest of the GOP.

Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has taken aim at Donald Trump.

Without America to rely on, the EU is gearing up to be a global power in its own right.

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Marco Rubio was more civil than J. D. Vance had been, but the message to longtime allies was the same.

DNA from the glove recovered near Nancy Guthrie’s home remains at a private lab in Florida, where the Pima County Sheriff’s Department sent it on Feb. 12, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Jonathan Blitzer on how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards, has become a site for easy arrests and deportations under the Trump Administration.

Isaac Chotiner interviews the author and Middle East scholar Kristian Ulrichsen about the rift between the former allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The secretary of state sought not only to reassure but to rally Europeans.

An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands

An anthropologist’s detailed research shows polyamorists focus on intimacy and honesty, not sleeping around

In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive. The post U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive. appeared first on The Intercept.

Jordan warns of war as Israel's 'silent transfer' in the occupied West Bank becomes an operational reality.

Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away, he was surrounded by his family.

Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely, under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.

“Everyone knew we didn’t need them.” Air Force maintainers have been on a decadelong knife-ordering spree. The post Air Force Maintenance Staff Can’t Stop Buying Fancy Knives With Tax Dollars appeared first on The Intercept.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner -- U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law -- will lead American negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland,

It's funny how public opinion on ICE changes the moment that DHS plans to put 10,000 detainees in your own neighborhood.

Russia's full-scale invasion saw Ukrainians rally around the president but a corruption scandal has dimmed his appeal.

US President Donald Trump said he will take part in Tuesday’s talks with Iran from Washington.

The second round of talks in Geneva about Iran's nuclear program takes place as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises.

Kremlin says the talks are likely to focus on the issue of Ukrainian territory that Russian wants Kyiv to cede.

Cubans suffer under a fuel blockade as US President Donald Trump calls the Caribbean country a 'failed nation'.

20-hour kitchen days. Tears and budget fears. Lying flat is the last thing on these young Singaporean business owners' minds.

Judge accuses the US government of trying to rewrite history by taking down the exhibit in the city of Philadelphia.

The US president's comments come ahead of a second round of high-stakes talks in Geneva on Tuesday.

The former Navy captain and astronaut says "we're in some seriously challenging times".