Trump News for Saturday, February 21, 2026

Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire one of its board members, Susan Rice, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser, following comments she made about accountability when Democrats return to power. Trump posted on Truth…

The protests come amid rising tensions between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Thursday attacked crypto and stablecoins, saying proponents deliver “word-salad nonsense answers” when pressed to ...

Over 240,000 Americans volunteered for Peace Corps projects in 142 countries since the program began more than half a century ago. But now the agency is launching a new initiative — called Tech Corps. "It's the Peace Corps, but make it AI," explains Engadge…

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia denounce US ambassador's remarks suggesting Israel has right to much of the Middle East.

The Supreme Court said “no,” so Trump found another way to impose 15% duties, showcasing his political agenda

The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle.

The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin. Ishaan Tharoor writes.

from The Guardian reports that union membership in the United States climbed by about 500,000, bringing the total to 16.5 million people. That is the highest it's been since 2009. The increase is due largely to the Trump regime attacking workers' rights, most…

Maybe for the first time, Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy spoke out against an action Trump may take in any way. Fox and Friends opened their program by discussing the possibility that Trump will call for an attack on Iran. Rachel Campos-Duffy opened by sa…

President Trump previously said he would implement 10% global tariffs after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his tariff policies.

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump's global tariffs he instituted last year based on the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Hours later, the president announced new 10% global tariffs against most imports unde…

Panelists join to preview the president’s upcoming remarks.  

Kennedy Center interim president Richard Grenell blamed the incident on "Democrats." Kennedy Center Ice Rink Allegedly Vandalized by “Toxic Chemical” Chris Coplan

Rahisi, a young giraffe, engaged in a “staring contest” with an ostrich in a neighboring habitat at the Memphis Zoo.

It is the second time this month that the Trump administration has abruptly fired a prosecutor who was appointed by judges.

Following a public Valentine’s Day breakup with his former pal Donald Trump, Bill Maher has shared his reaction to the president’s recent rant. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian joked he knows “how women feel now” after a guy buys them dinner and…

President Donald Trump is not giving up on his tariff strategy.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 15% worldwide tariff on imported goods, despite an earlier Supreme Court decision that invalidated earlier trade actions.

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Arab and Muslim countries are sharply condemning comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who said in an interview that Israel had a right to much of the Middle East. Ambassador Mike Huckabee spoke in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlso…

The president will increase import taxes to 15% on most products coming into the US from Tuesday.

The Supreme Court has rejected US President Donald Trump’s global import taxes

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ABC News’ Will Ganss looks at new ways to curb our cellphone obsession and cut down on screen time.

Like the country itself, the justices are divided between democracy and authoritarianism

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.

Trump's anti-vaccine, anti-scientific research HHS Secretary spends more time doing push-ups, wearing jeans in ice-baths, and making videos with washed up rock singers than keeping the country healthy. The Telegraph writes,"The 72-year-old, who has declared t…

Donald Trump is having an extra bad Friday. First, the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Then came horrible economic news. Now we hear that Mitch McConnell is intentionally blocking the SAVE America Act, a legislation that Republicans really want to …

Fox's Shannon Bream discusses what Republicans are telling them behind closed doors on these illegal Trump tariffs. They all know they're a tax on Americans and inflation and the economy is going to hurt them in the midterm elections, but apparently, the cowa…

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect.

A high school in Virginia suspended over 300 students for walking out of class for an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest, and many on social media have applauded the action.On February 13, students at Woodbridge High School marched off of campus…

A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened...

The Supreme Court yesterday struck down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs, holding that the statute’s authorization to “regulate… importation” doesn’t include the power to impose tariffs. The majority’s strongest argument is simple: every time Congress actually delegates…

Two recent bodies of research indicate that X really is pulling its users to the right, and elites may not be as immune to this kind of algorithmic radicalization as they think.

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UN experts said discrepancy between official figures and grassroots estimates is compounding the anguish of families.

Low-information and poor white voters are turning against the president. Can Democrats win them back?

The Trump admin employs an extreme stalling tactic in suit concerning potential Epstein-related Trump interviews

President Trump says he hasn't decided whether to attack Iran. While he weighs his options, a military buildup over the past month means the U.S. now has an expansive presence in the region.

One of the weirder journalistic spectacles of the Trump era has been watching mainstream news organizations parachute into the hinterlands to try to understand the voters who ushered in, and continue to support, this age of cruelty in America. A recent classi…

America's supply-chain bosses are experiencing a fresh bout of uncertainty after Friday's tariff ruling by the Supreme Court.

Justice Samuel Alito’s retirement might upend the midterms. Republicans believe the Kavanaugh fight saved the GOP Senate in 2018. They’d love to see a repeat, but it could backfire this time.

The move is in line with a new law, giving hope to throngs of others imprisoned over alleged plots to oust the government.

Some countries welcome the ruling, while others review trade deals and economic effect.

Based simply on the barely suppressed anger that U.S. President Donald Trump showed throughout his news conference on the Supreme Court's decision on tariffs, it's a fair bet that Friday was the worst day so far of his second term.

U.S. Democrats are probing the relationship between Donald Trump and the owner of the nearly century-old Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ont., after the president threatened to block this year's planned opening of a competing crossing — the Gor…

Gandhi has been criticising the Centre over the interim India-US trade agreement framework, with his Budget speech in the Lok Sabha revolving around the specifics, or the lack of it, of the deal.

Three-day trip, at Beijing's invitation, comes more than eight years after Trump's first visit to China.

President Trump on Friday outlined a new plan to impose his global tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down most of the levies as illegal — a decision he lambasted as "deeply disappointing."

On The Political Scene Podcast: What to expect at the State of the Union.

During a speech in Rome, Georgia, on Thursday, Trump's new orange dye job was so caustic that it reflected light in a way that made his face look like a weird mirror. Bright, shiny face, Trump. This is a new look. Open thread. read more

The Trump administration’s project for erasing the parts of American history they find inconvenient continues unabated. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hit the occasional roadblock. In January, the administration removed portions of an exhibit at the former …

Even as US President Donald Trump continues to shake down the post-World War II established global order, France has managed to remain important for Indian interests

President Trump calls Supreme Court justices an 'embarrassment to their families' in 45-minute address to media.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining. In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secretary Doug Bu…

US military's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) claimed the vessel was involved in drug trafficking, without providing proof.

What is the scale of the military build-up right now? What has Donald Trump said, and how has Iran responded? What could happen next? We explain.

The six justices who voted against the tariffs, dealing a major blow to his signature economic policy, should be "absolutely ashamed", Trump said.

Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker demand Trump pay Americans $1,700 in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling.

Brad Reese explains why he believes ingredient changes undermine his grandfather's original creation.

Despite Friday's SCOTUS ruling, many tariffs affecting the auto industry will remain. So will the other dynamics that have led to today's historically high car prices.

In January 1999, Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson praised Donald Trump, saying the future U.S. president embraced the "underserved communities."