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Trump suggests US could carry out 'friendly takeover' of Cuba

Donald Trump has suggested the US could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba as tensions between Washington and Havana reach a new high following the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. As he left the White House for a campaigning event in Texas on Friday, Trump said: “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble.” Although he gave no further details, it has been widely reported that US officials had met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the grandson of 9 ...

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The US has surpassed 1,100 measles cases in two months. Expect more deaths next

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2026, 10:17 AM ET The US has recorded more than 1,100 measles cases so far this year, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a troubling milestone that has many in public health bracing for the worst. According to the CDC, out of every 1,000 children who are infected with measles, one may develop encephalitis, which is a dangerous swelling of the brain. Up to 3 out of every 1,000 infected children will die. The U ...

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Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic AI tech 'immediately'

Published Fri, Feb 27 2026 3:56 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ordering every U.S. government agency to "immediately cease" using technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. Trump's abrupt and unexpected order came as the AI startup faces pressure by the Defense Department to comply with demands that it can use the company's technology without restrictions sought by Anthropic. The company wants the Pentagon to assure it tha ...

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Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds"

February 27, 2026 / 4:30 PM EST Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon would be canceling troops' attendance at graduate programs at some of the nation's top universities, calling them "woke breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination." "Today, just like we did with Harvard, I am ordering the complete and immediate cancellation of all Department of War attendance at institutions like Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown, Yale and many others, st ...

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Attorney general announces indictments against 30 more people who protested at a Minnesota church

By SARAH RAZA Updated 12:56 PM CST, February 27, 2026 Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that 30 more people have been indicted for allegedly taking part in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a Minnesota church. In a social media post, Bondi said 25 people had been arrested with more arrests to come later in the day. “YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you,” she wrote in the post. “This Dep ...

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Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor

(The Guardian) Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2019 contain explicit but unsubstantiated claims that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman when she was a minor in the early 1980s with the assistance of Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Guardian review of those documents. The Department of Justice did not release those records when it uploaded millions of pages of files related to Epstein beginning in December. The existence of the missing documents was first reported by independent journalist Roger Sollenberger and subsequently confirmed by NPR, causing outrage in Washington and sparking an investigation from congressional Democrats.

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Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected

(CNBC) Wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in January, countering hopes that inflation was easing, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The core producer price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December and well ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 0.3%. On an all-items basis, headline PPI rose 0.5%, also above the forecast for 0.3% and 0.1 percentage point more than the prior month.

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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

(Washington Post) Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue. The White House declined to elaborate on Trump’s plans.

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Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options

(Axios) The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East briefed President Trump on Thursday about the options for military action against Iran, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the meeting. This was the first time the commander of the U.S. military Central Command Adm. Brad Cooper briefed Trump since the beginning of the crisis with Iran last December. Trump has order a massive U.S. military build up in the Middle East and he is considering ordering a military campaign against Iran.

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Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown

14 min ago - Posted February 27, 2026 at 6:09pm A moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapsed at the start of the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, removing one hurdle faced by the Trump administration as it seeks to remake the size of th ... (Roll Call)

US reverse-engineers captured Iranian drone, deploys new version to Middle East

38 min ago - Posted 4:16 PM, Feb 27, 2026 and last updated 5:34 PM, Feb 27, 2026 The U.S. military has activated what officials describe as America’s first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East, marking a shift toward lower-cost unmanned ... (Scripps News)

Trump Voices Frustration with Iran as Mediator Oman Claims Nuclear Talks 'Breakthrough'

1 hr ago - 3 hours ago ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - US President Donald Trump voiced frustration Friday over Iran’s position in nuclear negotiations, even as mediator Oman described what it called a “breakthrough” that could avert war. Speaking after ta ... (Kurdistan24)

US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to 'take over your government'

1 hr ago - PUBLISHED: February 28, 2026 at 1:19 AM EST UPDATED: February 28, 2026 at 5:49 AM EST DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, with President Donald Trump calling on the Iranian public to " ... (Orlando Sentinel/AP)

Bird flu devastates 7.4 million Pennsylvania chickens in a month

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Trump says US conducted 'major combat operations' in Iran

2 hrs ago - 02/28/2026 02:58 AM EST Updated: 02/28/2026 05:01 AM EST President Donald Trump early Saturday announced the U.S. began "major combat operations" in Iran, saying the Middle Eastern nation rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production ... (Politico)

European health agency recommends approving Moderna's combined flu, COVID vaccine

2 hrs ago - 02/27/26 3:39 PM ET The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Friday it has recommended Moderna’s combined mRNA COVID-19 and flu vaccine be granted market authorization in the European Union, marking the first time the combined respiratory v ... (The Hill)

Israel Begins Attacks on Iran, Explosions Reported in Tehran Amid Preemptive Strike Declaration

4 hrs ago - ERBIL (Kurdistan24) -Three explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday morning, according to ARS News, as Israel's defense minister announced the start of what he described as a "preemptive" attack against Iran. Reuters, citing Israel's Defense Minis ... (Kurdistan24net)

Furious Trump wants 'rehearing' after 'highly disappointing' Supreme Court defeat

9 hrs ago - February 27, 2026 4:26PM ET President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court again on Friday, questioning whether a “Rehearing or Readjudication” is possible after the justices dealt a devastating blow to his tariff agenda one week ag ... (Raw Story)

Paramount + WBD Vs. Coalition Of The Unwilling: CA AG Pulling Together Blue States Probe Of Mega-Merger

10 hrs ago - The clock is ticking on the Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery mega-merger, literally, and things could get sticky and expensive if California’s Attorney General has his way. Tweeting the not-so quiet thing out loud today, Rob Bonta revealed he ... (Deadline)

LA superintendent placed on leave after FBI raid on home and district office

10 hrs ago - Fri 27 Feb 2026 19.20 EST First published on Fri 27 Feb 2026 13.55 EST Two days after the FBI searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles unified school district and the home of its superintendent, the district board of education placed Alberto Carv ... (The Guardian)

Democratic senator presses Noem on suspension of global entry, TSA PreCheck

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Trump says he's thinking of putting Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Supreme Court

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Exclusive: Classified Report Finds Kristi Noem Created Security Vulnerabilities at Airports

11 hrs ago - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for months failed to appropriately respond to the findings of an internal watchdog that one of her biggest changes to airport security—allowing passengers to pass through screening checkpoint ... (WSJ)

Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else

11 hrs ago - Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else The Associated Press February 27, 2026, 1:34 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- A crowd gathered at a commuter gate at Reagan National Airport on Friday as fog-lad ... (Associated Press, via WTOP)

Trump claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that's not backed up by US intelligence.

11 hrs ago - Updated Feb 27, 2026, 4:05 PM ET PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2026, 2:41 PM ET When US President Donald Trump addressed the American people on Tuesday night, he claimed that Iran is “working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of Ameri ... (CNN Politics)

Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks

11 hrs ago - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was disappointed in FBI Director Kash Patel’s behavior at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and conveyed his displeasure in a conversation with him, according to a person familiar with the matter. Patel w ... (NBC News)

Massive trove of FBI 'Epstein investigation' data compromised in 'cyber intrusion': report

12 hrs ago - February 27, 2026 12:54PM ET A staggering 500 terabytes of FBI data – including data that pertained to the agency’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein – appears to have been compromised in 2023 in a “cyber intrusion,” accordi ... (Raw Story)

Hegseth says Pentagon designating Anthropic as supply chain risk after Trump bans AI firm

12 hrs ago - “Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic,” Hegseth said in a post on social platform X. The Pentagon chief added that t ... (The Hill)

Neil Sedaka, songwriter to the stars for decades, dies at 86

12 hrs ago - Neil Sedaka, one of pop's most enduring songwriters whose career extended from after World War II to the countercultural days of Elton John, has died, his family said Friday. Sedaka, the writer behind such songs as "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," "Love ... (NBC News)