| How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan
- Top Japanese officials are backing a tech and entrepreneurship initiative led in part by Joichi Ito, whose involvement with Jeffrey Epstein may endanger efforts to get the project off the ground.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:20:19 +0000
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| Late Night Lampoons Trump’s State of the Union Ratings
- Stephen Colbert joked that the president “is really dragging down broadcast television” with lower ratings for Tuesday’s State of the Union than last year’s address.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:43:43 +0000
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| Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan in ‘Open War’ Against Taliban Regime
- The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening relations between the neighboring countries.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:21:59 +0000
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| Trump’s Shields Are Down
- Personnel once meant policy; now it means flattery.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:39:36 +0000
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| Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election, in Blow to Starmer
- The result marks the first time the Greens have won a British parliamentary by-election and signals the frustration of left-leaning voters with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:41:22 +0000
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| Pentagon Fires Another Laser at Drone, Prompting New Air Closure
- After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Fort Hancock, Texas.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:25:59 +0000
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| Germany’s Oil and Gas Output Is Dwindling as Prices Rise
- Natural gas production in Germany has fallen about 80 percent in the past two decades even as the country seeks to replace flows from Russia.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:17 +0000
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| After F.B.I. Raid, Los Angeles School Board Discusses Superintendent’s Future
- Board members held an emergency meeting a day after agents raided the home and office of Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent. They did not reach a resolution and agreed to reconvene Friday.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:15:17 +0000
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| Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeover
- The move was a stunning development in the long-running corporate battle for the storied media giant.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:36:37 +0000
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| Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes in a Tense Deposition
- After resisting testifying for months, the former secretary of state entered the session defiant, and grew irate after a Republican leaked a photo from inside the room.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:56:21 +0000
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| Mamdani Meets Again With Trump, Emerging With Two Unexpected Victories
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he and President Trump discussed building housing in New York City, and he appeared to secure the release of a Columbia student detained by ICE on Thursday.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:53:52 +0000
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| Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic
- More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:53:19 +0000
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| Fact-check: In Trump’s Case for an Attack on Iran, False or Unproven Claims
- Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:15:16 +0000
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| Iranians Cite Progress in Talks, but a Marathon Session Produces No Deal
- Representatives of the countries were in Geneva this week to discuss the fate of Iran’s nuclear program.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:00:07 +0000
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| Federal Judge Accuses Trump Administration of Repeatedly Disobeying Orders
- The federal judge identified 210 orders issued in 143 cases in Minnesota in which he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not complied with court orders.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:38:50 +0000
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| Columbia Student Is Released From ICE After Mamdani-Trump Meeting
- Federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access, according to the university. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump had told him the student would be let go.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:30:08 +0000
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| Supreme Court Lawyer Who Moonlighted in High-Stakes Poker Is Convicted of Tax Fraud
- The lawyer Thomas C. Goldstein, who co-founded the SCOTUSblog website, hid millions in gambling income from the government, federal prosecutors said.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:29:50 +0000
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| Mamdani’s Gift for Trump: A Front Page Celebrating the President
- What do you bring the president when you visit the White House? Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a choice that seemed to please Donald Trump.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:26:15 +0000
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| Trump Ally Expands Inquiry of Former Officials Who Investigated the President
- The office of a prosecutor based in Miami has issued new subpoenas in a wide-ranging inquiry aimed at President Trump’s perceived foes.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:17:42 +0000
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| Anthropic Says It Cannot ‘Accede’ to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.
- Anthropic said it was standing firm on not having its A.I. used in certain scenarios by the Pentagon, which has imposed a Friday deadline on the company to give unfettered access to its technology.
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:03:49 +0000
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