In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:04:30 +0000 In a podcast interview, former President Barack Obama did not directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media.: Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:19 +0000 President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.: More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:02:09 +0000 In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.: Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:01:04 +0000 South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.: Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:45 +0000 In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.: King Leatherbury, Trainer and Trader of Horses, Dies at 92
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:36:13 +0000 He trained mostly lesser-known, cheaper thoroughbreds in Maryland and was the fifth-winningest trainer in North American history.: Neighbor Recalls Investigators Searching Home Next Door in Guthrie Disappearance
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:18:59 +0000 David Curl, a retired lawyer, said the woman who lived there was distraught and did not know why investigators were focusing on her home.: ElRoy Face, Ace Forkballer and Effective Closer for Pirates, Dies at 97
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:51:21 +0000 Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with a tricky forkball.: Investigators focus overnight on car and residence near Nancy Guthrie’s home.
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:38:47 +0000 It wasn’t fully: New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:14:47 +0000 The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.: Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:25:58 +0000 Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.: How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:57 +0000 The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.: Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:52 +0000 The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”: How Former N.Y.C. Schools Chief Joel Klein Became Friendly With Epstein
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:20:37 +0000 Mr. Klein, who led an education technology company after running the New York City school system, met with Jeffrey Epstein over a period of several months in 2013.: T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:27:43 +0000 As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”: Vermont Made Child Care Affordable. Could It Lead by Example?
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:31 +0000 Not long ago, Vermont had a population problem. Then Act 76 ushered in affordable child care for the first time in the state’s history.: Democrats in Illinois Senate Primary Debate How to Combat Trump’s ICE
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:00:58 +0000 An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.: Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:24 +0000 The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.: California Billionaires Maneuver Now in Case Wealth Tax Passes
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:07:55 +0000 California’s wealthiest residents are maneuvering to reduce their net worth in case a billionaire tax becomes law. Some may even try to drop below $1 billion on paper.: Larry Bushart Is Free From Jail — and Off Facebook — After Charlie Kirk Post
Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:18:56 +0000 Larry Bushart’s arrest in Tennessee was condemned as dangerous overreach. Nonetheless, he is no longer arguing about politics online.