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Justice Department Displays Loyalty to President

Agency says it's proud to 'Make America Safe Again' at Trump's direction

(Newser) - A large banner featuring President Trump's face was hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters on Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president's efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him. While Trump banners have been hung outside other agencies...

Trump Accuses Obama of Leaking Info on Aliens

'He took it out of classified information'

(Newser) - President Trump is accusing a predecessor of spilling top-secret details about aliens. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Trump said Barack Obama revealed classified information when he commented about extraterrestrials on a podcast over the weekend, USA Today reports. "He gave classified information, he's not...

Washington's Iran Leverage: Lots of Firepower

Large military buildup continues as Trump weighs nuclear talks

(Newser) - The US is steadily massing warplanes and ships around Iran, giving President Trump the ability to launch the biggest air campaign in the region since the 2003 Iraq invasion—if he chooses to pull the trigger. F-35s, F-22s, and other fighters have been sent to bases in Jordan and Saudi...

Trump: Next 10 Days Will Tell the Tale on Iran
Trump Has a 10-Day
Warning for Iran
Feb 19, 2026 12:16 PM CST

Trump Has a 10-Day Warning for Iran

President suggests military action will follow if nuclear talks fail

(Newser) - President Trump says Iran has roughly a week and a half to decide whether it wants a nuclear deal—or a military strike. Speaking at the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday, Trump said the world would see "over the next, probably, 10...

Trump's Ballroom Design Gets a Decisive Greenlight

Only one abstention from the Commission of Fine Arts, which is made up entirely of Trump appointees

(Newser) - The US Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of appointees of President Trump, including his former receptionist, on Thursday decisively approved his White House ballroom proposal. The vote was nearly unanimous, with only one abstention, per the AP . At the panel's January meeting, some commissioners questioned the...

Trump Does a 180 on UK Island Handover to Mauritius

US president now warns that move on Chagos Archipelago threatens national, allied security

(Newser) - President Trump is reversing course and back to taking swipes at a UK plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while still leasing a key military base there. "DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday of the largest island...

US Deported 2-Month-Old Baby With Bronchitis: Lawmaker

Trump administration says infant had been medically cleared

(Newser) - US immigration authorities deported a 2-month-old baby with bronchitis to Mexico along with his family, a US representative from Texas said. The child was so sick he had been unresponsive "in the last several hours" but was discharged from the hospital anyway, US Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday in...

Black Allies Defend Trump on Race
Black Allies Defend
Trump on Race
Feb 18, 2026 7:10 PM CST

Black Allies Defend Trump on Race

Presidential pardon czar says her presence shows 'how he feels about Black Americans'

(Newser) - During a White House Black History Month event on Wednesday, President Trump honored the Rev. Jesse Jackson while showcasing praise from Black supporters and revisiting his record on race-related issues. The Black History Month event at the White House was held shortly after an outcry erupted over a video Trump...

Democrats Will Counter Trump's SOTU Differently

New York Times reports they're changing tactics from last year

(Newser) - When President Trump delivers his State of the Union next Tuesday, at least a dozen Democratic members of Congress won't be there to hear it, as has occurred in years past . NBC News reports the lawmakers plan to boycott the address and instead appear at a "People's...

Trump Is Ditching Air Force One's Robin's Egg Blue

Repainted presidential jets will adopt Trump's preferred color scheme

(Newser) - The president's planes are getting a makeover in President Trump's favored colors. Officials tell CBS News the US Air Force is phasing out the Kennedy-era robin's egg blue-and-white palette on its presidential and VIP aircraft in favor of a dark navy, deep red, gold, and white scheme...

Vatican Explains Why It Won't Join Trump's Board of Peace

Cardinal emphasizes the UN should lead global crisis management

(Newser) - The Vatican won't take a seat at President Trump's new foreign-policy table. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's top diplomat, said Tuesday that the Vatican will not accept Trump's invite to join his "Board of Peace," which is set to hold its first meeting...

Epstein Files Test &#39;Teflon Don&#39;
Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'
Feb 18, 2026 8:52 AM CST

Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'

Amid consequences for others with Epstein ties, White House dismisses the backlash

(Newser) - Around the world, there have been resignations of top government officials , politicians , and lawyers , and new law enforcement investigations launched. Yet at the White House, officials' ties to Jeffrey Epstein are not resulting in a mass exodus, seemingly demonstrating "the Trump administration's ability to repel even the most...

Trump Calls Jesse Jackson a Political 'Force of Nature'

President recalls decades-long friendship, policy alliances with civil rights leader

(Newser) - President Trump is mourning Jesse Jackson while also revisiting their decades-long rapport. In a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, Trump called the civil rights leader, who died at 84 , a "force of nature" and "a good man" with "grit" and "street smarts," while offering...

Hillary Clinton Alleges Epstein 'Cover-Up'

Ex secretary of state demands full file release, decries congressional inquiry as biased

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton says the Trump administration isn't coming clean on Jeffrey Epstein as part of a "continuing cover-up." In a BBC interview from Berlin, the former secretary of state accused officials of "slow-walking" the release of Epstein-related documents and "redacting the names of men" in...

Deal or War? It's a Crucial Day for US and Iran

Trump, ayatollah each issue threats as nuclear talks resume

(Newser) - It's a crucial day for US-Iranian relations as talks resume on Tehran's nuclear program. Axios sees the summit in Geneva as a possible "make or break moment" that will determine whether the nations strike a deal or head to a military conflict. The leaders of both nations...

Kelly: 'Reckless' Trump 'Only Knows How to Break Things'

Arizona Democrat weighs 2028 bid amid clash with Trump administration

(Newser) - Mark Kelly is sounding a lot like a presidential candidate these days, talking up his qualifications in a new interview with the BBC . The Democratic senator said he will "seriously consider" a 2028 presidential run, framing the decision as a response to what he called "seriously challenging times....

Trump Blames Democrats for 'Massive Ecological Disaster'

He says feds will take lead role in response to Potomac sewage spill

(Newser) - President Trump is sending federal help to deal with a major sewage spill in the Potomac River and pinning the blame squarely on local Democrats. In a Truth Social post Monday, Trump called the wastewater release a "massive Ecological Disaster" and accused Washington, DC, and Maryland officials of "...

Military Airlifts Small Reactor as Part of a Trump Project

Ferrying of components is a first

(Newser) - In a first-of-its-kind move, three US C-17 transport jets on Sunday flew components of a compact, unfueled nuclear reactor from March Air Reserve Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah—where it will be tested. The device, a Valar Atomics Ward 250 "mini-reactor," sat in...

Israel Claiming West Bank Land for the State

Critics say move entrenches settlements, violates international law

(Newser) - Israel is moving ahead with a new land-registration system in the occupied West Bank that Palestinians say amounts to annexation. The government is expected to formally register large tracts in Area C—about 60% of the territory—as state land, a step Israeli ministers openly link to expanding Jewish settlements...

Public Health-Care Costs Are for Patients, or So We Thought

Insurers and hospitals end up using the posted prices for leverage, per KFF News

(Newser) - Republicans have long argued that if patients could see medical prices upfront, they'd act like bargain hunters and push costs down. KFF Health News reports that hasn't happened. Both the Trump and Biden administrations have tried to force hospitals and insurers to publicly post prices, but compliance has...

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