Trump Counters Supreme Court Defeat With Immediate Plan for New 10% Global Tariff

Washington D.C., Friday, 20 February 2026.
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down his trade policy, Trump invoked Section 122 to reimpose a 10% global tariff, layering new costs atop existing national security duties.

US Becomes Sole Major Market Facing Tourism Decline Amid Stricter Border Policies

US Economic Growth Slows Sharply to 1.4% Rate as Inflation Pressures Persist

Subprime Borrowing Surge Pushes US Personal Loan Balances to Record Highs

The High Price of Frustration: Americans Lose $165 Billion to the Annoyance Economy

Anthropic Unveils AI Security Tool That Reasons Like a Human Researcher

San Francisco, Friday, 20 February 2026.
Moving beyond standard pattern matching, this agentic AI autonomously identifies complex logic errors, recently uncovering high-severity vulnerabilities in open-source software that went undetected for decades.

PayPal Loan Application Glitch Exposes Sensitive User Data for Six Months

Rogers Shifts Internal IT Support to Third-Party Vendor Amid Strategic Restructuring

Palantir Paid No Federal Tax in 2025 Despite $1.5 Billion in Earnings

Opendoor Stock Surges as Strategic Pivot Drives Sharp Rise in Home Buying

New Mexico Funds Historic Universal Child Care with Energy Windfall

Santa Fe, Friday, 20 February 2026.
Leveraging a $10 billion energy trust, New Mexico now offers universal child care, saving families an average of $14,000 annually while directly boosting workforce participation.

Huckabee Pledges to Sanction International Courts While Rejecting Israeli Funding for Gaza

Supreme Court Overturns President Trump’s Global Tariffs in Landmark Ruling

EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Distributor Over Male Exclusion from Corporate Event

Utah Senate Committee Rejects Government-Managed Gold Payment System

EU Auto Market Sees 67% Diesel Drop Amid 45-Fold EV Surge

Luxembourg, Friday, 20 February 2026.
New Eurostat data reveals a structural overhaul of the EU car market: diesel registrations plummeted 67% while battery-electric vehicles surged forty-five-fold since 2014, signaling a decisive shift in the region’s energy transition.

Russian Railways Faces Mounting Debt Crisis in Early 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested Following Investigation into Misconduct in Public Office

Peru Selects Leftist José María Balcázar as Eighth President in a Decade of Instability

Anthropic CEO Positions India as Central Engine for Future AI Economy

Finland Seizes Control of Olympic Semifinal Against Canada in Crosby’s Absence

Milan, Friday, 20 February 2026.
Finland commands a 2-0 lead in the Olympic semifinal, capitalizing on special teams with power-play and shorthanded goals against a Canadian squad missing injured captain Sidney Crosby.

Chicago Bears Eye Indiana for New Stadium with $2 Billion Investment

Team USA Advances to Olympic Semifinals After Dramatic Overtime Win Against Sweden

Players Unanimously Elect Bruce Meyer to Lead Union Ahead of Critical Contract Talks

Deadliest Avalanche in Modern California History Claims Eight Lives Near Truckee