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

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

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