WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from 10% he had announced a day earlier. Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous,…
Feb 21, 2026, 11:47 AM ET The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will take no action against its member Gianni Infantino for a possible breach of political neutrality rules over aligning FIFA with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. The IOC said on Saturday the matter is closed and FIFA’s development work in Gaza is…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced pushback even from the company’s cofounder and original CEO, Bill Gates, he recalled during an interview on tech-focused YouTube channel TBPN. “Remember this was a nonprofit, and I think Bill [Gates] even said, ‘Yeah, you’re going to burn this billion dollars,’” Nadella said. Yet, Nadella and the Microsoft team weren’t…
Feb. 21, 2026, 10:08 a.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump could make good on his threats to attack Iran within days, as a growing number of U.S. warships encircle the country, and the administration pushes Tehran to make a nuclear deal fast. Trump has for weeks warned of potential for military strikes on the…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump said limited U.S. military strikes against Iran continue to be a possibility, even as Tehran signaled it plans to present a draft nuclear agreement to the U.S. within days. Trump told reporters on Friday morning he was considering strikes to pressure Iran into a deal. “I guess I can…
Streaming giant Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is threatening TikTok parent company ByteDance with litigation after several videos, made using Seedance 2.0 artificial intelligence tools, surfaced on social media and included copyrighted characters. Netflix has grown its library of intellectual property with original series like “Stranger Things,” “Squid Game” and “Bridgerton.” The company is now out to…
Many popular faces could show up at THON throughout the weekend. The popularity could potentially gain more attention for the event, but who specifically would make sense to show up? Not all celebrities would necessarily fit, and the idea isn’t to take attention away from the stage either, so the choices would have to resonate…
This article is an onsite version of our Europe Express newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday and fortnightly on Saturday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Hallo from Berlin and welcome back to Europe Express. All (European) eyes will be on German chancellor Friedrich Merz…
Feb. 21, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET The state of President Donald Trump‘s union is troubled. When he delivers the annual State of the Union on Feb. 24, the audience in the House chamber will likely include members of a Supreme Court that just outlawed the stiff tariffs that have been his primary economic and national-security…
Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to censor and remove museum exhibits outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington in May 2025. Trump condemned the exhibits as portraying the United States in a “negative light.”Craig Hudson for The Washington Post/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and…