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On 24 February 2026 Ukraine observed the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion with nationwide commemorations and international expressions of support. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin “has not achieved his goals” and pledged to pursue peace and justice. European leaders, G7 representatives and a loose ‘coalition of the willing’ used the … Read more

Dozens of Democrats to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026 in Washington, dozens of House and Senate Democrats announced they will skip President Trump’s State of the Union address and instead join or support nearby counterprogramming. The departures follow visible protests inside the chamber in prior years, including last … Read more

On 24 February 2026 a speculative Substack note from Citrini Research triggered fresh volatility in US equities, warning of widespread disruption from autonomous AI agents. The post — framed by its authors as a “scenario, not a prediction” — sketches a timeline to June 2028 in which white‑collar unemployment tops 10%, a private‑credit shock spreads … Read more

Gov. Dan McKee announced that Rhode Island’s travel ban would be lifted at noon Tuesday after a historic blizzard that struck the state earlier in the week. The governor emphasized safety as the primary criterion for ending the restriction while also noting the need to reopen businesses and restart local commerce. State police reported 269 … Read more

On Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a powerful blizzard struck the U.S. Northeast, at one point placing more than 40 million people under winter warnings as heavy snow and hurricane-force winds swept the region. The National Weather Service reported as much as 3 feet (36 inches) of snow in parts of New Jersey, Rhode Island and … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official testified to congressional Democrats that ICE’s new agent training had been allowed to collapse, calling the program “deficient” and “broken.” The same day, media and officials raised fresh questions about whether a recent mass shooter used commercial chatbot technology, drawing scrutiny of OpenAI … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, Advanced Micro Devices announced a multibillion-dollar agreement with Meta in which the social media company will purchase large quantities of AMD accelerator chips to support new A.I. projects and data centers. As part of the arrangement, Meta gains the option to take a financial stake in AMD of up to … Read more

Lead: On Feb. 24, 2026, industry participants and market watchers told CNBC that global data center expansion has entered an inflection point driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence workloads, continued cloud adoption and tighter constraints on power and real estate. The shift is reshaping where and how operators build capacity and prompting new strategies … Read more

Feb. 24, 2026 — Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said Tuesday it has received a higher takeover proposal from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and will evaluate the revised offer alongside its existing merger agreement with Netflix. The company disclosed the PSKY revision after a seven-day waiver that allowed renewed talks with Paramount, while the Netflix agreement—announced in … Read more

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee told an audience at the National Association for Business Economics on Feb. 24, 2026 in Washington, D.C., that cutting interest rates should wait until there is clearer evidence that inflation is moving back toward the Fed’s 2% objective. He noted that while headline pressures have eased from their peaks, … Read more

Lead As peace negotiations continue into the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, residents across Ukraine’s Donetsk region say they will not accept being handed to Moscow as the price for a wider cease-fire. On Feb. 24, 2026, conversations in towns such as Sloviansk reflect deep mistrust of promises that could follow any territorial concession. … Read more

Nearly a year after his high-profile return to public service, Lord Peter Mandelson was arrested on Monday at his London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office connected to his past links with Jeffrey Epstein. The detention, which followed allegations that he passed confidential government material to Epstein during an earlier period in office, … Read more

Lead For four years, President Vladimir V. Putin has oriented Russia’s domestic policy and public finance around the war in Ukraine, a campaign that began on Feb. 24, 2022. The Kremlin’s focus has helped stabilize front-line operations and shape negotiating positions in talks mediated by Washington, but at steep cost: the conflict has killed or … Read more

Lead: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 brings a Moon in Gemini and no Moon Alert, a combination that loosens timing restrictions for shopping and decisions while favoring conversation and adaptability. The daily readings deliver sign-by-sign notes on mood, relationships and practical matters, with most signs encouraged to connect or tidy up loose ends. Eight signs receive … Read more

Lead An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Justice has withheld and removed documents from the public Epstein files database that reference allegations involving President Donald Trump. The review identified more than 50 pages — later characterized by NPR as roughly 53 pages by serial-number analysis — that appear in internal FBI records … Read more