Saturday, February 28, 2026

The News Roundup – Domestic and International (The 1A) 2026-02-27

Domestic

President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term in office, lauding the strength of American economy. But even though wealthier Americans are benefiting financially from the positive economic trends, lower-income households are increasingly finding themselves left behind.

Meanwhile, Democrats are holding government firm over funding the Department of Homeland Security as they demand reforms to ICE.

And Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration is going to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding from Minnesota over fraud concerns.
Interview: 

International

Trump officials sat down with Iranian leaders in Geneva for a third round of indirect talks. They come as the U.S. military amasses in the Middle East ahead of a potential strike on Iran.

The Trump Administration is on damage control after U.S Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says Israel is entitled to more land in the Middle East than it currently holds.

And Cuba announces its military has destroyed a boat that entered Cuban waters on Wednesday, killing four. Cuba’s country’s interior minister called the incident “a foiled armed infiltration.”
Interview: 



Pakistan’s patience runs out after badly miscalculating over Taliban

This week it became clear just how badly Pakistan had miscalculated how it could rely on the Taliban, as Islamabad unleashed airstrikes in Afghanistan and troops from both countries fought each other on the border.

 

Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to undergo corrections for thousands of errors

The curriculum in what is known as the "Bluebonnet" textbook is among Republican-led efforts in the US to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Designed by the state's public education agency, it is optional for schools to adopt, though they receive additional funding if they do so...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/texas-public-school-curriculum-corrections


 

Two transgender men sue Kansas over ‘dehumanizing’ driver’s license law

Law demanding IDs must match 'sex at birth' invalidated the driver's licenses of about 1,700 trans people in the state…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/transgender-men-kansas-drivers-license-lawsuit


 

HHS encourages religious groups to apply for gov. funding

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kFc1srHz4Ts

 

Trump administration delivers latest DHS funding offer - Live Updates - POLITICO

Democrats haven't yet weighed in on the latest White House offer. But Schumer said this week that Republicans have not meaningfully changed their position as talks have continued. 

"They're just trying to pass paper back and forth with no real changes," he told reporters...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/27/congress/white-house-dhs-funding-offer-00803919 


 

‘ICE will comply’: Top Minnesota judge threatens criminal contempt for continued defiance - POLITICO

The top federal judge in Minnesota tore into Justice Department leaders Thursday and threatened potential criminal consequences for officials who he said were continuing to violate court orders at a historic clip amid President Donald Trump's mass deportation push. 

"This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt," said Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz in a message posted on the docket of an immigration case he is presiding over. "One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court's orders."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/ice-minnesota-judge-criminal-contempt-00803285 


 

Iran strikes threaten to deplete US weapons supplies — and put American troops at risk - POLITICO

The administration already burned through significant stockpiles of air defense missiles in operations against Iran and its proxy groups...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/iran-weapons-trump-troops-defense-00797801


 

5 ProPublica Investigations Sparking Change in February — ProPublica

The new mandated training for any doctor providing obstetric care goes over nine case studies for physicians where abortion is considered legal to protect the life of the patient. Some of the scenarios in the training are similar to instances ProPublica investigated, such as miscarriages where a patient's water breaks before term but there is still a fetal heartbeat or when someone is experiencing complications from an incomplete abortion. 

ProPublica's reporting has shown that pregnancy became far more dangerous in the state after the law took effect: Sepsis rates spiked for women suffering a pregnancy loss, as did emergency room visits in which miscarrying patients needed a blood transfusion; at least four women in the state died after they didn't receive timely reproductive care. More than a hundred OB-GYNs said the state's abortion ban was to blame…

RFK Jr advises to eat cheap cuts of meat and liver. #maha #nutrition

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1VIM_nd3oz0

 

Trump's social media company weighs Truth Social spinoff - POLITICO

The company's pending merger with TAE Technologies, struck in December, brought Trump Media into new territory yet again. Together, Trump Media and TAE Technologies, which counts Google, Chevron Technology Ventures and Goldman Sachs as investors, have stated that they aim to build "the world's first utility-scale fusion power plant."
 

Trump teases a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba - POLITICO

Trump's comments about Cuba come after Cuban border troops killed four Cubans from the U.S. and wounded six others during a confrontation Wednesday that Cuban authorities called an attempted terrorist attack. U.S. lawmakers from Florida have used the incident to call for regime change. All members were "Cuban residents of the United States," the Cuban Interior Ministry said following the incident...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/trump-teases-a-friendly-takeover-of-cuba-00804121 


 

How Trump Will Fill His Gulags – Mother Jones

Tunheim also found the government's argument would lead to absurd results. Because the law "makes refugees ineligible for adjustment [to lawful permanent resident status] until one year after entry, Defendants' interpretation would subject every refugee to detention, unless USCIS conducted the inspection and examination precisely at the one-year mark," he wrote. "That outcome is nonsensical and would cause many unadjusted refugees to celebrate their one-year anniversary in this country in a jail cell." This is obviously not what the law requires. But the administration is asking the courts to apply the judicial stamp of approval to its cruel and absurd policy anyway…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/trump-refugee-immigant-ice-detention/ 


 

Europe's worries about Trump in spotlight as Macron heads to French nuclear sub base | PBS News

French President Emmanuel Macron, the person with the power to unleash France's nuclear arsenal, will on Monday update French thinking on the potential use of warheads carried on submarines and planes, if it ever came to that. This in the context of concerns in Europe that Russian war-making could spread beyond Ukraine, and uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump's steadfastness as an ally...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/europes-worries-about-trump-in-spotlight-as-macron-heads-to-french-nuclear-sub-base 

 

Trump advisers scramble to justify US military intervention in Iran

Tehran's ICBMs cannot currently reach the US, experts say, and White House has claimed its nuclear programme has been destroyed…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-iran-war-evidence


 

This isn’t ‘newly leaked’ audio from an Epstein victim about the Clintons. It’s AI - PolitiFact

An audio clip that claims to be from a victim of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, talking about abuse by Bill and Hillary Clinton, is AI-generated.

 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/feb/26/social-media/epstein-victim-bill-hillary-clinton-AI-audio/


 

These refugees were already admitted to the U.S. The Trump administration is detaining and questioning them anyway | PBS News

In January, a federal judge ordered a temporary halt to the arrest and detention of refugees in Minnesota while a lawsuit challenging the "revetting" continues. The judge ordered the immediate release of all refugees detained in Minnesota, and those taken to Texas. 

Three refugees told The Associated Press that whatever happens, the rounds of inconclusive interviews with immigration authorities well after they thought their status was safe has them questioning their futures in the U.S. and living in constant fear...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/these-refugees-were-already-admitted-to-the-u-s-the-trump-administration-is-detaining-and-questioning-them-anyway 


 

SE Michigan water authority approves higher rates, says water system at "inflection point"

"Budget and charge increases are never implemented lightly," GLWA CEO Suzanne Coffey said in a statement. "However, our regional system is at an inflection point. Aging infrastructure is deteriorating faster than it can be replaced under the current funding model, while climate impacts and operational demands continue to rise."…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-02-27/se-michigan-water-authority-approves-higher-rates-says-water-system-at-inflection-point 


 

Solar power’s newest friends: MAGA influencers - POLITICO

Miller, a former aide to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, has been relentlessly touting solar power on social media this month, posting "Solar energy is the energy of the future" and noting "Solar is now the dominant source of new U.S. power capacity and is on track to surpass coal in total installed capacity before the end of 2026."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/solar-powers-newest-friends-maga-influencers-00802954 


 

Congress prepares for war powers resolution vote to block U.S. strikes on Iran | PBS News

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday a bipartisan coalition is working to force a vote as soon as next week on a war powers resolution that would attempt to prevent any U.S. action against Iran without approval from Congress...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/congress-prepares-for-war-powers-resolution-vote-to-block-u-s-strikes-on-iran 


 

Ask PolitiFact: How did U.S. actions contribute to economic and political upheaval in Iran? - PolitiFact

How did the U.S. go about creating a dollar shortage in Iran? U.S. policies on financial transfers and trade sanctions worked together to starve the Iranian economy of inflow of U.S. dollars, which are needed to purchase vital goods on the international market…

https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/feb/27/iran-economic-sanctions-currency-bessent-trump/ 


 

Inside Congress Live

Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have offered plans to fund FEMA and other non-immigration agencies at DHS amid the negotiations over immigration enforcement policy. But top Republicans have rejected that idea... 

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/27/congress/disaster-aid-wanes-00804052


 

Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan, defense minister says : NPR

A Qatari-mediated ceasefire ended the intense fighting in October, but several rounds of peace talks in Turkey in November failed to produce a lasting agreement. The two sides have occasionally traded fire since then...

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/g-s1-111783/airstrikes-afghanistan-pakistan-war 


 

Senators urge ceasefire in Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic - POLITICO

The senators call for a ceasefire in the letter, explaining that contract negotiations "are not the ideal context in which to establish policy" and suggesting the two sides are "highly unlikely" to meet Hegseth's "hasty" Friday deadline. 

The lawmakers also warned that invoking the Defense Production Act and labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk "without credible evidence" could impede cooperation between the military and Silicon Valley. And they said that given the ongoing global AI race, the U.S. "cannot afford to take on any preventable risk that would give our adversaries, particularly China, an edge."…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/senators-urge-ceasefire-in-pentagons-fight-with-anthropic-00804166


 

Pentagon chief Hegseth announces reprieve for Scouts over DEI : NPR

A week after the Pentagon meeting, Scouting officials sent a letter to Hegseth outlining proposed concessions. While they wouldn't change the name or kick out girls, they would drop a Citizenship in Society merit badge that promoted diversity and had been instituted after the killing of George Floyd. They would also add a Military Service merit badge, waive membership fees for military families and offer a public rededication "of duty to God, duty to country, and service." Even after the concessions, which Scouting officials said they planned to implement regardless, a spokesman told NPR the group expected an announcement from the Pentagon severing ties was imminent. But after NPR reported on the rift, Krone said Scouting's members and alumni started lobbying against breaking the century-old partnership.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5729159/pentagon-scouts-hegseth-dei-deal 


 

CMS withholding a quarter billion dollars in Medicaid funds to Minnesota...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gnvMc-2JD7g

 

Rising anger over ‘lop-sided’ and ‘immoral’ US health funding pacts with African countries

"Zimbabwe was being asked to share its biological resources and data over an extended period, with no corresponding guarantee of access to any medical innovations – such as vaccines, diagnostics or treatments – that might result from that shared data," he said. "In essence, our nation would provide the raw materials for scientific discovery without any assurance that the end products would be accessible to our people should a future health crisis emerge."…

 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/27/rising-anger-over-lop-sided-immoral-us-health-funding-pacts-africa-countries


 

Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why

The US spent months promoting a false case for the invasion of Iraq. This time, we're in the dark about Washington's goals…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/27/trump-iran-war-iraq-invasion


 

CBS News and CNN staffers fear ‘disaster’ as Paramount wins Warner Bros battle

Weiss, a conservative commentator turned media entrepreneur with no previous television industry experience, has had an uneven tenure at CBS since she was appointed editor-in-chief last October. Her path to the job was paved by concessions that David Ellison and his Skydance Media made to gain the support of Trump-picked regulators to acquire Paramount. 

"A Paramount WBD merger is a disaster for the people who work at both companies, and if Bari Weiss takes control of CNN, it will be the end of the global network Ted Turner founded," one concerned CNN producer – who was not authorized to comment – told the Guardian. "I don't think that's hyperbolic."…

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/27/cbs-news-cnn-paramount-warner-bros-employees


  

Bad Pickles, Donald | Paula Poundstone

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LnDEY6TM1Ic

 

Will Trump try to seize voting machines to disrupt the midterm elections?

Gabbard and Trump could start seizing machines across the country while claiming to look for evidence of interference, while stating in court that they don't have to disclose what they're looking for or how long they'll be looking because doing so would violate national security and the sanctity of the investigation, Choe said...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-voting-machines-midterm-election


 

‘More exploitation, fewer rights’: Argentina braces for sweeping overhaul of labour laws

But opponents say the measure – which includes cuts to severance pay and extends the maximum working day from eight to 12 hours – would neither increase employment nor improve job quality...

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/argentina-labor-law-overhaul


 

Cuba vows to fight ‘terrorist aggression’ after attack from US-registered boat

Cuban president says country will 'defend itself with determination' after deadly coastal assault by exiles…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/what-to-know-cuba-boat-attack


 

Friday, February 27, 2026

Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 27, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiT13vFulg

 

New image reveals secrets of Milky Way galaxy in stunning detail

"The conditions at the center of our galaxy – the extreme temperatures, pressures, and turbulence – are very similar to the conditions in galaxies in the early universe, when most of the stars that exist today were being formed. Those galaxies are so far away that we cannot observe individual stars and planets forming within them, but we can in the center of our galaxy, and that's what our survey has been able to do," Longmore said...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/26/new-image-milky-way-galaxy


 

Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights

"Pursuant to the new law, if the gender/sex indication on the face of your current credential does not match your sex assigned at birth, you are directed to surrender your current credential to the Kansas Division of Vehicles," the letter states. 

The notification, sent by the Kansas department of revenue, under which the division of motor vehicles operates, also notes that the state legislature "did not include a grace period for updating credentials", and anyone operating a vehicle without a valid credential "may be subject to additional penalties"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/kansas-trans-drivers-license-law-assault-on-rights


 

Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers

Controversy has engulfed Wyoming's state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor, in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state's politics...


 

Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor

Her allegations have not been verified, and the FBI never brought charges related to her claims, which at times appear outlandish. Her statements also contradict what is known about Epstein's life in the early 1980s...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/trump-epstein-files-fbi


 

‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

Housed in one of Ohio State's sturdy brick buildings, the center has 20 faculty members teaching nine credit-bearing courses this academic year. Most of its lectures and other events have a decidedly right-leaning bent. In 2023, Ohio state legislators allocated $24m in tax dollars to create the Chase Center and four others like it on Ohio campuses and to influence the details of university operations in a manner that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.

 It's part of a new conservative playbook: a growing number of Republican legislators are using their power in the name of intellectual diversity to get right-leaning professors in front of all students, including, and maybe especially, the liberal ones. They are stepping in to influence who is hired and what is taught on public campuses, hoping to wrest back control from what they say has been an unchecked leftwing indoctrination of America's college students...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/conservative-civic-centers-public-colleges


 

Judge says trump can’t send Garcia to a third party country

Harry breaks down an opinion from a federal court judge in Boston that found the Trump Administration's policy of deporting people to "third countries" to be unlawful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXTv13t0GPw

 

Vance rails against “crazy Dems”; poor blind woman lost SNAP benefits and is starting to death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPR0AyAIKxI

 

Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks

"Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters – with our two requested safeguards in place," he said. "We remain ready to continue our work to support the national security of the United States." 

At the core of the Department of Defense and Anthropic's standoff is a disagreement over how the AI company will permit its product, Claude, to be used. The Pentagon has demanded that Anthropic turn off safety guardrails and allow any lawful use of Claude, while Anthropic has pushed back against allowing Claude to be used for mass domestic surveillance or in autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/anthropic-pentagon-claude


 

10 MacOS + iPadOS Features That Feel Like Magic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBYGLkMvPBk

 

Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public : NPR

NPR's review of the rules found substantial changes that experts warned had the potential to undermine safety, security and environmental protections at the new reactors. The orders slashed hundreds of pages of requirements for training guards and securing nuclear material. They also loosened protections for things like groundwater. 

 In total, the new orders cut 750 pages from the earlier versions of the rules, according to NPR's analysis. That means roughly two-thirds of the original pages were eliminated...

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/26/nx-s1-5727510/secret-rules-experimental-nuclear-reactors-now-public 


 

Pro-immigration policies key to revitalizing Michigan's economy, report finds

According to the Growing Michigan Together Council, Michigan has ranked second-to-last nationally in population growth for the past 30 years. Population decline affects Michigan's labor force, tax base, sustainability of social safety nets, and political representation, Preston said...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2026-02-25/pro-immigration-policies-key-to-revitalizing-michigans-economy-report-finds 


 

 

DHS admits it deported more than 80 DACA recipients - POLITICO

The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday. 

Responding to an inquiry from Senate Democrats, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged in the Feb. 11 letter that immigration officers detained as many as 261 recipients of Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, often referred to as Dreamers. Eighty-six of them were deported, Noem added...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/dhs-daca-immigration-noem-dreamers-00801921


 

We can do better. #nutrition #publichealth #doctor

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6aW7dd2BfXU

WATCH: Rep. Garcia says House Democrats want Trump to sit for deposition on Epstein ties | PBS News

"Let's get President Trump in front of our committee to answer the questions that are being asked across this country from survivors," said Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the Oversight panel...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-rep-garcia-says-house-democrats-want-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-on-epstein-ties 

The answer was so simple

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J3BzehaVOAU

 

Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories — ProPublica

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls. The Trump administration and private prison operator disputed detainees' claims...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal


 

Workers decry Whirlpool’s job cuts amid offshoring, praise of Trump’s tariffs

The job cuts at Whirlpool come as the company has continued to support the Trump administration's trade policies and claimed they will help bolster US manufacturing. Trump's trade policies appear to have done little for US manufacturing so far. The US has lost 83,000 factory jobs since Trump took office in January 2025...  

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/whirlpools-job-cuts-trumps-tariffs


Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo

Investigation under way after man was dropped off five miles from home but family wasn't notified, officials say…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/border-patrol-refugee-buffalo


 

Same Speech, Every Time | Paula Poundstone

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b5gMLmqBSfs

 

Hillary Clinton deposition paused over leaked photo | PBS News

Benny Johnson, a right-wing Youtuber, posted a photo of Clinton at the deposition online and said Boebert had provided it…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hillary-clinton-deposition-paused-over-leaked-photo 


 

10 Ways To Start Recording Video With Your iPhone Fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUyFnC9o0vQ

 

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 26, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xZJyzj-xcw

 

House Democrats open inquiry into ouster of US antitrust chief Gail Slater

"With the departure of AAG Slater, it appears there are no longer any principled antitrust experts left to guard the antitrust division from this cascade of corruption," the letter said. "The leadership vacuum is occurring just as the antitrust division is handling historic cases."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/house-democrats-antitrust-gail-slater-inquiry 


Anti-abortion zealot says Christian Nationalists will eventually "outbreed liberals

Seth Gruber bragged that Christian Nationalists would have the last laugh because liberals "will vaccinate, trans, and abort themselves into extinction." None of that makes any sense.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpz5VCbHKk

 

 

 

FBI investigations hindered by Kash Patel, whistleblower tells top Democrat

A whistleblower told Durbin's staff that the FBI's shooting reconstruction team was delayed in responding to the Utah university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September because of a pilot shortage caused by Patel's personal travel...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/kash-patel-fbi-whistleblower-democrat


 

Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’

Vice-president makes announcement with Mehmet Oz, who says other states will be next after Minnesota…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/jd-vance-minnesota-medicaid


 

‘Big Four’ meatpackers under fire as beef prices soar

"This is a time of near record high beef prices and demand for beef," Osborn wrote on X. "In a real free market, one would expect packers to want to increase capacity to meet this demand. At a minimum, they wouldn't idle capacity for fear of ceding market share to competitors – who might take advantage of the high prices to expand their own production. But Tyson is doing the opposite. Why?" He answered his own question: "Tyson made a calculation that the profits they will reap manipulating market prices by shutting down this giant plant will EXCEED any loss they incur."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/25/beef-packers-under-fire-prices-soar


 

ICE Took Their Papers—and Won’t Give Them Back – Mother Jones

Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/ice-detention-keeping-not-returning-immigration-documents-work-permits/ 




 

WATCH LIVE: Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump’s state of the union

https://www.youtube.com/live/kpflgbk_Y_U

 

The Great Healthcare Plan is not Great. #healthcare #doctor #health

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6U4RhUx9Szw

 

Trump claims host of successes and attacks old foes in longest State of the Union

"For nearly two hours tonight, Donald Trump spewed lies, propaganda and hatred," said Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat in a statement. "Instead of presenting the nation with a positive vision for our future and the economy, the president blamed others for his failures."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/trump-state-of-the-union-address


 

Supreme Court deals setback to ICE detention contractor in fight over detainee work - POLITICO

The civil lawsuit alleges that the arrangement violated a federal law prohibiting forced labor and, because the policies saved labor costs for GEO, ran afoul of a Colorado common-law prohibition on unjust enrichment…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/supreme-court-ruling-ice-detention-contractor-00797951 


 








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