Washington’s Winter Olympians and the Great American Reminder That Winning Still Matters
United States – February 18, 2026 – Axios spotlights Washington ties at Milan-Cortina, led by Breezy Johnson’s gold and Hilary Knight’s record chase.
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AOC Goes to Munich, Sees Authoritarianism in the Smoke, and Somehow It Is Still About Trump
United States – February 18, 2026 – AOC told the Munich Security Conference Trump is ushering an ‘age of authoritarianism’, blasting his global pullback.
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Presidents Day 2026: The Republic Is Closed, The Receipts Are Open
United States – February 18, 2026 – Presidents Day 2026 shuttered government offices, courts, banks, and U.S. stock markets, while most big retailers stayed open and national pa…
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Resistance Rising, Says Axios: The Swamp Discovers It Has a Spine Again
United States – February 18, 2026 – Axios says resistance to Trump is growing as courts, markets, and a few Republicans push back on tariffs and crackdowns.
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Presidents Day 2026: What’s open, what’s closed, and what still works anyway
United States – February 18, 2026 – Presidents Day closures affected government offices, courts, banks, schools, and stock markets, while most retailers stayed open and national…
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AI Warfare Is Here and the Pentagon Is Talking About Switching Models
United States – February 18, 2026 – Pentagon may rethink using Anthropic’s Claude for military AI, amid disputes over limits and domestic surveillance concerns.
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The Authoritarianism Alarm, the Harvard Paper Chase, and the Voter ID Arm-Wrestle
United States – February 17, 2026 – AOC warns Europe of US authoritarian drift as DOJ sues Harvard, GOP pushes SAVE Act, and DHS funding fights snarl.
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Brick Tungsten’s National Freedom Sermon: The Endangerment Finding Gets Yanked
United States – February 17, 2026 – Trump moves to repeal the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, undercutting the legal basis for major federal greenhouse-gas rules and teeing up …
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Trump Tests the Ballot Box, ICE Tests the Courts, and Washington Tests Your Patience
United States – February 17, 2026 – Trump pressures election rules, ICE warehouse-jails expand, judges order deportee returned, and agents face probes.
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Presidents Day Is a Holiday, Not a Government Operating System
United States – February 17, 2026 – Presidents Day closures meet a DHS shutdown fight, an ICE detention ruling, and Trump airport trademarks.
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