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    ‘Trump’s reign of terror must end’: California Democrats plot national return to power

    Emboldened by recent wins, elected officials gathered in San Francisco to share strategy for a midterm ‘reckoning’Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend, emboldened by a string of victories and confident the Golden State would help deliver a power check on the president in the upcoming midterm elections.On Saturday, Democrats streamed through the Moscone Center convention complex, sporting lanyards emblazoned with Gavin Newsom’s name and tote bags adorned with one of Nancy Pelosi’s favorite aphorisms: “We don’t Agonize, we organize” – symbols of a party in transition as the former speaker approaches retirement and the term-limited governor eyes a presidential campaign. Continue reading… More

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    Washington and Tehran to hold more nuclear talks as protests reignite in Iran

    Fresh Geneva negotiations suggest Trump’s team believes the Iranian government is making serious proposalsIran and the US are expected to meet for a further round of talks in Geneva this week in a sign that Donald Trump’s team believes Tehran is making serious proposals to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and show it is not seeking a nuclear weapon.As fears loomed of renewed conflict after Washington carried out a major redeployment of military assets to the region, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said he thought there was still a good chance of finding a diplomatic solution. Continue reading… More

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    Secret Service fatally shoots armed man who breached Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence

    Authorities say agents confronted a white male in his early 20s carrying shotgun and gasoline can early Sunday The US Secret Service shot and killed an armed intruder who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida residence and private club in Palm Beach, early on Sunday.Although the US president often spends weekends at the oceanfront resort, he was at the White House in Washington during this incident, as was first lady Melania Trump. Continue reading… More

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    US tariff policy ‘hasn’t changed’ despite supreme court ruling, trade chief says

    Jamieson Greer also said US won’t pull out of deals with UK, EU and others after court declared Trump tariffs illegalTop US trade negotiator Jamieson Greer insisted on Sunday that the Trump administration was set to persist with its tariffs policy, two days after the supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal.The ruling issued on Friday by the highest US court was a sharp rebuke to the Republican president that toppled a key pillar of his aggressive economic agenda – even as it prompted Trump to announce a new global tariff using different statutes, albeit temporary. Continue reading… More

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    Palm Beach sheriff says armed man killed after breaching Mar-a-Lago perimeter – video

    US secret service and local police officers shot and killed an intruder armed with a shotgun early on Sunday after he breached the perimeter at Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, law enforcement officials said. Trump was not at his residence at the timeSecret Service shot and killed armed man who breached Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence Continue reading… More

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    How loose social ties can help heal political division | Eva M Meyersson Milgrom

    Weak connections known as ‘bridge ties’ cross the boundaries that normally structure our lives. We must restore this connective tissueThe first time a woman I’ll call Shoshana went toBrandi Carlile’s music festival, she arrived alone. She had just been through another unsuccessful round of IVF. During one of the songs, about motherhood, she began to cry in the middle of the crowd. Then two women she had never met stepped closer and wordlessly wrapped their arms around her until her breathing slowed.“That’s when I realized,” Shoshana told me in an interview, “this place isn’t just about music.”Eva M Meyersson Milgrom is a social scientist and professor emerita from Stanford University, where she was affiliated with the department of sociology, the Institute of Economic Policy, and the Graduate School of Business. She is working on a book on the importance of diversifying our social networks Continue reading… More

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    Homeland security to suspend TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs

    Democrats accuse DHS of ‘kneecapping’ programs that help speed registered travelers through security lines The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues.The programs are designed to help speed registered travelers through security lines. Suspending them could cause headaches for passengers. Continue reading… More

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    Trump news at a glance: President condemns ‘anti-American decision’ and pursues new tariffs avenue

    Donald Trump doubles down on aggressive tariff policy with 15% global tax – key US politics stories from 21 February 2026 at a glanceDonald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the US to 15% on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy a day after the supreme court ruled much of it illegal.Trump said on his Truth Social platform that after a thorough review of Friday’s “extraordinarily anti-American decision” by the court to rein in his tariff program, the administration was hiking the import levies “to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level”. Continue reading… More