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Spanberger signs bill that could help Democrats gain four House seats

By Gregory S. Schneider
Feb 21, 2026 7:05 pm - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) has signed a bill that includes new congressional maps intended to give Democrats four additional seats in Congress, though the process faces significant hurdles before the maps can take effect.
Trump administration to stand by tough Biden-era mandates to replace lead pipes

By MICHAEL PHILLIS
Feb 21, 2026 1:56 pm - The Trump administration said Friday it backs a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace their harmful lead pipes, giving notice that it will support a tough rule approved under the Biden administration to reduce lead in drinking water.
‘Real sticker shock’: Why it’s becoming so expensive to buy a car in America

By Todd C. Frankel
Feb 21, 2026 1:52 pm - It can be a shock shopping for a new car these days. The pandemic shortages are over. Dealer lots are stocked. Customers can find the colors and options they want. But prices have never been higher — and the auto loans bigger and longer than ever to make it pencil out.
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it

By Lena H. Sun and Jacob Bogage
Feb 21, 2026 1:24 pm - After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal.
President Trump wants to impose 15% tariff, up from 10% he announced after Supreme Court decision

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Feb 21, 2026 11:25 am - 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.
Speaker denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedent

By MATT BROWN and LISA MASCARO
Feb 20, 2026 9:25 pm - The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson's office due to past precedent.
What the Supreme Court throwing out Trump’s tariffs means for you

By Rachel Lerman
Feb 20, 2026 8:49 pm - The Supreme Court ruled Friday that most of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs put in place last year are invalid — but that doesn’t mean shoppers will suddenly see prices drop.
Scientists change how El Niño is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Feb 20, 2026 7:04 pm - The natural El Nino cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists said.A new study calculated that an unusual recent twist in the warming and cooling cycle that includes El Nino and its counterpart La Nina can help explain the scientific mystery of why Earth's already rising temperature spiked to a new level over the past three years.
Police search former Prince Andrew’s home a day after his arrest

By PAN PYLAS
Feb 20, 2026 4:55 pm - Police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor again on Friday, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for nearly 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in having shared confidential trade information with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump says climate repeal saves $1.3 trillion. The EPA’s math differs.

By Zahra Hirji
Feb 20, 2026 4:34 pm - When President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 announced the “single largest deregulation in American history” — the repeal of climate emissions standards for all vehicles and the key scientific determination underpinning them, in one swoop — he said it would save Americans $1.3 trillion.

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