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Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

By MUNIR AHMED and ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN
Feb 27, 2026 6:39 am - Pakistan and Afghanistan traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries that Pakistan’s defense minister said Friday means they are now in “open war.”
NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as ‘watered-down’ after 67 deaths near Washington

By JOSH FUNK
Feb 26, 2026 9:32 pm - The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
Kash Patel purges more FBI agents tied to Mar-a-Lago investigation

By Perry Stein and Aaron C. Davis
Feb 26, 2026 9:27 pm - FBI Director Kash Patel continued his purge Thursday of FBI agents and staff tied to the probe into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office in 2021, firing at least a dozen agents across the country this week.
Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

By Isaac Arnsdorf
Feb 26, 2026 7:51 pm - Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
US, Iran wrap round of talks as Trump weighs diplomacy against strikes

By Karen DeYoung, Susannah George and Ellen Francis
Feb 26, 2026 7:25 pm - U.S. and Iranian officials completed a round of nuclear negotiations Thursday in Geneva in the shadow of a large-scale U.S. military buildup around Iran. The sides made “significant progress” and an agreement to meet next week to discuss technical details in Vienna, said Oman’s foreign minister, the mediator of the talks.
Refugee released by Border Patrol found dead, sparking outrage

By Evan Hill and Joanna Slater
Feb 26, 2026 7:03 pm - Border Patrol agents left a partially blind refugee who spoke little English in the parking lot of a Buffalo coffee shop the night of Feb. 19 shortly before the man disappeared, according to security camera footage reviewed by The Washington Post. He was found dead five days later.
Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal, clearing the path for Paramount

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Feb 26, 2026 6:14 pm - Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over its storied Hollywood rival.
Instagram says it will notify parents if teens ‘repeatedly’ search for terms related to suicide

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Feb 26, 2026 3:56 pm - Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision program.
IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Feb 26, 2026 3:20 pm - A federal judge said Thursday that the IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information “approximately 42,695 times” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
DOJ reviewing if Epstein files with Trump allegations were wrongly withheld

Perry Stein
Feb 26, 2026 2:30 pm - The Justice Department said Thursday that it is examining whether it wrongly withheld FBI files that contained allegations against President Donald Trump in its release of millions of pages from the investigatory files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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