European markets set to open higher as investors monitor U.S.-Iran tensions
European stocks are set to open higher on Friday as traders awaited more earnings reports, and monitored tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Source link
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Cade Cunningham adds to MVP ‘case’ with 42-point game vs. Knicks
NEW YORK – Statements are made at Madison Square Garden – for both teams and individual players on sports’ biggest stage. detroit pistons made another announcement and clarified new York Knicks In the season series with decider win 126-111 Two key players are missing due to suspension. And personally, Cade Cunningham Staked his claim to…
Trump defiant on tariffs in Georgia, lambasts waiting 'forever' for Supreme Court ruling
President Trump on Thursday strongly defended his administration’s implementation of the tariffs, while also expressing frustration over how long he has been waiting for the Supreme Court to determine whether the authority he has used to impose the duties is lawful. Trump spoke at a steel plant in northwest Georgia, explaining how the tariffs were…
Trump to order U.S. agencies to release documents on aliens, extraterrestrial life
Man and boy sit on a paved sidewalk and draw alien faces. Annie Otzen | Digitalvision | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would direct the Department of Defense and other agencies to make public government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life. Trump said the files that will be…
Have F1’s new-for-2026 regulations made the sport too complicated?
Max Verstappen has said that F1’s new-for-2026 cars are anti-racing. Mark Thompson/Getty Images BAHRAIN — Formula 1‘s new generation of cars haven’t completed a competitive lap yet but have already been singled out for criticism by the sport’s star drivers. F1’s careful messaging around its brand-new cars was shattered a week into the first official preseason…
Illinois Senate candidate launches campaign ad featuring people saying 'F— Trump'
Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton (D) released a new campaign ad Thursday featuring several Prairie State residents, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), all saying, “F— Trump.” “He said it, not me,” Stratton said in a video posted to his social media. She said she was “not afraid of any dictator. I’m running…” Source link
Texas Roadhouse gets a pass from Wall Street. What’s next might be out of its control
Texas Roadhouse missed Street estimates on both the top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter as high beef prices weighed on profits. But the restaurant chain’s strong comparable restaurant sales through the first seven weeks of the first quarter of 2026 paired with no change in management’s commodity inflation outlook for the year are…
Canada reaches gold medal game vs. Britain in Olympic men’s curling
February 19, 2026, 05:50 PM ET CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – After a tumultuous two weeks at the Olympics that included allegations of cheating and profanity, the Canadian men will play for a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games. Canada defeated Norway 5-4 in Thursday night’s semi-finals after losing to the Norwegians earlier in the…
Vietnam War veterans sue over Trump's proposed triumphal arch
Three Vietnam War veterans filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday to block construction of their proposed Triumphal Arch at Washington’s Memorial Circle, arguing it does not have congressional approval. The veteran, along with an architectural historian, argue the construction of the structure — which the White House has dubbed “Independence Arch”… Source…
Labor Secretary’s husband barred from HQ after sexual assault claims
Shawn DeRemer, husband of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of labor, sits, on the day Chavez-DeRemer testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 19, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters At least two female staffers have alleged that…