Those that are affected will probably now be covered by a new tariff imposed by an executive order Trump signed Friday. “I note that President Trump, a few hours ago, said he had reworked some measures to introduce new tariffs, more limited ones, but applying to everyone,” Macron said. However, Mexico has been pushing back against Trump administration tariffs on imports of vehicles, steel and aluminum, among other products. AdvertisementAbout 85% of Mexican exports to the United States are exempt from tariffs because of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The policy swoons in the United States over the last year have made many global business leaders cautious, as they struggle to forecast and see investment take a hit.

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“We’re definitely not losing it”In an interview with AFP, Zelensky rejected suggestions that Ukraine is on the brink of defeat. On security guarantees, Zelensky reiterated that any post-ceasefire European troop deployment should be positioned close to the front line. “Now suddenly Zelensky turns 180 degrees internally and says: this is all nonsense and we have to prepare for a long war,” Pancevski said. Guarantees, Congress and mistrustPancevski said Zelensky had indicated he might consider territorial compromise only if backed by strong, legally binding security guarantees – particularly from the United States. Inside Western coordination, Pancevski described what he called an unusual structure in which Washington was treated as a separate actor rather than folded into NATO alongside its European allies.

February 21, 2026 21:42 UTC

Alysa Liu won two Olympic gold medals by doing things her way. And, her coach says, Liu hopes to keep doing that once she leaves Italy on Sunday. “No press tour right away, no nothing,” coach Phillip DiGuglielmo said Saturday via telephone from Milan, not long before Liu closed down the exhibition gala’s solo performances. We may have to ask the rink management (in Oakland, Calif.) to close the rink when she trains because of the attention she has gotten. She wants to be Alysa.”

February 21, 2026 21:40 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell, saying a law used to force the public release of millions of documents is unconstitutional. AdvertisementMaxwell’s attorneys said the Justice Department obtained the documents — otherwise subject to secrecy orders — improperly during its criminal probe of Maxwell. They said the documents include transcripts of over 30 depositions and private information regarding financial and sexual matters related to Maxwell and others. Maxwell’s lawyers say a law Congress passed in December to force the release of millions of Epstein-related documents violates the Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine. Epstein took his own life in a federal lockup in August 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.

February 21, 2026 21:35 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADING“Real Time” host Bill Maher applauded the Supreme Court on Friday for overturning most of the “emergency” tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump while also ripping Trump over his aggressive reaction to the ruling. “The Supreme Court said they struck down his request to have emergency powers to impose tariffs,” said Maher during his opening monologue. “They said ‘yes’ to pretty much everything he wanted to do, but here, they finally said, ‘You know what? He went batshit about it ... that it was a ‘disgrace’ and ‘these fucking courts.’ He’s such a Karen. “I don’t know what they are, but if you’ve ever been to Washington, D.C., and you’ve seen that majestic Supreme Court building, it’s going to make a lovely ballroom.”AdvertisementTrump on Friday railed against the Supreme Court decision in expectedly harsh terms.

February 21, 2026 21:22 UTC





As Jordan Stolz hung in the pack of speedskaters, the distance between them and two daring breakaway skaters stretching further and further, Stolz found himself sort of fighting with himself. The mass sprint is as much about strategy as it is in skating and Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands and Viktor Hald Thorup of Denmark essentially out-strategized everyone else. Stolz, left to fight for bronze, got passed in the final meters, finishing fourth by .09 to Andrea Giovannini of Italy. “It was kind of depressing actually,’’ Stolz said of the groupthink race strategy that didn’t pay off. For Stolz, it was a frustrating finish to an otherwise great Olympics, but mass start is not necessarily his thing.

February 21, 2026 21:07 UTC

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February 21, 2026 20:53 UTC

But there is a clear difference between age-related cognitive changes and dementia. AdvertisementDementia is an umbrella term that describes multiple forms of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia), vascular dementia and Parkinson’s, according to Nothelle. And while cognitive impairment is a common thread, there are also some physical symptoms that tend to be associated with dementia. Trouble Walking And Balancing“I find that a lot of the more physical manifestations happen later in the course of dementia,” Nothelle said. Advertisement“We call that aspiration pneumonia, and that’s why pneumonia is relatively common in the later part of dementia,” Nothelle explained.

February 21, 2026 20:49 UTC

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. The Supreme Court’s ruling applies to the tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The Supreme Court did not address what to do about refunds. At a news conference shortly after the decision was announced, Trump criticized the Supreme Court for not addressing the refund issue. Those are generally preceded by a government investigation and are more specific than the countrywide tariffs Trump imposed last year.

February 21, 2026 20:48 UTC

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“You’re in friendly territory,” said Daniel Fried, a former US ambassador to Poland. But recent public spats among three US ambassadors and their respective hosts have given Europe a taste of the Trump administration’s firmer, less hushed approach to diplomacy. To Europe, they are needless antagonism which violates “basic diplomatic norms.”This week, Bill White, the US ambassador to Belgium, criticized the country for its approach to Jewish ritual circumcision and accused the country of antisemitism. He called Vandenbroucke “very rude” and claimed the minister had refused to shake his hand or be photographed with him. Fried praised Rose’s work so far in Warsaw, but cautioned: “You will seldom win a public fight on somebody else’s ground.

February 21, 2026 20:01 UTC

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February 21, 2026 19:47 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSports commentator and radio host Stephen A. Smith unloaded on Democrats planning to boycott or protest at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, stating that “neither should be acceptable.”“At some point in time, ladies and gentlemen, there’s got to be an adult in the room,” Smith said on his “Straight Shooter” show on Thursday. “Why do they get to get away with that? Why do they get to circumvent those rules and regulations? Why do they get to circumvent the need and the insistence of mere decorum?” he continued. “This is the kind of stuff that ticks me off.”

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