The supreme court has issued a sharp rebuke against the Trump administration and ruled against the legality of the president’s sweeping global tariffs. Follow along with our live coverage:

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warns of growing Chinese “coercion” in her first post-election speech to parliament, pledging to overhaul defense strategy, ease curbs on military exports and strengthen critical supply chains.

how many "Russian-linked operational group" still working in another countries like EU and US?

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 20, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

President Trump’s “requirement for compliments, flattery, adoration and awards is so continual and extreme that it is of cartoonish proportions, with all the garishness that characterizes the most exaggerated satire,” Lisa Langhammer writes in a letter to The Times.

The U.S. trade deficit swelled in December, closing out a year in which the imbalance was essentially unchanged.

A USA TODAY review of hundreds of files shows Jeffrey Epstein or entities tied to him paid at least $840,000 to cover students’ costs at 28 different schools, according to a USA TODAY review of recently released files tied to Epstein. bit.ly/4aLi2Q3

Trump has officially extended sanctions against Russia for another year, according to the US Federal Register.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell lavished money on the Interlochen Center for the Arts to gain access, documents show — even funding an on-campus lodge they stayed in. In the process, two teenagers were pulled into their orbit. n.pr/3MyKsok

Andrew's arrest is a 'step towards accountability', say Virginia Giuffre's family after ex-prince taken into custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office trib.al/BRMEV3N

English traitor, 39, who was fighting for Putin in Ukraine and burned his British passport 'is thought to be dead after vanishing on the front line' trib.al/mtUSocX

One year in, Trump and Republicans have already tanked the economy.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Criminals and government officials are barely hiding their schemes, and their brazenness is meant to make us feel helpless, to think that nothing can be done,” Brendan Ballou writes. “That is false.”

Americans are paying 96% of the cost of Trump’s tariffs.

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited. www.wired.com/story/a-mega...

Russian House cultural centers institutions are a key element of Russia’s diplomatic and cultural outreach across Africa, an effort that critics claim amounts to spreading pro-Russian propaganda.

Russian commander strips 'idiots, alcoholics and cowards' and ties them to trees in the snow as part of brutal punishment for leaving their posts trib.al/1BatRJT

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 18, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

PETER HITCHENS: 72 years after Lord of the Flies shocked Britain, its warning still rings true - where fathers are absent, boys are a growing danger in our violent society trib.al/NZqliBM

Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at Paralympics for the first time since 2014 trib.al/LUJx3i5

In a rare move, the White House recently took down a racist post from one of President Trump's social media accounts. Extremism researchers say it fits a pattern of mainstreaming extremist ideas. n.pr/4tIwocA

Bayer is making a new multibillion-dollar push to resolve a yearslong legal nightmare over Roundup weedkiller.

💐Several dozen people paid tribute to Alexei Navalny on Monday by laying flowers, candles and messages in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. 🇷🇺 The Russian opposition leader died two years ago while being held in prison. Watch the video for more 👇

EXCLUSIVE: ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before the Minneapolis shootings. Internal agency emails show a surge in reports of ICE officers using more force going back nearly a year, but DHS leadership didn't see it as a concern to be addressed.

"The Trump administration is seeking to expand and intensify this archipelago of torture," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. "Mass illness, abuse, immiseration and death will be the inevitable result. How will we live with the shame?"

President Obama on how the people of Minnesota having the courage to stand up for each other and our democracy is what gives him hope.

Two years after Navalny's death — and days after five countries confirmed he was poisoned with a rare neurotoxin — mourners in Moscow covered his grave with flowers, rubber ducks, and handwritten notes while "anti-extremism" police recorded their faces. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

China has ramped up its production of nuclear-powered submarines over the past five years to the point where it is launching subs faster than the United States, threatening to negate a sea-power advantage that has long belonged to Washington, a new think tank report says. https://cnn.it/4rpz4KC

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 17, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to reassure Europe at the Munich Security Conference, but European leaders are skeptical. n.pr/4tKy8SO

The only Epstein property the FBI refuses to discuss as desert burial claims surface after girls were 'strangled during sex' trib.al/ggOpjWj

Russia’s Matryoshka bots use scandal over Ukrainian skeleton racer's Olympic disqualification as fodder for disinfo campaign Fake content about Vladyslav Heraskevych posed as @thestudyofwar.bsky.social, @bellingcat.com, @rfi.fr, @reuters.com, and others, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.

There are clear differences between the Trump administration’s current immigration blitz and the incarceration of Japanese Americans. But there are also striking throughlines. https://cnn.it/40iDPtj

The infection matches a strain of the virus that is found internationally, and the family recently traveled outside of the country.

Kristi Noem's secret campaign to unmask anonymous Americans who dare to defy ICE revealed trib.al/rrsPsZg

Crypto is playing a growing role in human trafficking networks, report shows

A lethal dose so small you can't see it. A toxin only a government lab can make. Two years of silence, then five countries spoke at once. The late Alexey Navalny's story is still being written. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there. n.pr/4rhf7Wb

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Two years ago today, opposition politician Alexey Navalny was killed in a Russian prison. After his memoir Patriot was published posthumously, readers shared what it meant to them. We’re revisiting those reflections. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

“It is well documented that strongmen are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes. “Americans should brace for heightened militarized domestic repression and more imperialist aggression abroad.”

Lithuania passed a law last May that strips Russian nationals of their residence permits if they travel home too often. Even judges can’t agree on which family emergencies count, and one woman lost residency for helping her 70-year-old parents. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Former President Barack Obama calls the kind of rhetoric coming from President Trump and his administration “a clown show” in a podcast interview.

Girl Scout Pim Neill, 6, sold over 75,000 boxes of cookies across all 50 states, according to CNN affiliate WPXI.

Former President Barack Obama this weekend indirectly addressed a racist video President Trump posted earlier this month that depicted Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, as apes. Obama stressed that he believed that most Americans found such content abhorrent.

New development after mystery man poured hot coffee on a defenceless baby and then fled to China trib.al/qMwyoX0

What is the dart frog toxin allegedly used to kill Alexei Navalny?

'Clown show': Obama speaks out on Trump racist monkey clip, Minneapolis crackdown

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Former President Barack Obama compared the actions of federal agents under the Trump administration to behavior previously seen under dictatorships.