›Dan Helmer, a four-term Democratic state delegate in Virginia, is announcing his candidacy for the newly redrawn Seventh Congressional District. He is now running for the newly redrawn Seventh Congressional District. J.P. Cooney A top deputy to Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted former President Trump, and the first Democrat to enter the race for the Seventh Congressional District. Eugene Vindman A Virginia Democratic congressman whose current district covers much of the territory Helmer seeks to represent. I'm a progressive fighter with an unmatched record of taking on Trump and winning.” — Dan Helmer (nytimes.com) “Dan Helmer delivered the largest Democratic majority in four decades.

I don’t think that structure, that drive towards efficiency and structure is something that interests him. And the way things bubble up to him is more associative and precise than it would have been at another time? I don’t think there are many questions that make it to Trump that Trump doesn’t think are easy to answer. Bill Pulte, who runs the Federal Housing Finance organization, I don’t know the proper name for it, will come into the Oval Office with posterboards. I don’t think Trump has the same level of understanding of the Big Beautiful Bill.

Claim:An email addressed to Jeffrey Epstein about a November 2013 party and "a dozen one-year-olds" referenced child sex trafficking or other illegal acts. Comments under other posts reflected the same thoughts, including on Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived), Reddit (archived), Threads (archived) and TikTok (archived). We also contacted John Brockman to ask questions and will update this article if we receive more details. The Brockman name appears in well over 3,000 Epstein files results on the U.S. Justice Department's website. Officials have not charged John Brockman or Max Brockman with any crimes in relation to Epstein's own charges.

AdvertisementHuffPost spoke with former followers of “MAGA Christianity” about their experiences being a part of these communities — and why they made the decision to step away from them. Sugiuchi, a Georgia-based writer whose upcoming memoir “Unreformed” recounts her experience in a white evangelical reform school, illuminates how these pressures can escalate: “MAGA Christianity is a cult. AdvertisementLevings, author of the New York Times bestseller “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape From Christian Patriarchy,” describes MAGA Christianity as the overlap between authoritarian Christianity and Christian nationalism. Levings calls it a malformation of the word “Christianity,” since Jesus was neither nationalist nor authoritarian. “Some people identify as MAGA because they have been taught that hyper-individualism, nationalism and white supremacy are the same as Christianity — and I think this is tragic.

How the Save America Act Could Change VotingLegislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote is only the beginning as Republicans press to sharply limit voting in line with President Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud. Our congressional correspondent Annie Karni describes two of the bills and their prospects. By Annie Karni, Rebecca Suner, Nikolay Nikolov, Whitney Shefte and Sutton RaphaelFebruary 21, 2026

GSA Capital Partners LLP purchased a new stake in The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT - Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The New York Times Company has a 1-year low of $44.83 and a 1-year high of $78.25. On average, analysts forecast that The New York Times Company will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current year. New York Times Increases DividendThe business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 16th. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on NYTNew York Times ProfileThe New York Times Company is a publicly traded media organization best known for publishing The New York Times newspaper and operating the NYTimes.com digital platform.

President Trump ’s new plan for tariffs puts his trade agenda on a collision course with the midterm campaign season. Some of the new tariffs Trump wants to impose require congressional approval to extend beyond five months. In a sign of growing anxiety toward his tariffs, six GOP lawmakers voted with Democrats last week in an attempt to rein in Trump’s tariff powers in the House of Representatives. But on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s use of Ieepa for tariffs is illegal, undermining his chosen tool of economic leverage. There is much less certainty for U.S. businesses that have paid about $130 billion in Ieepa tariffs.

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Just hours after the federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia appointed a new interim US attorney to replace Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan, the administration said he is fired. The judges on Friday unanimously appointed James Hundley, a Virginia defense attorney with more than three decades of experience, to lead the influential prosecutors’ office after Halligan, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked choice, was forced to leave last month. Shortly after the judges appointed Hundley, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he was fired on social media. EDVA judges do not pick our US Attorney. “The EDVA judges made an excellent decision in picking James Hundley.

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CasualtiesThe true cost is, of course, carefully suppressed in a Russia where information is under increasingly tight control. Following a brief sanctions shock after the 2022 invasion, Russian military spending surged, and its economy boomed. Last summer, Russia stood by powerlessly as US and Israeli war planes struck Iran, another key Russian Kremlin partner in the Middle East, targeting its nuclear facilities. But after four years of grinding war, that has taken a horrific toll on Ukraine, Russia has been left depleted at home and diminished on the international stage. Back on that hotel rooftop in Kyiv in February 2022, I was wrong – along with many others – about the likelihood of Putin ordering a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Gaza is playing soccer againFor the first time in over two years, Palestinians in Gaza are playing soccer again. After clearing rubble from a half-sized pitch, Gaza’s soccer leagues are hosting tournaments for players who haven’t been able to practice since the war began. CNN’s Christina Macfarlane reports on this moment of joy in Gaza City.

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