So the policy-driven stimulus that the administration plans runs the risk — at least in theory — of driving inflation higher. Kevin Warsh, nominated to become the next central bank chairman, seems sympathetic to the White House plan to run the economy hot. On Wall Street, some analysts are raising their economic growth forecasts and monitoring administration pronouncements for signs of more election-year pump priming. The combined business and individual tax cuts could drive a “significant reacceleration” of the economy, according to economists at TS Lombard in London. Over a decade, deregulation will boost annual economic growth by roughly one-third of a percentage point to almost a full point, said Yared, the acting CEA chair.

While the targets were varied, the alleged assailants all claimed to be committed to furthering a cause. In her manifesto, Rupnow professed reverence for several mass killers, describing them in language that read like the musings of a teenage fan. Federal prosecutors filed excerpts from what they say is Casap’s manifesto, titled “Accelerate the Collapse,” linking him to nihilistic violent extremism. “We shouldn’t just lump everything into this new category,” Via said, adding that nihilistic violent extremism is more an evolving framework than a precise definition. “If we want to solve the problem, identifying the motivation correctly is important.”Some of the recent violence, nihilistic or not, may be traced to the nation’s increasingly aggressive political arguments, she said.

AI companies also need gobs of some of those same chips to build out data centers, and there aren’t enough for everyone. AI data centers tend to be more lucrative for construction firms, which relegates anything else to a lower priority. For other types of commercial real estate, construction spending is barely growing and in some cases is declining. But he notes that AI data center demand is probably worsening chronic capacity shortages in construction. Associated Builders and Contractors says that the construction industry will be short nearly half a million workers next year.

Few reporters have done more to expose what’s happening inside America’s sprawling immigrant detention system than Doug MacMillan. While ICE detention has expanded to record levels—now holding more than 70,000 people—the conditions inside these facilities, the corporate profits driving expansion, and the deaths occurring behind walls have largely escaped sustained public attention. I’m thrilled to host Doug for a virtual conversation on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 1:00 PM Eastern. About Doug MacMillanDoug MacMillan is a business investigations reporter for The Washington Post. Most recently, his reporting has exposed failures at the privately-run ICE detention centers where the Trump administration is holding record numbers of immigrant detainees.

Prosecutors said the incident unfolded after a group of friends, including Clingman, Jackson, Lytton and Hazel, gathered at Upper Marlboro’s Famous Lounge Restaurant & Bar. Prosecutors said Clingman, Hazel, Jackson and Lytton had been drinking. “We all know they were football players, but they were also human beings,” Jacqueline Lytton, Lytton’s mother, said during Clingman’s sentencing. She also expressed condolences to the family of Shahid Omar Jr., who was fatally shot outside a vigil honoring Jackson, Hazel and Lytton. As part of Clingman’s sentence, Snoddy credited her with 377 days time served.

A Kern County, California, SWAT team shot and killed my father, Lyle Federman, in 1998. Life: We Asked Former Military What They Think Of What ICE Is DoingWatching the country relive similar scenes of police violence is excruciating. On Jan. 7, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, an unarmed 37-year-old mother of three, as she attempted to drive from the scene. Lyle Federman with his wife, Chedva, and their sons Asher, Ben and the author (right), in Berkeley, California, 1985. Eli Federman has a law degree and is the founder of a private equity and venture capital firm.

Top Senate Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump to pick a side in the party’s nastiest primary battles before it’s too late, with anxiety spiking as the midterm cycle threatens to turn sour for the GOP. Meanwhile, the party has watched Trump pick sides in other contested primaries that have caused internal tensions, like in Louisiana, where he endorsed against the Senate GOP incumbent over a personal grudge. 2 Senate Republican, added that Trump is “considering making a decision” after the fierce lobbying push from the Senate GOP top brass. But Trump has privately suggested he will not endorse in Georgia’s Senate race — one of the GOP’s biggest pickup opportunities in a state he won in 2024. “President Trump endorsed me because I’ve worked with him to advance an America First agenda, including delivering real infrastructure dollars for my district.

“I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone,” she wrote on X. Amazon complained in a lawsuit that this was a blatant act of retaliation by Trump, punishing Bezos for the Washington Post’s piercing coverage of his administration. That’s a chilling thought for such a beacon of accountability journalism as the Washington Post. Long hostile towards what he calls the “fake news media”, Trump has taken his vendetta against truth-seekers to a new level. That’s the same Watergate scandal that was brought into the light by that pair of courageous reporters at a newspaper called the Washington Post.

Does a photo show a white American flying a Mexican flag while driving a truck through Minneapolis as a way to make ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents waste their time? An online image search for "ice fishing" yielded only photos of people actually fishing through ice and no Mexican flags. They call it ICE fishing. Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Google.comLead Stories found no credible news reports of any 'ICE fishing' trend in Minneapolis or elsewhere in the United States. The term 'ICE fishing' typically refers to the winter activity of fishing through holes cut in frozen lakes.

If the NBA needs a Southland representative for a three-point shooting contest during All-Star Weekend at Intuit Dome, senior Dylan McCord of Thousand Oaks High would gladly raise his hand to participate. The 6-foot-1 senior made 113 threes in the regular season for 23-4 Thousand Oaks. Thousand Oaks will be in the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs that begin next week. This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular.

Why ICE Raids in Minneapolis Are Driving Up Demand for GunsGun permit applications have surged in Minnesota since ICE raids began across the state in December. After weeks of protests and violent confrontations that led to the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, we traveled to Minneapolis to speak to some of the new gun owners choosing to exercise their right to bear arms. By Michael Anthony Adams, Ben Garvin and Caroline KimFebruary 7, 2026

Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course. Vonn’s crash was “tragic, but it’s ski racing," said Johan Eliasch, president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. In 2006, ahead of the Turin Olympics, Vonn took a bad fall during downhill training and went to the hospital. She is called the queen of Cortina, and the Olympia delle Tofana is a course that had always suited Vonn. “Definitely the most dramatic.”News of the crash spread quickly, including to the fan zone down the mountain in Cortina.

He finished second in the short program after struggling on multiple jumps, trailing Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama’s electrifying performance by almost 10 points. The reigning world champions swept both dance programs for the team event to pace the United States to a 44-point team total. The United States has not named the skaters who will perform Sunday’s long programs. Malinin planned to open with his quad axel in combination with a triple toeloop but settled only for a quad flip. With Malinin’s second-place finish, the United States held a one-point lead for the gold medal entering the long programs.

California lawmakers worried about impact Warner Bros. deal will have on workforce. - By Cerys DaviesTHE WORRIES come amid slowing L.A. film production and overall job growth. (MYUNG J. CHUN Los Angeles Times)California lawmakers are expressing concern about how the future of Warner Bros. The pending $72-billion deal would greatly reshape the Hollywood landscape. Separately, Paramount has continually thrown in counter-bids and has been consistently rejected.

But sometimes, it feels like the advice for those going through it ― especially considering some think burnout can take years to recover from ― is incompatible with the realities of people’s lives. Here, she explained why burnout can feel like such a trap, and shared her tips for handling it if leaving your role doesn’t feel like an immediately viable option. That can happen in all kinds of work.”Chronic understaffing is yet another issue contributing to burnout, she added. And she doesn’t think time off alone will solve that. Luckily, she added, “There’s some evidence to show that even just moving one of these in the right direction can ease burnout and improve burnout.