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  • Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t touched yet
    CryptoSlate - 12:20 Feb 22, 2026
    Bitcoin trades sideways as Trump cites Trade Act for 15% tariffs after Supreme Court limits IEEPA authority, and the market starts watching the 150-day clock It is one of those rare weekend sessions where the chart barely moves… yet it still feels like something is about to snap. Bitcoin is hovering around $68,000, chopping inside […] The post Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t touched yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Danish minister says Greenland does not need US hospital ship after Trump’s statement
    Dawn - 10:59 Feb 22, 2026
    Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark’s defence minister said on Sunday, after United States President Donald Trump claimed he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he covets. “The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs. They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialised treatment, they receive it in Denmark. So it’s not as if there’s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland,” Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR. Lund Poulsen told DR he was not aware of the hospital ship’s possible arrival. “Trump is constantly tweeting about Greenland. So this is undoubtedly an expression of the new normal that has taken hold in international politics,” he said. In a social media post, Trump had said the boat would treat many “sick” people in Greenland, without providing any details on who he was referring to or the number of people the vessel would help. “We are going to send a great...
  • US envoy Steve Witkoff says Trump questioning why Iran has not ‘capitulated’
    Dawn - 09:36 Feb 22, 2026
    US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Saturday that President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not “capitulated” in the face of Washington’s military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal. The United States and Iran this week resumed Oman-mediated talks in Geneva aimed at averting the possibility of military action, after Washington dispatched two aircraft carriers, jets and weaponry to the region to back its warnings. In a Fox News interview with Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara, Witkoff said the president was “curious” about Iran’s position after he had warned them of severe consequences in the event they failed to strike a deal. “I don’t want to use the word ‘frustrated’, because he understands he has plenty of alternatives, but he’s curious as to why they haven’t… I don’t want to use the word ‘capitulated’, but why they haven’t capitulated,” he said. “Why, under this pressure, with the amount of seapower and naval power over there, why haven’t they come to us and said, ‘We profess we don’t wa...
  • Bitcoin eyes $175B in refund liquidity as Supreme Court nukes Trump tariffs
    CryptoSlate - 02:45 Feb 22, 2026
    The Supreme Court's Feb. 20 decision striking down President Donald Trump's IEEPA-based tariff program as illegal creates a massive fiscal overhang that could function as an unintended liquidity injection. The Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose tariffs, invalidating a program that collected at least […] The post Bitcoin eyes $175B in refund liquidity as Supreme Court nukes Trump tariffs appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Trump raises global tariff rate to 15%, but crypto markets are unfazed
    Cointelegraph.com - 21:45 Feb 21, 2026
    Trump raises global tariff rate to 15%, but crypto markets are unfazedUS President Donald Trump is now using alternative legal routes to levy tariffs, but critics say his authority to impose them is still limited. United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he is raising the 10% global tariff rate announced on Friday to 15%, which will take effect immediately.  Trump reiterated his criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a Saturday Truth Social post, he said: On Friday, Trump announced a 10% global tariff rate to be added on top of already existing tariffs that remained valid after the court ruling, under alternative legal statutes outlined in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974.  Read more
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  • US lawmakers critical of Trump tariffs, say it will derail economy
    Cointelegraph.com - 18:22 Feb 21, 2026
    US lawmakers critical of Trump tariffs, say it will derail economyThe tariffs are just taxes on American businesses and consumers, while providing no benefit to the economy, critics of Trump's policies say. The tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump and the 10% global tariff announced by Trump on Friday have drawn critical reactions from US lawmakers, Washington, DC-based think tanks and attorneys.  US Senator Rand Paul said that the Trump tariffs are a tax increase on “working families and small businesses,” characterizing them as a net negative on the economy. “Those tariffs weren’t about security — they were a tax on families and small businesses to bankroll a reckless trade war,” US Congressperson Ro Khanna said.  Read more
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  • ‘Effective immediately’: Trump announces hike in US global tariff rate from 10pc to 15pc
    Dawn - 16:58 Feb 21, 2026
    US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is raising the worldwide tariffs on goods entering the United States from 10 per cent to 15pc “effective immediately,” a day after the Supreme Court largely struck down his sweeping duties. Trump had immediately announced a 10pc across-the-board tariff on Friday after the court’s decision, which found the president had exceeded his authority when he imposed an array of higher rates under an economic emergency law. The new levies are grounded in a separate law, known as Section 122, that allows tariffs up to 15pc but requires congressional approval to extend them after 150 days. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that after a thorough review of Friday’s “extraordinarily anti-American decision” by the court to rein in his tariff programme, the administration was hiking the import levies “to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15pc level”. “During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissibl...
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  • Trump ia în calcul eliminarea fizică a ayatollahului Khamenei și a fiului acestuia dacă negocierile eșuează, susține un consilier al președintelui SUA
    Adevarul Romania - 15:42 Feb 21, 2026
    Administrația Trump ia în calcul scenarii extreme în cazul în care negocierile cu Iranul privind programul nuclear vor eșua, inclusiv eliminarea liderului suprem iranian, ayatollahul Ali Khamenei, și a fiului său, Mojtaba, considerat un posibil succesor.
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  • JI chief terms govt participation in Trump’s Board of Peace meeting on Gaza ‘unacceptable’
    Dawn - 11:45 Feb 21, 2026
    Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday criticised the government for participating in the Boa­rd of Peace’s (BoP) first meeting over Gaza, terming it “unacceptable”. His remarks came after the inaugural BoP meeting on Thursday in Washington, where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the peacemaking efforts of United States President Donald Trump, who is heading the forum. Addressing the media in Lahore, the JI leader said it was “unacceptable at any cost” to ignore the country’s long-established policy on the Palestine issue. He emphasised that since the time of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s policy had remained clear and that any deviation from it would be intolerable. Rehman also opposed any plan to send Pakistani troops to Gaza as part of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) envisioned under Trump’s 20-point plan. He argued that the matter concerned Gaza’s internal affairs and should be handled only by local Palestinian police and security forces rather than forei...
  • Trump to travel to China next month, with US tariffs in focus
    Dawn - 06:38 Feb 21, 2026
    US President Donald Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2 for a highly anticipated meeting between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies, a trip announced as the Supreme Court overturned Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imported goods. A White House official confirmed the trip on Friday, just before the highest US court dealt Trump a stinging defeat by striking down many of the tariffs he has used in a global trade war, including some against rival China. Trump’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on an extended visit to Beijing had been expected to revolve around extending a trade truce that kept both countries from further hiking tariffs. Ruling raises questions for US-China relations But the Supreme Court’s reversal created new questions for tense US-China relations that had recently stabilised after Trump trimmed tariffs on Chinese goods, in exchange for measures from Beijing, including cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade and pausing export restrictions on critical mineral...
  • Trump announces 10% global tariff following SCOTUS ruling
    Cointelegraph.com - 19:55 Feb 20, 2026
    Trump announces 10% global tariff following SCOTUS rulingThe United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump could not use national emergency powers to levy tariffs during peacetime. US President Donald Trump announced a 10% global tariff on Friday following the Supreme Court's ruling striking down his authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Trump was critical of the Supreme Court’s decision, calling the decision “ridiculous” at Friday’s press conference, and said that he will levy the tariffs under different legal methods, including the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974. Trump said: Trump’s tariffs have repeatedly caused severe downturns in markets considered high risk, including crypto and equities, as the threat of tariffs fuels uncertainty and shakes investor confidence. Read more
  • SCOTUS strikes down Trump tariffs, but 'alternative' plans brewing
    Cointelegraph.com - 19:27 Feb 20, 2026
    SCOTUS strikes down Trump tariffs, but 'alternative' plans brewingUS President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that tariffs could help pay down the $38 trillion, and growing, US national debt. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling on Friday striking down most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with six of the nine Supreme Court justices ruling that the Executive Branch lacks authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). “IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,” Friday’s ruling said, adding that the president has “no inherent authority” to impose tariffs during peacetime using the statutes in the IEEPA. The ruling read: Trump claimed that the purported inflow of drugs from Canada, China and Mexico, as well as the “hollowing out” of the US industrial base, constituted a national emergency under IEEPA that justified the tariffs, which the court rejected. In a press briefing following the decision, Trump lashed out at the justices who voted to strike down the tariffs and vowed to get th...
  • Trump vows 10pc global tariff after court rebuke
    Dawn - 19:19 Feb 20, 2026
    After the US Supreme Court struck down on Friday President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, he announced that he was imposing an extra global tariff of 10 percent on US trade partners. Speaking to reporters after the Supreme Court ruled his sweeping global tariffs illegal, Trump said he would impose tariffs using alternative authorities. “The Supreme Court’s decision today made a president’s ability to both regulate trade and impose tariffs more powerful and more crystal clear, rather than less,” he said. “I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” Trump added. Insisting the the ruling left him “more powerful”, he said: “In order to protect our country, a president can actually charge more tariffs than I was charging in the past.” Trump has leveraged tariffs — taxes on imported goods — as a key economic and foreign policy tool. They have been central to a glob...
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  • Trump says ‘considering’ strike on Iran as Tehran says draft deal to be ready in next ‘two, three days’
    Dawn - 18:44 Feb 20, 2026
    US President Donald Trump said he was considering a limited strike on Iran after ordering a major naval buildup in the Middle East aimed at heaping pressure on Tehran to cut a deal to curb its nuclear programme. The latest threat came after Iran’s foreign minister said a draft proposal for an agreement with Washington would be ready in a matter of days following negotiations between the two sides in Geneva earlier this week. Trump had suggested on Thursday that “bad things” would happen if Tehran did not strike a deal within 10 days, which he subsequently extended to 15. Asked by a reporter on Friday whether he was contemplating a limited military strike, Trump answered: “The most I can say — I am considering it.” After the talks in Geneva, Tehran said the two sides had agreed to submit drafts of a potential agreement, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told US media would be the “next step”. “I believe that in the next two, three days, that would be ready, and after final confirmation by my superi...
  • Trump on possible limited U.S. strike on Iran: 'I guess I can say I'm considering it'
    Haaretz - 16:26 Feb 20, 2026
    Two U.S. officials told Reuters that the military prepared options for targeting individual Iranian leaders as part of a limited attack and even pursuing regime change in Tehran if ordered by Trump
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  • Alien files incoming: Trump orders government release of UFO records
    Dawn - 04:11 Feb 20, 2026
    President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would direct federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to aliens and unidentified flying objects, pointing to what he described as strong public interest in the issue. In a social media post, Trump said he would order Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other agencies to release the information, calling the matter “extremely interesting and important.” Earlier in the day, Trump, without providing evidence, accused former President Barack Obama of improperly disclosing classified information when discussing aliens publicly, saying Obama “made a big mistake.” “He took it out of classified information … He’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump told reporters while traveling to Georgia. During an interview with podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen released on Saturday, Obama was asked if aliens were real. “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in … Area 51. There’s no underground facility unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and ...
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  • Trump tells Board of Peace: 'You'll know about Iran deal in the next, probably, 10 days'
    Haaretz - 22:06 Feb 19, 2026
    The president added later that the United States is 'going to make a deal or get a deal one way or the other,' adding, '15 days. Pretty much maximum.' Later on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump is considering a limited preliminary strike on Iran to pressure it into a deal
  • Analysis | Battlefield to ballot box: How far will Trump go to get Netanyahu elected again?
    Haaretz - 20:30 Feb 19, 2026
    From demanding Israel's president grant the prime minister a pardon, to a potential escalation with Iran, how much harder can Trump campaign for Netanyahu to win Israel's elections, due later this year? But despite the trajectory, a kerfuffle or worse could change the script
  • Trump, declarație stânjenitoare la Consiliul pentru Pace: „Nu-mi plac bărbații tineri și chipeși”
    Adevarul Romania - 18:18 Feb 19, 2026
    Președintele american a făcut declarații care au fost rapid catalogate drept bizare și stânjenitoare. Trump a descris președintele Paraguayului, Santiago Peña, drept „un tânăr atrăgător”.
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  • Trump outlines 10-year vision for Gaza at Board of Peace launch with 47 participating countries
    Haaretz - 17:47 Feb 19, 2026
    Trump announced that the countries have contributed $7 billion to the reconstruction of Gaza, adding that the United States will contribute another $10 billion. The president commended Indonesia, Morocco, Albania, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan for agreeing to deploy troops