Republicans are facing an enthusiasm crisis that could affect midterm turnout, with tariffs playing a central role, pollster Scott Rasmussen revealed this week.

"About 9 out of 10 Trump-base voters say that tariffs are good for the economy...more traditional Republicans disagree.

The reason that's a problem is because the traditional Republicans are the ones who are already unenthusiastic about voting."@ScottWRasmussen talks tariffs,… pic.twitter.com/O9v2uow1IN

— Napolitan News Service (@NapolitanNews) February 26, 2026

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Maduro attorney Barry Pollack this week said that the United States was blocking access to funds that former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro needs to pay for his legal defense.

Maduro is facing drug trafficking charges after American forces extracted him from his home country in early January. 

The Washington Post lost over $100 million in 2025, according to a new report Thursday.

The newspaper also lost about $100 million in 2024 and $77 million in 2023, unnamed sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The reported losses preceded the Post earlier this month cutting its staff by 30%. 

At least 10 FBI employees were fired after working on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, according to a news report Friday.

The firings occurred after news broke on Wednesday that the FBI obtained phone records for now-director Kash Patel during the Biden administration in 2022, and current White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone records in 2023, while they were both private citizens.

The New York Police Department on Thursday arrested a suspect on assault charges for an alleged attack on officers earlier this week with snow and ice.

Police said that Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, was taken into custody Thursday morning, Fox News reported.

U.S. and Iranian officials are meeting Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, for a third round of nuclear talks in an effort to reach a deal and avoid military conflict.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an effort to get Iran to agree to halt its enrichment of uranium and curtail its production of long-range missiles, NewsNation reported.

World Economic Forum CEO and President Borge Brende said he was resigning Thursday, after an investigation was conducted into his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Brende, a former Norwegian foreign minister who became WEF president in 2017, announced his decision in a statement following the Justice Department's release of Epstein files that showed he had three business dinners with the disgraced financier and had also communicated with him via email and text, Reuters reported.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Thursday indicated that he might ask Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before the committee as part of his probe into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.

🚨 JUST IN: House Oversight Chair James Comer says he might bring in Secretary of Commerce HOWARD LUTNICK to be deposed in the Congressional probe into Epstein

“That's very possible. His name will likely arise in questioning. This isn't just about Democrats,” Comer said pic.twitter.com/d2jhN2RcSz

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 26, 2026

Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says that a new U.S.-Canadian bridge "will open" after President Trump recently threatened to block it.

“For the first time in over a century, a new bridge connecting Michigan to Canada, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, will open,” Whitmer said Wednesday during the Michigan State of the State address, according to news outlet The Hill.

In a win for the fight against ESG, Vanguard has agreed that it will not attempt to direct its business strategy toward portfolios that reduce carbon emissions. It has also agreed to make its proxy voting transparent for investors and its role in climate groups. 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Thursday that House Democratic leadership will force a vote next week on the Iran war powers resolution, which would require President Donald Trump to make his case to Congress before attacking Iran.