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The month's top story

Judge Says Trump Plan to Put USAID Workers on Leave Can Proceed

All USAID direct hires deemed non-essential will be placed on administrative leave at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday.

CBS · 3 sources

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What dominated February

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Edgar Maddison Welch, ‘Pizzagate’ Gunman, Dies at 36

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Day 27 in Trump World: A Roundup

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    What's next in the Eric Adams corruption case

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 237 stories

  1. 3 American women found dead at beach resort in Belize

    FOX · 5 outlets

    Georgia state Senators passed a bill on Monday that is likened to DOGE and will aim to reduce costs and increase accountability for state agencies.

  2. Trump Ramps Up Deportation Effort After Slow Start

    FOX · 5 outlets

  3. Small Plane Crash in Philadelphia Erupts Into Fireball

    ABC · 4 outlets

  4. Why Trump wants to impose reciprocal tariffs

    NYT · 4 outlets

Show 8 more

  1. 2/23/2025: The Justice Department; CFPB; John Oliver

    WSJ · 3 outlets

  2. Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan

    NYT · 4 outlets

  3. Day 27 in Trump World: A Roundup

    FOX · 5 outlets

  4. How Migrant Groups Are Thwarting ICE

    FOX · 4 outlets

  5. What's next in the Eric Adams corruption case

    WSJ · 5 outlets

  6. Delta Regional Jet Crashes at Toronto Airport

    ABC · 5 outlets

  7. How Trump is Using Language to Target Transgender Rights

    FOX · 4 outlets

  8. Measles Sicken Nearly 100 in Texas and New Mexico

    CBS · 5 outlets

Business 410 stories

  1. Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89

    CNBC · 4 outlets

    From Maine to Montana to New Mexico, states across the U.S. will face significant economic issues from President Donald Trump's trade war on Mexico and Canada.

  2. Why more Wall Street firms are growing worried

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Trump Imposes Global 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. Gold Edges Higher on Safe-Haven Demand

    WSJ · 3 outlets

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  1. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  2. The Drug Industry Is Having Its Own DeepSeek Moment

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Oil prices end lower, erasing weekly gains

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  4. New ETFs Bet Investors Are Way Too Careful—Even When Buying Bitcoin

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  5. The Day DeepSeek Turned Tech and Wall Street Upside Down

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  6. PenFed Platinum Rewards Visa Signature card review

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  7. How Your Home Can Shelter You From Taxes

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  8. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Recover Ground

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  9. Singapore Dollar Strengthens Amid Risk-On Sentiment

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  10. Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 clinches record high: Live updates

    CNBC · 1 outlets

Sports 145 stories

  1. Auburn holds off rival Bama in top-2 showdown

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Former Dolphins WR Howard Twilley dies at 81

    CBS · 4 outlets

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  1. Transfer rumors, news: Real Madrid eye move for Branthwaite

    ESPN · 1 outlets

  2. UCL draw: Liverpool vs PSG; Madrid vs Atlético

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Saints to hire Brandon Staley as defensive coordinator

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. 'Unemployed': Jimmy Butler jokingly posts video of card declining

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. No. 3 Duke forward Brown dislocates shoulder

    FOX · 3 outlets

  6. Revenge games: Who will come out ahead in these four massive matchups?

    CBS · 3 outlets

Technology 286 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Monday, February 24 (game #1127)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

  2. What does the e stand for in iPhone 16e?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  3. Here are 10 Apple Watch features I use everyday & you could too

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. US Coast Guard paychecks delayed by cyberattack

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  2. When will Apple release iOS 18.3?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. ‘Tripsy’ trip planner app can now convert currencies and show nearby places

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  4. Over a million clinical records exposed in data breach

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  5. Here’s the complete iPhone 17 line-up according to three high-profile leakers

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  6. Google says hackers abuse Gemini AI to empower their attacks

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  7. Security Bite: A dangerous place to be an iPhone

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  8. The Gorge just had the biggest Apple TV+ film launch yet

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  9. iOS 18.4 makes your Safari search history way more visible, for better or worse

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 385 stories

  1. Which Lana Del Rey Song Describes You?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Here's What Everybody Wore To The 2025 BAFTAs

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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  1. Ne-Yo Reveals What He Tells His Kids About His Polyamorous Relationship

    USMag · 1 outlets

  2. David Johansen Has Stage 4 Cancer and Brain Tumor

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. Sources Revealed How Much Time Melania And Donald Trump Are Spending Together (Not Much)

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  4. Celebrity Weddings of 2025: Stars Who Got Married This Year

    USMag · 2 outlets

  5. Ranking Christian Bale's Best Villain Roles: ‘American Psycho’ and More

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. 'Suits LA' Has Some Major Similarities to 'Suits': A Complete Breakdown

    USMag · 2 outlets

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