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How $600 Drones Are Outsmarting Colombia’s Billion-Dollar Military

21 février 2026 à 11:00
Security officials say easy access by guerrilla groups to commercial drones, cheaply modified into deadly weapons, has put the nation’s army on its heels.

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Robinson Hernandez and John Silva, who work for a company that specializes in drone and anti-drone technology, using devices to neutralize drones during a test in Bogotá, Colombia.

Los Angeles Olympics Have a Cloud of Concerns as Winter Games Close

21 février 2026 à 11:01
New details about the LA28 chairman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as well as anxiety over key infrastructure projects, have thrown the planning into disarray.

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Los Angeles Olympics organizers addressed the International Olympic Committee in Milan, Italy, this month, to promote the next Summer Games.

For India, Buying Russian Oil Just Got More Complicated

21 février 2026 à 12:05
India’s prime minister acceded to many of President Trump’s demands under pressure of heavy tariffs. It would be awkward to reject them now.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Trump at the White House in February 2025.

In Gorsuch’s Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress

21 février 2026 à 11:02
In his concurrence to the ruling invalidating President Trump’s tariffs, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch made a forceful case for the sanctity of the legislative process — and an implicit critique of its current dysfunction.

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“It can be tempting to bypass Congress when some pressing problem arises,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote. “But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design.”

Trump Doubles Down on Closing Tax Loophole on Cheap Imports

21 février 2026 à 10:30
The exemption was shut down last year by President Trump based, in part, on the same legal grounds as the tariffs that were invalidated by the Supreme Court.

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President Donald Trump speaking at the White House on Friday. The de minimis tax loophole had been widely used by companies operating in China to ship goods duty-free to the United States.

Police Chief Placed Millions in Bets as He Embezzled, Investigators Say

21 février 2026 à 03:01
Karl R. Jacobson was arrested and accused of stealing from city coffers as he placed $4.5 million in online bets. He resigned in January, when the accusations first surfaced.

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New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson is charged with two counts of larceny in the first degree by defrauding a public community, according to the state’s attorney.

Court Clears Way for Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms

21 février 2026 à 02:30
A federal appeals court vacated a temporary block on the 2024 law, tossing a previous decision that called it “plainly unconstitutional.”

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Liz Murrill, the Louisiana attorney general, speaks alongside Gov. Jeff Landry during a news conference regarding the state’s Ten Commandments in Baton Rouge, La., in 2024.
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