Month: February 2026

Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent for The Times, reporting on President Trump. See more on: U.S. Politics, Dulles International Airport ( …

Millions of American students attend classes within a quarter … Department of Education to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Monday that Jamie Ager has been added to its highly competitive “Red to Blue” program.  Read original article: Read More

Our thoughts on the world’s first dedicated 360-degree drone — the Antigravity A1.

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million cosmic scenes, including supermassive black holes, merging galaxies, and supernova explosions.

For just under two hours, Trump in his State of the Union address lied about the state of the economy, the cost of living, his tariffs, and even his immigration policy—claiming that he favors legal immigration while his armed, masked goons grab and imprison people who followed the law.

A challenge to a monstrously regressive Florida state law that makes it easier for books to be pulled from school libraries is making its way through a federal circuit court in Atlanta. The appeal was brought by a group of

A comparative analysis of generative AI adoption among design professionals in China and …

Open access funding · Submit manuscript · Sign up for alerts · RSS feed … Generative AI in Higher Education. Electron J e-Learn 23(1):15–33 …

Bald eagle matriarch Jackie laid an egg on Tuesday afternoon, marking a joyous turnaround for a nesting season so far marked by tragedy.

When one of the Library’s research librarians specializing in genealogical research dug into her family’s past, she discovered her great-great-grandmother’s first name, a mystery that had stumped the family for decades. Such quandries often pop up for Black families tracing their ancestors back to the Civil War and beyond, when records relating to Black people were often chaotic or nonexistent.

Intuit Anthropic AI Agents Partnership And What It May Mean For Valuation – Simply Wall St

For you as an investor, this move sits at the intersection of financial software and generative AI, two areas that continue to attract capital and …

Researchers at UC Davis say news they’ve dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California’s elephant seals have been infected with H5N1 bird flu.

We’re adding twelve new Peak Picks in March! In fiction, Maria Adelmann’s newest novel follows an adjunct professor gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser whose new novel might be about her in The Adjunct; the latest from Elizabeth Berg, Life: A Love Story, is a warm, intimate novel

President Trump portrayed the United States as safe and “winning” in his State of the Union address. He also derided Democrats, repeating baseless …

To celebrate and showcase the 2025 Literacy Award Winners and Honorees, the Library will host a Literacy Awards webinar series that will run from April to July, 2026.

A move to swiftly pass the bill failed by a single vote. It would have required aircraft to carry technology that officials said might have …

A group of 18 Catholic bishops and archbishops, primarily from border dioceses, repeated a long-standing endorsement of comprehensive immigration …

Europe AI Data Center Market Size, Share & Growth, 2034

Rising demand for AI infrastructure to support generative AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics workloads. … funding, and focus on building …

The US in Brief: The bully, from the pulpit. Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter. Share.

Tencent-Backed AI Startup StepFun Is Said to Plan Hong Kong IPO – Bloomberg.com

MiniMax Group Inc. and Zhipu were among the first post-ChatGPT generative AI firms to go public last month globally, contributing to a record …

Cities far below the International Space Station and stars far in the cosmic distance create ghostly trails of light in a long-exposure photograph from NASA astronaut Chris Williams.

A waxing gibbous moon and brilliant Jupiter will pair up after sunset on Feb. 26.

“Imagine a wealthy Oxbridge don giving their teenager a blank check for their Brontë birthday bash and you might begin to grasp the vision.” Emily Van Duyne reviews Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. | Lit Hub Film “Why I don’t regret

I did not quite finish my umpteenth read of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights prior to seeing Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights. Ever the overeager lit student, I entered the theater positive that some reference would slip by me, ruin my enjoyment

“Before they came for us, and woke, and us, and power, they came for Jesse Jackson,” Kiese Laymon, the author of Heavy and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, wrote just hours after the news broke that

In his first State of the Union address of his second term, President Trump offered a rosy portrait of a United States that has lost confidence in his leadership.
He also relentlessly baited Democrats, who want to win back control of Congress in the midterms this fall.
David E. Sanger, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, takes us inside the room.
Guest: David E. Sanger, the White House and National Security Correspondent for The New York Times, reporting on President Trump and his administration.
Background reading: 

During his State of the Union address, Mr. Trump heralded economic and border policies while deriding Democrats.
Here are some fact checks of his speech.

Photo: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
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Listen to MS NOW’s Special Coverage of President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address. During his speech, Trump touted the ending of DEI policies nationwide, railed against the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling, and attacked the Somali community of Minnesota. Hear Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, Chris Hayes, and more react to Trump’s remarks, along with the Democratic response from Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger. Visit ms.now for more coverage.
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In the fall of 2025, a colleague and I partnered with DC’s chapter of Special Olympics to bring their “Young Athletes” program to my library. This ready-made, research-based program was a hit in my community, bringing learning, community, and physical activity to early learners both with and without disabilities. To learn more about Special Olympics and how a partnership can benefit libraries, I interviewed Candace Ladd – Director of Youth Initiatives in DC. About the Youth Initiatives Team Candace Ladd leads a team that partners with schools throughout Washington, DC, both public and charter schools and colleges, where they share and assist with implementation of the “Unified Schools Initiative.” The initiative consists of three main components: unified sports, leadership, and whole school engagement. Candace shared that the “purpose of this program is to enrich a more equitable environment in schools and colleges.” To support their partners through implementation, Candace and…
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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union Address where he highlighted immigration, tariffs, Iran, voter fraud, and more. 
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The journal article linked below was published today by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Title Academic Journals’ AI Policies Fail to Curb the Surge in AI-Assisted Academic Writing Authors Yongyuan He Peking University Yi Bu Peking University Source Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
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From the ESAC Blog: The OA2020 and ESAC communities mark a new phase in the evolution of the ESAC Registry—a shared, library-driven infrastructure documenting open access publishing agreements between libraries, consortia, and publishers. Built by practitioners to strengthen transparency and shared insight across a rapidly evolving publishing landscape, the Registry documents how libraries worldwide have translated
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The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Responsible Intelligence in Practice: A Fairness Audit of Open Large Language Models for Library Reference Services Authors Haining Wang Indiana University School of Medicine Jason Clark Montana State University  Angelica Peña San Leandro Public Library Source via arXiv DOI:  10.48550/arXiv.2602.18935 Abstract As libraries explore large
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Nature, Published online: 25 February 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00620-xThe mystery of why soft shoes squeak on hard floors may be solved, according to new research

Nature, Published online: 25 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10127-0Reply to: Limitations of probing field-induced response with STM

While Secretary of State Denny Hoskins says a map from 2025 is in effect, a court case could require congressional candidates to run within lines …  Read original article: Read More

On January 28, 2026, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil … Federal Efforts to Combat Anti-American Bias in the Workplace. Request …

Students walk out with signs protesting ICE. Students walk out of Roosevelt High School during a protest Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. | Jen Golbeck …

Photo courtesy of the Boisi Center at Boston College. Of course, the scapegoating of immigrants (and violence against them) in the United States is …

… Department of Research · Featured Stories. Menu. Humanities … Pavlić is Distinguished Research Professor of English, African American Studies …