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AP  —  A placid fishing trip turned “berserk” for three New Zealand men when a dolphin weighing more than 400 kilograms (900 pounds) appeared to fall out of the sky before crash-landing in their small boat. No one was badly hurt when the 3.4-meter (11-foot) bottlenose dolphin jumped aboard the open-top boat Friday, said Dean Harrison, the owner of the nearly 16-foot vessel. Harrison and two companions were fishing near the Hole in the Rock, a picturesque spot off the far north coast of New Zealand’s North Island, while dolphins frolicked ahead. The men saw a shadow across the bright…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more. In his speech, just under one hour and 40 minutes, Trump also made a number of false claims about his predecessor, Joe Biden. Here is a fact check of some of Trump’s statements: DOGE savings: Trump claimed that the Department of Government Efficiency, the initiative led by Elon Musk, has “found hundreds of billions of dollars” in fraud. This figure, which is uncorroborated, needs context.…

CNN  —  Modern America’s political chasm never looked so bleak. President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night adopted the customs of a familiar annual political observance. But they failed to bridge the chasm of misunderstanding and contempt cleaving the country down the middle. “Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States” roared the House sergeant at arms in his fabled refrain before Trump entered the House of Representatives. It was one of the only normal moments on a night that exemplified broken national unity as the president embarks on a second term that millions believe will usher…

The parties hoping to form Germany’s next government have agreed to overhaul borrowing rules and create a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy. Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD), who are in negotiations to form a coalition after a national election last month, will put their proposals to the German parliament next week. Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, has seized the moment after the return of Donald Trump to the White House put the transatlantic alliance in turmoil and underlined the urgency…

CNN  —  Private-sector employers have spent the past six weeks trying to parse the clear-as-mud implications of an executive order from President Donald Trump deriding what he classifies as “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) “discrimination and preferences” — as well as a memo from US Attorney General Pam Bondi that “encourage(s)” companies to “end” such “illegal” practices upon threat of being investigated. On top of that, companies now have to factor in the implications of a February 21 preliminary injunction that blocks three provisions in the administration’s DEI directives. What all of this will mean practically for you as…

CNN  —  Modern America’s political chasm never looked so bleak. President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night adopted the customs of a familiar annual political observance. But they failed to bridge the chasm of misunderstanding and contempt cleaving the country down the middle. “Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States” roared the House sergeant at arms in his fabled refrain before Trump entered the House of Representatives. It was one of the only normal moments on a night that exemplified broken national unity as the president embarks on a second term that millions believe will usher…

Jason Miller, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, said the president plans to “lean into” tariffs during his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. ”I would say that he’s going to lean into it, and he’s going to talk about how increasing tariffs can actually go and close the trade deficits, which January, we saw a record trade deficit, particularly when it comes to countries such as Canada, Mexico, China,” Miller said when asked by CNN’s Audie Cornish if Trump would have to acknowledge his blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada that took effect on…

CNN  —  If you don’t like President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, wait a minute. Just after the stock market had its second freak-out in a row, just after businesses around the country planned “what are we going to do now” board meetings, just after Canada and China retaliated with tariffs of their own, just after Republican members of Congress pleaded with the administration to dial down its trade policy, just after the International Chamber of Commerce warned of a Great-Depression-like economic catastrophe, the Trump administration appeared to change its mind on its massive tariffs on its biggest trading partners. Maybe.…

Jason Miller, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, said the president plans to “lean into” tariffs during his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. ”I would say that he’s going to lean into it, and he’s going to talk about how increasing tariffs can actually go and close the trade deficits, which January, we saw a record trade deficit, particularly when it comes to countries such as Canada, Mexico, China,” Miller said when asked by CNN’s Audie Cornish if Trump would have to acknowledge his blanket 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada that took effect on…

Georgia’s Senate passed two bills to ban most gender-transitioning treatment for minors and inmates in state prisons, with some Democrats joining Republicans in supporting the measures.Lawmakers voted 34-19 on Monday for a bill to ban most gender-transitioning treatments, including puberty blockers, for anyone under the age of 18, even for people already on treatment. In 2023, the state banned most gender-transitioning surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender children unless they were already receiving treatment.”You’re asking [minors] to make changes that will have changes to the rest of their lives,” GOP Sen. Ben Watson, the bill’s sponsor, said Monday. “It…