WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a global 10% tariff on all countries Friday evening following the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking his tariffs earlier in the day. The president announced Friday evening that it was his “great honor” to have signed “a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately.” The move is intended to address the fundamental international payment problems, the White House said, and to continue the Trump administration’s work to rebalance trade relationships in order to benefit American workers. Trump is invoking his authority under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, empowering him to address “certain fundamental international payment problems through surcharges and other special import restrictions,” the White House clarified in a fact sheet. The proclamation imposes a 10% ad valorem import duty on all articles imported into the U.S. for 150 days, taking effect February 24 at 12:01 a.m. “By taking this action, the United States can stem the outflow of its dollars to foreign producers and incentivize the return of domestic production,” the fact sheet states. “By increasing its domestic production, the United States can correct its balance-of-payments deficit, while also creating good paying jobs, and lowering costs for consumers.” The move came after the Supreme Court basically struck down Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries in a 6-3 decision, saying that the president does not have the authority to impose those broad-scale tariffs. Trump, in a White House press briefing on Friday and in subsequent social media posts, said repeatedly that he is “ashamed” of the Supreme Court justices who ruled against him for “not having the Courage to do what is right for our Country.” In a Truth Social post on Friday night, he praised Justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Samuel Alito for their “Strength, Wisdom, and Love of our Country.” President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on February 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) “When you read the dissenting opinions, there is no way that anyone can argue against them,” Trump said. “Foreign Countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic, and dancing in the streets — But they won’t be dancing for long! The Democrats on the Court are thrilled, but they will automatically vote ‘NO’ against ANYTHING that makes America Strong and Healthy Again.” “They, also, are a Disgrace to our Nation,” Trump added. “Others think they’re being ‘politically correct,’ which has happened before, far too often, with certain Members of this Court when, in fact, they’re just FOOLS and ‘LAPDOGS’ for the RINOS and Radical Left Democrats and, not that this should have anything to do with it, very unpatriotic, and disloyal to the Constitution. It is my opinion that the Court has been swayed by Foreign Interests, and a Political Movement that is far smaller than people would think — But obnoxious, ignorant, and loud!” Trump said that the case was extremely important to him, symbolizing economic and national security more “than anything else.” “The Good News,” the president said, “is that there are methods, practices, Statutes, and other Authorities, as recognized by the entire Court and Congress, that are even stronger than the IEEPA TARIFFS, available to me as President of the United States of America and, in actuality, I was very modest in my ‘ask’ of other Countries and Businesses because I wanted to do nothing that could sway the decision that has been rendered by the Court.” According to the White House, there are some goods that won’t be subject to the import duty, such as certain critical minerals, natural resources and fertilizers that can’t be grown or produced in the U.S., pharmaceuticals, electronics, passengers vehicles, certain aerospace products, and more.

The following is an edited transcript excerpt from The Michael Knowles Show. * * * A woman who presents herself as a “priestess” — a role that does not exist in Christianity — just went viral. This priestess puts on a collar and a stole and pretends to be a priest. And to make the whole presentation even more satanic, she includes the Planned Parenthood logo on the priestly stole. Here is her defense of the Left’s highest sacrament, abortion: Headline: RELIGION MEETS PLANNED PARENTHOOD A female pastor is sparking a firestorm after claiming she “felt God’s presence” while deciding to end two pregnancies—all while wearing a Planned Parenthood stole at the pulpit pic.twitter.com/sUvgk7HIRz — BuzzBrief (@_BuzzBrief__) February 15, 2026 Credit: @_BuzzBrief_X.com & @OilLondonTV/X.com In the abortion imaginary, all people of faith are against abortion. This imaginary has colonized our minds, traumatizing many people with its toxic theology and shaping a culture of stigma and shame that has silenced millions of women and people who have had abortions, erasing their voices, their stories, and their witness from the public sphere. As a child of God, I can certainly appreciate the lyrical beauty of this text, as well as the descriptions in Jeremiah and Job of their certain knowledge that God was with them in the womb. I too feel that I am known by God in these ways. As a woman who has borne two children, I can affirm that I felt something sacred happening in my gestating body during those pregnancies. I can also attest that I felt God’s presence with me as I made the decision to end two pregnancies, and I felt no guilt, no shame, no sin. Okay, this is horrifying.  But you have to give this murderous woman, this truly sacrilegious heretic, some credit for honesty. She is openly acknowledging something that most pro-abortion Christians will not: something sacred was going on in my womb when that baby was being knit there.  She goes on to basically say, Jeremiah and Job describe being knit in the womb. And yeah, that’s all real. I totally grant that. And I felt it. I personally know it’s real — but I chose to kill my kids and I felt that that was cool too. So, of course, the difference between real Christianity and a lot of pagan cults is that Christianity is a definitive religion. Our Lord is a real person who lives in real time and space and picks real people to build his Church with and upon, like Saint Peter, to whom he gave the keys to the kingdom of heaven and the power to bind and to loose. It is a religion that has real, visible authority in the world throughout history. During that history, our Lord says, I will send the helper, I will send the Holy Spirit to you, and I will be with you always, even until the end of the age, because our Lord is the bridegroom and the Church is the bride. It is a real, definitive religion. We can definitively say Christianity outlaws abortion. We can definitively say Christianity has a real view of marriage, and it doesn’t change. We can really say all of that. And this woman kind of admits that, which is why you have to give her points for honesty. She says there was a divine thing happening when babies were being created in her womb. But she killed them anyway because her autonomy trumped even the spark of the divine. In other words, her autonomy trumps even God himself. WATCH: The Michael Knowles Show on DailyWire+ And it’s nuts when you hear it that way from a forthright liberal woman. But that is the premise of liberalism today — nothing is more important than my autonomy. I will make of myself the highest god. We saw this in the Biden administration. Joe Biden believed he could be a liberal and a Christian, he was happy to do it. He called himself the most devout Catholic in the world. However, when his liberalism conflicted with his Christianity, he always chose liberalism. And this is what liberalism tells us to do. We can believe a wide number of things. We can engage in a wide number of behaviors. We can even join many political parties. But the highest good is my autonomy. I’m really number one. I will make a god of myself. It’s a fulfillment of what the serpent promises to our first ancestors in the garden: “You will be like gods.” You don’t have to listen to him. And that’s what this woman is saying. It’s all the more shocking because she admits: Jeremiah and Job talk about the divine spark in the womb. I felt it too — and I killed them. Press them on that. Press the Democrats and the liberals on that: If you’re a Christian, what happens when Christianity contradicts your liberalism? Which side do you pick?

The United States Stock Market ended the day in the green after a volatile session driven by tariff news. The Supreme Court released its ruling at 10am, prompting the NASDAQ,the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the S&P 500 to rally after earlier declines based on weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter GDP data. After the initial rally, all three major indices retreated by midday before climbing again around 12:30pm, ultimately closing in the green for the day and the week.  President Donald Trump hosted a midday press conference, where he noted that the Supreme Court’s ruling removes uncertainty surrounding tariffs. “The bottom line is that the word certainty is now in the equation,” Trump said. Under the sweeping tariffs Trump issued using the International Emergency Economist Powers Act (IEEPA), the administration asserted that it had broad authority to impose duties with little notice, Trump could essentially issue a new tariff via Truth Social post. With his powers revoked, he will have to implement tariffs through Section 232s. Imposing tariffs through Section 232s is a much more bureaucratic process than under IEEPA. To start the process, the Commerce Department will open a 90-270 day investigation on a product or class of imports. Once the investigation concludes, the Commerce Department will deliver the findings to the President and the President can then impose tariffs. The extended timeline provides companies with advance notice before duties are placed on imports, adding predictability for impacted companies.  “The Supreme Court’s announcement regarding tariffs provides much-needed certainty for U.S. businesses and manufactures, enabling global supply chains to operate without ambiguity,” the National Retail Federation said after the ruling. “Clear and consistent trade policy is essential for economic growth, creating jobs and opportunities for American families.  The retail sector was one of the strongest-performing sectors with certainty priced in around tariffs.  Amazon, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, and Five Below popped on the news.  The next question for these retailers will be if refunds are issued levies they may have already paid. The Supreme Court did not issue a ruling on refunds so the decision will be litigated in lower courts.

Two officers with the Detroit Police Department were suspended without pay for 30 days on Thursday for calling Customs and Border Protection agents on two separate occasions that resulted in the agents taking suspects into federal custody. A Detroit Police sergeant and officer were accused by Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison of breaking department policy when they called Border Patrol agents during traffic stops on December 16 and February 9, ABC’s Detroit affiliate WXYZ reported. Bettison pushed to fire the officers, but the Board of Police Commissioners voted on Thursday to suspend the cops without pay. The officers were initially suspended with pay on February 12. Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded to the development and told the suspended officers in a post on X, “We have a place for you, patriots.” Under its message, ICE posted the link to where people can apply to work for the agency. While Detroit has not officially declared itself a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants, it effectively acts as on as the police are prohibited from cooperating with federal immigration agents. During the incident earlier this month, Detroit Police sergeant Denise Wallet was called to assist an officer who was dealing with a person who could not speak English. According to Chief Bettison, the sergeant called Border Patrol to help with translation services instead of using the police department’s translation service line. Wallet, who has been with the department for 27 years, sued the city after she was suspended. In a complaint, Wallet said that she contacted Border Patrol simply to identify the suspect, “not to enforce immigration law or to inquire into the subject’s immigration status,” Michigan Advance reported. Wallet’s action was discovered by the police department during a bodycam audit, which showed the sergeant make “a verbal comment expressing her disagreement with the DPD policy regarding immigration and collaboration with the federal government.” In the complaint, Wallet argues that the police department’s policy violates federal law, which states that “no state or local government entity or official may prohibit or restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, federal immigration authorities information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual.” Wallet also argues that her due process rights were violated since she was suspended without being given an opportunity to defend herself. Leftist Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib praised Chief Bettison for punishing the police officers. “Chief Bettison and I agree that we need to make sure that our community and our residents trust the people who are trying to keep us safe,” Tlaib said. Michigan House Republican leader Matt Hall, however, said that the Detroit Police Department’s action could prompt the state House to review the department’s policies, saying that firing the officers would be “unacceptable,” The Detroit News reported. After the board voted on Thursday to suspend the officers without pay, Bettison said he would no longer pursue firing the officers. “This incident should make it clear, however, that as Chief, I will continue to vigorously enforce DPD’s policies,” he added. While Detroit has not seen the same surge in federal immigration operations that cities like Minneapolis and Chicago have experienced, ICE agents routinely arrest suspected illegal immigrants in the Motor City and surrounding area.

Team USA women’s figure skater Alysa Liu defied the odds to become the first American woman to win Olympic gold in twenty years. As the California native took to the Olympic podium before the entire world, her breathtaking comeback was also paved by her father’s patriotic story of grit and heroism against seemingly greater odds.  After ranking third in the women’s short program on Tuesday, Liu — cool, calm, and collected as usual — showed up to the rink smiling, waving to the crowd, and ready to skate. She performed her routine to Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park Suite” with the infectious energy that is a trademark of the 20-year-old. After the near-perfect skate earned her a career-best 226.79 points, she was placed in first with just two skaters left — Japan’s three-time World Champion Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai. When both skaters just slightly missed the mark —Sakamoto scored 224.90 points and Ami five points behind her — Liu officially captured the gold medal and a much-needed win for Team USA. ALYSA LIU’S GOLD-WINNING FREE SKATE ROUTINE! ⭐️ #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/mH8tZkFCdK — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 20, 2026 What separates Liu from the rest of her team — and brings extra sweetness to her win — is the fact that she actually walked away from the sport for more than two years. When Liu was thirteen, she became the youngest national champion, only to win again the following year. The teen prodigy dominated the sport, fueling hope for her family to become the next Michelle Kwan. In 2019, she even became the first American female to complete a quadruple jump in an international competition. But all that changed after the 2022 Beijing Olympics, when at age 16, Liu announced in an Instagram post that she was retiring from the sport, “… i feel so satisfied with how my skating career has gone. now that i’m finally done with my goals in skating i’m going to be moving on with my life.”  In hopes of living a “normal” life, Liu used her freedom from the ice to hang out with friends, visit Nepal, hike to Everest Base Camp, and go on road trips. That was, until a skiing trip with her family ignited an old spark — and the desire to compete again. Liu emerged from the two-year break in 2024, punctuating her comeback with a first-place win at the World Championships the following year. It is almost unheard of to return to the sport after so much time away. But Liu proved she was just that good. “That has been my dream,” she told NBC after the win. “I’m just over the moon, I’m the luckiest girl ever. I’m really grateful.” Liu isn’t just a talented athlete. She carries with her the precious roots of what it means to be American, and having to fight for it. Arthur Liu, her father, was born and raised in China. He was a university student during the infamous 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, where student-led protests and demonstrations turned deadly, and hundreds, if not thousands, were arrested, killed, or went missing in the brutal government crackdown. Liu said he was “outraged” by the massacre and went on to organize more protests. After learning he was on the government’s “most wanted” list, he worried future imprisonment was inevitable. At age 25, he fled from China to Hong Kong and eventually made his way to America. Three months before his daughter was supposed to represent the United States in the Beijing Olympics, a man who claimed to be a U.S. Official called Liu, asking for passport information. “I felt something fishy was going on,” he told the Associated Press at the time. “I’m not going to let them stop her from going and I’ll do whatever I can to make sure she’s safe and I’m willing to make sacrifices so she can enjoy the moment. I’m not going to let them win — to stop me — to silence me from expressing my opinions anywhere.” Prosecutors alleged that the family was a target of a Chinese spying operation, and that the man was hired to perform surveillance on them. But foreign harassment didn’t stop the teenager, and Liu still made her Olympic debut that year — just with heightened security from the State Department. True to her light-hearted nature, Liu called the experience “a little bit freaky and exciting,” and wondered what her life would look like as a movie. “They got to make me look like a super cool hero or something. I can’t just be the kid that got spied on and did nothing about it.” “I would just have the main focus be my dad’s story, because his story is so cool … everything that only happened because of what he did, so, I feel like we got to start with the roots.”