| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, February 26VATICAN TREASURER CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE Cardinal George Pell, once one of the highest-ranking members of the Vatican, has been convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse. He faces a maximum 50-year sentence. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]UNIVISION CREW HELD BY MADURO Journalist Jorge Ramos and five members of his Univision crew were detained in Venezuela after interviewing President Nicolás Maduro, who reportedly didn’t “like their questions.” The entire crew was later released. [HuffPost]PATRIOTS OWNER CHARGED Florida prosecutors are charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with two counts of soliciting prostitution. [HuffPost]DEM GOVERNOR PULLS TROOPS FROM SOUTHERN BORDER Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) issued an executive order withdrawing more than 110 Wisconsin National Guard soldiers and aviators from Arizona, saying there was “no justification” for stationing troops at the U.S.-Mexico border. [HuffPost]FORMER TRUMP STAFFER FILES SUIT OVER UNWANTED KISS A former official on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent outside a rally in Florida in August 2016. “I immediately felt violated because I wasn’t expecting it or wanting it,” Alva Johnson said. The allegation is described in a federal lawsuit filed in Florida. The White House denied Johnson’s account. [HuffPost]DEMS BLOCK GOP ABORTION BILL Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill that would have threatened prison for doctors who don’t try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. [HuffPost]COHEN TO START TESTIMONY Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, will begin three days of testimony today, starting with a closed session with the Senate intelligence committee, followed by an open session of the House oversight committee on Wednesday and then a closed House intelligence committee session on Thursday. [NPR]
 SEC TARGETS MUSK FOR CONTEMPT The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing a contempt order against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, saying he violated a fraud settlement by tweeting material information without pre-approval, sending the company’s shares down 5 percent. [Reuters]NEW YORK DEMS WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK Sex workers could be released from prison and no longer fear arrest under a new bill announced by New York state Democrats. [HuffPost]RUSSIAN TV DELIVERS NUKE WARNING Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike. They include the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland. [Reuters]SECURITY OFFICIALS SLAM TRUMP’S NATIONAL EMERGENCY A bipartisan group of 58 former national security officials issued a blistering critique of Trump’s efforts to build a border wall, saying there was “no plausible” justification for declaring a national emergency. [HuffPost]DEM GOVERNOR: KILL THE FILIBUSTER Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), a climate hawk and likely 2020 presidential candidate, wants to eliminate the filibuster. “It was an artifact of a bygone era that is not in the U.S. Constitution and somehow it got grafted on in this culture of the Senate,” he said. [HuffPost]TRUMP SLAMMED ON NORTH KOREA MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough ripped Trump’s soft treatment of North Korea, warning that allowing the development of nuclear weapons capable of striking U.S. soil will be his legacy. [HuffPost]
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