Asia Faces Trade Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariffs Hit Legal Trouble | The Asia Trade 2/23/2026
Bloomberg Television· 2026-02-23 04:11
SHERY: THIS IS THE ASIAN TRADE, I AM SHERY AHN IN TOKYO. AVRIL: AND I'M AVRIL HONG IN SINGAPORE. FRESH TRADE UNCERTAINTY SET TO HIT ASIAN MARKETS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE IS RAISING HIS GLOBAL TARIFF TO 15% AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN HIS SO-CALLED RECIPROCAL LEVIES.SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS SAY KEY TRADE DEALS REMAIN IN EFFECT, BUT INDIA AND THE EU STEPPED BACK FROM TALKS RATIFICATION WHILE JAPAN CALLED THE SITUATION A MESS. THE TERROR OF TURMOIL HANDING CHINA A BOOST IN BARGAINING POWER WHEN ME ...
Some artists, museums embrace AI art; others call it a gimmick | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes· 2026-02-23 04:05
When you think about the way art is created, you might imagine painters, photographers, or sculptors immersed in their work at their studios. But what about a person sitting in front of a computer screen using artificial intelligence and data to create visuals? Is that art? It's a question that is being asked and answered by some of the most prestigious museums, critics, and auction houses in the world. Some artists call AI a revolutionary new medium. Others call it theft. We wanted to see it for ourselves, ...
Inside McDowell County, West Virginia, the birthplace of food stamps | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes· 2026-02-23 04:04
For some, these are the boom times. 401ks are surging. The stock market has hit an all-time high.But drive just 350 miles from the nation's capital. And the conversation isn't about how to get rich, but how to survive. McDow County, West Virginia, was once the nation's largest coal producer.It is now one of the poorest places in the country where the food stamp program started and later the opioid crisis took hold. Today, one in three households there depends on those food stamps. And now the program that h ...
Investigating Trump's claims that White South African farmers are victims of genocide
60 Minutes· 2026-02-23 04:04
In November, President Trump announced he would quote, "permanently pause migration from all third world countries to the US after a member of the National Guard was killed and another badly wounded in Washington, allegedly by an Afghan refugee. But there is one group of refugees that Trump administration is welcoming. It's expediting the resettlement of white South Africans, mostly Africconers, who are descendants of Dutch settlers.President Trump says that white farmers are victims of a genocide. The Sout ...
Mike Eruzione reflects on "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey game | 60 Minutes
60 Minutes· 2026-02-23 04:04
The last minute of 60 Minutes is sponsored by United Healthcare. Coverage you can count on for your whole life ahead. Mike Arusion delivered one of the greatest upsets in American sports history.As captain of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, Aruzion led a squad of amateurs against the mighty Soviet Union and scored the game-winning goal. We asked him to reflect on the lesson of that miracle on ice 46 years ago today. I think the lesson that our team showed in 1980 by winning an Olympic gold medal, by beatin ...
FBI Director Kash Patel seen partying with U.S. Olympic hockey team
MSNBC· 2026-02-23 02:42
The same day a man armed with a shotgun and a gas can was shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago, prompting an FBI investigation, FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated a gold medal win with U.S. Olympic hockey players in an Instagram Live video posted by Detroit Red Wings center and captain Dylan Larkin. Kash Patel traveled to Italy to watch the Olympics on an FBI jet. An FBI spokesperson said that Patel’s trip was not personal and he was invited months ago. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same miss ...
Kash Patel parties with Team USA after saying he was in Milan for business
MSNBC· 2026-02-23 02:36
in Milan have officially come to an end and Team USA finished out the games by winning gold in the men's hockey final against Canada. It is the first gold medal since 1980 and, of course, the very famous Miracle on Ice. Among those celebrating with the team was none other than FBI Director Kash Patel, seen on social media in the locker room after Team USA's victory.There is also this video circulating on social media of the FBI Director with a beverage of some kind as he chants along with the athletes. Neve ...
Trump said “forget about separation of church and state." He meant it.
MSNBC· 2026-02-23 02:26
The separation of church and state was created to prevent governments from picking religions and religions from picking governments. But on National Prayer Day, the president of the United States said something no predecessor ever would. They say separation between church and state, they told me.I said, all right, let's forget about that for one time. The word separation of church and state aren't actually in the Constitution. They come from an 1802 Thomas Jefferson letter who called for a quote, eternal se ...
FBI Dir. Kash Patel filmed chugging beer in U.S. Olympic hockey players' locker room
MSNBC· 2026-02-23 02:24
Video circulating on social media shows FBI Director Kash Patel guzzling from a beer bottle and celebrating in the locker room with U.S. Olympic hockey players Sunday after they won a gold medal — during what his spokesman said was an official trip to Milan for security meetings. Eight former FBI and Justice Department officials sent MS NOW a copy of the video, which they said was drawing outrage as it rocketed around FBI and DOJ circles. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Same mission. New ...
"DISASTROUS for our democracy!”: GOP BLASTED for voter suppression bill
MSNBC· 2026-02-23 02:20
As President Trump continues his attacks on the Constitutution, Senate Republicans are on track to hold a vote later this week. on a bill that will potentially disenfranchise millions of American voters, and that would be the so-called Save America Act, which would require eligible voters to provide proof of citizenship, including a U .S. passport or a birth certificate, plus a photo ID when registering to vote.Now the bill has already been passed by the GOP-led House and will go to the Senate where it now ...