USA News Brief – Thursday, 26 February 2026
📝 Summary
Feeding America names former VA Secretary Denis McDonough CEO The Feeding America Board of Directors announced today that Denis McDonough will become the organization’s Chief Executive Officer,. Trump's portrayal of 'golden age' is out of sync with how Americans see economy – PBS President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices,. Trump reframes America, in two acts – The Washington Post The president delivered a speech that tried to reshape the dark reality many Americans say they are feeling, according to polls.
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account – The Atlantic
One way to look at the rise of Donald Trump is as part of a decades-long backlash among the American leadership class to the idea of accountability….
America's $901 billion trade deficit is like 'chronically high cholesterol,' top economist … – Fortune
The president’s new temporary tariffs risk confusing America’s trade deficit with a much bigger problem….
As America turns 250, Joseph Ellis examines the founders' promise and their failures – PBS
With a 250th birthday in sight, we wanted to ask Americans what it means to be an American and reflect on what the founders built, who they left ……
Trump reframes America, in two acts – The Washington Post
The president delivered a speech that tried to reshape the dark reality many Americans say they are feeling, according to polls….
United States of America: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Mission – IMF
U.S. policymakers have embarked on a systemic reorientation of the U.S. economy with the overarching goal to increase economic self-reliance and, ……
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