BREAKING NYT: The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report

This case should be immediately dismissed, since it's an obvious violation of the 1st Amendment, and the officer who arrested her should be charged with violating her constitutional rights. This nonsense has to stop.

Epstein estate agrees to $35 million settlement in victim class action reut.rs/4kKhVIZ reut.rs/4kKhVIZ

JUST IN: Americans oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics by wide margins and President Trump’s approval on immigration has dipped to the lowest of his second term, according to an ABC News News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. Read more: abcnews.link/bZPZe6c

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths were in Texas bit.ly/3MFUtA7

🇨🇱 Chilean scientists warn of spread of avian flu in Antarctica Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP of an observed strain "capable of killing 100 percent" of infected fauna.

Two Russian Tu-95s bombers, two Su-35s fighter planes and an A-50 spy plane were detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, NORAD said. cbsn.ws/4rCjyuX

🇵🇸 Discussions on Gaza's future must begin with a total halt to Israeli "aggression", Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said after US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace met for the first time. ➡️ u.afp.com/S6XA

🇪🇺 🇺🇦 European Council president pushes Ukraine accession to EU European Council president Antonio Costa says he wants the European Union membership accession process for Ukraine to begin "as soon as possible."

Poland will use antipersonnel as well as anti-tank land mines to defend its eastern border against the growing threat from Russia, Poland’s deputy defense minister tells The Associated Press. nbcnews.com/world/europe/p…

The president’s policies are hurting his working-class MAGA followers. But will they ever leave him? bit.ly/4aryhCP

A Seoul court’s ruling ordering K-pop conglomerate HYBE Labels to pay former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin about 25.5 billion won ($17.5 million) in a put option dispute has begun reshaping the next phase of one of K-pop’s biggest corporate battles. koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/…

Displays about slavery at the President's House in Old City were restored nearly a month after they were removed by order of the Trump administration. cbsn.ws/3MFVCYr

Instead of putting Hernández up at a hotel near his prison for $69/night, officials activated a four-man team to drive him to a posh NYC hotel where rooms cost more than $1,000/night, though his lawyer said the government didn’t pay the bill. propublica.org/article/trump-…

At 24 weeks pregnant, a Mass. woman was arrested by ICE. Days later, she was rushed to the hospital. trib.al/n9z1Dpr

🇹🇷 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia will help Turkey build solar plants capable of powering more than two million homes, under a deal the two countries signed Friday that aims to deepen energy cooperation between the key regional players. ➡️ u.afp.com/S6XL

Japan PM Takaichi warns of China 'coercion', vows security overhaul reut.rs/3OSlMHZ reut.rs/3OSlMHZ

‘They’re virtually immune’: Century-old Mass. law shields hospitals and nonprofits from major payouts trib.al/jwXCPN3

AAII bull-bear spread has moved back sharply into negative territory ⁦AAII SentimentSurvey⁩

Adjusted for ISM methodology, Philadelphia Fed⁩ Manufacturing Index slipped to 50.06 in February … essentially unchanged