For: February 24, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed sharply lower yesterday as tariff uncertainty rattled markets. Losses in software and financial stocks led the broadbased selloff with all three major averages dropping more than one percent. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 822 points to 48-804. The S&P 500 lost 71 points to 68-37. The Nasdaq dropped 259 points to 22-627.
>>FedEx Sues Trump Administration After Supreme Court Tariff Ruling
(New York, NY) -- FedEx is suing the Trump administration for tariff refunds. The shipping giant filed the suit Monday days after the Supreme Court struck down most of the president's sweeping tariffs. FedEx is asking for a full refund of all tariffs it paid the government. Last Friday, the high court ruled Trump had exceeded his presidential authority when he imposed the tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Lawsuits filed by other companies before the Supreme Court's decision are still pending.
>>YouTube Exec Testifies In Social Media Trial
(Los Angeles, CA) -- A top executive from YouTube took the stand yesterday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles involving social media addiction and kids. Youtube VP Cristos Goodrow essentially oversees the algorithms at the platform, tasked with keeping users engaged. The plaintiff in the case -- a young woman -- sued TikTok, YouTube and Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, claiming she became addicted to the social media sites as a kid and has experienced anxiety and depression as a result. Snapchat and TikTok previously settled out of court. The verdict could impact outcome of 16-hundred other pending social media addiction cases across the U.S.
>>San Francisco Bay Area Kaiser Nurses Headed Back To Work
(San Francisco, CA) -- Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses in the San Francisco Bay Area are headed back to work today after a four-week strike. Over 30-thousand Kaiser nurses in California and Hawaii have decided to end their time on the picket line after union officials say "significant movement" has been made on contract negotiations with the company. A deal has yet to be announced but could be imminent. Contract talks have been happening since March of last year, with nurses demanding better wages and step increases along with more affordable healthcare.
>>SCOTUS Considering Oil Companies Bid To Toss Lawsuit
(Washington, DC) -- The Supreme Court will take up a request from ExxonMobil and Suncor to toss a suit brought against them by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado. Boulder sued the companies, alleging that they "knowingly and substantially contributed to the climate crisis by producing, promoting and selling a substantial portion of the fossil fuels," while the oil companies argued that regulating interstate pollution "is an inherently federal area necessarily governed by federal law." Justices are now being asked to decide whether federal law prevents state-level claims of climate-related injury. Implications from a Supreme Court ruling will go beyond this case as cities and states around the nation have sued energy firms over their contributions to climate change.
