U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Majorities of Americans with various income backgrounds, men, women and Americans of all age groups disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, along with majorities of white, Black, Hispanic and Asian Americans, according to the poll.
A majority of those who did not vote in 2024 disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs along with almost all of those who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris. Over 9 in 10 Americans who disapprove of Trump oppose how he is handling tariffs.
While most Republicans approve of how Trump is handling tariffs (75%), that drops to 43% among self-described non-MAGA Republicans (which include independents who lean Republican and call themselves MAGA supporters). A 55% majority of non-MAGA Republicans disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs. Most MAGA Republicans (87%) approve of how he is handling tariffs on imported goods.
In all, 54% of Republicans and Republican- leaning independents say they are supporters of the MAGA movement and 42% say they are not.
While majorities of those with college degrees and without disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, White people without college degrees are split. White people with college degrees disapprove by a more-than 2-to-1 margin.
Rural Americans are also split over whether they approve or disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, while most suburban and urban people disapprove.
Opinions on tariffs have remained stable since ABC/Post/Ipsos first asked in April last year; the same share approved and disapproved of how Trump was handling the issue then as they do now.
Methodology — This ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll was conducted via the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel, Feb. 12-17, 2026, among 2,589 U.S. adults and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The error margins are larger among partisan group subsamples.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is seen returning after leaving police custody, following his arrest on February 19, 2026 in Sandringham, Norfolk. Peter Nicholls/Getty Images
(LONDON) — Investigations are continuing on Friday after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew and the younger brother of King Charles III — was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office and released under investigation.
Police confirmed that searches being conducted in Norfolk have now concluded, while searches in Berkshire remain underway and that Mountbatten-Windsor has not been charged. The former prince was pictured returning to Sandringham in Norfolk on Thursday night.
In a statement on Thursday, Thames Valley Police said it had “arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.”
There have been no senior royals arrested in recent history.
Under United Kingdom law, an arrest requires police to have reasonable grounds to suspect an offense has taken place and reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary to arrest the person in question.
In a statement issued on Thursday, King Charles III said, “I have learned with the deepest concern the news about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and suspicion of misconduct in public office.”
“What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities. In this, as I have said before, they have our full and wholehearted support and co-operation,” Charles added.
“Let me state clearly: the law must take its course. As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter. Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all.”
Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest on Thursday follows the emergence of documents detailing communication between Andrew and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He has previously denied wrongdoing with respect to Epstein.
In late 2010, Mountbatten-Windsor appeared to share sensitive information stemming from his role as the U.K. trade envoy with Jeffrey Epstein, who had just months earlier completed his sentence in Florida for solicitation of a minor into prostitution, emails released by the U.S. Department of Justice suggest.
Emails sent by Mountbatten-Windsor show the former prince passing along what he described as “confidential information” stemming from his government role to Epstein. Other emails sent by his former liaison suggest that Mountbatten-Windsor discussed Epstein’s connections in his personal dealings.
“It’s undoubtedly a threat to the monarchy,” ABC News royal contributor Robert Jobson said Thursday of Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, noting the historic and “seismic” nature of a police raid taking place at a royal estate.
“I think some people, many people, younger people included, will argue, what is the point of an institution that’s unelected when you’ve got criminality, or potential criminality, actually unfolding like this and members of the royal family being arrested and cautioned … to give evidence under oath in an interview?” Jobson said on “Good Morning America.” “It’s shocking.”
‘Idols II’ album artwork. (Capitol Records/Locomotion)
Yungblud has released Idols II, a sequel album to his 2025 effort, Idols.
The set includes six new songs, plus the updated version of the Idols single “Zombie” featuring The Smashing Pumpkins.
“Part 1 was a journey that helped me reclaim my identity from the darkest position I’ve ever been in my life,” Yungblud says in a statement. “Part 2 is about realising that I am alive, that I am real, that this journey that I’ve been on didn’t kill me.”
“It’s about realising that you can feel invincible when you actually feel yourself,” he continues. “It’s about comprehending that my heart is beating and that my lungs are filling up with air.”
You can watch the lyric video for the Idols II single “Suburban Requiem” on YouTube.
Yungblud will launch a North American tour in May.
A sign outside a mobile clinic offering measles and flu vaccinations on February 6, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sean Rayford/Getty Images
(NEW YORK) — The U.S. is close to reaching at least 1,000 measles cases for the third time in eight years.
At least 72 new measles cases have been confirmed in the last week, according to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So far this year, there have been total of 982 cases in 26 states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Just six measles cases were reported among international travelers so far this year, according to CDC data.
About 94% of cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, the CDC said.
Meanwhile, 3% of cases are among those who have received just one dose of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and 4% of cases are among those who received the recommended two doses, according to the CDC.
The current measles situation in the U.S. is partly being driven by a large outbreak in South Carolina that began last year, with 962 cases recorded as of Friday, according to state health officials.
Last year, the U.S. recorded 2,281 measles cases, which is the highest number of national cases in 33 years, according to the CDC.
The CDC currently recommends people receive two doses of the MMR vaccine, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective, and two doses are 97% effective against measles, the CDC said.
However, federal data shows vaccination rates have been lagging in recent years. During the 2024-2025 school year, 92.5% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data. This is lower than the 92.7% seen in the previous school year and the 95.2% seen in the 2019-2020 school year, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last month marked one year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, with infections soon spreading to neighboring counties and other states.
Public health experts previously told ABC News that if cases in other states are found to be linked to the cases in Texas, it would mean the virus has been spreading for a year, which could lead to a loss of elimination status.
Jonny Greenwood performs on stage at Usher Hall on June 01, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns)
Radiohead ended their live hiatus at the end of 2025 with a European tour, which marked the band’s first concerts in seven years. As exciting as that was for Radiohead fans who got to see the shows, it sounds like the band members had an equally fun time.
“It was great to revisit songs that we always felt were good and to find lots of other people now agree with us,” guitarist Jonny Greenwood tells the U.K.’s The Times. “And it was really nice to be playing and listening to [frontman] Thom [Yorke] again.”
“I’m surprised that the tour actually happened and that we all enjoyed it so much,” he adds.
Does that mean another Radiohead tour is imminent? Well, not exactly.
“Venues get booked so far in advance,” Greenwood says. “To do another we would have to decide now, and even then it wouldn’t happen for 18 months.”
Greenwood also says it was “strange not to be doing anything new on the tour,” as Radiohead hasn’t put out a new album since 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool. When asked about the prospect of a new Radiohead record, Greenwood replies, “I’ve no idea.”
Meanwhile, Greenwood is nominated for an Oscar for his score of the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, One Battle After Another. As for whether he’ll attend the March 15 ceremony, he says he’s “not sure.”
“I went last time and they took me aside and said, ‘We’ve got something for you,'” Yorke recalls. “I was expecting a lavish goody bag. They gave me a chocolate shaped like an Oscar.”
Is Jay-Z making a return to music? Fans seem to think so. The entrepreneur recently changed his name on streaming services to JAŸ-Z — which was used early in his career, including on his debut album Reasonable Doubt, which turns 30 this year. Fans also pointed out the shirt he wore at the Super Bowl, which said, “The Game needs me.” That’s a lyric from his song to “Izzo (H.O.V.A.),” on which he rapped, “Can’t leave rap alone, the game needs me/ Haters want me clapped in chrome, it ain’t easy.”
A$AP Rocky recreated a scene from the 1996 film Belly to promote the Metal Collection at Ray-Ban, where he serves as creative director. He reimagined the scene where Nas’ Sincere meets DMX’s Tommy in a Harlem restaurant and learns about how he’s changed his life for the better. In the new clip, Nas reprises his role as Sincere, while Rocky puts his spin on Tommy, sharing that he’s creative director and showing off some of the sunglasses from his brand.
Fetty Wap may make music, but prison helped him think of other sources of income. He told Tamron Hall that he got his GED and took a few courses in HVAC as he contemplated a backup plan. Fetty shared the idea came after learning that some ex-prisoners were able to become financially stable and successful in this way. “You meet a lot of people that … they had legitimate businesses and making good amount of money,” he said of his interest in HVAC. “So I’m like, well, he making, like, rapper money. I’ma try that out.”
Luke Combs and wife Nicole Combs attend the ‘The 59th Annual CMA Awards,’ Nov. 19, 2025 (Disney/Michael Le Brecht)
When Luke Combs released his album Fathers & Sons, he probably didn’t know how appropriate the title would be. He and his wife, Nicole Combs, have just welcomed their third child, and it’s another boy.
In an Instagram post noting that the baby’s due date was Feb. 19, Luke and Nicole revealed that the baby, Chet Wiley Combs, arrived at some point in the last few weeks.
“Happy due date to the littlest Combs BOY! We’ve loved soaking up these last few weeks of newborn snuggles,” read the caption. In a series of photos, Nicole, Luke and the baby are seen together with Chet’s big brothers, Beau Lee Combs, born in August 2023, and Tex Lawrence Combs, born in June 2022. There’s also a photo of Chet Wiley’s tiny hand inside his parents hands.
Nicole reposted that last photo on her Instagram Story and wrote, “the little HAND you really do forget how small they are.”
Luke and Nicole announced they were expecting another baby in September via an Instagram post.
Kelly Clarkson and John Legend on NBC’s ‘The Voice’ (NBC/Trae Patton)
Imagine hanging at a karaoke bar in New York City on a random Thursday when someone gets up to sing “Since U Been Gone” — and it’s Kelly Clarkson.
The moment is documented on The Voice‘s Instagram page: Kelly, along with fellow Voice coach John Legend and online personality Druski, took the stage at Baby Grand karaoke bar to belt out a few numbers, including “Since U Been Gone” and Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”
On NBC’s Today show Friday morning, The Voice host Carson Daly explained that on Thursday, he, John and Kelly went out to dinner together, along with Druski and some other people, and then someone suggested they go to the karaoke bar next door.
“It was so loud!” Kelly said of the bar crowd. And she was quick to add that singing her own hit wasn’t her idea — the patrons at the bar got her to do it.
Kelly also explained why this season will be the final one of her talk show. She said, “I think everyone gets the timing,” possibly referring to the death last year of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, her children’s father.
“Our family life, the dynamic changed a bit and it has changed for a minute now,” she said. “It’s one of those things when you kinda start seeing life as how precious it is, too.”
“There’s just too much on the plate … it’s time to kinda pull back,” she said.
Noting that ending the show impacts the jobs of multiple people, Kelly said, “That was a really hard thing for me, but an easy decision as a mama.”
The new season of The Voice, featuring Kelly, John and Adam Levine, debuts on Monday.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes)
Dave Grohl has shared his perspective on Foo Fighters’ decision to part ways with drummer Josh Freese in 2025.
Freese joined the Foos in 2023 following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins. In an interview Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Grohl calls Freese a “consummate professional” and says the band had “such a blast” touring with him.
After finishing their last tour with Freese in 2024, Grohl says he and the rest of the Foos took a few months away from the band. During that time, he says he and his bandmates made the decision to bring in a different drummer.
“This didn’t happen overnight, it was six or seven months,” Grohl says. “In those six or seven months, we, as a band, talked about what to do next and new direction. We thought, ‘OK, let’s call Josh and let him know that we’re gonna move on with a different drummer.'”
“All of us called, it wasn’t just me,” the “Everlong” rocker continues. “We called Josh, and we were like, ‘Hey man, that was awesome, that was such a blast, thank you so much, but we’re gonna move on and find another drummer.'”
Grohl doesn’t give an exact reason as to why he and the Foos felt it necessary to move on from Freese, but refers to a comment Freese made in an interview with The New York Times.
“I think Josh said it best when he was, like, he didn’t feel like our music really resonated with him,” Grohl says. “And that’s really important.”
He adds, “We found that now with [new Foo Fighters drummer] Ilan [Rubin], and it’s like, we feel like a band again.”
Foo Fighters will release a new album called Your Favorite Toy, their first with Rubin, on April 24.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, participates in the group’s press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
(UVALDE, Texas) — Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is denying allegations he engaged in an extramarital affair with a congressional aide who died by suicide last fall — calling on the Uvalde police department to release its report on her death despite objections from her family.
Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died on Sept. 14 after she doused herself with an accelerant and set herself ablaze at her home on Geraldine Avenue in Uvalde, Texas, Bexar County officials determined.
Santos-Aviles served as regional district director for Gonzales, who lost an endorsement this week from the San Antonio Express-News following its reporting of an alleged affair between Gonzales and Santos-Aviles.
The Express-News reported that it obtained texts between a former Gonzales staffer and Santos-Aviles, in which Santos-Aviles claimed she engaged in an affair with Gonzales.
Gonzales has repeatedly denied the affair with Santos-Aviles.
In a statement to ABC News, the Gonzales campaign did not comment on the reported text messages, and blamed his rival in the GOP primary, Brandon Herrera, for planting allegations in the press.
“Ms. Santos-Aviles was a kind soul who devoted her life to making the community a better place,” Gonzales told ABC News in a statement. “Her efforts led to improvements in school safety, healthcare, and rural water like never before. It’s shameful that Brandon Herrera is using a disgruntled former staffer to smear her memory and score political points, conveniently pushing this out the very day early voting started. I am not going to engage in these personal smears and instead will remain focused on helping President Trump secure the border and improve the lives of all Texans.”
Gonzales faces a primary fight with Herrera, a conservative influencer who he defeated by less than 400 votes in 2024. Herrera called on Gonzales to resign from office via a post on X on Wednesday.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office ruled that 9-1-1 calls, video, and police reports must remained sealed, though Gonzales is now calling on the Uvalde Police Department to release its report.
On Thursday, Gonzales posted on X suggesting an attorney representing the Santos-Aviles family was seeking an out-of-court financial settlement, which Gonzales described as “blackmail.”
“I WILL NOT BE BLACKMAILED. Disgusting to see people profit politically and financially off a tragic death. The public should IMMEDIATELY have full access to the Uvalde Police report. I will keep fighting for #TX23,” Gonzales said in the post.
Santos-Aviles’ widower, Adrian Aviles, denied Gonzales’ charge of blackmail while expressing his intent to block details of the incident from becoming unsealed.
“We have never blackmailed anyone,” Adrian Aviles wrote in a statement on X. “What we’ve seen instead is a consistent pattern of evasion, refusal to take accountability, and outright lies to protect your image. You’re a classic case of a two-faced politician who says whatever is convenient to save face. We chose to hold back the full police report and body cam footage for one reason only it shows my wife suffering severe burns in horrific detail. I will not allow that graphic material to become accessible to our 8 year old son in the future when he is old enough to search for or come across it.”
The post continued: “Nothing in that police report protects you, that decision is about protecting our child’s well-being, not concealing anything improper. Your actions have been disgraceful, and you continue to mislead your constituents with falsehoods. You may avoid responsibility here on earth, but one day you will answer to a higher authority. Today, though, you still answer to the people you represent–people who deserve the truth, not more deception.”
Reached by ABC News, attorney Robert Barrera, who represents Adrian Aviles, said he is in possession of “substantial evidence” from Santos-Aviles’ phone “supporting the affair.”
Barrera added that Gonzales refused any out of court settlement and is now “attempting in an act of desperation to become a victim of his own conduct when it has now come to light that he has committed adultery with a staffer.”
Barrera declined to release the full letter sent to Gonzales’ lawyers.
Gonzales, 44, is married to his wife Angel and the couple have six children together.
At the time of the incident, the three-term lawmaker provided a statement to San Antonio ABC station KSAT reacting to “the recent news” of Santos-Aviles’ death:
“We are all heart-stricken by the recent news. Regina devoted her profession toward making a difference in her community. She will always be remembered for her passion towards Uvalde and helping the community become a better place,” Gonzales stated.
Gonzales has already won President Donald Trump’s endorsement for reelection, as well as several law enforcement groups from Texas.
