Wednesday, February 25, 2026 08:00PM ET
ABC News Update
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | From ABC News, I'm Dave Packer. Four people on a speedboat were killed and another six injured in a confrontation near Cuba's coast, say officials on the island nation after those on board the Florida registered vessel opened fire on Cuban troops. The incident happening in Cuban waters. ABC's Martha Radnitz. The U.S. Coast Guard is now off the |
| 0:22.4 | coast of Cuba. Secretary of State Rubio made it clear he does not trust the Cuban account |
| 0:27.2 | and the U.S. will do its own investigation, but he also added, it is highly unusual to see a |
| 0:33.7 | shootout in the open seas off Cuba. An apology from Bill Gates to employees of his foundation for his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:41.3 | Gates acknowledged his association probably helped Epstein rehabilitate his image. |
| 0:46.3 | And he revealed other damning specifics, saying the men flew together on a private jet |
| 0:51.3 | and that they hung out in Germany, France, New York, and Washington. But Gates was |
| 0:55.5 | adamant that he never witnessed any criminal activity. But Gates did acknowledge he had affairs |
| 1:01.3 | with two Russian women. ABC Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. FBI agents return to Nancy |
| 1:06.8 | Guthrie's house today three and a half weeks after she was taken in the middle of the night by an unidentified masked man. |
| 1:12.8 | The FBI is reducing the number of personnel in Tucson. |
| 1:16.6 | Many agents are now heading back to Phoenix to work the case from there. |
| 1:20.4 | Investigators are now sorting through a surge in tips after the Guthrie family's offer of a million dollars for information leading to their mother. |
| 1:27.4 | The Piva County Sheriff's Department said the number of calls ramped up in the hours after Savannah's message. |
| 1:32.9 | ABC's Aaron Kuturski. Air travel in and out of Mexico is returning to normal, |
| 1:37.6 | but tourists are on edge after the violence that erupted following the killing of a top cartel boss. |
| 1:42.9 | Vice President J.D. Vance announcing today that the Trump |
| 1:45.4 | administration would temporarily halt some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud |
| 1:50.5 | concerns as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds. |
| 1:56.2 | You're listening to ABC News. |
| 2:00.2 | Their and her two-year-old were rushed to the hospital after their taunted Massachusetts |
| 2:03.6 | house exploded and burst into flames. Fire chief Stephen Levine says that the mother suffered serious injuries. |
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