Jesse Jackson Dies; Iran & US Meet for Nuclear Talks

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Feb 17, 2026

Alexis Christophorus, Bloomberg reporter who covered Jesse Jackson’s final days, gives on-the-ground updates and a brief life snapshot. She recounts Jackson’s civil rights work and legacy. The conversation then shifts to Iran and U.S. nuclear talks in Geneva, covering negotiation stakes, sanctions linkage, and rising regional military moves.

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INSIGHT

Limited Optimism For Ukraine-Russia Talks

U.S.-brokered talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva face low expectations for major breakthroughs.
Increased cadence of meetings has not yet produced clear progress amid rising military strikes.

ANECDOTE

DHS Shutdown Amid Funding Stalemate

The Department of Homeland Security remains shut down due to a congressional funding impasse.
Democrats sent a counteroffer on immigration enforcement limits while Congress is on recess, risking a prolonged lapse.

ANECDOTE

Pritzker Steps Down Over Epstein Ties

Tom Pritzker resigned as executive chairman of Hyatt after acknowledging contact with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Justice Department documents show Epstein sought to help associates gain access to the World Economic Forum.

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On today's podcast:
1) The Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died at 84, according to a statement from his family released early Tuesday. Ordained in 1968, he spent decades fighting for voting rights and economic justice. A longtime advocate for racial and economic justice, Jackson was with King in Memphis in 1968 when King was assassinated. He went on to found the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and became one of the most prominent voices in American civil rights and politics.
2) Iran and the US are set to meet for a second round of nuclear talks in Switzerland on Tuesday morning as they seek to avoid renewed conflict in the Middle East following last year’s attacks on the Islamic Republic. Oman will mediate the negotiations in Geneva almost two weeks after the first round was held on February 6th, Iran’s state broadcaster said. Iranian officials have expressed willingness to discuss their nuclear-enrichment activities, but have tied any concessions to the potential easing of American sanctions. Meanwhile, Washington is increasing its military presence in the Middle East, deploying a second aircraft carrier to the region amid warnings of a possible strike on Iran if talks — which could drag on for weeks — fail to produce a compromise. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps held drills around the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Monday that were focused on delivering a “decisive” response to security threats.
3) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Europe’s fate is intertwined with the US while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their shared Western values. “We want Europe to prosper because we’re interconnected in so many different ways, and because our alliance is so critical,” Rubio told Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on the sidelines of the conference on Saturday. “But it has to be an alliance of allies that are capable and willing to fight for who they are and what’s important.”

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