Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (February 16-20, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (2/16-20) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

1. The Epstein Files Fallout / Executives Resign / Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested
2. U.S.-Iran Tensions
3. Trump’s “Affordability” Tour
4. SCOTUS Strikes Trump Tariffs / SAVE America Act / Mid-Term Elections
5. Partial Government Shutdown / DHS Funding
6. Colbert-CBS Talarico Interview Case
7. Rubio in Europe
8. Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
9. Nancy Guthrie Case
10. Jesse Jackson and Robert Duvall Die

People

1. Donald Trump
2. Jeffrey Epstein / Ghislaine Maxwell
3. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
4. Thomas Pritzker / Kathryn Ruemmler
5. Jared Kushner / Steve Witkoff / Abbas Araghchi
6. Marjorie Taylor Greene
7. Mike Johnson
8. Stephen Colbert / James Talarico
9. Nancy Guthrie / Savannah Guthrie
10. Jesse Jackson / Robert Duvall

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.