February 23rd, 2026

• ​Outcry after Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East land - Huckabee's comments drew swift condemnation from across the region, with U.S. allies expressing discomfort with his remarks
• Tucker Carlson apologizes for falsely saying President Herzog visited Epstein's island
• Israeli President Herzog threatens to sue Tucker Carlson after false allegations that he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island of sexual debauchery - Tucker scrambles to apologize - but will it be enough to head off lawsuit?
• Delayed justice: Argentina's secret Nazi files expose costly inaction in pursuit of war criminals - Argentina's President Javier Milei released the country's files on Nazis last year
• Gaza 'genocide' comment at Berlinale prompts walkout by German minister - Environment minister pans 'unacceptable' remarks by Palestinian-Syrian director, who uses acceptance speech to accuse government of partnership with Israel in genocide
• Report: IRGC running Hezbollah, preparing it for war with Israel if US strikes Iran
• IDF escalates strikes on Hezbollah as fears grow of Iran-directed assault on Israel
• Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
• Iran could 'activate' Hezbollah if US targets regime, Trump's inner circle to decide: expert
• Iran issues direct threat to US in chilling new video after Trump's 10-day ultimatum
• Solution to Iran crisis is regime change, ousting Khamenei, Saudi royal family source tells N12
• Khamenei takes steps to ensure succession amid rising fears of US strikes, assassination - NYT
• NY Times: Trump weighing initial limited Iran strike, but going for regime change if no results
• Trump Approaches Legacy-Defining Moment on Iran: A Deal or War - If diplomatic efforts to end Iran's nuclear program fail, the president's appetite for a potentially lengthy war will be tested
• US, Iran to hold talks Thursday as Tehran claims 'good chance' of diplomatic solution
• Iran expresses willingness to make nuclear concessions if U.S. meets certain demands
• Witkoff warns Iran is 'a week away' from 'bomb-making material' as Trump weighs action - Steve Witkoff says Iran has violated Trump's 'zero enrichment' red line with uranium enriched up to 60%
• Witkoff says Trump 'curious' why Iran hasn't 'capitulated' under US pressure - Trump's envoy says US president has 'plenty of alternatives' to a deal; Iranian official says sides aren't on same page about sanctions relief, but talks could lead to interim agreement
• Iran could be close to enriching uranium for bomb-making material, US envoy Steve Witkoff claims
• US assets in Middle East positioned for 'highly kinetic' war, ex-Pentagon official warns
• U.S. Navy Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Now In The Mediterranean
• Fresh campus protests in Iran continue for second day with shows of defiance
• Pakistan launches airstrikes against Afghan-based 'militants' it blames for cross-border attacks
• Pakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in strikes along Afghan border
• Comedy in Russia is booming. But stand-ups live in fear of being jailed for jokes.
• Nowhere to Hide: The 'sky assassins' that could decide fate of Ukraine war after four years as enemy soldiers hunted in eerie kill zone
• Zelensky: Putin Already Started World War III
• Deadly explosions in western Ukraine investigated as 'terrorist attack'
• Ukraine attack seriously damages infrastructure in Russia's Belgorod, governor says
• Missile strikes reported across Russia as Belgorod faces blackouts, major oil pipeline hub in Tatarstan damaged
• Missiles Pound Kyiv Ahead Of Russian Invasion Anniversary
• Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions - 'Moscow continues to invest in strikes more than diplomacy,' says Zelenskyy, as logistics and energy facilities targeted
• Hungary to block new EU sanctions on Russia over Ukraine pipeline dispute
• The Russian economy is eating its own muscle to survive as Putin's war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank adviser says
• Russian embassy in Seoul raises 'victory will be ours' banner, drawing complaints
• Russian embassy in Seoul hangs up banner glorifying war against Ukraine and refuses to take it down, Korean media reports
• Ukraine war has 'changed fundamentally', commander says, as trench fighting fuses with 21st century
• CNN reported a record 300-year drop in the birth rate in Ukraine
• Ukraine is becoming a nation of widows and orphans as it confronts a demographic 'catastrophe'
• Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze their sperm
• 'A patriotic act': the Ukrainians having babies and raising children in wartime
• Trump says he's sending a hospital boat to Greenland. Nobody knows why
• Greenland rejects Trump's hospital ship proposal, citing existing free healthcare system
• Europe's military buildup could create a bond market powerhouse that threatens U.S. Treasurys
• Trump calls Supreme Court justices 'disloyal to the Constitution' over tariffs ruling
• 'I can destroy the country': Trump's rant after Supreme Court strikes down his key policy
• U.S. Airman and Husband Busted in Massive $11 Million Scam - Stole $3 Million in Government Medical Supplies to Fund Luxury Lifestyle
• Den of Sin: Inside Epstein's 'last refuge' ranch with 'buried bodies' and celeb guests as full scale of horror is yet to be revealed
• Jeffrey Epstein stashed secret files in storage units across US that may include never-before-seen evidence: report
• Inside the rotting skeleton of Jeffrey Epstein's 'Lolita Express' plane that still holds dark clues about perv's abuses
• French Modelling Agent and Alleged Serial Rapist Jean-Luc Brunel Was Going to Testify Against Jeffrey Epstein Before He Was Found Dead in His Cell in La Sante Prison
• Russiagate quietly reaches Supreme Court as justices asked to allow feds to be sued for FISA abuses
• Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich
• G1 - Minor geomagnetic storm underway, NOAA forecasts possible G2 conditions
• Rare deep M7.1 earthquake hits beneath the Sulu Sea near Sabah, Malaysia
• Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
• Deep M6.0 earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near the Kuril Islands
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Houma, Tonga
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Nikolski, Alaska
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Pisco, Peru
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Namuac, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Houma, Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lakatoro, Vanuatu
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pariaman, Indonesia
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 10,000ft
• Heavy snow, coastal flooding, and power outages forecast during major nor'easter affecting the eastern U.S.
• Historic blizzard shuts down major I-95 corridor cities as paralyzing 'bomb' begins
• Life-threatening nor'easter with blizzard conditions to rage from Delaware, NYC to Boston
• Powerful winter storm slams US north-east as NYC issues travel ban
• Cincinnati pro soccer game pauses at sundown to accommodate Muslim players during Ramadan
• Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
• 'Obsessed Artist': Gunman, 21, shot dead after attempting to break in at Mar-a-Lago 'came from a family of avid Trump supporters'
• 21-year-old Austin Martin who was shot, killed during 'unauthorized entry' to Mar-a-Lago was obsessed with Epstein files - Tucker was shot after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shogtun
• Mexico's most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
• US played role in death of top Mexican cartel head: Mexican dept of defense
• U.S. Navy Seals Trained Mexican Military Team Who Killed Terrorist Leader El Mencho
• Cartels outgun police: Rocket launchers seized in El Mencho raid spotlight CJNG firepower
• Mexican army kills leader of powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during operation to capture him
• Violence erupts in Mexico after cartel leader "El Mencho" killed in military operation
• Mexican drug lord killing sparks revenge attacks; cars and businesses set ablaze, highways blocked
• Cartel Terror Erupts in Over One Third of Mexico as CJNG Exacts Revenge
• US tourists stranded after Mexico drug lord's killing sparks wave of violence
• Panic Erupts After Gunfire near Guadalajara Airport as Mexico Confirms Death of CJNG Boss El Mencho
• Cancun airport chaos leaves hundreds stranded
• US, Canadian airlines cancel Puerto Vallarta flights after reported killing of cartel leader 'El Mencho'
• 'Code red': Tourists flee Jalisco resort towns as cartel retaliates for killing of drug lord 'El Mencho'
• 'Americans taken hostage': Big claim after El Mencho's death; scary scenes in Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara
• US citizens urged to shelter in place amid unrest in Puerto Vallarta
• Soccer matches postponed after Mexico kills cartel leader 'El Mencho' near World Cup host
• Colombia's coca crop could cost U.S. $10 billion in overdose deaths
• Study - 'Very Worrying': Marijuana Use Among Teens Brings Higher Risk of Psychotic Disorders
• Trump and allies launch Census strategy that could upend blue states' advantage with illegal aliens - Missouri AG says effort to bar the counting of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Census could ultimately land at the U.S. Supreme Court
• Insanity: Professor Gets Rid of Finals, Assigns Editing Of "LGBTQ+" Wikipedia Pages Instead
• The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal
• Tennessee House passes bill allowing clergy, companies to refuse same-sex marriage
• Vanderbilt shutters gender clinic for adults after halting child sex changes in 2022
• Adult social media influencer Bonnie Blue says she's pregnant weeks after controversial 400-man event
• TN bill would allow death penalty for women who have an abortion - Tennessee has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country. The Human Life Protection Act prohibits all abortions from fertilization, without exceptions for rape or incest.
• 'Some of them have accuracy that's close to zero': Experts unpack the promise and pitfalls of genetic tests aimed at consumers