February 28th, 2026

• ​U.S., Israel launch major attack on Iran as Trump urges Iranian people to take over government - The strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the Associated Press
• US and Israel launch major joint assault on Iran; Trump indicates goal is to topple regime
• Iranian Tyrant Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Reportedly Fleese Tehran, Transferred to "Secure Location" as Explosions Rock Capital
• PM: Strikes meant to end 'existential threat'; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny - Netanyahu says campaign aims to 'create conditions' for Iranians to change their destiny; Lapid, opposition figures offer praise, support for action
• Israel launches preemptive strike against Iran, defense minister says - Defense Minister Israel Katz declares immediate state of emergency across entire country
• Iran Launches Retaliatory Missile Strikes on Israel After Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Tehran
• Iran appears to start counterattack on Israel - Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on sirens going off and local media saying a missile was intercepted in central Israel
• Sirens sound across Israel: Tel Aviv reportedly struck
• US bases in Bahrain, Qatar attacked by Iran; explosions heard in UAE, Saudi and Kuwait
• Top Iranian IRGC Commander Mohammad Pakpour Killed in Israeli Airstrike: Report
• Strike against Iran was 'unique' in that it happened during the day
• Trump confirms U.S. launched 'major combat operations' against Iran after deal eludes negotiators
• Trump indicates goal is to topple regime - Blasts heard throughout Islamic Republic after weeks of American military buildup; US president announces 'massive' operation to 'raze their missile industry to the ground,' tells the people of Iran: 'The hour of your freedom is at hand'
• Trump: 'Major Combat Operations' Underway to 'Obliterate' Iranian Missile Factories
• Full text of Trump's declaration of 'major combat operations' against Iran - President tells Iranians: 'The hour of your freedom is at hand,' vows to destroy regime's missiles, navy, ensure 'they will never have a nuclear weapon'
• 'Peace President' Trump Bombs Iran to Start Another New War
• US Embassy in Qatar implements shelter-in-place for all personnel amid strikes on Iran
• Embassies Evacuate in Mideast With Trump 'Not Happy' On Iran
• Huckabee tells US Embassy staff in Israel to leave today amid Iran strike fears - Multiple countries have urged nationals in Israel to exercise extreme caution, including China, France, and Italy, while others urged citizens to leave Iran, including the UK, Canada, and Australia
• Trump says he'd 'love not to' attack Iran, 'but sometimes you have to'
• Iran war fears erupt as Trump's first kamikaze drone squad 'ready to attack'
• USS Gerald R. Ford's Imminent Arrival Off Israel Comes As Negotiations Grind On
• Satellite images show more aircraft at Saudi airbase used by US forces
• Vance: 'No chance' US strikes on Iran would lead to long-term war
• Despite overwhelming US military might, Iran campaign would pose complex challenges
• Israel Facing Prospect of War With a Depleted Missile Defense - The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.
• Where Iran's ballistic missiles can reach - and how close they are to the US - US intelligence agencies assess Iran could develop intercontinental ballistic missile capability by 2035 using space launch technology
• Iran seen carrying out activity at bombed nuclear sites
• UN watchdog says it can't verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment - 'Regular vehicular activity' seen outside storage site in Isfahan, says IAEA, relying on commercial satellite imagery because inspectors have been denied access to facilities
• The big bang that could shake the Middle East - Removing Iran's supreme leader would change everything. Trump is leaving the door open to a deal, but the odds of confrontation are far higher
• Iranian Christian leaders declare support for Reza Pahlavi
• Purim Lessons for the Current Standoff with Iran
• The Gulf War and Purim 1991: An oral history
• Iran reportedly used crypto platform Binance to transfer $1.7 billion to terrorist proxies in 2025
• Rubio to visit Israel on March 2-3 to discuss Iran, Trump's Gaza plan, other regional priorities - Rubio "will discuss a range of regional priorities including Iran, Lebanon and ongoing efforts to implement President Trump's 20-Point Peace Plan for Gaza," a State Department spokesman said
• Marco Rubio orders US officials to stop commentary that could strain Iran talks - Memo came after Mike Huckabee's remarks about Israel sparked alarm inside White House
• Pro-Israel Conservatives Riot After JD Vance Praises Tucker Carlson's Interview of Mike Huckabee
• Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat
• IDF says ceasefire violated in Rafah incident, conducts overnight strikes - The IDF also said it carried out additional precise strikes overnight into Friday against several armed Hamas terrorists in the Rafah area
• IDF says it struck Hamas operatives after gunmen emerged from tunnel in Rafah
• Palestinian Authority envoy withdraws UN General Assembly presidential bid after US, Israeli pressure
• Israel OKs 1,300 homes in Samaria's Kedumim - The planned Nahalat Esther neighborhood will more than double the size of the community
• Israeli entrepreneur leads project to strengthen post-war Gaza with dollar-linked cryptocurrency
• Netanyahu shares report alleging Bennett funded Arab program rejecting Israel's right to exist - Among the initiatives supported by the Midad NGO were said to be a pro-Palestinian student group at the Hebrew University; and INJAZ Palestine, which creates anti-Israel propaganda
• Two left-wing Israeli activists airlifted to hospital after settlers beat them in West Bank - Herzog says 'life-threatening' violence damages reputation of Israel and settlements
• 'Israel's global image is in the worst state it has been since its inception' - Hen Mazzig, the founder of the Tel Aviv Institute to Combat Antisemitism, activist and author, warns October 7 fallout has fueled unprecedented antisemitism worldwide, says younger generation being swayed by hostile influencers as full interview to be released next week
• For 1st time, Gallup poll shows Americans more sympathetic to Palestinians than to Israel - 5% gap is statistically insignificant but 'really quite shocking,' says analyst; only age group to sympathize more with Israel now is the over-55s
• Inking over scars: Victims of terror attacks in Israel get tattooed in New York
• Iconic Winston Churchill Statue Vandalized: 'ZIONIST WAR CRIMINAL'
• UK Green Party's election upset is a crippling blow to Labour and a major boon to anti-Zionism - As ruling Labour comes in a dismal third in Manchester's heavily Muslim district of Gorton and Denton, voters seem to heed the BDS-supporting Greens' call to punish Starmer for supporting Gaza 'genocide'
• Antisemitism emerges as a defining issue in California gubernatorial race - Leading candidates present themselves as defenders of Jewish community in forum organized by Jewish groups, which is held as 3 antisemitism lawsuits filed against state institutions
• Nolte: Anti-Jew Protesters Fail as 'Scream 7' Opens to Franchise Record - The anti-Jew outrage aimed at Scream 7 started when Jew-hating actress Melissa Barrera was fired from the sequel because she hates Jews
• AIPAC faces test of its power in Illinois primary as Democrats debate future of Israel relationship
• Reports: Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon's al-Tuffah region, Markaba - The Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and civilian infrastructure have been repeatedly targeted.
• How a Call From Trump Ignited a Bitter Feud Between Two U.S. Allies - A request made to President Trump about the war in Sudan is at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
• Report: Trump told UAE leader Saudi Arabia wanted Emirates sanctioned - MEE revealed Saudi crown prince sent letter to UAE national security advisor saying Riyadh was 'shocked' by sanctions allegations
• Airstrikes Hit Afghan Capital of Kabul, Hours After Afghanistan Attacks Pakistan
• Pakistan Strikes 22 Afghan Sites, 274 Killed
• US backs Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Taliban after strikes on Afghanistan - Taliban offer to resolve dispute via dialogue after Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan in latest escalation with its neighbour
• Pakistan says 'no dialogue' with Afghanistan as attacks persist - Pakistani media report a drone has hit a mosque in Bannu near the border, injuring at least five people
• Ghana says at least 55 of its people killed after Russia 'lured' them to fight Ukraine
• Foreign Affairs Finally Writes that 'Ukraine Is Losing the War' - Globalist Magazine Says Kiev Must Give Up on Donetsk Territory for Peace
• Denmark warns of interference from Russia, US in its election - A Danish intelligence cites Denmark's support for Ukraine and rising tensions over Greenland for its assessment
• Trump Says US "Could Very Well End Up Having a Friendly Takeover of Cuba" - "They're in Big Trouble"
• U.S. military used a laser to shoot down Customs and Border Protection drone, sparking new air closure - The Pentagon, CBP and the FAA said in a statement that the military mitigated "a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system operating within military airspace."
• US Air Force's warhead tracking jet makes rare flight over states home to America's missile silos
• Anthropic says US military can use its AI systems for missile defense
• Tech giant Anthropic vs Pentagon over how much AI can be used in war, surveilling US citizens
• The Pentagon's battle with Anthropic is really a war over who controls AI
• The hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated the Pentagon's showdown with artificial intelligence firm Anthropic
• Trump tells government to stop using Anthropic's AI systems - On X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he had moved to label Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" and cancel further Defense business with the company
• Trump forbids use of Anthropic from all federal agencies after company 'tried to STRONG-ARM the Department of War' - "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again!"
• Pete Hegseth Gives Anthropic Choice to Abandon AI Safeguards or Be Labeled 'National Security Threat'
• Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns
• Anthropic refuses to bow to Pentagon despite Hegseth's threats
• 'Incoherent': Hegseth's Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymakers - Tech lawyers and AI policymakers warn that the Pentagon's plans to compel Anthropic to abandon its ethical red lines are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley
• 'We cannot in good conscience accede to their request': Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei draws a line in the sand in standoff with US government
• The Silicon Valley billionaires spending big to write America's AI rules - Midterm election contests poised to become battlegrounds over nascent technology
• 'What Oligarchy Looks Like': AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms - The goal of the PAC is to elect a Congress that will prohibit individual states from passing their own AI regulations
• OpenAI strikes a Defense Department deal, hours after the Pentagon cuts Anthropic
• OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on US Department of War classified network
• OpenAI vows safety policy changes after Tumbler Ridge shooting
• Shooter had second ChatGPT account, OpenAI reveals as it overhauls safety protocols - Tech giant tightens security guidelines after meeting with Mark Carney's Cabinet
• When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn?
• Chinese Official Accidentally Exposes Transnational Repression Plot by Using ChatGPT
• Government Agencies Raise Alarm About Use of Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot - Warnings about xAI's safety and reliability preceded Pentagon decision to approve Grok for use in classified settings
• A World Where All Is Free? That's Elon Musk's Theory of 'Sustainable Abundance.' The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need and people do not have to work, in what has become his latest slogan.
• Dow closes more than 500 points lower after hot inflation report, mounting concerns about AI impact
• 68 percent disagree with Trump claims economy is 'booming': Survey
• Maryland Officials Demand $4B Tariff Reimbursement from Trump
• Democrats Seek $1,700 Tariff Refunds After Ruling
• First lady to chair UN Security Council meeting in historic first - Trump plans to speak on education as a tool for fostering tolerance and promoting global peace
• Harvard Math Professor Martin Nowak Put on Leave After New Information About His Links to Epstein Surface
• Rep. Luna Believes Jeffrey Epstein Was Running an Intelligence-Gathering 'Honey Pot' Operation Based on New Testimony
• Epstein files: Rep. Mace says she'll call Trump Commerce chief Lutnick to testify
• Lutnick Photographed With Epstein in Bombshell Deleted File
• Comer, House Oversight Committee Members Say Hillary Repeatedly Deferred to Her Husband, Screamed and Was Unhinged During Epstein Deposition
• Bill Clinton gets bipartisan praise for cooperating in historic deposition on Epstein
• 'I did nothing wrong': Bill Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein abuse in deposition
• Rep. Comer: Bill Clinton Under Oath 'Exonerates' Trump
• GOP senators warn Justice Department to release all Epstein files mentioning Trump
• Andrew Reportedly Plotting to 'Flee' to the Middle East to Avoid Prison as He Faces a Maximum Life Sentence - He's a 'Flight Risk'
• Mike Johnson Urges Rep With 'Terminal Diagnosis' To Remain In Congress - Republicans, with 218 members in the House of Representatives, can't afford to lose even one to early retirement
• Democrats Vow Revenge Against Corporations that Courted Trump if They Take Back Power After the Midterms
• Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with U.S.
• More evidence emerges: Biden, Fulton County DA Willis coordinated to ensnare Trump in prosecutions
• Georgia lawmakers pitch statewide grand jury to investigate election violations
• We've Completed 40 Percent Of Our Investigation Into Detroit's 2020 Absentee Ballot Envelopes And We're Now Beginning To Understand Why They Covered The Windows
• Four Charged With 33 Counts In Alabama Absentee Ballot Fraud Scandal
• DOJ adds NJ, UT, KY, WV, OK to states being sued for voter rolls, bringing total to 29
• Britain's Far-Left Just Stole an Election Through Muslim Voter Fraud and Even Leftist Media is Admitting It
• RFK Jr tells Rogan UK went from home of Magna Carta to dictatorship for speech crackdown - Rogan called the UK's threats to imprison citizens for expressing outrage 'nuts'
• Justice Thomas Bemoans Incivility as Security Prompts Cancellation of In-Person Speech - The justice participated remotely in a closed-door session of a legal conference, a reminder of the heightened threats facing jurists in recent years
• Democrat Lawmakers Booker, Warren Erupt After Paramount Wins Bid to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery calling the potential Paramount-Warners deal an "antitrust disaster"
• CNN chief urges calm amid anxiety over Paramount's expected purchase of parent company - Thompson tells staff not to jump to conclusions, as acquisition predicted to take 6 months to close, but in already volatile media environment, the trepidation stands to be seismic
• CNN Braces for Ellison's Control - With David Ellison poised to take control of Warner Bros. Discovery, a chill has settled over CNN as staffers fear for the future. "The panic at CNN right now is off the charts," an insider tells Status
• NYT: The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News - Larry Ellison is already a major stakeholder in CBS and Paramount. Now CNN and HBO are in his sights, and a big TikTok deal is close.
• David Ellison used political ties, deep pockets to buy Warner Bros.
• Departing CBS News producer claims political bias as Paramount poised to buy Warner Bros - Mary Walsh, leaving after 46 years, says staffers told to 'aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum'
• Jack Dorsey's Block Cuts 40% of Workforce as AI Reshapes Company
• Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon - Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches
• A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Tuesday across several continents
• Blood Moon on Purim 2026: Is This Rare Lunar Event a Biblical End Times Sign?
• Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle - Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Hirara, Japan
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Drake Passage
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Gorontalo, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Hirara, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hirara, Japan
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 10,000ft
• Kanlaon eruption sends ballistics 1.5 km high, triggers PDCs, forest fires and ashfall across 121 barangays
• Vanuatu issues Red alert for Tafea Province as Tropical Cyclone Urmil intensifies
• Confirmed tornado damages multiple homes in Pinson, Alabama
• At least 15 dead after Bolivian Air Force plane crashes during severe weather over El Alto
• Desert rainfall anomaly triggers major flooding across central Australia
• 106 degrees in Texas may be new record for US winter
• Rush to Install Panic Rooms in Ariz. After Guthrie Abduction
• Accused Killer of Astrophysicist Arrested for Trespassing on Scientist's Property With Loaded Rifle Two Months Before Killing - Newsom-Appointed Judge Dropped Charges
• CIA had plot to brainwash Americans into carrying out assassinations - "Can an individual of [REDACTED] descent be made to perform an act of attempted assassination involuntarily under the influence of ARTICHOKE?"
• Fairfax, VA woman randomly stabbed to death at bus stop by career criminal with 30 previous arrests
• Dem governor under fire after illegal alien allegedly stabs woman to death at bus stop: 'Heinous'
• Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with attempting to drown woman at Florida beach
• 30 more charged in anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church, DOJ says
• Commentary: ICE Is Devastating Some Latino Churches
• Conservative firebrand launches 'TruckSafe Tipline' to report illegal drivers amid spike in highway deaths
• Atlanta Falcons Fire Coach Hours After He Was Accused of Rape in Bombshell Report
• Florida trans teen Julia Egler murdered mother, boyfriend over being 'misgendered'
• Virginia county library hosts Pride-themed reading event for kids with mayor as guest reader
• Secretary of War Hegseth Announces Boy Scouts Will Agree to Use Biological Sex Over Gender Identity to Keep Pentagon Partnership
• Boy Scouts agree to ditch DEI, keep boys and girls separate in showers, lodging after Pentagon pressure
• Hegseth bans military from attending Princeton, Columbia, other elite universities: 'Wokeness and weakness'
• North Carolina woman arrested nearly 50 years after baby found dead in trash bag at landfill - McKee was identified through DNA testing as the infant's mother
• Texas Man Accused of Drugging Woman with Abortion Pills, Causing Miscarriage
• Chatbot Use Can Cause Mental Illness to Get Worse, Research Finds
• 'Unbelievably dangerous': experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies - Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
• RFK Jr. Blows the Whistle on $400M Autism Fraud Scheme in Minnesota
• Minnesota Fraud Investigation: Only Six of 500 Autism Centers Applied for License