At least ten people have been killed in IDF air strikes on eastern Lebanon. Despite a deal between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah following 13 months of war, Israel has carried out near-daily strikes on Lebanon. The IDF also killed two Palestinians with drone strikes in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Settlers murdered American citizen Nasrallah Abu Siyam (19) in the West Bank.
Israel: Main Source of Instability in the Middle East
A federal grand jury indicted USAF SSG Richard Stefon Ramroop (35) and his spouse Manuel George Madrid (32), charging them with defrauding US Department of War of millions of dollars and using the illicit proceeds to curate and maintain a luxurious lifestyle.
$1.1m Estate
Let's be honest with each other for a minute and look at the landscape of American politics in this, the year of our Lord 2026. We aren't just fighting over marginal tax rates or parts per billion of carbon in the atmosphere, or whether we should build a bridge to nowhere anymore.
In January 2026, the U.S. government approved the potential sale of American-made missiles to Denmark to strengthen its defensive capabilities in and around Greenland. On its face, the transaction looked routine: a NATO ally purchasing weapons through the Foreign Military Sales program to improve readiness and interoperability.
Job cuts at the IRS's tech arm have gone faster and farther than expected, with 40 percent of IT staff and four-fifths of tech leaders gone, the agency's CIO revealed yesterday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department attempted to shield Mayor Karen Bass and other top brass from "reputational harm" caused by the city's handling of the devastating Palisades Fire that burned 23,448 acres and killed 12 people, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The department tried to shape news media coverage with a plan formulated ahead of the release of the high-profile After Action Fire Report on the Palisades Fire, including efforts to "minimize tough Q&A" by asking to hold closed-door briefings with the Fire Commission and City Council, according to The Times, which obtained a 13-page city document through a California Public Records Act request. Read more
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English.
because so little of their life feels tangible'
By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press February 20, 2026, 12:02 PM ET
There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.
The French security outlet Intelligence Online has reported that a squadron of veteran U.S. Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots are flying F-16 fighters for the Ukrainian Air Force.
A shortage of trained Ukrainian pilots was identified at an early stage as the main obstacle to integrating F-16s into the Air Force, which has throughout its history operated only Soviet origin fighter types.
Seven-year-old Ethan had just learned to ride a bike. Now, he may never ride again. After contracting measles, the unvaccinated boy developed encephalitis, a serious complication that caused paralysis. He nearly died and remains unable to move from his hospital bed. Despite witnessing her child's life-threatening illness and its lasting consequences, his mother Kristina maintains that she made the right decision in declining the measles vaccine " a vaccine that has saved an estimated 94 million lives worldwide since it first started being used 50 years ago.
Butler Mayor Wesley Dingus faces allegations of voyeurism after authorities say he was caught on a hidden camera sniffing a teen girl's underwear. A report from the Richland County Sheriff's Office outlines the allegations against Dingus, with the claims being made by a juvenile who had been in his home. Richland County Children's Services relayed the reports to law enforcement on the day the incident is said to have taken place, with a deputy eventually interviewing the accuser at her school. Read more
Gross domestic produce rose at an annualized rate of just 1.4%, according to Commerce Department numbers adjusted for seasonality and inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a 2.5% gain. At the same time, inflation held firm in December, according to the gauge most closely watched by Fed officials. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 3% in December, according to a separate release. That matched the consensus forecast but kept the pivotal inflation measure well above the Fed's 2% target.
Hundreds of wild bird deaths reported across seven counties, prompting park closures Officials suspect bird flu killed more than 1,100 wild birds, mostly Canada geese Hundreds of geese have reportedly died in New Jersey, and bird flu is suspected to be the culprit. More than 1,100 dead or sick wild birds " almost all of them Canada geese " were reported between Feb. 14 and Feb. 16 across seven counties, according to New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Read more
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) arrested a woman at Harry Reid International Airport after she allegedly tied her dog to a baggage sizer at a JetBlue ticket counter and then abandoned him.
Sadists of a Feather
Chairman of the Board of Peace POTUS Donald J. Trump:
Stolen Valor
