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Top News Stories for Monday, February 23rd 2026
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Promise comes as minister admits to 'uncertainty' about new 15% levy on imports from around the world The US will not back out of tariff deals it has already sealed with countries around the world, including the UK, the EU, Japan, Switzerland and others, Donald Trump's trade representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday. The US supreme court ruled on Friday that many of the tariffs imposed by the US president were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump 's resort in Palm ...
Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MILAN (AP) — The United States beat Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the men's hockey gold on the final day of the Milan Cortina Olympics . Jack Hughes scored the winning goal just 1 minute, 41 seconds into overtime. It is the third Olympic title in men's hockey for the U.S. — and first since the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid in 1980. The day will end with the ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Greenland said "no thanks" to US President Donald Trump's plan to send a hospital ship to the Arctic island after he repeatedly threatened to seize the Danish autonomous territory for "national security" reasons. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a post on Facebook on Sunday that Trump's proposal to send the US medical vessel had been "noted". "But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Grounded until at least April, NASA's giant moon rocket is headed back to the hangar this week for more repairs before astronauts climb aboard . The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the slow, four-mile trek across Kennedy Space Center , weather permitting. "The quick work to begin preparations for rolling the rocket and spacecraft back to the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
This is not your typical snowstorm. That's the message officials from both New York City and New Jersey hammered away at on Sunday as they prepared residents for what some meteorologists have predicted could be a historic weather event impacting the East Coast. "We haven't seen a storm like this in a decade. Some parts of the city could see up to 28in," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned on social media. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
US Ambassador to Israel: "It Would Be Fine" If Israel Took Over Most of the Middle East Over a dozen countries in the region said his statements "directly contradict" Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. On Sunday, more than a dozen Arab and Islamic governments condemned statements made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee after he said in ...
Source: motherjones.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Some flyers could soon experience longer lines at U.S. airports after the Department of Homeland Security on Saturday confirmed it would suspend the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck and Global Entry programs as the agency contends with a partial government shutdown that has entered its second week. According to DHS officials, TSA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency entered emergency ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Mexico's most wanted man and the leader of the feared Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) drug cartel has been killed during a security operation to arrest him, the defence ministry has said. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", died on Sunday as he was being taken to the capital Mexico City, after being seriously injured in clashes between his supporters and the army. Four CJNG members were killed in the ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
Pakistan has carried out multiple overnight air strikes on Afghanistan, which the Taliban has said killed at least 18 people, including women and children. Islamabad said the attacks targeted seven alleged militant camps and hideouts near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and that they had been launched after recent suicide bombings in Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the attacks, saying they targeted multiple ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Budapest threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and to stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume. The EU's foreign ministers are set to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bloc's 20th round of sanctions against Moscow, a measure they hope will be approved in time to coincide with the fourth anniversary of ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 -
NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Rondale Moore , the NFL receiver who had season-ending training camp knee injuries in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start with the Arizona Cardinals, was found dead Saturday, authorities said. He was 25. Police said Moore died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. Moore was found dead in the garage of a property in his hometown ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, has died at the age of 89. Pirates owner Bob Nutting said "Maz was one of a kind, a true Pirates legend ... His name will always be tied to the biggest home run in baseball history ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
Ukrainian drones struck an industrial site deep inside Russia on Saturday, and a Russian news channel reported the target was a key state-owned missile factory. The attack took place in Russia's Udmurt Republic, leaving 11 injured, three of whom were hospitalized, according to a Telegram post by Sergei Bagin, the local health minister. "One of the republic's facilities was attacked by drones" launched by Ukraine, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 21st, 2026 -
A Texas Democratic lawmaker is invoking a newly created state legislative rule to force a public hearing into the March 2025 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old U.S. citizen by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, CBS News has learned, a case raising further transparency and oversight questions about the officials enforcing President Trump's deportation crackdown. The proposed hearing would examine the ...
Source: cbsnews.com