• 02/22/2025

Trump’s attack on Zelensky stirs fear of major U.S. shift on Russia

Washington Post While Trump was sympathetic toward Vladimir Putin during his first term, he now appears to be upending generations of U.S. caution toward the Kremlin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/19/trump-zelensky-putin-russia-ukraine/

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Two Britons detained in Iran charged with spying, Iranian judiciary says

Fox News Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage after they allegedly gathered information in different parts of the country, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday. IRAN EXECUTES OVER 1K PRISONERS IN 2024, HIGHEST TOTAL IN 30 YEARS, REPORT SAYS The two were named as Craig and Lindsay…

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Trump Administration Has Fired Health Inspectors at Some Border Stations

New York Times Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/health/trump-border-health-inspections.html

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Pope Francis shows slight improvement, receives visit from Italian PM Giorgia Meloni

Fox News Pope Francis showed a slight improvement while battling pneumonia on Wednesday and received a visit from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who said he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor as he battles a case of pneumonia. Meloni said she wanted to wish Francis well on behalf of the Italian…

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Hamas to turn over bodies of Shiri Bibas and 2 young children

Fox News The Israeli government has received confirmation on the identities of the deceased hostages due to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters confirmed the names of Shiri Bibas and her two children, as well as Oded Lifshitz, a journalist and peace activist. All four were murdered while…

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Italian Prime Minister Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital, says he’s in good spirits

Fox News Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for six days. Meloni said she wanted to bring get-well wishes to the pope on…

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Trump Jr. hunting party investigated over killing of protected duck in Italy

Washington Post Activists said video showed Trump Jr. with a dead ruddy shelduck, a protected species, near the Venice Lagoon. His spokesman said the group had the necessary permits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/trump-jr-hunting-italy-venice-protected-duck/

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President Trump can stop Iran’s march to nuclear weapons: ‘re-establish credible military threat’, report says

Fox News EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump’s second term in office presents a historic chance to reverse the Biden administration’s failed Iran policies and prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, a new report from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) argues. The report, titled “Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort,” argues that the…

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EU warns Trump against letting Putin divide the US and Europe: ‘Let’s not do him the favor’

Fox News A top European Union official is warning President Donald Trump against letting Russian President Vladimir Putin succeed in dividing a decades-old alliance between the U.S. and Europe as Trump seeks to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.  “It is clear that any deal on Ukraine that doesn’t involve Europe will fail,”…

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Bodies of Bibas family, symbol of hostage horrors, to be returned, Hamas says

Washington Post Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir were filmed being taken from their kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023. Her husband, Yarden, was freed recently. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/19/bibas-family-shiri-ariel-kfir-israel-gaza/

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