Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson was arrested Monday amid an investigation into his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, according to London's Metropolitan Police.
Epstein was a wealthy, well-connected financier and convicted sex offender who died in 2019 awaiting trial on similar federal charges.
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn said Monday that surgery saved her left leg from amputation after she crashed in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
242K likes, 12K comments - lindseyvonn on February 23, 2026: "I’m finally out of the hospital!!! 🙌🏻 After almost 2 weeks of laying in a hospital bed almost completely immobile, I’m finally well enough to move to a hotel. It’s not home yet, but it’s a huge step! I hope I explained my injury well enough. I’m not a doctor so if I don’t explain something perfectly please forgive me. When the injury happened the situation was quite challenging in many ways but in the end, the situation was brought back into control. Again, thank you Dr Tom Hackett 🙏🏻❤️ Now I will focus on rehab and progressing from a wheelchair to crutches in a few weeks. It will take around a year for all of the bones to heal and then I will decide if I want to take out all the metal or not, and then go back into surgery and finally fix my ACL. It will be a long road but I’ll get there. At least I’m out of the hospital 🙌🏻💪🏻 Love you all 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️".
The White House is defending Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee amid global fallout from his interview with Tucker Carlson in which he appeared to endorse an Israeli conquest of the Middle East.
BREAKING: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee tells Tucker Carlson that Israel has the Biblical right to take over all of the Middle East.
— Tucker Carlson Network (@TCNetwork) February 20, 2026
“It would be fine if they took it all.” pic.twitter.com/BN4fXh03ga
The raid on Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes occurred after he was visited by a romantic partner, according to Mexican authorities.
Oseguera Cervantes died on Sunday in a helicopter after being injured in a Mexican special forces operation in a wooded area outside the town of Tapalpa in the western state of Jalisco, according to Mexico's defense ministry, Reuters reported.
Palm Beach County, FL Police Officer and Former NYPD Officer: "I personally arrested José Ibarra for endangering the welfare of a child. A few months later, I saw his face again in the news after he viciously murdered Laken Riley. I did my job. I put him in custody — the system… pic.twitter.com/3N1aMivjfw
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 23, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed to reporters Monday that his team is working with other House officials to figure out seating arrangements for the United States' Men's Olympic Hockey team at Tuesday's State of the Union address.
The scramble comes after President Donald Trump invited the team to his speech after they won gold against Canada in Italy on Sunday. The president also invited the Women's Hockey team, but they declined over other obligations.
The Department of Education announced Monday that it was giving two more of its responsibilities to other agencies as the Trump administration makes moves to shutter it.
The change comes after the Trump administration announced last year that it was giving the department's responsibilities to five different federal agencies, consisting of the Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services and State.
Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has reportedly stopped pursuing a criminal case against six Democratic lawmakers who participated in a controversial social media video last year, sources told NBC News Monday.
The decision comes after the Justice Department suffered a setback earlier this month by failing to secure a federal grand jury indictment against the video's participants. The 90-second video featured six prominent Democratic lawmakers who were either veterans or past members of the Intelligence Community.
President Trump has already indicated that Tuesday's State of the Union Address will be long, because there is a lot to talk about. Last year, in his address to Congress, which was not considered a State of the Union address because he had just taken office, he spoke for about 100 minutes.
The Pentagon shared concerns Monday about the Senate-passed Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform (ROTOR) Act as the House is expected to take it up this week, despite having supported the bill in the upper chamber.
The Senate unanimously passed the ROTOR Act late last year, which is expected to require the military to use the Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast on routine training flights but not on sensitive military missions.
The State Department said Monday Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Caribbean this week to meet leaders at the 50th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.
The meeting is expected to begin Wednesday in St. Kitts and Nevis and conclude Friday, though it is not clear if the secretary will be there for the full meeting.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol launched a manhunt Monday after a Christian County deputy was shot and killed that afternoon.
No suspect has been identified so far, but authorities have described the suspect's vehicle as a white 2001 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup truck with Missouri license plate 9MGX36.
