The United States has stacked enough firepower in the Middle East to wage a “highly kinetic” campaign against Iran if President Trump gives the order, a former senior Pentagon official said as nuclear talks with Tehran head for another round.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has permanently blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s final report detailing President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and allegations he obstructed efforts to retrieve them.

Two-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has died at 43, the league announced Sunday.

“It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of 2x WNBA Champion Kara Braxton,” the WNBA said.

“Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and former teammates at this time.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing back after taking heat for her halting response to a question on Taiwan at the Munich Security Conference, accusing critics of holding her to a double standard compared with President Donald Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing accusations of racism after trying to relate to a Black elected official by bringing up his own lackluster SAT score during a weekend appearance.

“I’m not trying to impress you, I’m just trying to impress upon you, ‘I’m like you. I’m not better than you.’ I’m a 960 SAT guy,” Newsom told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at a Sunday night event promoting his upcoming memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry”.

The armed individual who was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida reportedly became obsessed with conspiracies surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and thoroughly debunked allegations that Trump was involved with Epstein’s crimes.

Mexican military forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, commonly known as “El Mencho,” during an operation in the municipality of Tapalpa, Jalisco state on Sunday. The raid — which was carried out in conjunction with U.S. forces — marks the death of the world’s most wanted drug lord.

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced in a recent video rant that he will be boycotting President Donald Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address, becoming the latest Democrat lawmaker to do so.

I won’t attend Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday.

This isn’t business as usual.

Here’s what I’ll be doing instead: pic.twitter.com/54GcZdvApP

— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) February 22, 2026

As the search for the presumably abducted Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, drags through its third week, a Tucson couple reported finding a pair of blood-stained gloves not far from Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home, where she was last seen on the night of January 31.

Authorities have identified the individual involved in the early morning security breach at Mar-a-Lago as Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old from Cameron, North Carolina.

Martin, described as a white male and U.S. citizen, had been reported missing by his family several days prior to the incident. Investigators believe he traveled south from North Carolina and acquired a shotgun during the journey, as a box for the weapon was later found in his vehicle.

An armed man was shot and killed by law enforcement in the early hours of the morning Sunday after he unlawfully entered the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

The intruder, described as a male in his 20’s, was armed with a shotgun and a fuel can when he attempted to enter the property around 1:30 a.m., Eastern Time. He was then shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service agents and a deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), according to a press release from the U.S. Secret Service.

Susan Rice, a long controversial figure who previously served as national security adviser and UN ambassador under under former President Barack Obama, suggested that Democrats will seek “revenge” against prominent Trump supporters and allies should they regain power.