Arab world condemns Huckabee comments about Israel having claim to Middle East

By: The Hill

Published on: February 23, 2026, 4:04 am

Multiple Muslim-majority nations criticized U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for suggesting that Israel could claim the entire Middle East during an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. In a joint statement, the foreign affairs ministries of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bahrain, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon and...

C-SPAN puts speculation on identity of caller to rest: 'It was not the president'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 23, 2026, 3:21 am

C-SPAN said Sunday that the man who called in to the network on Friday was not, in fact, President Trump.  “Because so many of you are talking about Friday’s C-SPAN caller who identified himself as ‘John Barron,’ we want to put this to rest: it was not the president,” the network wrote on the social...

Trump posts about Olympics on closing day of games

By: The Hill

Published on: February 23, 2026, 3:04 am

President Trump praised Team USA as the Winter Olympics concluded Sunday. Just over 30 minutes after the U.S. men’s hockey team knocked off Canada in the gold medal game, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “LOTS OF WINNING!!!” Later Sunday afternoon, Trump touted the U.S. winning 12 gold medals, the most ever for...

Patel responds to Olympics backlash, says he was invited to locker room after hockey game

By: The Hill

Published on: February 23, 2026, 2:25 am

FBI Director Kash Patel dismissed critics of his presence in the locker room during the U.S. men’s hockey team’s celebration of their gold medal game victory over Canada on Sunday. Patel, who was in attendance in Milan, Italy, was captured on camera in Team USA’s locker room on the final day of the Winter Olympics....

35 million people under blizzard warning as storm hits Northeast

By: The Hill

Published on: February 23, 2026, 12:23 am

A major winter storm is sweeping through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Sunday, with conditions expected to persist into Monday.  The National Weather Service (NWS) says that the system will produce heavy snow over the northern mid-Atlantic into the Northeast from Sunday evening into Monday. Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour will...

Porter holds up ‘F--- Trump’ message at California Democratic convention

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 11:22 pm

Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who has entered the California gubernatorial race, took a stand against the Trump administration on Saturday, carrying a large sign that read “F--- Trump” on stage at the state Democratic convention.  The phrase has gained steam nationally ahead of midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race. Earlier in the week,...

Randy Fine censure threat could spark tit-for-tat cycle

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 10:00 pm

The House could soon be forced into another tit-for-tat cycle of members attempting to discipline each other by forcing votes on the House floor — and derailing GOP leaders' control of the chamber. A massive wave of Democrats have called to formally censure Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) and remove him from his committees over a...

Luna slams GOP senator for 'bartending' swipe at AOC after Munich appearance

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 9:58 pm

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Saturday criticized Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) for mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) experience as a bartender. Luna wrote on the social platform X that while she does not often agree with Ocasio-Cortez, to “knock her or anyone for being a bartender is not a ‘hit,’ it’s tone deaf."  “Plenty...

US Embassy tells Americans to shelter in place after Mexican army kills cartel leader

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 9:24 pm

The State Department on Sunday issued a warning to U.S. citizens in certain parts of Mexico to shelter in place until further notice on account of "ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity." The regions listed in the advisory include the Mexican states of Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon. The warning came after...

JPMorgan admits to closing Trump’s accounts after Jan. 6 Capitol attack

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 9:09 pm

JPMorgan Chase this week acknowledged it closed President Trump’s bank accounts in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, The Associated Press reported. In a court filing the bank submitted this week in Trump’s lawsuit against it, JPMorgan’s former chief administrative officer, Dan Wilkening, wrote, “In February 2021, JPMorgan informed Plaintiffs...

European Central Bank chief says world needs 'clarity' on US trade relationships

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 9:02 pm

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Sunday said countries need "clarity" on the future of their trade relationships with the United States after the Trump administration's tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court. “I think it's, it's critically important that all people in the trade, both outside of the United States, but also...

House Democrat says 'diplomacy is the best way' on Iran

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 8:45 pm

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) said Sunday that “diplomacy is the best way” when it comes to the U.S.'s handling of Iran’s nuclear program after recent tensions between the two countries. “Well, there's the largest buildup, as you pointed out earlier, the largest buildup since the Iraq War in that region. The president is still ongoing...

TSA says PreCheck still operational after previous announcement of suspension during funding fight

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 8:34 pm

“As staffing constraints arise, TSA will evaluate on a case by case basis and adjust operations accordingly,” the agency said.

This 89-year-old 'King of the Volunteers' at the Olympics will star in the closing ceremony

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 8:34 pm

VERONA, Italy (AP) — When Mario Gargiulo traveled to the 1956 Cortina Winter Games, his first trip to northern Italy from his hometown of Naples, the 20-year-old never imagined he'd return to the Olympics. But he has, 70 years later, this time as the so-called “King of the Volunteers.” He was among the first of...

US trade representative says GOP lawmakers who weren’t always in favor of tariffs have 'now come around'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 22, 2026, 8:10 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday said GOP lawmakers who have not traditionally favored tariffs have “now come around” to the Trump administration’s levies on foreign partners. “I've heard from a lot of Republicans over the past year, ones who traditionally, you know, weren't always in favor of tariffs, they've now come around. And...