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Feb 23, 2026 - World

Attorney General Pam Bondi may be much closer to being impeached than she thinks, according to one expert. About two weeks ago, Bondi attended a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee about the Trump Department of Justice's efforts to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, as they are required to do by federal law. Bondi appeared combative during the hearing and refused to acknowledge survivors of Epstein's crimes. While the media has largely moved on from the hearing, legal expert Michael Popok, host of the "Legal AF" podcast, said on Sunday that there is one important constituency that hasn't. And their grievances against Bondi, which erupted following the hearing, are the "turning point" that could lead to her impeachment and conviction, Popok argued."MAGA is responding, not to support her, but is now attacking her," Popok said in a new video posted on Sunday. "Right-wing social media influencer after social media influencer, from Laura Loomer to Eric Erickson. When you lose the Nick Fuentes white supremacy vote ... that's saying a lot." Popok added that MAGA appears to have a solid case to remove Bondi, primarily because no one has been brought to justice for Epstein's crimes under her leadership at the DOJ. "Not one person on her watch has been brought to justice related to the Epstein files, while she's been busy exhausting all of our resources telling the world that Donald Trump is exonerated," Popok said. "How could he be exonerated without having an independent special counsel appointed that's independent from you, Pam Bondi, from Donald Trump and his ethical conflicts on this issue, and report to the American people?" "In fact, I'll go further. I will suggest that it is mandatory by law and that she is derelict in her duty, which is an impeachable offense, not to have appointed a special counsel to investigate it," he continued.

Feb 22, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump made the bizarre announcement Saturday that he would be sending a hospital ship to Greenland on an apparent humanitarian mission, and with no explanation for what prompted the expedition – but critics have zeroed in on what they say is “almost certainly” the cause for the president’s confusing statement.There is no documented health crisis in Greenland, a territory of Denmark, with all of its citizens entitled to universal health care that’s free at the point of service, as it is in most moderately wealthy nations other than the United States. Nevertheless, Trump suggested that he would be deploying the USNS Mercy to the arctic island, and that the hospital ship was already “on the way.”As noted by critics, the peculiar announcement came within hours of an incident in which an American service member aboard a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland was evacuated by Danish forces and taken to a hospital after falling ill.“I've now seen a number of comments on this mysterious Truth Social post from Donald Trump,” wrote Lars Christensen, a Danish economist, to their more than 32,000 followers on X. “It demonstrates with absolute clarity that the man is suffering from dementia and cannot grasp the most basic connections. Why do I say this? Because what his post is almost certainly prompted by is the fact that the Danish navy evacuated a sick crew member from an American submarine near Greenland within the last few days.”Trump’s announcement comes amid his ongoing and increasingly threatening campaign to acquire Greenland for the United States, which has included the deployment of a submarine off the coast of the arctic island.Whether the USNS Mercy can even depart to Greenland is another open question, with maritime expert Mike Schuler noting in a report Saturday that the hospital ship is currently sitting in a dry dock in Alabama undergoing maintenance, maintenance that appears scheduled to continue through July.“This Trump post is frankly unreal in its cynicism and gaslighting. He posted this because a US nuclear submarine – whose very presence near Greenland is already deeply provocative given the context – was just rescued by Danish military forces after one of its sailors fell ill,” wrote Arnaud Bertrand, an entrepreneur and frequent political commentator, in a social media post on X to their more than 380,000 followers.“Denmark graciously rescued the sailor and evacuated him to treat him in a hospital in Greenland. The cherry on the cake is that there's no ‘great hospital boat’ coming to Greenland because both U.S. hospital ships – the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort – are currently incapacitated, undergoing maintenance. So ‘It's on the way!!!’ is simply a bold face lie.”This Sunday morning, I've now seen a number of comments on this mysterious Truth Social post from Donald Trump. It demonstrates with absolute clarity that the man is suffering from dementia and cannot grasp the most basic connections.Why do I say this? Because what his post is… pic.twitter.com/ALtSnKmw9K— Lars Christensen (@MaMoMVPY) February 22, 2026

Feb 21, 2026 - World

‘Intelligence-based, selective operations’ carried out against Pakistani Taliban camps, says information ministry Pakistan launched multiple airstrikes on Saturday night targeting militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.Islamabad did not say precisely where the strikes were carried out or provide other details. Continue reading...

Feb 21, 2026 - World

A tourist from the United Kingdom to the United States is sounding the alarm and warning others after her nightmare ICE experience.The Guardian heading into the weekend reported on the story of Karen Newton, who found herself in ICE custody for six weeks despite being a legal visitor. In an article called, "'Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks," the outlet reports Newton "was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’."The Guardian reported, "When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. 'I was aware,' she nods. 'But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.' Karen, 65, had a British passport and a tourist visa. She hadn’t been abroad for eight years, and was keen for some guaranteed sun. 'I really just wanted to get away from the house.'"But her time turned terrifying when they tried to leave the US."The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as Karen and Bill were trying to leave the US. When they crossed the border, Canadian officials told them they didn’t have the correct paperwork to bring the car with them," according to the report. "They were turned back to Montana on the American side – and to US border control officials. Bill’s US visa had expired; Karen’s had not."Thing escalated quickly from there, the report states."She didn’t know it at the time, but it was the beginning of an ordeal that would see Karen handcuffed, shackled and sleeping on the floor of a locked cell, before being driven for 12 hours through the night to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre. Karen was incarcerated for a total of six weeks – even though she had been travelling with a valid visa."According to her, there was a sinister motive behind it all. "So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? A possible answer began to emerge over the weeks she was incarcerated. As Karen got to know the guards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center where she was held, she kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,' Karen says."Read the full report here.

Feb 20, 2026 - World

A historian Friday described the historic impact of the Supreme Court's decision in its ruling against President Donald Trump's tariffs — something the nation's founders would have appreciated. Tim Naftali, CNN's presidential historian and former head of the Nixon Presidential Library, explained why the high court's ruling was an active practice of what the Constitution was intended to do. "Well, wherever he is, James Madison is smiling today. Tariffs are a tax. The founders decided that taxes should be the responsibility of the Article One branch, which is Congress," Naftali said. "And today the U.S. Constitution worked as it's supposed to work, which is to keep various parts of the government in check when they overstep constitutional bounds," he added. The court's decision was also one of many times throughout history that the Supreme Court has pushed back on a president. "This is a huge moment in American history," Naftali said. "Donald Trump is not the first president to have been disappointed by the court. The courts in the 1930s invalidated Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. That's what led to the first push to pack the court that was Roosevelt's response to the fact that he was so angry at the court for undermining the New Deal."In the end, the court changed, and the New Deal stayed. Richard Nixon was furious at the court for forcing him to turn over the tapes when he lost the case. U.S. v Nixon. Well, the Dobbs decision really unsettled the Biden presidency. And Obama was not happy with Citizens United."He said it's not new for presidents to be unhappy about a Supreme Court decision, but it is American. "It's the way that it works. Our system is supposed to work this way every so often. One of the branches is supposed to be disappointed when it can't engage in a power grab that is unconstitutional."