Headlines for February 19, 2025

Zelensky Claps Back After Trump Blames Ukraine for Russia’s 2022 Invasion, Federal Judge Won’t Order Temporary Injunction Against DOGE’s Mass Firings, Data Access , White House Claims Elon Musk Is Not in Charge of DOGE, Senate Confirms Billionaire Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary, Advances Kash Patel for FBI Chief, Top U.S. Prosecutor Resigns over “Politically Driven” Request to Investigate Biden Climate Grants, Head of FDA’s Food Division Resigns to Protest Mass Firings, RFK Jr. Says He’ll “Investigate” Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Contradicting Senate Testimony, WaPo: Trump Administration Reverses Plan to End Free COVID Test Program, USDA Seeks to Rehire Fired Staffers Who Worked on H5N1 Avian Flu, Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Walks Free After Five Decades Behind Bars, Hamas to Accelerate Release of Israeli Hostages in Bid to Cement Gaza Ceasefire, Israeli Minister Calls for Forcible Mass Expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, Residents Return to Villages in Southern Lebanon Left Devastated by Israeli Bombardment, Brazilian Prosecutors Formally Charge Jair Bolsonaro over Attempted Coup, CIA Expands Drone Flights Over Mexico, Eric Adams to Appear in Federal Court as Judge Weighs DOJ Request to Drop Corruption Charges, Kansas Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Youth as GOP Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Missouri Restores Abortion Access After Court Blocks Discriminatory Licensure Requirements