Headlines for February 21, 2025

White House Insists Ukraine Hand Over $500 Billion in Mineral Wealth and Stop Criticizing Trump, Russian Forces Advance on Dnipropetrovsk, Bomb Kherson Apartment Complex, Israel Drops Leaflets on Gaza Threatening to “Impose Forced Displacement Upon You”, Israeli Leaders Cast Doubt on Ceasefire Deal, Saying Body Returned from Gaza Was Not Shiri Bibas, Netanyahu to Escalate West Bank Attacks After Buses Explode in Tel Aviv, U.S. Sanctions Rwandan Official and Militia Leader Tied to M23 Atrocities in DRC, Mexico Warns U.S. Against Violations of Sovereignty as Trump Designates Cartels as Terrorist Groups, Venezuela Refutes U.S. Claims That Deportees from Guantánamo Prison Camp Were Gang Members, Trump Cancels Deportation Protections for Half-Million Haitian Immigrants , Judge Orders Trump Admin to Comply with Previous Order on Frozen Funds, Balks at Contempt Charges, Judge Declines to Halt Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers, CDC Report on Bird Flu Spreading Between Humans and Cats Was Delayed by Health Communications Pause, At CPAC, Elon Musk Wields Prop Chainsaw to Celebrate DOGE Cuts, “I Cannot Imagine a Worse Choice”: Kash Patel Confirmed as FBI Director Over Democrats’ Objections, Senate Approves $340B Budget Blueprint to Expand Military, Fund Mass Deportations, Senators Advance Pro Wrestling Mogul Linda McMahon’s Nomination for Education Secretary, Gov. Hochul Declines to Remove Eric Adams as NYC Mayor , Luigi Mangione to Face Murder and Terror Charges as Trial Opens over Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Vatican Officials Say Pope Francis’s Health Is Improving, Won’t Rule Out Resignation, Friday Marks 60th Anniversary of Assassination of Malcolm X