Ukrainian President Makes Historic Speech in Munich (English Translation)  —  President Zelensky delivered an impassioned and forthright speech at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 19 - one of the most important of his political career and in Ukraine's history as an independent state.

A Press Tour Turns Frantic in Ukraine As Russia-Backed Shelling Intensifies  —  As shelling intensified in eastern Ukraine, a seemingly routine press tour turned into a frantic rush to safety.  —  NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine — “Be calm,” Denis, the 28-year-old driver said, after several mortar shells landed on the road behind us.

Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel, ex-Miami modeling agent, found dead in Paris jail  —  Jeffrey Epstein's former business partner and alleged accomplice in trafficking and sexually abusing girls, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, according to French authorities.

Trump properties in talks to host lucrative Saudi golf events … Former president Donald Trump's company is angling to host events at his golf courses for the controversial Saudi golf league, according to three people familiar with the matter, potentially handing Trump a lucrative business partnership …

Who Is Behind QAnon?  Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints  —  Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the viral movement.  —  “Open your eyes,” the online post began, claiming, “Many in our govt worship Satan.”

EXCLUSIVE Trump's Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, per executive … Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, appears set to launch in Apple's App Store on Monday, according to posts from an executive on a test version viewed by Reuters …

California NAACP Calls For Spitzer's “Immediate Resignation”  —  Earlier today, Rick Callender, President of the California State Conference of the NAACP, told OC Watch that the organization is calling for the “immediate resignation” of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer …

Biden extends the national pandemic emergency first declared in March 2020.  —  President Biden said on Friday that he would extend the national emergency that was first declared in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.  The additional authority had been set to expire on March 1.

GOP Rep. Will Introduce Bill to Provide Temporary Asylum to Canadian Trucker Protesters, Compares Trudeau's Actions to an ‘Authoritarian Regime Like Venezuela’  —  Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM) compared Canada's handling of vaccine mandate protesters to “an authoritarian regime like Venezuela” …

Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing question whether Pentagon distorted investigation findings  —  As the sun faded on another anxious, adrenalized day, Kareem Nikoui, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Southern California, balanced on top of a concrete traffic barrier and scanned the crowd.

‘The Washington Post’ takes new approach to national coverage with a ‘Democracy Desk’  —  The Washington Post is about to unveil a Democracy Desk to report on the front lines of battles over voting, access to the polls, and the people caught up in these fights.

A New Sheriff in Town  —  In December, New Orleans, once known as the most incarcerated city in the most incarcerated state in the most incarcerated nation in the world, elected Susan Hutson, a woman many are calling the country's first progressive sheriff.  The day of her election …