Headlines for February 19, 2025
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6VCS4)
- 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