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President and first lady were in Washington DC at time of intrusion at their Florida residence – key US politics stories from 22 February 2026 at a glance US Secret Service agents have killed an armed man who breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago. Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were not at the … Read more

Two Olympic finals between Canada and the US were settled by sudden death. The format made the showpieces feel more like a coin toss than a climax Two Olympic finals against the US, two strong performances, two sudden-death losses. Canada is so over overtime. While all good things must come to an end, it’s hard … Read more

Emboldened by recent wins, elected officials gathered in San Francisco to share strategy for a midterm ‘reckoning’ Fury at Donald Trump was the coin of the realm, as thousands of California delegates, activists and elected officials gathered in San Francisco this weekend, emboldened by a string of victories and confident the Golden State would help … Read more

The U.S.-Canada men’s gold-medal hockey match and the Games as a whole serve as a reminder that national pride isn’t always a bad thing.

More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali community from a country where roughly 98% of women have undergone the procedure, according to United Nations data. Yet despite a … Read more

Miami star confronted officials in a doorway after 3-0 loss League determined area was not off-limits to players MLS has suspended players for entering officials’ room Major League Soccer has cleared Lionel Messi of wrongdoing after the Argentinian appeared to pursue match officials after Inter Miami’s season-opening loss to LAFC on Saturday evening. In a … Read more

Center secures first men’s title for US since 1980 Americans break Canadian hearts in overtime It might not have been a shocker on the order of a bunch of scrappy college kids toppling the polished Soviet juggernaut at Lake Placid. But 46 years to the day of the Miracle on Ice, it often felt that … Read more

Greenland’s prime minister publicly rebuked President Donald Trump on Sunday, rejecting his proposal to send a U.S. hospital ship to the Arctic territory and urging him to stop making “random” social media posts about its future. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen issued the response in a pointed Facebook post following Trump’s announcement. “We say no thank … Read more

An emotional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attempted to blame critics – and even President Donald Trump’s own off-the-cuff agility – for the backlash she received for her response to a question at the recent Munich Security Conference on American defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. “If you think I don’t understand … Read more

The outcry and activism of the 2010s – itself enabled by earlier generations of feminists – brought us to this moment. But if the Trump administration has its way, opposing forces will prevail This week, for the first time since 1647, a member of the royal family was arrested in the United Kingdom, not over … Read more