Italian Doctor Trolls Trump, RFK Jr. With Message About Lindsey Vonn’s Olympics Surgeries
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA prominent Italian doctor swiped at President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in social media posts praising the medical care that injured American skiing star Lindsey Vonn received in Italy after crashing out of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. AdvertisementBut he then added a pointed dig at Trump and Kennedy, and the overall situation surrounding health care in the U.S.:“Vonn was able to appreciate Italy’s extraordinary public health care system, which took care of her with three surgical procedures. In Italy, unlike in her country, we take care of everyone: rich or poor, VIPs or nobodies, Americans or Italians. If she gets the chance, she should explain to Trump and Kennedy Jr. what it means to take care of those who are ill.”Bassetti shared the message in Italian with his 396,000 followers alongside a photograph of Vonn receiving treatment in a hospital in Italy. The doctor also called out Joe Biden in 2024 when the then-president was pictured boarding Air Force One without a mask, despite having just tested positive for COVID-19.
Source:Huffington Post
February 18, 2026 18:48 UTC
New details about the armed teen who allegedly charged the U.S. Capitol
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February 18, 2026 18:38 UTC
Gabby Petito’s father speaks out on search for Nancy Guthrie: ‘Everyone deserves the same amount of attention’
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February 18, 2026 16:41 UTC
Live updates on the Trump administration: Iran negotiations, US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks and DHS funding negotiations
While political negotiations remained “tense,” the source said, the military talks left officials feeling cautiously optimistic. The military-to-military talks over the last two days, held in Geneva alongside political negotiations led by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Gen. Alex Grynkewich, commander of US European Command. There was progress made on that front, the source said, though political officials still have to give the final sign-off. Officials expect another meeting to be scheduled in the near future, likely in the next few weeks, the source said. The political readouts of the talks struck a different tone; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the outcome of the talks was insufficient.
Source:CNN
February 18, 2026 16:19 UTC
'Difficult' Ukraine Peace Talks End After Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of Stalling
LOADING ERROR LOADINGGENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended on Wednesday after only two hours, with President Volodymyr Zelensyiy describing them as “difficult” and accusing Russia of deliberately delaying progress toward a deal to end the four-year-old war. The two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Switzerland took place as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice in recent days suggested it was up to Ukraine and Zelenskyy to ensure the talks were successful. Advertisement“We can see that progress has been made, but for now, positions differ because the negotiations were difficult,” Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat shortly after talks concluded. Earlier on Wednesday, Zelenskyy had accused Russia of “trying to drag out negotiations that could already have reached the final stage”. “I hope it is just his tactics and not the decision,” Axios quoted Zelenskyy as saying in the interview.
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February 18, 2026 15:41 UTC
FOX NEWS DIGITAL MARKS BEST MONTH EVER WITH OVER 187 MILLION TOTAL DIGITAL MULTIPLATFORM UNIQUE VISITORS IN JANUARY
Additionally, the business site delivered 114.5 million multiplatform views and 28.7 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors. FOX News delivered 175 million social media interactions for the month with 104 million interactions on Facebook, 25.4 million interactions on Instagram and 7 million interactions on X. **On YouTube, FOX News delivered 466 million video views in January according to Emplifi, increasing its YouTube viewership 14% year-over-year and 60% compared to December leading MS Now (339 million views), CNN (237 million views), ABC News (124 million views), NBC News (118 million views) and CBS News (56 million views). NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- During January, FOX News Digital delivered its best month ever with over 187 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors, according to Comscore. FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the free ad-supported television service FOX Weather.
Source:Fox News
February 18, 2026 15:22 UTC
Kaitlan Collins Says 1 Aspect Made Trump’s ‘Smile’ Attack On Her Different
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February 18, 2026 15:06 UTC
Experts Explain Why Trump’s Truth Social Echo Chamber Is So Dangerous
LOADING ERROR LOADINGIt’s hard to go a day without hearing about something Donald Trump shared on Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group. Experts in psychology and politics say Truth Social is a questionable social network for a number of reasons. That was the original kind of conceptualization of an echo chamber,” Robertson explained. AdvertisementNurPhoto via Getty Images While all of social media can be an echo chamber, Truth Social takes it to a different level, experts say. AdvertisementSince Truth Social was created as a conservative platform and an “alternative” version of social media, Trump’s thoughts are only backed up here instead of questioned, as they reasonably should.
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February 18, 2026 14:24 UTC
What move would Giants fans make if they were GM for a day?
As we approach the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question goes out to all the armchair GMs out there: If you were the GM for one move and one move only, what would you do to improve the team? I’m choosing to interpret this question as a blank check for mayhem, rather than a realistic move that the team might actually make. Feel free to use this prompt as a blank check for mayhem like I did, or make a more serious proposition! What move would you make if you were GM for a day?
Source:New York Times
February 18, 2026 13:51 UTC
Moody’s Posts Higher Profit, Revenue
Moody’s logged higher profit and revenue in the fourth quarter, as the company said efforts to scale new technologies across its business were paying off. - angela weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesMoody’s logged higher profit and revenue in the fourth quarter, as the company said efforts to scale new technologies across its business were paying off. Revenue jumped 13% to $1.89 billion, just ahead of the $1.86 billion that Wall Street had modeled. Moody’s Investors Service, the credit-ratings agency, generated revenue of about $946 million, marking a 17% increase from last year. Write to Connor Hart at Connor.Hart@wsj.comMost Read from The Wall Street Journal
Source:Wall Street Journal
February 18, 2026 13:51 UTC
Giants news, 2/18: Gold jacket draft choice, Bobby Okereke, Jaxson Dart
From Behind ig Blue ViewOther Giant observationsNew York Giants: LB Bobby Okereke. Jermaine Eluemunor interviewOL: Tyler Linderbaum Best Fit: New York Giants. Pick from Mock 1.0: S Caleb Downs, Ohio State. New York Giants: LB Sonny Styles, Ohio State. New York Giants: CB Colton Hood, TennesseeJaxson Dart (+4500): Hat tip to SportsLine lead NFL analyst R.J. White for this suggestion.
Source:New York Times
February 18, 2026 11:09 UTC
Piers Morgan Predicts Trump Will Become A ‘Lame Duck’ After 2026 Midterms
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPiers Morgan has forecasted that President Donald Trump will become “a lame duck president” if the GOP loses the House in the 2026 midterms. Morgan also predicted that Trump was “going to get the whiplash back from” the deadly ICE raids during the 2026 midterms. “[The Republicans are] gonna lose the House, and then he’ll become effectively, as everyone does in that scenario, a bit of a lame duck president,” Morgan said. “And if that happens, he’ll only have himself to blame for going too far with the way that ICE has been on the streets.”AdvertisementPiers Morgan and President Donald Trump. He also defended Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance against criticism from Trump and his MAGA supporters.
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February 18, 2026 10:46 UTC
Harry Enten Shows How Some Trump Voters Are Now Having Serious Regrets
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said on Tuesday that a growing number of Americans who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election now regret it. And if given a mulligan, they’d pick former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new poll. Enten said Trump won the popular vote in 2024 by about a point and a half, but the new “redo” poll finds Harris now ahead by 8 percentage points. Enten said that 89% of Harris voters plan to vote for a Democrat in this year’s midterm elections, versus just 83% of Trump voters who plan to choose a Republican. Big implications for 2026: Dems for Congress are holding onto Harris voters more than the GOP is holding onto Trump voters.
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February 18, 2026 09:53 UTC
Analysis: Inside the world of Trump’s unorthodox diplomatic duo
They’re expected back in Washington this week for a meeting of the Board of Peace — Trump’s personal big-dollar private global diplomacy network. Trump’s hopes for a deal with Iran, as he masses a vast armada within shooting distance, only crawled forward Tuesday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty ImagesWitkoff and Kushner’s latest efforts come at a perilous moment for the world and a politically tenuous one for Trump’s presidency. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesTrump’s impatience also means Witkoff and Kushner are under the kind of pressure that can lead to superficiality. But Trump’s evisceration of the department has deprived his administration of institutional memory and expertise that might have built on any breakthroughs by Kushner and Witkoff.
Source:CNN
February 18, 2026 09:31 UTC