Day: February 14, 2026

Beloved figure skating coach, former Team USA medalist gunned down in Starbucks drive-thru: reports

3:30 pm February 14, 2026

A former Team USA synchronized figure skater turned coach was shot and killed in broad daylight during an alleged armed robbery at a Starbucks drive-thru in St. Louis, Missouri. Gabrielle “Sam” Linehan, 28, was sitting in her car in the city’s Tower Grove East neighborhood just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, when a suspect approached and […]

Government shutdown hits DHS after Democrats blow up bipartisan funding deal over immigration uproar

10:30 am February 14, 2026

The third government shutdown in under half a year has officially begun just after midnight on Saturday after Democrats and Republicans spent recent weeks battling over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Just one area of government has been left without federal funding as of midnight — the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress has completed […]

AI tool Claude helped capture Venezuelan dictator Maduro in US military raid operation: report

10:29 am February 14, 2026

The U.S. military used Anthropic’s artificial-intelligence tool Claude during the operation that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, according to a report. Last month, U.S. special operations forces captured Maduro and his wife, who were brought to the U.S. to face sweeping narcotics charges. Claude was deployed through Anthropic’s partnership with data company Palantir Technologies, whose […]

Federal agent attacked and hospitalized during anti-ICE protest in Downtown LA

9:41 am February 14, 2026

A federal agent was injured after being attacked during an anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest in Downtown Los Angeles on Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. “LAFD responding to a Federal Agent who was injured during the incident,” the LAPD wrote on X before 1 p.m. In several other posts updating the […]

‘I’ve Had It’ podcast hosts fear Trump will be surpassed by more ‘diabolical’ successor

8:29 am February 14, 2026

The co-hosts of the “I’ve Had It” podcast voiced concerns Friday that there may be a “diabolical” conservative politician on the horizon who is more effective and committed to the cause than President Donald Trump. Trump’s second term in office has been marked by fierce debates about whether he has actually fulfilled the promises he […]