Friday, February 20, 2026

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WWII Vet Celebrates 100th Birthday on Battleship New Jersey

(Headline USA) Aboard the Battleship New Jersey, surrounded by friends, family and the ship’s important legacy, John “Johnny Q” Quinesso Sr. marked a milestone: his 100th birthday. The World War II Navy veteran and longtime volunteer was honored last week with a special luncheon and recognition ceremony on the nation’s most...

Nuclear Weapons Test Monitor Finds No Evidence for US Claim of Chinese Test

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An international nuclear weapons testing monitor said on Friday that there was no evidence China conducted a nuclear test on June 22, 2020, after a US official accused Beijing of secretly conducting a test that day. “China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated...

Republicans Start Work To Get Trump His $1.5 Trillion Military Budget

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A few weeks after President Trump declared on Truth Social that he wants a $1.5 trillion military budget, Republican leaders in Congress are working on making his dream of increasing military spending by about 50% a reality. The 2026 military budget marked the first to exceed $1 trillion,...

Netanyahu To Meet Trump on Wednesday as Israel Pushes for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday as Israel is pushing for a new war with Iran following talks between US and Iranian officials in Oman on Friday. Axios reported that Netanyahu was initially set to visit the US...

Suspect from 2012 Benghazi Attack is Captured

(Headline USA) A man described as a key participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody and will be prosecuted in connection with a rampage that killed four Americans and became a divisive political issue, the Justice Department said Friday. Zubayar...

CENTCOM Says It Launched Five Strikes Against ISIS in Syria Within One Week

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command said on Wednesday that its forces conducted five strikes against ISIS in Syria from January 27 to February 2, while the US is also backing the Syrian government, which is led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an offshoot of al-Qaeda with a similar ideology...

US Launches Its 27th Airstrike in Somalia of the Year

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Africa Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 1 as the Trump administration continues escalating its air war in the country. The command said the strike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region,...

Xi Tells Trump Taiwan Is the ‘Most Important Issue’ in US-China Relations

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that Taiwan is the “most important issue” in US-China relations, according to Beijing’s readout of the conversation. “President Xi emphasized that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” the Chinese readout...

State Department Approves $12 Billion in Arms Sales for Saudi Arabia in Less Than a Week

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The State Department on Tuesday approved a potential $3 billion F-15 fighter jet sustainment deal for Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration is fulfilling its pledge to sell Riyadh a large number of weapons. The latest deal came less than a week after the State Department moved...

BREAKING: Would-be Trump Assassin Sentenced to Life in Prison

Editor's note: This morning, Headline USA published a trove of photos and videos of Ryan Routh from his time in Ukraine. You can find that here. (Headline USA) A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in...

The Routh Records: See Ukraine Through the Lens of a Would-be Trump Assassin

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Headline USA has obtained a trove of photos and videos featuring convicted would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh while he was in Ukraine in 2022. The records provide the most complete account of Routh’s activities there to date, though many questions remain. https://twitter.com/HeadlineUSA/status/2019059840186773993?s=20 Routh, who’s set to be...

US, Israel Hold Joint Naval Drills in the Red Sea Amid US Buildup in the Region

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US and Israel on Monday announced that their militaries held joint naval drills a day earlier, exercises that come amid a major US military buildup in the region to prepare for a potential attack on Iran. US Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet announced the drills and...
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