But the hurdles are many. Many cash-strapped states simply don't have the money to pour into reinforcing existing bridges for what many view as a once-in-a-blue-moon catastrophe. Bridge owners blame the growing size of cargo ships as the main culprit. Moreover, bolstering bridge safety hasn't appeared high on Congress' to-do list, and even the country's top independent accident investigator isn't pushing for changes there.
US president calls for removal of Susan Rice as streaming platform pursues takeover of Warner Bros Discovery…
A Guardian analysis of government records has found that the vast majority – 77% – of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration's rhetoric and reality...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/22/us-immigration-trump-administration
For Democrats, it’s not just the tariff ruling that could open a new messaging avenue — it’s also President Donald Trump’s doubling down.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/22/trump-tariffs-midterms-affordability-00792411
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Kennedy's followers have noticed the shift. The order on glyphosate, for example, has sparked fierce backlash. "Bayer just got a license to kill from our gov't. This [is] the mass poisoning of Americans and it continues," Vani Hari, a MAHA influencer, wrote on X, referencing the German conglomerate that makes the world's most popular herbicide...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/21/rfk-midterms-maha-pesticides-vaccines-food-00792018
Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security criticized the decision about airport security.
They said on social media the administration was "kneecapping the programs that make travel smoother and secure" and accused them of "ruining your travel on purpose".
On Thursday, the Trump administration ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a part of the DHS, to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-affected areas, due to the DHS shutdown...
In Greenland, as in Denmark, access to healthcare is free. There are five regional hospitals across the vast Arctic island, with the Nuuk hospital serving patients from all over the territory. Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, defended Denmark's healthcare system, writing on Facebook that she was "happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all. Where it's not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment."…
