Monday, February 20

🚨NATION

📌 California braces for flooding again as another wet winter storm hits (AP)

📌 Texas gov. announces plans to build 80-acre base in Eagle Pass (CNN)

📌 Trump unveils $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con’ (NPR)

📌 Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-grandfather after Civil War-era brawl, documents reportedly show (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel says ground offensive in Rafah will begin by Ramadan next month if hostages aren’t returned (BBC)

📌 The EU opens formal probe into TikTok over protection of children (CNN)

📌 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s last ditch effort to avoid extradition to the US (BBC)

📌 Russia takes Avdiivka from Ukraine, biggest gain in nine months (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Ozempic is taking off with the world’s largest obese population, and it’s not the US (WSJ)

📌 Mega Credit Card Deal: Capital One to acquire Discover (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Gold could hit $3000 in next 12-18 months (CNBC)

📌 New Odysseus lunar mission will attempt to make a historic landing at the moon’s south pole (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 NBA breaks 200-point barrier in record-smashing All-Star game (Eastern Conference beats the West 211-186) (AXIOS)

📌 ‘Shirley’ trailer released, Regina King portrays the first Black Congresswoman in biopic (VARIETY)

📌 Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr scoop BAFTA Film Awards (BBC)

📌 Travis Kelce spent over $16K on Taylor Swift's Valentine's Day gift (SI)