Friday, February 21

🚨NATION

📌 Los Angeles mayor removes fire chief in wake of massive wildfires (ABC)

📌 Trump administration to replace acting ICE director (WSJ)

📌 Senate adopts $340 billion budget blueprint for Trump's agenda (NBC)

📌 Judge adjourns case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, stops short of dismissing the charges (FOX)

📌 Luigi Mangione set to appear in court in New York state case today (ABC) Fans pack NYC court ahead of hearing (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Supreme Court deals a severe blow to Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit against Hungary (AP)

📌 U.S. envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader (AP)

📌 Pope Francis ‘not out of danger yet,’ will stay in hospital at least another week (CBS)

📌 Russia could concede $300 billion in frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement (US NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero (SPACE)

📌 U.S. consumer sentiment plunges over tariff and inflation fears (CNN)

📌 Shortage of popular drugs Wegovy and Ozempic is over, FDA says (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jenny Slate filed ‘It Ends With Us’ complaint over producer’s comments about motherhood (YAHOO)

📌 Diddy lawyer quits amid federal sex crimes charges (USA TODAY)

📌 Steve Martin blames ‘SNL 50th COVID curse’ after Martin Short and Maya Rudolph test positive (NBC)