A man the U.S. considers a key participant in the 2012 Benghazi attack has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.

Zubayr al-Bakoush was taken into custody overseas and brought to the U.S., where he faces charges including murder, terrorism, and arson.

Prosecutors say he was among a group that stormed the U.S. mission in Benghazi, set buildings on fire, conducted surveillance, and attempted to break into vehicles used by U.S. personnel.

Six people, including a five-year-old child, were lightly injured on Friday afternoon after a grenade was thrown into a beauty salon in central Grenoble, France.

Zohran Mamdani:

Islam is a religion built upon a narrative of migration.

Prophet Muhammad was a stranger too, who fled Mecca and was welcomed in Medina.

NEW: The U.S. officially imposes a 25% tariff on all countries trading with Iran.

China has warned the U.S. that moving ahead with new arms sales to Taiwan could derail President Trump’s planned April 2026 visit to Beijing.

The warning followed a recent Trump–Xi phone call, where Xi stressed Taiwan is China’s top red line and urged extreme caution on arms sales.

The U.S. is reportedly considering another major defensive package for Taiwan.

Source: FT

Israel’s four-member team was met with scattered boos during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

At the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, JD Vance was loudly booed when shown on the stadium screen.

Documents released by Congress show John Phelan, now US Navy Secretary, was a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane on a single 2006 flight from London to New York.

A friend says Phelan didn’t know it was Epstein’s plane until arrival, had no further contact with Epstein, and was invited by another financier.

There’s no evidence Phelan knew of Epstein’s crimes, which were charged months later.

Source: CNN

Members of Congress will be allowed to review unredacted Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein starting Monday.

The review must be done in person at the DOJ, with 24 hours’ notice. Lawmakers can take notes but may not bring staff or electronic devices.

Access is limited to about 3 million files already released publicly, not the full 6+ million documents the DOJ holds.

Source: NBC News

Trump:

The “Experts” said that if I hit 50,000 on the Dow by the end of my Term, I would have done a great job, but I hit 50,000 today, three years ahead of schedule — Remember that for the Midterms, because the Democrats will CRASH the Economy!

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

We know that the techno-caste has more money and even more power than many countries, but our determination is stronger than their pockets.

So, we are going to move forward despite their threats.

UK has sent six F-35 fighter jets to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to reinforce security amid fears the US could strike Iran.

Source: The Times

The U.S. and Ukraine are discussing a push for a Russia–Ukraine peace deal by March, though major disagreements—especially over territory—make that deadline unlikely.

Washington wants any deal quickly put to a Ukrainian referendum alongside national elections, possibly in May.

U.S. negotiators say timing matters as Trump is expected to shift focus to domestic politics ahead of the midterm elections.

Source: Reuters

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Trump:

Iran looks like they want to make a deal very badly as they should.

Last time they decided maybe not to do it, but I think they probably feel differently.

We’ll see what the deal is. It’ll be different than last time.

We have a big fleet heading in that direction. Going to be there pretty soon.

Reporter: Social media post that you took down earlier today. The White House says that a staffer sent it. Who sent it?

Trump: I looked at it. I saw it and I just looked at the first part. It was about voter fraud in someplace Georgia. I didn’t see the whole thing.

I guess during the end of it, there was some kind of a picture that people don’t like. I wouldn’t like it either, but I didn’t see it.

I looked at the first part and it was really about voter fraud and the machines, how crooked it is, how disgusting it is. Then I gave it to the people.

Generally they look at the whole thing, but I guess somebody didn’t and they posted it and we took it down.

Reporter: A number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that Obama post. Is that something you’re going to do?

Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. I look at thousands of things. I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine. I guess it was a takeoff on the Lion King. A lot of people were covered.

If they would have looked, they would have seen it and probably they would have had the sense to take it down.

Trump on Iran:

We have plenty of time. If you remember Venezuela, we waited around for a while and we’re in no rush.

We have very good talks going with Iran. I think the results today with Iran were very good.

We’re going to meet again early next week. They want to make a deal. Iran, as they should, want to make a deal.

They know the consequences. If they don’t make a deal, the consequences are very steep. We’ll see what happens.

Trump on Iran:

The one thing, right up front, no nuclear weapons. If we could have made that deal two years ago, we would have made that deal. But they weren’t willing to do that. Now they are willing to do it.

They’re willing to do much more than they would have a year and a half ago.

If they would have offered this deal originally when we first started, it would have been accepted immediately.

Trump:

I am the least racist President you’ve had in a long time.