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Judicial Watch on Monday filed a FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of War seeking records related to biodefense and gain-of-function funding proposals submitted to the DARPA Biological Technologies Office prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. https://badlandsmedia.tv/judicial-watch-sues-department-of-war-for-darpa-gain-of-function-records-before-covid-19/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

Minnesota on Monday filed suit seeking to block the Trump administration’s withholding of $243 million in Medicaid funds, asking a U.S. district court in Minneapolis to issue a temporary restraining order preventing the freeze from taking effect. https://badlandsmedia.tv/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-over-243-million-medicaid-funding-freeze/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

Israeli officials said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, according to Reuters. President Trump said he believes the reports are accurate. https://badlandsmedia.tv/israel-says-supreme-leader-khamenei-killed-in-strikes/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The U.S. and Israel carried out strikes on Iran Saturday, triggering retaliatory Iranian missile and drone attacks across the Gulf. Saudi Arabia condemned the response and said it is deploying resources to support Gulf allies against Iran’s retaliation. https://badlandsmedia.tv/u-s-and-israel-launch-strikes-on-iran-as-trump-urges-public-to-overthrow-islamic-leadership/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The FBI subpoenaed phone records for now-Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles while they were private citizens as part of the investigation into President Trump’s handling of classified documents. The disclosures sparked the firing Wednesday of at least 10 FBI employees, all of whom had worked on the classified documents case. https://badlandsmedia.tv/fbi-fires-10-agents-after-phone-record-subpoenas-for-patel-and-wiles-exposed/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

Larry Summers, the former U.S. Treasury secretary and former president of Harvard University, announced Wednesday he will resign from teaching at Harvard by the end of the academic year following scrutiny of his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein. https://badlandsmedia.tv/larry-summers-former-harvard-president-and-treasury-secretary-to-step-down-over-epstein-ties/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ralph Abraham, resigned Monday, the agency announced, ending a three-month tenure as the CDC’s second-in-command. https://badlandsmedia.tv/cdc-deputy-director-ralph-abraham-steps-down-after-three-months/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

Just hours after federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia named James Hundley to lead the office, the Trump administration announced he was fired. https://badlandsmedia.tv/trump-administration-fires-interim-us-attorney-hours-after-judges-appoint-replacement/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

British authorities detained Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office linked to his connections with Jeffrey Epstein. https://badlandsmedia.tv/peter-mandelson-arrested-in-london-over-epstein-ties/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

Judge Cannon permanently blocked the Justice Department from releasing the second volume of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on President Trump’s classified documents case, which had been scheduled for public release Tuesday. https://badlandsmedia.tv/judge-permanently-blocks-release-of-jack-smiths-report-on-trump-documents-case/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

📰 Today’s Badlands News Brief (02.19.26): The Democratization of Narrative Distribution. And a New War with Iran. https://badlands.substack.com/p/badlands-brief-7c6 @PatelPatriotDevolution

Prince Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and remains in custody following his detention Thursday morning, his 66th birthday, as officers search properties in Berkshire and Norfolk. https://badlandsmedia.tv/prince-andrew-arrested-on-suspicion-of-misconduct-in-public-office/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The EU apparently thinks men are women now. Because, you know, *logic*. Truly a sight to behold. #EU #Woke @PatelPatriotDevolution

A coalition of election integrity groups urged the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day, arguing federal law setting a single Election Day requires all ballots to be in election officials’ hands by the close of polls. https://badlandsmedia.tv/election-integrity-groups-ask-supreme-court-to-require-ballots-be-received-by-election-day/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation examining the creation of the U.S. intelligence community’s 2017 assessment on alleged Russian interference in the presidential election, according to AP. https://badlandsmedia.tv/doj-issues-new-subpoenas-in-florida-probe-tied-to-2016-russia-intelligence-assessment/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

The United States and Iran have reached an understanding on “guiding principles” in nuclear negotiations, Tehran’s foreign minister said Tuesday, with both parties to separately draft texts ahead of the next negotiation round. https://badlandsmedia.tv/u-s-and-iran-make-progress-on-nuclear-talks-in-geneva/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his role as chief of Army public affairs and senior adviser, who previously led public affairs for the Joint Chiefs under Mark Milley. https://badlandsmedia.tv/hegseth-orders-removal-of-army-public-affairs-chief-dave-butler/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

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A team working under Director of National Intelligence @TulsiGabbard investigated Puerto Rico’s voting machines last spring for potential Venezuelan interference, but the probe found no evidence of foreign involvement, according to Reuters, citing Gabbard’s office and sources familiar. https://badlandsmedia.tv/trump-intelligence-office-investigated-puerto-rico-voting-machines/ @PatelPatriotDevolution

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