Josh opens the show by celebrating Team USA’s gold medal victory over Canada in men’s hockey over the weekend. He reacts to the backlash surrounding the FBI Director celebrating with the team and explains why he believes critics need to lighten up, while also making the case for a return to a time when sports were less political.
Josh then turns to the recent interview between Tucker Carlson and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, breaking down Carlson’s comments, what he believes Tucker’s broader goals are, and why the conversation is generating so much attention.
He also reacts to eyebrow-raising remarks made by California Governor Gavin Newsom during a weekend stop in Georgia while promoting his new book, and examines what those comments could signal politically.
The U.S. military said on Monday that it struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing three men, the latest such incident in recent months.
President Donald Trump's administration has touted its success at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels in the area.
The military said in a post on X the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations."
A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong winds and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
Winter weather in the Northeast may also slow the processing, transport and delivery of mail and packages, the U.S. Postal Service said.
Around 15,247 flights were delayed by early afternoon on Sunday (February 22), and 3,509 were cancelled. The largest number of cancellations was at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark airports.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency and ordered non-essential vehicles off city roads from Sunday (February 22) night to noon Monday, saying plows and emergency crews needed the streets clear as snowfall intensified. The city is under its first blizzard warning since 2017.
Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner’s attorney entered the plea to two counts of first-degree murder in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday. Authorities say the acclaimed director and his wife of 36 years were found dead with stab wounds in their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14. Nick was arrested hours later and has been held without bail for the two months since. Police have said nothing about possible motives. Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty.
The State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the U.S. embassy in Beirut, a senior State Department official said on Monday, amid growing concerns about the risk of a military conflict with Iran.
"We continuously assess the security environment, and based on our latest review, we determined it prudent to reduce our footprint to essential personnel," said a senior State Department official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
"The Embassy remains operational with core staff in place. This is a temporary measure intended to ensure the safety of our personnel while maintaining our ability to operate and assist U.S. citizens," the official said.
A source at the U.S. embassy said 50 people had been evacuated, while an official at Beirut airport said 32 embassy staff, along with family members, had flown out of Beirut airport on Monday.
The U.S. has built up one of its biggest military deployments in the Middle East, with President Donald Trump warning on Thursday that "really bad things will happen" if no deal is reached to solve a longstanding dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. Iran has threatened to strike U.S. bases in the region if it is attacked.
"Should employees occupying emergency positions wish to depart post, please review alternative arrangements to fill the emergency position and consult with your regional bureau Executive Office as necessary," an internal State Department cable on the pullout seen by Reuters said.
U.S. interests were repeatedly targeted in Lebanon in the 1980s during the 1975-90 civil war, during which the U.S. held the Iran-backed Hezbollah responsible for attacks including the 1983 suicide bombing against the U.S. Marines headquarters in Beirut that killed 241 servicemen and a 1983 suicide attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut that killed 49 embassy staff.
TALKS ON THURSDAY, DIVISIONS REMAIN
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is scheduled to travel to Israel on Saturday and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was still planning to do that but "the schedule remains subject to change," the U.S. official said.
The U.S. wants Iran to give up its nuclear program, but Iran has adamantly refused and denied it is trying to develop an atomic weapon. Washington views enrichment inside Iran as a potential pathway to nuclear weapons.
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that he expects to meet with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Geneva on Thursday, adding that there was still "a good chance" of a diplomatic solution.
Both sides remain sharply divided - even over the scope and sequencing of relief from crippling U.S. sanctions - following two rounds of talks, a senior Iranian official told Reuters.
Citing officials on both sides and diplomats across the Gulf and Europe, Reuters reported on Friday that Tehran and Washington are sliding rapidly toward military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic settlement.
On Sunday, Witkoff said the president was curious as to why Iran has not yet "capitulated" and agreed to curb its nuclear programme.
It would be the second time the U.S. and Israel have attacked Iran in less than a year, following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against military and nuclear facilities last June.
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