Headlines for February 20, 2026

* [WSJ: Trump is Considering "Limited" Strikes on Iran, With Option to Ramp Up Assault][1]
* [Trump Says U.S. Will Give $10B in Funding to His U.N. Alternative, the "Board of Peace"][2]
* [Israeli Settler Fatally Shoots Palestinian-American Teen in Occupied West Bank][3]
* [Palestinian Journalists Describe Beatings, Starvation and Sexual Assault by Israeli Captors][4]
* ["Hallmarks of Genocide": U.N. Experts Sound Alarm Over Sudanese Paramilitary Group's Atrocities][5]
* [U.K. Police Raid Former Home of Ex-Prince Andrew, Arrested Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein][6]
* [French Prosecutors Reopen Probe Into Epstein Associates Including Model Scout Jean-Luc Brunel][7]
* [Trump Banner Draped over DOJ Headquarters Amid Growing Demands for Full Release of Epstein Files][8]
* [Judge Rejects Trump Administration's Practice of Denying Bonds to Indefinitely Jail Immigrants][9]
* [Police in Cameroon Arrest Journalists Probing Trump's Secretive Deportation Campaign][10]
* [Federal Prisons Prohibit Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People ][11]
* [Bernie Sanders Rallies Support for California Wealth Tax Opposed by Billionaires and Gov. Newsom][12]

[1]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/wsj_trump_is_considering_limited_strikes_on_iran_with_option_to_ramp_up_assault
[2]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/trump_says_us_will_give_10b_in_funding_to_his_un_alternative_the_board_of_peace
[3]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/israeli_settler_fatally_shoots_palestinian_american_teen_in_occupied_west_bank
[4]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/palestinian_journalists_describe_beatings_starvation_and_sexual_assault_by_israeli_captors
[5]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/hallmarks_of_genocide_un_experts_sound_alarm_over_sudanese_paramilitary_groups_atrocities
[6]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/uk_police_raid_former_home_of_ex_prince_andrew_arrested_over_ties_to_jeffrey_epstein
[7]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/french_prosecutors_reopen_probe_into_epstein_associates_including_model_scout_jean_luc_brunel
[8]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/trump_banner_draped_over_doj_headquarters_amid_growing_demands_for_full_release_of_epstein_files
[9]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/judge_rejects_trump_administrations_practice_of_denying_bonds_to_indefinitely_jail_immigrants
[10]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/police_in_cameroon_arrest_journalists_probing_trumps_secretive_deportation_campaign
[11]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/federal_prisons_prohibit_gender_affirming_care_for_trans_people
[12]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/20/headlines/bernie_sanders_rallies_support_for_california_wealth_tax_opposed_by_billionaires_and_gov_newsom


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