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FIRST ON FOX: The father and brother of a young woman killed by an illegal immigrant will be in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night watching President Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address, after his administration helped track down the man who ended the woman’s life.

Sarah Root, a 21-year-old Iowa native, was killed in Nebraska hours after she graduated from Bellevue University by a drunk driver whose blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit.

The man, Eswin Mejia, was in the U.S. illegally at the time of the incident in January 2016. He was arrested and released on bond the following month and fled the country, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

[TRUMP URGES DHS, ICE TO PUBLICIZE ARRESTS, SAYS CRACKDOWN IS ‘SAVING MANY INNOCENT LIVES’]

[image_1] President Donald Trump delivers his joint address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025.(Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Then-candidate Trump was critical of the Obama administration’s handling of the case.

The Trump administration later tracked Mejia down in Honduras and extradited him to the U.S. in March 2025. He was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

Sarah Root’s father and brother will attend in-person as Trump delivers his primetime address to Congress on Tuesday evening, thanks to an invitation from Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa.

[image_2] Eswin Mejia sits in custody after being extradited from Honduras to the United States to face charges in the 2016 drunken-driving death of Iowa woman Sarah Root.(Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem)

“I think that the message it sends is that, under President Trump, that we will find you. I mean, if you’re an illegal criminal in this state or in this country, we will find you, and you will get deported, or you will be prosecuted. I think that is the message loud and clear,” Feenstra told Fox News Digital.

[EXCLUSIVE: 17,500 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED UNDER LAKEN RILEY ACT IN TRUMP’S SECOND TERM]

He said Sarah Root’s father, Scott Root, was present at the White House when Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law last year.

The anti-illegal immigrant bill also included an amendment named after Sarah Root that would require Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants charged with seriously injuring or killing someone.

[image_3] Rep. Randy Feenstra speaks at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Oct. 11, 2025.(Cody Scanlan/The Des Moines Register/Imagn)

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“Scott was at the White House with me during the signing of the bill. And he got to know President Trump, so now to be there at the State of the Union — that is really, really a big deal,” Feenstra said.

Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has been a primary focus of his administration, after his criticism of how the issue was handled by former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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US CDC’s Ralph Abraham becomes second top official to leave this month

By Reuters
February 23, 2026 2:18 PM UTC Updated 20 mins ago

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Feb 23 (Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Principal Deputy Director Ralph Abraham has stepped down, the agency said on Monday, announcing the exit of its second top official this month.

The CDC, which is temporarily being run by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, said the departure was effective immediately and attributed it to unforeseen family obligations. It did not comment on who would replace Abraham.

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His exit follows that of Jim O’Neill, who was acting CDC director since August in addition to him functioning as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Abraham, second in command at the agency, started at the CDC on January 5 and was most recently Surgeon General of the state of Louisiana where he led a move to stop promotion of mass vaccination and criticized the COVID shots.

The CDC has been hit by budget cuts, staff losses and a series of controversies under Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic who fired the director he had appointed, Susan Monarez.

Monarez was removed in August after she resisted changes to vaccine policy advanced by Kennedy that she believed contradicted scientific evidence.

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Her departure triggered resignations from four senior officials, who cited anti-vaccine policies and misinformation pushed by Kennedy.

Last week, U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Bhattacharya stepped as acting director of the agency. Trump administration sources have said the moves are part of positioning ahead of November elections.

A U.S. vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for later this month by the CDC will not be held, with no new dates announced, Reuters reported last week.

Reporting by Sriparna Roy and Puyaan Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Arun Koyyur

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以财长：哈马斯若不缴械 以军有理由占领加沙

2026年2月23日 22:11 / 联合早报

以色列财政部长斯莫特里奇说，如果哈马斯不遵守要求，以军将获得国际合法性和美国支持，自行采取行动。 （路透社档案照片）

以色列极右翼财政部长斯莫特里奇说，若哈马斯拒绝缴械，以色列就有合法理由进入并占领加沙。

法新社报道，斯莫特里奇星期一（2月23日）告诉以色列公共广播公司（Kan）：“我们估计，未来几天内，以色列会向哈马斯发出最后通牒，要求它解除武装，并彻底实现加沙非军事化。”

他补充说：“如果哈马斯不遵守要求，以色列国防军将获得国际合法性和美国的支持，自行采取行动。”

斯莫特里奇是以色列安全内阁成员，负责批准大规模军事行动。他表明，以军已经在为自行行动做准备，并正在制定计划。

根据美国斡旋达成的加沙停火协议第一阶段，以军撤退到“黄线”后方，但仍控制着超过一半的加沙领土。

协议规定的停火期内，加沙并不完全太平，以军依然频频对加沙实施致命轰炸，并与哈马斯互指对方违反协议。

1月正式启动的停火计划第二阶段聚焦以军逐步撤出加沙，以及解除哈马斯武装。不过，哈马斯强烈反对缴械。

斯莫特里奇说：“如果哈马斯不解散，（以色列军队）肯定会进入并占领加沙。”

被问及以军如何做到这一点时，斯莫特里奇说：“目前我们正在研究两到三种方案。”

美国总统特朗普提出的加沙和平计划，也呼吁建立一支由2万人组成的国际稳定部队。

斯莫特里奇被问及以军如何在加沙有国际部队部署时采取行动，他表明，外国军队届时会“迅速撤出，让（以方）进入，这已与美国协调”。

以财长：哈马斯若不缴械 以军有理由占领加沙

2026年2月23日 22:11 / 联合早报

以色列财政部长斯莫特里奇说，如果哈马斯不遵守要求，以军将获得国际合法性和美国支持，自行采取行动。 （路透社档案照片）

以色列极右翼财政部长斯莫特里奇说，若哈马斯拒绝缴械，以色列就有合法理由进入并占领加沙。

法新社报道，斯莫特里奇星期一（2月23日）告诉以色列公共广播公司（Kan）：“我们估计，未来几天内，以色列会向哈马斯发出最后通牒，要求它解除武装，并彻底实现加沙非军事化。”

他补充说：“如果哈马斯不遵守要求，以色列国防军将获得国际合法性和美国的支持，自行采取行动。”

斯莫特里奇是以色列安全内阁成员，负责批准大规模军事行动。他表明，以军已经在为自行行动做准备，并正在制定计划。

根据美国斡旋达成的加沙停火协议第一阶段，以军撤退到“黄线”后方，但仍控制着超过一半的加沙领土。

协议规定的停火期内，加沙并不完全太平，以军依然频频对加沙实施致命轰炸，并与哈马斯互指对方违反协议。

1月正式启动的停火计划第二阶段聚焦以军逐步撤出加沙，以及解除哈马斯武装。不过，哈马斯强烈反对缴械。

斯莫特里奇说：“如果哈马斯不解散，（以色列军队）肯定会进入并占领加沙。”

被问及以军如何做到这一点时，斯莫特里奇说：“目前我们正在研究两到三种方案。”

美国总统特朗普提出的加沙和平计划，也呼吁建立一支由2万人组成的国际稳定部队。

斯莫特里奇被问及以军如何在加沙有国际部队部署时采取行动，他表明，外国军队届时会“迅速撤出，让（以方）进入，这已与美国协调”。

Trump envoy rebukes Greenland leader for rejecting hospital ship proposal

Greenland seizes on healthcare attack in rejecting Trump offer

By Eric Mack
Fox News

Published February 23, 2026 9:01am EST

Greenland’s rejection of President Donald Trump sending a U.S. military hospital ship has touched off a private-public healthcare debate amid ongoing diplomatic talks about Arctic security.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Sunday turned down Trump’s offer, and now Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, has weighed in.

“Shame on Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen!” Landry wrote in response to a Fox News report on Nielsen’s objection. “President Donald J. Trump and America care. After speaking to many Greenlanders about the day to day problems they face, one issue stood out — healthcare.”

Greenland has sought more self-governance from Denmark under the Self Government Act in 2009 to take more local authority under home rule, but Danish officials’ instant rejection of Trump’s offer is aligned with Greenland’s own rejection that came later Sunday.

“President Trump’s idea of ​​[sending an American hospital ship] here to Greenland has been noted,” Nielsen wrote in a translated Facebook post. “But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens.

“It is a deliberate choice.”

Greenland remains open to dialogue and cooperation with the U.S., with a caveat, according to Nielsen.

“But talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media,” Nielsen said in his own public Facebook protestation.

Greenland’s “free for citizens” care is not sufficient, Landry argued in his Facebook response posted to his campaign’s page.

“Many villages and small towns lack basic services that Americans often take for granted,” Landry’s post continued. “Small settlements are without permanent doctors, diagnostic tools, or specialist care – forcing residents to travel great distances for vital treatments that should be available at home.”

The healthcare issue underlies the overreaching Trump hopes to annex Greenland to secure the strategic Arctic region from Russian and Chinese designs, calling it a vital issue for “national security” for both the U.S. and the NATO alliance.

“A [healthy Greenland] is vital for America’s national security,” Landry’s post concluded. “America is committed to defending Greenland, and that begins by ensuring its people are defended against basic illnesses and ailments.

“These missions matter because health is inseparable from security. America’s commitment to defending Greenland must begin with ensuring its people are healthy.”

The recent dust-up came after Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member who required urgent medical treatment from a [U.S. submarine] in Greenlandic waters, seven nautical miles outside of Greenland’s capital of Nuuk.

“Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there,” Trump wrote Saturday night on Truth Social. “It’s on the way!!!”

That post sparked objections from both Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday.

“The Greenlandic population receives the healthcare it needs,” Poulsen told Danish broadcaster DR, according to Reuters. “They receive it either in Greenland, or, if they require specialized treatment, they receive it in Denmark.

“So it’s not as if there’s a need for a special healthcare initiative in Greenland.”

Frederiksen spun the Trump offer into a political debate on public healthcare.

“Am happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all,” Frederiksen wrote in a translated post, sharing a Democrat attack point on Trump’s Republican Party’s struggles to reform what Trump has rebuked as a “failure” of Obamacare. “Where it’s not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment. You have the same approach in Greenland.”

The U.S. Navy has two [hospital ships], the Mercy and the Comfort. Both were last docked in Alabama for repairs, according to Reuters.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388307346112

Judge permanently blocks release of Jack Smith’s report on Trump classified documents case

February 23, 2026 / 10:20 AM EST / CBS News

Washington — A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked the Justice Department from releasing the portion of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report that details his investigation into President Trump’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents and alleged obstruction of the federal probe.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted requests from Mr. Trump and two of his former co-defendants in the case, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to issue an order prohibiting the release of the second volume of Smith’s report. The order bars Attorney General Pam Bondi or her successors from releasing or sharing that portion of the final report.

Bondi had already determined that the report’s second volume shouldn’t be released to the public, in part because of questions surrounding the legality of Smith’s appointment as special counsel. Cannon, who was overseeing the prosecution of Mr. Trump in the documents case, ruled in July 2024 that Smith was unlawfully appointed special counsel and dismissed the charges against the president.

Smith had appealed that decision, but the case ultimately ended after Mr. Trump won a second term in the White House.

“Special Counsel Smith, acting without lawful authority, obtained an indictment in this action and initiated proceedings that resulted in a final order of dismissal of all charges. As a result, the former defendants in this case, like any other defendant in this situation, still enjoy the presumption of innocence held sacrosanct in our constitutional order,” Cannon wrote in her decision. “For obvious reasons, the Court need not take actions in contravention of that protection absent a statutory or other lawful directive to do so.”

Cannon, who was appointed to the U.S. district court in South Florida by Mr. Trump during his first term, also wrote that the second volume contains “voluminous discovery” that remains subject to a protective order issued during the early stages of the case.

She said that allowing the release of the report would lead to large amounts of material related to the case becoming public.

“Moreover, while it is true that former special counsels have released final reports at the conclusion of their work, it appears they have done so either after electing not to bring charges at all or after adjudications of guilt by plea or trial,” Cannon continued. “The Court strains to find a situation in which a former special counsel has released a report after initiating criminal charges that did not result in a finding of guilt, at least not in a situation like this one, where the defendants contested the charges from the outset and still proclaim their innocence.”

Without Cannon’s order, Smith’s report was set to become public on Tuesday.

Kendra Wharton, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, said the judge “properly ruled that the broad disclosure of protected grand jury testimony and discovery materials related to a dismissed criminal case, along with the publication of opinions and unproven accusations by an unconstitutional prosecutor, has no place in the American judicial system. Judge Cannon’s courage and judicial resolve on these important due process issues should be recognized and taught in law school classrooms across America.”

A spokesperson for Smith declined to comment. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr. Trump and his personal legal team asked Cannon last month to issue an order that would block “current, former and future” Justice Department officials from ever releasing the report.

The Justice Department backed Mr. Trump’s request, agreeing that Smith’s second report “should not be released outside of the Department of Justice.”

“The potential, improper release of Volume II would constitute an irreversible violation of this Court’s constitutional rulings in the underlying criminal action and of bedrock principles of the separation of powers,” Mr. Trump’s attorneys argued.

Justice Department lawyers separately claimed Smith’s investigation was “unlawful from its inception.”

“Smith not only weaponized the Department of Justice against a leading presidential candidate in pursuit of an antidemocratic end, but he did so without legal authority and while targeting constitutionally protected activity,” they wrote.

Prosecutors continued: “Put simply, Smith’s tenure was marked by illegality and impropriety, and under no circumstance should his work product be given the full weight and authority of this Department,” adding that Bondi has marked the report “an internal deliberative communication that is privileged and confidential and should not be released outside the Department of Justice.”

Smith brought two criminal cases against Mr. Trump in 2023. The first stemmed from an alleged effort to subvert the transfer of power after the 2020 presidential election, and the second involved the president’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents after the end of his first term. Mr. Trump denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Both cases came to an end after Mr. Trump won the presidency again. Smith resigned before Mr. Trump was sworn in for a second term, but before leaving his post, he submitted a two-volume report detailing his investigations to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The report quickly became the focus of legal wrangling. Mr. Trump’s two co-defendants in the documents case, Nauta and de Oliveira, attempted to block the release of a portion of Smith’s report involving the investigation into the 2020 election.

Their efforts, however, were unsuccessful, and that volume was made public days before Mr. Trump’s second inauguration. But the second volume has remained out of the public’s view.

Garland had kept that part of the report secret because of ongoing legal proceedings involving Nauta and de Oliveira. But a federal appeals court granted a Justice Department request to drop the case against them last February, bringing it to an end.

Still, Cannon had issued an order last January barring the release of the second volume. The Justice Department, Nauta and de Oliveira said in a court filing last March that “under no circumstances should the court order the release of” the second volume of Smith’s report.

美驻黎使馆撤离人员 鲁比奥访以仍有变数 | 联合早报

发布/2026年2月23日 22:52

美驻黎使馆撤离人员 鲁比奥访以仍有变数

伊朗支持的黎巴嫩真主党已对伊朗表达声援。真主党支持者1月26日在贝鲁特南部郊区示威，挥舞黎巴嫩和伊朗国旗，还有人高举伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的肖像，以示团结。 （法新社）

鉴于中东地区局势发展，美国驻黎巴嫩大使馆撤离数十名非必要人员。

《耶路撒冷时报》引述黎巴嫩媒体星期一（2月23日）报道，美国驻贝鲁特大使馆已撤离数十名非紧急人员，经由贝鲁特-拉菲克·哈里里国际机场（Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport）进行转移行动。

据报道，美方此举是“出于对地区局势发展的预期而采取的预防措施”。

美国国务院当天晚些时候证实对驻黎巴嫩使馆发出撤离指示，撤离人员包括政府非紧急雇员和符合条件的家属。

美伊局势近日持续升温，双方预计于星期四（26日）举行新一轮核谈判。德黑兰表明愿意就核问题做出让步，并对双方有望达成协议表示乐观。

延伸阅读

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特朗普被曝考虑对伊朗先“小打”再“大打”

传伊朗2月26日与美国谈判时愿做出让步

与此同时，美国总统特朗普并未排除对伊朗发动袭击的选项。据《纽约时报》星期天（22日）引述知情者报道，特朗普倾向于在未来数日对伊朗进行初步打击。

美国近期已在中东海域集结十多艘军舰，以支持对伊朗的潜在打击行动。美军战斗机和运输机也密集飞往卡塔尔。

美国国务卿鲁比奥原定星期六（21日）访问以色列，与以色列总理内坦亚胡讨论对伊朗行动。但以媒报道称，鲁比奥或于当地时间星期一抵达以色列。

美国国务院官员星期一说，国务卿鲁比奥依然计划赴以色列访问，但时间表仍存变数。

美驻黎使馆撤离人员 鲁比奥访以仍有变数

发布时间 / 来源：2026年2月23日 22:52 / 联合早报

伊朗支持的黎巴嫩真主党已对伊朗表达声援。真主党支持者1月26日在贝鲁特南部郊区示威，挥舞黎巴嫩和伊朗国旗，还有人高举伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊的肖像，以示团结。 （法新社）

鉴于中东地区局势发展，美国驻黎巴嫩大使馆撤离数十名非必要人员。

《耶路撒冷时报》引述黎巴嫩媒体星期一（2月23日）报道，美国驻贝鲁特大使馆已撤离数十名非紧急人员，经由贝鲁特-拉菲克·哈里里国际机场（Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport）进行转移行动。

据报道，美方此举是“出于对地区局势发展的预期而采取的预防措施”。

美国国务院当天晚些时候证实对驻黎巴嫩使馆发出撤离指示，撤离人员包括政府非紧急雇员和符合条件的家属。

美伊局势近日持续升温，双方预计于星期四（26日）举行新一轮核谈判。德黑兰表明愿意就核问题做出让步，并对双方有望达成协议表示乐观。

与此同时，美国总统特朗普并未排除对伊朗发动袭击的选项。据《纽约时报》星期天（22日）引述知情者报道，特朗普倾向于在未来数日对伊朗进行初步打击。

美国近期已在中东海域集结十多艘军舰，以支持对伊朗的潜在打击行动。美军战斗机和运输机也密集飞往卡塔尔。

美国国务卿鲁比奥原定星期六（21日）访问以色列，与以色列总理内坦亚胡讨论对伊朗行动。但以媒报道称，鲁比奥或于当地时间星期一抵达以色列。

美国国务院官员星期一说，国务卿鲁比奥依然计划赴以色列访问，但时间表仍存变数。

Judge Aileen Cannon bars the release of special counsel report on Trump’s handling of classified documents

Published Feb 23, 2026, 10:09 AM ET / Source: CNN

By Devan Cole

21 min ago

Special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified records and obstruction of justice at Mar-a-Lago after his first term will not be released, a Trump-appointed judge in Florida ruled Monday.

The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who threw out the case Smith brought against the president before he was re-elected, is a major win in Trump’s efforts to keep the special counsel’s findings forever hidden from public view.

Smith had turned over his final, two-volume report to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland before he left his post in early 2025. The first part of the report, which detailed Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, was released before Trump returned to the White House. But a legal fight waged by Trump and his co-defendants in the case kept the second part of that report under seal.

Cannon said in her 15-page ruling that “it is certainly not customary” for a prosecutor whose case was thrown out to later be allowed to “publicly disseminate large swaths of discovery generated in the case.”

“The Court strains to find a situation in which a former special counsel has released a report after initiating criminal charges that did not result in a finding of guilt, at least not in a situation like this one, where the defendants contested the charges from the outset and still proclaim their innocence,” she wrote.

Cannon, who concluded in 2024 that Smith was unlawfully serving as special counsel, went on to chide him for even writing the report in the first place, saying it violated her earlier decisions putting an end to the work of his office on the classified documents matter.

“The Court need not countenance this brazen stratagem or effectively perpetuate the Special Counsel’s breach of this Court’s own order,” she wrote.

Cannon declined a request from two of Trump’s former co-defendants in the case to order the report to be destroyed.

Transparency around Smith’s final report on the South Florida federal case against Trump and two of his employees, called Volume II, is still being tested in appeals brought by public transparency groups.

新一届荷兰政府正式上台 中间派耶滕任首相

发布/2026年2月23日 23:15

荷兰最年轻的首相耶滕宣誓就职，新一届荷兰政府正式上台。

法新社报道，中间派的耶滕在去年10月大选中险胜，他星期一（2月23日）在海牙宣誓就职，正式成为新任首相。

年仅38岁的耶滕也是荷兰首个公开同性恋身份的首相。

耶滕领导的六六民主党（D66）与中右翼的基督教民主联盟（CDA）和自由民主党（VVD）组成联合政府，但在国民议会中仅占66个席位，距离多数席位还差九席。

耶滕在竞选中表明，希望让荷兰重回欧洲中心，“因为若无欧洲合作，我们会一事无成”。

结盟的三个政党承诺全力支持乌克兰，并誓言履行荷兰对北约的军费开支承诺。

三党联盟的其他政策计划包括继续推进打击移民行动，以及削减社会福利，包括失业救济金，以便为拟议的军事和国防投资腾出资金。

莱顿大学政治学教授德兰格（Sarah de Lange）指出，新一届荷兰政府虽不像前届那样极右，但仍带有右翼特征。

不过，由于联合政府需要反对党的支持才能通过立法，在国会中通过更大规模的改革，可能需要比以往更长的时间。