2/19

• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that China is considering granting Russia nonlethal military assistance and lethal aid in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
• The death toll from the Kahramanmaras earthquake increased to over 46,000 people. Additionally, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that $100 million will be given to Turkey and Syria as disaster relief aid (see 2/14).

2/20

• 1 person was killed and 10 were wounded in a mass shooting in Memphis, Tennessee.
• At least 36 people died as a result of flooding and landslides in Brazil.
• 1 person was killed and 4 were injured due to a shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to U.S. allegations regarding China’s relationship with Russia and stated that “the U.S. is not qualified to give orders to China,” and it “will never accept U.S. criticism” regarding China-Russia relations.

2/21

• 3 people were killed and 213 were wounded after Hatay, Turkey was hit by 2 additional earthquakes, one 6.4-magnitude and the other 5.8-magnitude, just 2 weeks after the Kahramanmaras earthquake hit the country (see 2/19).
• Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee announced that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat that Sen. Feinstein is stepping down from in 2024.
• The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern to clean up and pay all of the costs of the Ohio train derailment site (see 2/16).
• Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan was elected as the state’s first Black woman in Congress.

2/22

• The author of the book “Woke Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” Vivek Ramaswamy, entered the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race.
• Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith (see 11/18).
• Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw pledged to pay $6.5 million to the Ohio train derailment victims and $7.5 billion to shareholders (see 2/21).

2/23

• 3 people, including a 9-year-old and TV news journalist, were killed and 2 were wounded in a shooting in Orlando, Florida.
• Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison for rape.
• Marianne Williamson announced her plan to enter the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination race.
• More than 43,000 aquatic animals died as a result of the Ohio train derailment (see 2/14).

2/24

• 7 people, including 6 children, were wounded in a mass shooting at a Pennsylvania schoolyard.

2/25

• 12 Democratic state attorney generals sued the FDA in order to make mifepristone more accessible (see 1/3).
• The death toll of the Kahramanmaras earthquake increased to over 50,000.