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While political negotiations remained “tense,” the source said, the military talks left officials feeling cautiously optimistic. The military-to-military talks over the last two days, held in Geneva alongside political negotiations led by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Gen. Alex Grynkewich, commander of US European Command. There was progress made on that front, the source said, though political officials still have to give the final sign-off. Officials expect another meeting to be scheduled in the near future, likely in the next few weeks, the source said. The political readouts of the talks struck a different tone; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the outcome of the talks was insufficient.

A Kill at Los Al; Video of Souper DormyThe CHRB has confirmed that Fire Flight, an “equine ambulanced” at Los Alamitos Sunday, is indeed dead. As previously reported, Souper Dormy died at Gulfstream Sunday – after falling, and after being hit by another horse. While watching, consider this quote from jockey Mario Gutierrez (on X): “Counting my blessings today. Yesterday was rough, but I walked away with no broken bones – just some bruises and a lot of soreness. I can’t thank the Gulfstream Park medical staff enough for their professional and kind help.

The Vista Las Palmas neighborhood in Palm Springs. Palm Springs Councilmember Ron DeHarte, pictured in 2025, was mayor when the city hung banners downtown proclaiming, “Palm Springs [Heart] Canada.” Snowbirds are important to the local economy. Palm trees, warm weather and the San Jacinto Mountains make Palm Springs a popular tourist draw for Canadian snowbirds. He assured her that Palm Springs is “in a blue bubble.”Chapman said her husband would agree to come only if they shortened their trip. In January, when they typically would have been in balmy Palm Springs, the weather back home was dreadful, she said.

Andy Beshear plans to publish his first book this fall, joining a slew of potential Democratic presidential candidates releasing memoirs that could set up future national campaigns. The book, set to publish Sept. 22, will focus on Beshear’s Christian faith — a topic he often brings up amid Democrats’ debates about how to broaden their appeal and take back power. Some Democrats have worked to center their faith and push back on the GOP’s message that it is the party of Christian values. “By regrounding faith in compassion and kindness, he believes we can start to heal as a country,” the publisher added. On his South Carolina tour, he said he’s a “proud pro-LBGTQ+ governor” and used his faith to explain his position to voters.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGGENEVA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended on Wednesday after only two hours, with President Volodymyr Zelensyiy describing them as “difficult” and accusing Russia of deliberately delaying progress toward a deal to end the four-year-old war. The two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Switzerland took place as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice in recent days suggested it was up to Ukraine and Zelenskyy to ensure the talks were successful. Advertisement“We can see that progress has been made, but for now, positions differ because the negotiations were difficult,” Zelenskyy told reporters in a WhatsApp chat shortly after talks concluded. Earlier on Wednesday, Zelenskyy had accused Russia of “trying to drag out negotiations that could already have reached the final stage”. “I hope it is just his tactics and not the decision,” Axios quoted Zelenskyy as saying in the interview.

“The staff are disgusted.”Renato Stabile, the court-appointed lawyer representing Hernández — who has long maintained his innocence — said his client’s treatment was appropriate. ICE referred all questions to the White House, which responded with a link to a November social media post announcing the President’s intent to pardon Hernández. Like Trump, Hernández was a member of his country’s right-wing party. “I read the letter and then did my own research and elected to send the letter to President Trump,” Stone wrote. On Dec. 1 — while the votes were still being counted in Honduras — Trump posted again on Truth Social in support of Asfura.

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HuffPost Headlines 2-18Texas Senate candidate James Talarico fights back, Paramount tries to buy Warner Discovery — again and Amber Glenn falls short in Milan Cortina — just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGIt’s hard to go a day without hearing about something Donald Trump shared on Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group. Experts in psychology and politics say Truth Social is a questionable social network for a number of reasons. That was the original kind of conceptualization of an echo chamber,” Robertson explained. AdvertisementNurPhoto via Getty Images While all of social media can be an echo chamber, Truth Social takes it to a different level, experts say. AdvertisementSince Truth Social was created as a conservative platform and an “alternative” version of social media, Trump’s thoughts are only backed up here instead of questioned, as they reasonably should.

But in an administration full of people willing to act like social media trolls, Rubio stands out for being serious. But just because Rubio made a serious argument, that doesn’t mean it was wholly persuasive. In Rubio’s story, America and Europe embraced policies in the 1990s that amounted to the “managed decline” of the West. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life.”I agree with some of this — to a point.

As we approach the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question goes out to all the armchair GMs out there: If you were the GM for one move and one move only, what would you do to improve the team? I’m choosing to interpret this question as a blank check for mayhem, rather than a realistic move that the team might actually make. Feel free to use this prompt as a blank check for mayhem like I did, or make a more serious proposition! What move would you make if you were GM for a day?