First Biden Airstrikes, Trump's Comeback? & Gaga's $500K Reward - Friday, February 26th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 26 February 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, February 26th, 2021!
What to know about:
- President Biden's first military action abroad
- why Biden's first State of the Union is a target for a different type of attack
- former President Trump giving his first major speech since leaving office
- how people might end up paying for some types of tweets
- why Lady Gaga is offering a half-a-million-dollar reward
- one of the biggest nights in TV and film going bi-coastal
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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Sources:
U.S. Airstrike in Syria: AP, WSJ, Reuters, FOX News, Defense Dept.
Militia Groups Threaten State of the Union: Politico, CNN, NY Times
Fmr Gymnastics Coach Charged: NY Times, AP, WaPo, NBC News
CPAC Begins: The Hill, FOX News, NY Times, CPAC
Golden Globes Sunday: Variety, USA Today, Golden Globes
Lady Gaga's Dog Walker Shot: LA Times, AP, Reuters
House Passes Equality Act: WaPo, NBC News, FOX News, Politico
Mr. Potato Head Goes Gender Neutral: AP, NY Times, Hasbro
Twitter Super Follows: The Verge, AP, NBC News, TechCrunch
Feel Good Friday: College Dropout Donates to College: NY Times, CBS News, Morgan State
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, February 26, what to know about President Biden's first military action |
| 0:04.7 | abroad and why his first state-of-the-union speech could be a target for a different type |
| 0:08.8 | of attack. |
| 0:09.8 | Also, what to expect from former President Trump this weekend, who will be giving his |
| 0:13.2 | first major speech since leaving office. |
| 0:16.0 | Plus, will you be willing to pay for some types of tweets? |
| 0:19.1 | While Lady Gaga is offering half a million dollar reward and how one of the biggest nights |
| 0:23.5 | for TV and film is going by coastal. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:32.3 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:34.8 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:35.8 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:37.5 | You ready? |
| 0:38.5 | Let's do this. |
| 0:39.8 | It's the first military action from the Biden administration. |
| 0:46.2 | The U.S. launched air strikes in Syria. |
| 0:49.1 | American fighter jets dropped bombs on a command hub there. |
| 0:52.0 | It's apparently where a couple Iranian-backed militia groups store weapons, and several facilities |
| 0:56.8 | were destroyed. |
| 0:57.8 | A UK-based human rights group says 17 people were killed in this strike. |
| 1:02.3 | The Pentagon is saying these strikes were retaliation, meant to send a message to Iran and its |
| 1:06.4 | militia, not to launch any more rockets at U.S. forces in the Middle East. |
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