The News Roundup For February 20, 2026
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🗓️ 20 February 2026
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Across the U.S., the mayors of major cities like Chicago and Los Angeles are taking steps to limit ICE’s ability to operate within their limits, vowing to prosecute agents who violate local laws.
And representatives for Meta and Google, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, went to court this week over social media addiction.
And, in global news, the Board of Peace met for the first time this week in Washington, with big pledges, but not a lot of details.
President Donald Trump says the world will find out “over the next, probably, 10 days” whether the US will reach a deal with Iran or take military action. In recent days, the U.S. has surged military forces to the region while progress was reported at talks between American and Iranian negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland.
Also this week, England’s former prince Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection to his time spent with Jeffrey Epstein.
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| 0:11.8 | Hi everybody. It's Todd, your host for this edition of the News Roundup. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. As you know, the news can change rapidly. |
| 0:24.2 | And something you hear in this episode may have new developments. |
| 0:29.4 | You can always stay up to date on all the latest by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting npr.org. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm Todd's Willick, and you're listening to the 1A podcast. |
| 0:45.9 | And it's time now for the weekly news roundup. |
| 0:53.5 | Last week, the Trump administration said it was ending its surge in Minneapolis that caused so much protest and death. |
| 0:56.1 | This week, the Department of Homeland Security is making a big display of doubling down on enforcement, not necessarily on the streets and |
| 1:02.1 | in front of cameras, but with new policies targeting refugees and even naturalized American |
| 1:07.9 | citizens. We've got the latest on immigration, plus new policies that look to |
| 1:12.7 | a lot of people like censorship at CBS, more fallout from the Epstein files. And if you're used to |
| 1:18.6 | politics sounding like it's coming from a sewer, we'll tell you why it is. Really? How one of the |
| 1:25.0 | biggest sewage spills in U.S. history is now a political fight. |
| 1:29.4 | Our panel is here in the studio. Arthur Delaney, senior reporter at Huff Post. Hi, Arthur. |
| 1:33.9 | Hi. Amanda Becker is here, national reporter at the 19th. Hi. |
| 1:38.1 | Great to be here. |
| 1:39.2 | And Jeff Mason's here, Washington correspondent at Bloomberg News. New job, Jeff. |
| 1:43.5 | New job. Good to be here in that new banner. |
| 1:46.1 | New job, new banner, new band for Jeff Mason. Glad you're here in the studio as well. All right, let's start |
| 1:50.6 | with some of the big immigration news of the week that I mentioned at the top here. The Trump administration |
| 1:56.1 | put out a new order saying people who came to the United States legally as refugees, Amanda Becker, |
| 2:02.6 | could be detained if they don't obtain a green card within a year. What's this all about? |
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