2/23/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for February 23rd 2026:* Violence rocks Mexico after military kills cartel kingpin* Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. arrested amid Epstein investigation* Democrats demand government refund billions in Trump tariff money* Israeli settlers torch and deface a West Bank mosque during Ramadan* Peter Attia Out at CBS After Sick Messages to Jeffrey Epstein* TSA to continue PreCheck service during partial government shutdown* Mar-a-Lago Gunman Was a Trump Supporter and Angry About Epstein Files* Record Snowfall Slams New England as New York Digs Out* U.S. men’s hockey beats Canada in OT to win first Olympic gold medal since 1980* How Team USA honored late Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau with Olympic gold medal win* The USA men’s hockey team utterly failed to meet the cultural moment* The Trump Administration Made the Winter Olympics Weird* The Ugly Underbelly of the US Hockey Victory* Trump Congratulated the Men’s Olympic Hockey Team on Gold. The Women Got Nothing.Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globallyxx Jalon👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Texas Primaries Are Here!Good News!We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes.Subscribe and leave a review for us!Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube!We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe