The future of the American west hung in the balance after seven states remained at a stalemate over who should bear the brunt of the enormous water cuts needed to pull the imperiled Colorado River back from the brink. Negotiators, who have spent years trying to iron out thorny disagreements, ended their talks on Friday without a deal – one day before a critical deadline to form a plan that had been set for Saturday. The end of these talks has thrust the basin, and those who rely on its essential water resources, into uncertain territory.

Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump hadn't let go. He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers' loyalty and vowing consequences, sources familiar with his comments told CNN. The president railed against South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — the sole Black Republican senator and chair of the Senate GOP's campaign arm — throughout the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, arguing one of his top congressional allies was out of line to call his White House racist, the sources said.

Immigration in the US has gone "too far", former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has claimed. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference yesterday evening, Clinton, who was the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in 2016, stated that "there is a legitimate reason to have a debate about things like migration," which she said had been "disruptive and destabilising". During the panel event, titled "The West-West Divide: What Remains of Common Values", the American politician said that while immigration "went too far", it "needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don't torture and kill people". She added that debates over rights should be "carried out without intimidation, fear, bullying and cancellation".

Former US president Barack Obama criticizes a lack of shame and decorum in the country's political discourse, responding for the first time to a post on US President Donald Trump's social media account that depicted him and former first lady Michelle as monkeys. The video, shared on Trump's Truth Social account on February 5, sparked censure across the US political spectrum, with the White House initially rejecting "fake outrage" only to then blame the post on an error by a staff member and taking it down.

The CIA deployed a new recruitment video in the Mandarin language, hoping to lure Chinese soldiers to defect amidst significant turmoil inside the People's Liberation Army where two generals have been removed by President Xi Jinping. The new video, entitled "The Reason for Stepping Forward: To Save the Future," follows a series of videos dating to late 2024 that the Agency said have been successful in encouraging some Chinese to defect or cooperate with the United States.

During Team USA's comeback men's hockey win over Denmark at the Winter Olympics, two fans raised the flag of Greenland in the stands to protest President Donald Trump's intent to acquire Greenland for the U.S. The flag was raised enthusiastically after Denmark took an early lead. However, the U.S. came back to win the game 6-3. Vita Kalniņa and her husband Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey team who live in Germany, held up a large Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the preliminary round game against the U.S., which ultimately beat Denmark 6-3.

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