SHERO on Sunday

A lightning-fast recap of the week's most significant political and legal events for February 16th - 22nd, 2026, before we are on to the next!

The US Women’s Hockey team trailed for most of the game but survived in overtime to be crowned Olympic champions. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/ via Getty Images)

Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with a minimal time commitment and ensure you do not miss a thing. Each snippet includes several links to credible and free sources, providing more details for those who want to delve deeper into any issue.

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Gun Violence This Week

At SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. There were eleven separate mass shooting events in the United States this past week, where ten people were killed, and 42 were injured.

1. Sunday, February 15, 2026: Orlando, Florida

2. Sunday, February 15, 2026: New Orleans, Louisiana

3. Sunday, February 15, 2026: Kansas City, Missouri

4. Sunday, February 15, 2026: Charlotte, North Carolina

5. Sunday, February 15, 2026: Cincinnati, Ohio

6. Monday, February 15, 2026: Mobile, Alabama

7. Wednesday, February 16, 2026: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

8. Thursday, February 18, 2026: Atlanta, Georgia

9. Friday, February 19, 2026: Flint, Michigan

10. Friday, February 20, 2026: Victorville, California

11. Saturday, February 21, 2026: Richmond, Virginia

• Three federal immigration agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year. A fourth incident involved an accidental taser discharge inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office.

• Months before Renee Good’s killing at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis set off nationwide protests, a federal officer shot and killed another American citizen in his car in South Texas, according to internal reports made public this week.

• Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from the agency’s headquarters this week after security staffers who work at the Department of Labor received a message in late January instructing them not to allow Shawn DeRemer to enter the building, after at least two female employees alleged that he acted improperly toward them.