NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 18)

The United States and Russia said on Tuesday they had agreed to press ahead with efforts to end the war in Ukraine after holding talks in the Saudi capital at which Kyiv was not represented.

President Donald Trump has replaced the head of the Social Security Administratioan (SSA), the White House said on Feb. 18. “The agency will be led by a career Social Security anti-fraud expert as the acting commissioner,” White House spokesman Harrison Fields told The Epoch Times in an email.

Israel and Hamas will begin indirect negotiations on a second stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal, officials said on Tuesday. Hamas terrorists said they will release the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, while another six hostages still alive will be released on Saturday.