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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) went off on fellow Republican lawmaker Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) on Wednesday amid claims he wildly misrepresented his service in the U.S. Army, with Mace entering several documents into the record that she said reinforced claims of stolen valor -- and some other documents that just made him look bad. Mace used her allotted time during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's testimony before Congress to enter the documents. Hegseth watched with a bemused look on his face as Mace listed off the 10 files. "I take stolen valor seriously," Mace said, after discussing her recently deceased father's military service.

At least seven people, including two children, were killed after a fire broke out in a multi-story building in Moscow, Russia, late on Tuesday, February 21, according to local reports citing authorities. Russian state news agency TASS said another victim died in hospital, bringing the death toll to seven. The building houses a hotel and a former hostel, TASS reported. Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations released footage on Telegram of fighters extinguishing the blaze on Mezhdunarodnaya Street. The fire was extinguished before midnight on Tuesday, the ministry said, after 200 people were evacuated from the burning building. Credit: Ministry of Emergency Situations via Storyful