Capitol Hill

• Trump Says “This Is a Democrat Shutdown,” Points to Low Inflation and Falling Murder Rate
Dems Celebrate as Their Effort to Keep 73K Voters Without ID on Rolls Succeeds
• Trump’s Iran Diplomacy Makes Headway, Price of Oil Drops
• Suspected Gunman Arrested Near Capitol
• Hillary Clinton Accuses GOP of Using Epstein Investigation to Shield Trump
• Schumer Continues Crusade to Make LGBTQ Ideology a Civic Religion
• Democrats in Key Swing State Losing BADLY in Voter Registration Game
• Gavin Newsom Vows to Combat the Nonexistent “Climate Crisis”
• Chuck Schumer Reacts Exactly As You’d Expect When Confronted By CNN on Voter ID

ECONOMY

• Netflix Authorizes 7-Day Waiver to Let Warner Bros. Hold Talks With Paramount
• Restaurant Chain Hints at Another Wave of Shutdowns as CEO Weighs Next Moves

• Goldman Sachs To End Use of DEI When Choosing Board Members
• U.S. Firms Say Prices Will Be Tamer This Year
• Congress Declines to Adopt Trump's Efforts to Cut Government Spending
• U.S. Natural Gas Output to Hit Record Highs in 2026, 2027, EIA Says
• Federal Government Fraud Is Double What the GAO Suggests, CEO Estimates
• Manufacturing Expands For Fourth Straight Month: New York Fed Survey
• NYC Mayor Urges State to Avoid Crisis by Raising Taxes

SWAMP WATCH

• This State Is Launching a Sanctuary City Crackdown over Policy Rebellion in Capital City
• What to Know about the Campaign to End Vaccine Mandates Forever

• Gov. Pritzker’s Cousin Steps Down at Hyatt Over Epstein Relationship
• Trump Slams “Incompetent” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for Disgusting Potomac River Sewage Spill, Says FEMA Will Play “Key Role” in Clean Up
• Bishop Robert Barron's Rebuke of AOC's Marxist Philosophy Is Worth Listening To
• Minnesota Dems Demand Payments from ICE After Losing $18 Billion to Somali Fraud
• Virginia Gov. Spanberger Said She Was A Moderate But Governs As A Radical
• Texas Early Voting Begins as America First AG Paxton Seeks to Oust RINO Senator Cornyn
• More Local Police Are Choosing to Work With ICE, Not Less

NATIONAL SECURITY & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

• Trump Administration Takes Out 11 “Narco-Terrorists” in High-Seas Military Operation
• Iran Says Agreement on “Guiding Principles” Reached During Geneva Talks With U.S.
• Spain Amnesty Scheme Could Grant 1.3 Million Illegals Residency
• Iran Reportedly Operating Secret “Black Box” Sites Holding Thousands in Detention
• Russia Swaps in Hardline Negotiator for Third Round of Talks With U.S., Ukraine
• Lol: Ayatollah Khamenei Threatens to Sink U.S. Aircraft Carrier
• Nigeria Says 100 U.S. Troops Have Landed to Help Train Its Armed Forces
• Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz for Live-Fire Drills
• Trump Says U.S. Helicopter Pilots Were “Hit Pretty Bad” During Maduro Raid

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Robert Duvall, Oscar Winner, “The Godfather”, “Lonesome Dove” and “Apocalypse Now” Star, Dies at 95
• Stephen A. Smith Explains Why He’s Eyeing a White House Takeover: “Country Sucks”
• Ethan Hawke Does Stunning 180 on Political Talk
• Rousey vs. Carano: MMA Legends Return for Epic Netflix Superfight
• Actor Shia Labeouf Arrested After Alleged Brawl During Mardi Gras in New Orleans: “He’s Terrorizing the City”
• Tim Allen Celebrates After Finishing Reading “The Entire Bible”
• Trans Teen Wrestler Accused of Assaulting Female Wrestler Leaves Tournament
• John Cleese Asks if He Will Be Branded a Terrorist for Questioning Islam in Britain
• Pro Player Quits in Fury, Brands Tennis a “Toxic Hell” of Bigotry and Hate

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Trump Administration Creating Plan for Tech Companies to Pay Full Costs of AI Data Center Power, Water Usage
• SpaceX Enters Classified Pentagon Competition to Develop Voice-Activated Drone Swarms
• New Mexico Lawsuit: Meta’s Internal Tests Reveal AI Failed Child Safety Checks
• New Study Suggests Wormholes May Act as Temporal Mirrors Rather Than Space Tunnels
• Pentagon Considers Designating Anthropic as Supply Chain Risk Over AI Usage Dispute
• Inside the Effort to Build a Nuclear Reactor That Can’t Melt Down
• EV Fiasco: Electric Buses Purchased by Vermont Can’t Handle Winter Cold, Present Fire Risk
• New Study Reveals Surprising Link Between Breathing Patterns and Memory
• Western Digital Sells Out Entire 2026 Hard Drive Inventory as AI Datacenters Gobble up Supply

HEALTH, FITNESS & MORE

• Presbyopia: What Raises Your Risk–7 Natural Remedies That May Help
• Study Finds Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Associated With Changes in Personality Traits
• Are Traditional Mental Health Tests Missing the Mark for Highly Intelligent People?
• Kid Rock Gets Serious About Diet and Fitness After Lifestyle Overhaul
• Science Shows Us Just How Powerful Bone Broth Really Is
• How Brain Waves Reveal the Connection Between Exercise and Mood
• Your Gut Microbiome Could Affect Colon Cancer–What You Can Do
• What Brain Waves Tell Us About the Link Between Exercise and Mood
• From Retinal Damage to Cancer Risk: The Overlooked Health Threat of Blue Light

OPINION

• Kurt Schlichter: The Muslim Dog Hate Scandal
• Mark Schulte: For ‘26 GOP Must Adopt Trump’s Political Instincts
• Elle Purnell: Corporate Media Give Trans Hockey Game Shooter the “Gunperson” Treatment
• Salena Zito: One of the Most Important Small-Town Papers of the Industrial Age Closing
• Stephen Soukup: Tocqueville Meets the Human Rights Campaign
• Mark Lewis: Weirdos, Child-Haters, and Other Leftists
• Rich Lowry: AOC’s Ignorant Slam of Marco Rubio’s Munich Speech Proves She’ll Never Be Ready for Prime Time
• Jeff Crouere: Fetterman the Last Moderate, Commonsense Democrat
• Mary Rooke: Vance and Rubio Deliver One-Two Punch to Our Western Allies in Munich