Capitol Hill

• Democrats Brush Off FEMA, TSA Funding Concerns as Partial Shutdown Nears
Jerry Nadler Caught Sleeping Amid Fiery Pam Bondi Testimony
• Schumer, Democrats Elect to Cause Partial Shutdown Over DHS Funding
• USDA Cracks Down on Foreign Buyers Targeting U.S. Farmland
• Patel: FBI Actively Investigating “Persons of Interest” in Guthrie Kidnapping Case
• A Dangerous New Threat to ICE, U.S. Border Patrol Has Been Identified by the FBI
• San Francisco Sued Over Reparations Ordinance
• Outraged Residents Sue Los Angeles Mayor Bass, Claim City Burned Millions on Homeless Housing
• Top Senate RINO Announces Her Bid for Re-Election

ECONOMY

• Anthropic AI Safety Chief Resigns, Warns of World “In Peril”
• Bombshell Testimony: Ex-Meta Exec Says Instagram Exposed Teen Daughter to “Predators”

• NYC Mayor Mamdani Seeks 2% Tax Hike on Wealthy in NYC
• Leadership Exodus Continues at Elon Musk’s xAI as Company Loses Second Cofounder in 2 Days
• In Strong Start to 2026, U.S. Employers Added 130K Jobs in January
• Trump Reportedly Considering Leaving USMCA Trade Pact
• Ford Posts $11.1 Billion Net Loss in Fourth Quarter as EV Losses, Tariffs Weigh
• Fired Washington Post Staffers Outraged for Not Being Allowed to Enter Building
• Treasury Secretary Bessent Warns of “Big Loss” if Supreme Court Overturns Tariffs

SWAMP WATCH

• SF Teachers’ Union Earning $100K, Strike After Being Unsatisfied With 10% Raises
• GOP Senators Call on DOJ To Claw Back Taxpayer Dollars Lost To Obamacare Fraud

• Witnesses Warn of Foreign Money Fueling Left-Wing Causes in the U.S.
• Ghislaine Maxwell Alleges 25 Men Settled With Epstein Victims, Protected by NDAs
• NYC Opens First Free Grocery Store — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• So, Why Is Violent Crime Plummeting in the U.S.?
• This House Republican Voted Against the SAVE America Act
• Watchdog Says Fulton County Had More Votes Without Ballots Than Biden’s “Win”
• Chris Christie Suggests Lindsey Graham Privately Supports His Anti-Trump Stance

NATIONAL SECURITY & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

• Gov. Walz Says ICE Will Leave Minnesota — in “Matter of Days”
• Trump Says Meeting With Netanyahu Yields No Definitive Agreement on Iran
• West Virginia Works With ICE to Arrest 650 Illegal Aliens
• Mexico’s President Says She Knows Nothing About Cartel Drones on U.S. Border
• Britain’s PM Starmer Most Unpopular UK Leader in History
• Why Violent Crime is Plummeting in the U.S.
• “Gunperson” in a Dress Responsible for Canadian School Shooting: Police
• China’s Annual Military Meeting Reveals Unusual Absence of Top Generals Amid Ongoing Purge
• Canada Suspends Flights to Cuba over Fuel Shortages

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• JD Vance to Olympic Athletes: “You’re There to Play a Sport,” Not “Pop Off About Politics”
• Conservative War on Bad Bunny Won’t End Well
• Stephen A. Smith Rips Bad Bunny Halftime Show: “Would Have Been Nice if Some of the Songs Were in English”
• How Will Jimmy Kimmel Spin This Trump-Epstein Revelation?
• James Van Der Beek, “Dawson’s Creek” and “Varsity Blues” Star, Dies at 48
• New NASCAR Daytona 500 Rule Change Divides Fans and Drivers
• Adrian Newey Built F1’s Most Radical Car: Now He Has to Prove It Works
• Paramount Upgrades Its Hostile Takeover Offer for Warner Bros. As Netflix Faces Backlash
• Team USA Bobsled Athlete Jasmine Jones: “Honored” to Represent U.S. And Air Force at Winter Olympics

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• FBI Recovered Video of Nancy Guthrie Person of Interest Through Google’s “Backend Systems”
• Borehole Nuclear: U.S. Firm’s Mile-Deep Reactor Secures New Funding
• Pam Bondi Says Trump Admin to Work With Congress to Protect Privacy While Ensuring National Security
• U.S. Company Equips New Aircraft With Missile for Kinetic and Electronic Warfare Roles
• Meta Breaks Ground on Massive $10B AI Data Center in Indiana
• Increased Screen Use Associated With Changes in Toddler Language Development
• Latvian Startup Develops Nuclear Waste–Powered System for Lunar Electricity
• Study Shows Mindfulness Leads to Lasting Gains in Visual Memory
• The Harsh Economic Realities of Orbital AI

HEALTH, FITNESS & MORE

• Ultra-Processed Foods Hijack Brains: Mike Tyson Exposes the Truth in Super Bowl Ad, While RFK Jr Declares Spiritual Warfare
• Why Being a Passive Patient Is No Longer Enough
• Fear of Aging May Actually Make You Age Faster
• Kaitlyn Bristowe Gets Candid About Mental Health and Burnout
• Brain’s “Cleaning System” Reveals Dementia Risk 10 Years in Advance
• Neck Pain? It May Be an Early Warning Sign of High Blood Pressure
• Long-Term Study Links Targeted Brain Training to Lower Dementia Rates
• Your Body Doesn’t Need Sugar. Here’s What Happens When You Quit
• Self-Dignity Is the Foundation of Health—Here’s How to Build It

OPINION

• Mary Rooke: Cartel Drone Takedown Highlights Stakes in Democrat-Backed DHS Funding Cut
• John Stossel: Fraud Nation
• Veronique de Rugy: Wealth Taxes Won’t Fix a Broken Fiscal Culture
• Edward Ring: Mamdani and Newsom - The Democratic Party’s Fraternal Twins
• Tom Knighton: When Sports Were Fun
• Geoffrey Ingersoll: Man in a Dress Goes on School Shooting Spree, but Don’t Worry, Local Leaders Respected His Pronouns
• Ben Shapiro: The Con Consuming American Politics
• Jared Whitley: Is Trump’s Healthcare Agenda Being Undermined by FDA?
• Star Parker: Pass the Save America Act