NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - War or a Deal? U.S. and Iran Discuss What’s Next
Also, mortgage rates fall below 6 percent. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
NYTIMES (Ioan Grillo) - Mexico’s Cartel Fight Is a Terrifying High-Wire Act
As drug gangs have become more deeply embedded in Mexico, narco blockades have become a way for them to visibly assert their power.
NYTIMES (Julian E. Barnes and Sheera Frenkel) - Anthropic Says Little Progress Made in Pentagon Talks Over A.I.
The Pentagon has imposed a Friday deadline over a demand that Anthropic provide unfettered access to its A.I. system without safeguards for military operations.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Paxton secures settlement from Vanguard in Texas lawsuit alleging collusion to harm coal industry
In the settlement, Vanguard denied any wrongdoing, but the firm agreed to disclose its role in climate groups.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - House Democrats to force vote on Iran war powers resolution next week
The resolution was introduced by Reps. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, earlier this year and comes after both chambers of congress rejected a Venezuela war powers resolution last month.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Judge Rules IRS Illegally Shared Taxpayer Data 43,000 Times.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) illegally shared nearly 43,000 taxpayer addresses with U.S. immigration officials.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Thursday in Washington, D.C.KEY QUOTE: […] The post Judge Rules IRS Illegally Shared Taxpayer Data 43,000 Times. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) illegally shared nearly 43,000 taxpayer addresses with U.S. immigration officials. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Thursday in Washington, D.C. KEY QUOTE: “The IRS not only failed to ensure that ICE’s request for confidential taxpayer address information met the statutory requirements, but this failure led the IRS to disclose confidential taxpayer addresses to ICE in situations where ICE’s request for that information was patently deficient.” – Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly…Open
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Dems FUME After Hillary Clinton Deposition Photo Leaked By GOP Rep. Boebert: ‘Clown Show’ | TRENDING
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tore into Republicans on the panel after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) leaked a photo from inside former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deposition on Thursday.
AI:House Democrats expressed intense frustration toward Republican members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee following an incident where Representative Lauren Boebert leaked a photograph taken during Hillary Clinton's recent deposition. The leak has sparked significant partisan tension within the committee, with Democratic members labeling the actions of their GOP counterparts as a "clown show" intended to disrupt official proceedings.Open
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Mexico’s Cartel Crisis: El Mencho’s Death and the Danger Beyond the Headlines
El Mencho is dead. The cartel war is very much alive and pretending otherwise is not optimism. It’s Realism. Mexico is descending deeper into cartel barbarism, and anyone pretending otherwise is lying to the American people. The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation […] The post Mexico’s Cartel Crisis: El Mencho’s Death and the Danger Beyond the Headlines appeared first on StoneZone .
El Mencho is dead. The cartel war is very much alive and pretending otherwise is not optimism. It’s Realism. Mexico is descending deeper into cartel barbarism, and anyone pretending otherwise is lying to the American people. The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, the longtime leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), has not brought stability or peace. It has ignited a new wave of chaos, arson, blockades, and mass terror that now reaches far beyond border towns and rural smuggling corridors. It has reached airports. It has reached resort cities. It has reached the very places Americans have long been told are safe. For years, politicians, tourism boards, and multinational corporations have…Open
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - America Stood and the Left Sat
The State of the Union Address was not merely a speech; it was a political spectacle, a rhetorical broadside, and a meticulously choreographed act of national self affirmation that left Democrats visibly unsettled and Republicans openly jubilant. The chamber vibrated with anticipation before a single word was spoken the second President Donald Trump entered. the […] The post America Stood and the Left Sat appeared first on StoneZone .
The State of the Union Address was not merely a speech; it was a political spectacle, a rhetorical broadside, and a meticulously choreographed act of national self affirmation that left Democrats visibly unsettled and Republicans openly jubilant. The chamber vibrated with anticipation before a single word was spoken the second President Donald Trump entered. the reception was volcanic. The opening ovation stretched into an eternity. Lawmakers rose as if pulled upright by some invisible force. The applause did not politely taper. It metastasized. And astonishingly, it only escalated from there. One could practically hear Democratic molars grinding into powder. From the very first sentence, the President projected a tone of unapologetic…Open
AF (Pentagon News) - Air Force leaders discuss priorities for the Air Force’s Future Force Design
Senior Air Force leaders and industry experts discussed the priorities for Air Force’s Future Force Design during a panel at the Air and Space Forces Association’s 2026 Warfare Symposium in Aurora.