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JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - First quarter indicates challenges for Texas oil and gas industry, rig counts down

Despite ongoing market challenges and uncertainty, Texas oil and natural gas producers played a pivotal role in energy production last year, accounting for 43% of U.S. crude production.

THENATIONALPULSE (Raheem J. Kassam) - KASSAM: Why Netflix Turned Tail and Abandoned Its Warner Bros Bid.

For months, the assumption in both political and media circles was that the Netflix-Warner Bros-Paramount throuple’s argument would end in a bidding war. Paramount made an offer for Warner Bros. Netflix retained the contractual right to match. Paramount nudged its bid up by another dollar per share this week. Netflix had every legal right — […] The post KASSAM: Why Netflix Turned Tail and Abandoned Its Warner Bros Bid. appeared first on The National Pulse .

For months, the assumption in both political and media circles was that the Netflix-Warner Bros-Paramount throuple’s argument would end in a bidding war. Paramount made an offer for Warner Bros. Netflix retained the contractual right to match. Paramount nudged its bid up by another dollar per share this week. Netflix had every legal right — and more than enough cash — to respond. But in the end, Netflix backed down, in a victory for antitrust policy that will be studied and cited for years, perhaps decades, to come. Netflix has held more than $9 billion in cash for three consecutive years, so none of its retreat was about balance sheet capacity. Indeed, it was about a regulatory reality set in place by figures like the recently…Open

BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Tucker Carlson Sneaks Into U.S. Military Hangar To Slash The Tires On All The B-2 Bombers

U.S. — The Pentagon released a statement on Friday confirming a security breach by political commentator Tucker Carlson, who they said broke into a military hangar with the intent to slash the tires of all the Northrop B-2 Spirit bombers ahead of a perceived strike against Iran.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - EXCLUSIVE: Solar in Michigan booms amid clean energy push

Utility-scale solar installations – often paired with large battery storage systems – are transforming large swaths of farmland into energy-producing “solar farms.”

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Texas oil & gas leaders welcome Trump reversal of Biden policies

Trump’s policy reversals are a welcome change from former President Joe Biden’s, they say, who took more than 200 actions against the industry, including canceling LNG export permits.

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Hegseth pulls troop attendance at more top-ranked schools over social justice issues

The latest decision impacts military students at Brown University, Columbia, MIT, Princeton and Yale among others.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Data center regulation bill clears Florida Senate

The bill prohibits government agencies from signing nondisclosure agreements with “large load” customers and gives local governments authority over their planning and land development regulations.

AXIOS (Ashley Gold) - These federal agencies may have a Claude problem now

Federal agencies may now have a Claude problem after President Trump's order to blacklist Anthropic from all government work amid a dispute over how the Pentagon can deploy its AI. Why it matters: If Trump's demands hold, Anthropic's federal business could stall overnight — and leave agencies scrambling to unwind major AI projects and pilots. Driving the news: Besides the Pentagon, public reports show that Claude is being used or piloted at: - The Department of Health and Human Services: Staff can securely query Claude, per FedScoop . - The Office of Personnel Management: Claude is listed in its AI inventory as in a pilot phase as of last year. - The Department of Energy: It's available across the Lawrence Livermore National…