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The Mexican government said the security situation in the western state of Jalisco has ‘stabilized’ after an explosion of cartel-linked violence following the death of kingpin Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as ‘El Mencho.’ The Embassy of Mexico in the United States said federal and state authorities were working to normalize conditions after the unrest, reopening transit corridors and restoring public services following targeted operations. The update comes as the State Department’s travel advisory for...

Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ attempt to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as Congress gears up for President Donald Trump’s prime time address.  The largely party-line vote on Tuesday was the first action in the Senate since lawmakers returned from a weeklong break. It’s also the second time Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., forced Senate Democrats to decide whether to reopen the agency. Failure to advance the full-year funding bill ensured that...

The Pentagon has given artificial intelligence firm Anthropic until Friday to lift restrictions on how its Claude AI system can be used by the military, warning it could cancel a $200 million contract or take other punitive steps if the company refuses, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The skirmish broke out after the Pentagon claimed Anthropic had asked whether its product was used in the January military operation to capture Venezuelan leader...

A new report from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) raises concerns about Iran’s opaque chemical weapons program, which argues policymakers have paid little attention to compared to Iran’s more scrutinized nuclear weapons program.  The FDD report outlines how the Iranian regime may have resorted to the unconventional use of chemical weapons while it faced an unprecedented uprising beginning in Dec. 2025, a wave of unrest Tehran has not seen since the 1979...

The bruising Texas Republican Senate primary has made its way to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, where one GOP rebel will enter a lion’s den of lawmakers rooting against him. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to attend Trump’s address Tuesday night as a guest of Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas. Inside the room, he will be face-to-face with one of his opponents, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Senate Republican leadership, who...

U.S. and French officials signaled Tuesday they are working to steady relations after a diplomatic flare-up that led France to restrict U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner’s access to senior government officials. The U.S. Embassy in France told Fox News Digital that the two sides remain in contact following the dispute, which was triggered by U.S. government social media posts about the killing of a French activist earlier this month. ‘Ambassador Kushner and Foreign Minister Barrot, who...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will brief top congressional leaders on rising tensions in Iran on Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s annual State of the Union address.  Ratcliffe and Rubio, who also serves as Trump’s national security advisor, will brief the so-called Gang of Eight congressional leadership as well as top lawmakers on the Intelligence committees from the White House Tuesday at 3 p.m.  The closed-door session comes as...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will brief top congressional leaders on rising tensions in Iran on Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s annual State of the Union address.  Ratcliffe and Rubio, who also serves as Trump’s national security advisor, will brief the so-called ‘Gang of Eight,’ congressional leadership as well as top lawmakers on the Intelligence committees, from the White House Tuesday at 3 p.m.  The closed-door session comes as...

Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, will be President Donald Trump’s guest at Tuesday night’s State of the Union. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Kirk’s attendance as ‘one of President Trump’s special guests’ in a post on X that included the Daily Wire article first reporting the announcement. During his speech, the president will reportedly affirm that America is ‘one nation under God’ and will call on Congress to...

Iran is nearing a deal with China to acquire supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, a move that could significantly raise the stakes in the Middle East as U.S. carrier strike groups assemble within striking distance of the Islamic Republic. Reuters reported Tuesday that Tehran is close to finalizing an agreement for Chinese-made CM-302 missiles, citing six people with knowledge of the negotiations. The supersonic weapons, which can travel roughly 180 miles and fly low to evade...