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Bill and Hillary Clinton are slated to testify this week in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a deal with Republicans after it became clear that Congress — with the help of some Democrats — was on track to hold them in contempt if they refused to cooperate. For the battle-hardened couple, it amounts to one more Washington brawl. And like so many of the battles that came before, this one is another mix of questionable judgment, sexual impropriety, money and power.

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Today, Josh recaps President Trump’s State of the Union address, breaking down the biggest highlights from Tuesday night and evaluating what the president got right. He also discusses where Democrats, in his view, once again fell short — particularly their reaction to several of the guests in attendance. Josh asks why many Democrats chose not to stand during moments he believes were meant to unite the country rather than divide it, and what that response says about the current political climate. Later, Josh is joined by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to discuss why the agency has been in the news recently and to clarify where critics in the media and on the Left may be getting it wrong when it comes to the FCC’s role in regulating the broadcast industry.

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The Trump administration has hit Iran with a new round of sanctions. The newly imposed sanctions are aimed at people and companies accused of enabling Iran’s ballistic missile program, drone production, and illicit oil sales. They come as the Trump administration presses Iran to make a deal ahead of nuclear talks scheduled for Thursday in Geneva, and as the U.S. builds up its largest military presence in the region in decades.

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Massachusetts agreed to suspend Wednesday's decision for 15 days, giving the government time to appeal his latest ruling in the case. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the administration’s favor last year, pausing Murphy’s previous decision and clearing the way for a flight carrying several migrants to complete its trip to war-torn South Sudan, where they had no ties. Murphy said migrants challenging the policy have the right to notice and an opportunity to object before they are removed to a third country.

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Crews in South Florida were trying to contain a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve that had burned more than 25,000 acres (100 square kilometers) near the immigration detention facility known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” as of Wednesday. The fire caused periodic lane closures due to smoke and poor visibility on the stretch of Interstate 75 known as Alligator Alley, which connects Florida's east and west coasts and runs through the vast Everglades wetlands. Wildfires are common the dry winter season. However, the wildfire posed no threat Wednesday to the state-run “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail, said Stephanie Hartman, director of communications for the Florida Department of Emergency Management. “The fire is situated 20 miles (32 kilometers) to the west of the facility and is burning in the opposite direction. Thanks to the increased humidity levels, we are seeing faster fire recovery and containment,” she said. “Alligator Alcatraz,” which opened last July on a little-used airfield deep in the Everglades, has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown and holds detainees who the federal government is seeking to deport. Hartman said the department is in touch with local and state crews regarding the wildfires, who will give them a 24-hour notice if an evacuation at Alligator Alcatraz becomes necessary. She said evacuation procedures are well rehearsed, allowing a quick and efficient response. She did not immediately respond to a question about the number of detainees at the facility. When it opened in July 2025, state officials said “Alligator Alcatraz” would have a capacity for 3,000 detainees that could be expanded to 5,000. According to recent reports revealed during a series of court hearings in Fort Myers in late January, there were about 1,500 detainees. A strong cold front Sunday also brought dry air, which resulted in red flag warning for fire conditions across much of the state, said Anthony Reynes, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami. The relative humidity was increasing on Wednesday, helping ease the conditions that fueled the fire, Reynes said. Still, conditions remain ripe for wildfires due to winds from the south and dry soil and grass, he said. He said very little rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week, meaning severe drought conditions are continuing across the state.

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American and Ukrainian officials will meet again on Thursday in hopes of ending the war. As the war enters its 5th year, a Ukrainian delegation is set to hold talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The meeting precedes another round of trilateral talks with Russia sometime next week. A U.S. push for peace has already brought Russia and Ukraine to the table this year, but the talks have produced no breakthroughs.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters he was made aware of the incident with Cuban soldiers and that the U.S. is now gathering its own information to determine if the victims were American citizens or permanent residents. “We have various different elements of the U.S. government that are trying to identify elements of the story that may not be provided to us now,” Rubio said while at the airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts. Trump’s top diplomat refused to speculate on what happened, saying that its could be a “wide range of things,” and that the U.S. will not solely rely on what the Cuban authorities have provided thus far.

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Review of last night's State of the Union

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Trump Owned the Liberals

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Greatest State of the Union Speech?!

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A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received the Medal of Honor during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Trump said Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who appeared using a walker, was the pilot of the lead CH-47 Chinook helicopter that descended on the “heavily protected military fortress” where Maduro was staying. The raid, while successful, left seven U.S. service members with gunshot wounds and shrapnel-related injuries. “While preparing to land, enemy machine guns fired from every angle, and Eric was hit very badly in the leg and hip, one bullet after another,” Trump said, adding that Slover “absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces.” Months of covert planning led to the brazen operation that plunged the South American country’s capital into darkness as troops infiltrated Maduro’s home and whisked him to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. Trump's description of Slover's actions that night offer a new, detailed glimpse into the military action that has been largely shrouded in secrecy since it was carried out in the early hours of Jan. 3. As Slover prepared to land his helicopter, he was confronted with “two machine gunners who escaped the wrath of the previous planes,” according to Trump. “Eric maneuvered his helicopter with all of those lives and souls to face the enemy and let his gunners eliminate the threat," Trump said, “saving the lives of his fellow warriors from what could have been a catastrophic crash deep in enemy territory.” The president said “the success of the entire mission and the lives of his fellow warriors hinged on Eric’s ability to take searing pain.” Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commander of Joint Special Operations Command, presented Slover with the Medal of Honor in the gallery overlooking the House chamber. Slover, 45, was in his dress uniform and used a walker to steady himself. Trump said the soldier was still recovering from his wounds. Lt. Col. Allie Scott, a spokeswoman for Army Special Operations Command, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Slover enlisted in the U.S. Army in August of 2005 and, after completing basic training, attended Warrant Officer Candidate School and flight school, where he became a Chinook pilot. In his career of more than 20 years, Slover was given multiple, prestigious awards for his service. They include two Distinguished Flying Crosses — including one with a V Device for valor — two Bronze Stars, two Meritorious Service Medals, and two Air Medals, among other awards and decorations, according to records provided by Scott. Slover's records also say he has been awarded a Purple Heart. Trump said 10 other service members who took part in the operation will be receiving medals at a private ceremony soon to be held at the White House. The military typically shies away from publicly identifying service members who serve in special operations units, often going so far as to blur faces of troops undergoing training for admission into the elite units. In addition to Slover, Trump also presented the Medal of Honor to retired Capt. E. Royce Williams, a Navy pilot who shot down multiple Soviet jets during the Korean War, upgrading his existing award of a Navy Cross. Trump called the 100-year-old former fighter pilot “one of the last living legends.”

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Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, will leave at the end of the school year, according to a statement from Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton. In a statement, Summers said it was a difficult decision and expressed gratitude to students and colleagues he has worked with over 50 years.

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The FBI has served at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent. The nature of the federal investigation involving the nation’s second-largest school district and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho's home was not immediately clear. Affidavits laying out details for the basis for Wednesday's searches were under seal. The Los Angeles district said in a statement that it “is cooperating with the investigation and we do not have further information at this time.” A third location near Miami was also searched. Carvalho previously led public schools in that area.

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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democrats' response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday with pointed attacks on his economic record and aggressive deportations of immigrants. Spanberger, who was sworn in last month as Virginia's first woman governor, focused largely on the high prices that consumers have to pay after Trump promised voters in 2024 that he would make life more affordable for Americans. It was a preview of the Democrats' central campaign issue that they plan to use in their effort to capture control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in November's midterm elections. The president spent the first part of his speech praising the economic turnaround that he said he had accomplished, contending that his aggressive use of tariffs on foreign goods was a centerpiece of an economic comeback. Spanberger, a moderate who has flipped Republican-held seats to Democratic control in the U.S. House and Virginia governorship, painted a bleaker picture. Farmers, she said, are suffering under the weight of tariffs that triggered retaliation from foreign countries that had been strong markets for American soybeans and other commodities. She also said the levies had raised the prices of fertilizers and other inputs needed for U.S. crops. "Farmers have suffered, some losing entire markets," she said. Speaking in Williamsburg, Virginia, at the House of Burgesses that predates the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and its 250th anniversary, which Trump repeatedly referred to, Spanberger accused the president of using his office to enrich himself instead of looking out for the voters who will go to the polls later this year. With public opinion polls showing that a majority of Americans do not support the Trump administration's immigrant deportation tactics, Spanberger said it has been dispatching poorly trained federal agents into U.S. cities, including Minneapolis, where they have detained American citizens and have done so without judicial warrants. "They have ripped nursing mothers away from their babies," she said. "They have sent children, a little boy in a blue bunny hat, to far-off detention centers and they have killed American citizens in our streets."

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Senator Bernie Moreno Reacts to President Trump's State of the Union Address

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Surveillance video captured the dramatic moment a sinkhole opened up on a busy intersection in south-central Omaha, Nebraska, swallowing up two vehicles. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in a trendy section of the Midwest city, when a sport utility vehicle and a pickup truck waiting at a traffic light dropped into a hole several feet deep when the pavement under them suddenly gave way. Neither driver was injured, police said. The driver of the truck was able to get out of the sinkhole on his own, then joined other bystanders who helped the SUV driver out of the hole, police said. “We are grateful to them for jumping into action and quickly providing help,” Omaha police spokeswoman Officer Sarah Martier said in a statement. The area serves both the University of Nebraska at Omaha and draws residents to a thriving entertainment district teaming with restaurants, retail shops and a movie theater. Omaha Public Works indicates on its website that the sinkhole was the result of a water main break. Metropolitan Utilities District, which operates the city's water system, did not immediately return phone and email messages Wednesday seeking comment.

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Firefighters in Massachusetts were investigating an explosion Wednesday that left a house engulfed in flames and at least two people injured, authorities said. Emergency workers responded to the fire at the three-family home about 9:50 a.m., fire officials said. Two injured residents, a 25-year-old mother with severe burns and a 2-year-old child with serious injuries, were transported to hospitals, officials said. “The situation is now under control, but this was a very serious incident,” fire Chief Steven Lavigne said. “The weather conditions present unique challenges, but we plan for these situations.” The home was a total loss and eight residents were displaced, fire officials said. Two adjacent homes were also seriously burned, they said. The city opened a warming center for displaced residents Wednesday. Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell told reporters on a street lined with piles of snow and emergency vehicles that she didn't immediately know whether those injured were inside the house when it exploded. Homes on the street are close together and O'Connell said she thought residents next door had to leave their homes. Nearby residents, including some who live several blocks away, reported hearing a loud noise at the time of explosion. William James Shivers Jr., who lives nearby, said he responded to the house to help people get out. “Neighbors helping neighbors, as it should be,” Shivers said. “Taunton police and fire are amazing and I’m blessed to be a part of this community.” Jake Wark, a spokesperson for the state Department of Fire Services, said he understood that multiple people were injured. The agency was urging people to avoid the area and to allow emergency personnel access to the scene. State police fire investigators and the state fire marshal’s office were both responding to support Taunton fire authorities to determine the origin and cause of the explosion, Wark said. Taunton and much of the northeastern U.S. was digging out from a major snowstorm earlier in the week. The storm left more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in Taunton, which is a city of about 60,000 people about 38 miles (61 kilometers) south of Boston.

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Senator Katie Britt Reacts to President Trump's State of the Union Address

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In a powerful State of the Union address, President Trump laid out a vision for America First, The contrast couldn't be clearer. As Trump said, "You should be ashamed." This snapshot reveals what Democrats truly believe—putting illegals and elites first.

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