Ahead of SOTU, Dems demand Trump make Iran plans public – Live Updates  Politico Trump says Iran wants a deal more than the U.S. as American forces build up in oil-rich Middle East  CNBC State of the Union could be Trump’s best chance to sell voters on Iran plans  Reuters Trump Says Iran Wants a Deal But Hasn’t…

Trump Skeptical of Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Proposal  WSJ Live updates: Trump unlikely to accept Iran’s latest proposal to end war, sources say  CNN U.S. appears cool on Iran proposal to end war and reopen Hormuz without a nuclear deal  NBC News Iran offers U.S. deal to reopen strait but postpone nuclear talks  Axios Trump reviews Iranian proposal aimed…

Furor over GOP’s anti-Muslim posts leaves Mike Johnson in awkward spot  Axios House GOP leadership silent as more members post anti-Muslim statements  NPR Multiple Republicans in Congress post openly anti-Muslim statements  NBC News The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents  The Atlantic House Democrat moves to sanction Ogles over anti-Muslim posts  The Hill Powered by SmartCloudpay – The…

Hegseth says Pentagon cutting ties with top universities, calling them “woke breeding grounds”  CBS News Hegseth cancels troop attendance at top-ranked schools  The Hill Hegseth’s Ivy League Decision Is Forcing the Debate We Should Have Been Having  Military.com It’s not just Harvard. The Pentagon is barring troops from attending more Ivy League schools and other top universities.  Business Insider…

Trump moves to blacklist Anthropic AI from all government work  Axios OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon hours after Trump admin bans Anthropic  CNN Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use  BBC Donald Trump goes nuclear on Anthropic  The Economist Anthropic to take Trump’s Pentagon to court over AI dispute  Axios Powered by SmartCloudpay – The…