Hey Patriots! | President Trump received a high-level military briefing on Thursday as tensions with Iran reach a critical point. | U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine laid out potential military options, according to officials familiar with the meeting. | It marks the first time CENTCOM's top commander has briefed Trump directly since the current crisis escalated late last year. | The briefing came as a third round of nuclear talks wrapped in Geneva. U.S. officials described the discussions as "positive," but gaps remain. Another round is expected next week. | Inside the administration, many see this as a final window for diplomacy before the President decides whether to shift toward a more forceful path. | Catch up on the rest of today's top Trump news below! | —Nick | In today's email: | 🔔 Trump Launches Operation Epic Fury
🏛️ Trump Submits "Serious" Counteroffer to End Shutdown
⚖️ Trump Floats Ted Cruz for Supreme Court Seat
🤖 Trump Orders Federal Ban on Anthropic AI
🚨 Clinton Testifies Trump Never Implicated Himself in Epstein Crimes | | | | | ✅TRACKING TRUMP✅ | Curated by Mike Luso | President Trump stepped before the nation on Sunday to deliver an update on Operation Epic Fury, the sweeping joint U.S.-Israeli military offensive that reshaped the Middle East overnight. The operation resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with dozens of the regime's top officials. Trump didn't hold back in describing the scope of the campaign, calling it one of the largest, most complex, and most overwhelming military operations the world has ever witnessed. He was equally blunt about Khamenei himself, a wretched and vile man whose hands were stained with the blood of countless thousands of innocent people. | The cost of the mission came into sharp focus with the confirmation that three American service members were killed in action, and Trump vowed to avenge each one. In a video statement posted to Truth Social, he mourned them as true American patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
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| | | | | 🏛️ Trump Submits "Serious" Counteroffer to End Shutdown
The Trump administration submitted what it called a "serious" counteroffer to Senate Democrats in an effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which has now been without funding for nearly three weeks. A White House official stated that Democrats "need to make a move to end the shutdown before more Americans are harmed by a lack of funding for critical services like disaster relief." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries acknowledged receiving the offer but said they remain committed to fighting for what they describe as reforms to rein in ICE, including requirements that agents obtain judicial warrants and identify themselves during enforcement actions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the White House continues to "trade paper" with Democrats, expressing hope they will find a "sweet spot" while noting that the shutdown is hurting real Americans daily. With lawmakers away from Washington for the weekend, the standoff is set to stretch into a third week, leaving critical services — including disaster relief and immigration enforcement — in limbo. | ⚖️ Trump Floats Ted Cruz for Supreme Court Seat
During remarks at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, President Trump floated the idea of nominating Sen. Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court, joking that Cruz would be the only nominee to receive "100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote" because lawmakers would want to "get him out" of Congress. Trump described Cruz as "such a pain in the a--, but he's so good and so talented," adding that Cruz had always been his go-to person whenever there was a serious problem. Cruz brings notable legal credentials to the conversation — he argued eight cases before the Supreme Court as solicitor general of Texas before his Senate career and had tried more Supreme Court cases than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any member of Congress at the time of his 2012 Senate run. Cruz has been a member of the Senate since 2013, where he has consistently advocated for limited government, economic growth, and national security. Trump made the comments after Cruz and other lawmakers joined him on a trip to Texas to discuss energy policy, with Trump also briefly consulting Cruz on the administration's major decisions regarding Iran. | 🤖 Trump Orders Federal Ban on Anthropic AI
President Trump announced he is directing every federal government agency to immediately stop using Anthropic AI, after the company's CEO Dario Amodei refused the Department of War's demand to use its artificial intelligence for "all lawful purposes." Amodei declined the Pentagon's request, citing concerns about the technology being used for "mass domestic surveillance" or "fully autonomous weapons," prompting the Department of War to threaten to label the company a "supply chain risk" — a designation previously reserved for U.S. adversaries. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump declared that no "radical left, woke company" would be allowed to dictate how the U.S. military fights and wins wars, warning Anthropic of "major civil and criminal consequences" if it failed to cooperate during the six-month phase-out period he ordered. Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael accused Amodei of lying and described him as having a "God-complex," asserting that the Department of War's request was simply to allow warfighters to use AI for all legal purposes without requiring private company approval. Anthropic said it would work to enable a smooth transition to another provider and remains ready to support U.S. national security, but would not remove its two requested safeguards. | 🚨 Clinton Testifies Trump Never Implicated Himself in Epstein Crimes
Former President Bill Clinton sat for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee as part of its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein probe, with the session taking place at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Westchester County, New York. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters that when asked whether Trump should also be called before the committee, Clinton responded that Trump had "never said anything to me to make me think he was involved" with Epstein. Clinton's opening statement, the only portion made public so far, declared that he "had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing" and stated plainly, "I saw nothing and I did nothing wrong." Democrats on the committee pushed back on Comer's account, with Ranking Member Robert Garcia suggesting it was not "a complete, accurate description" of what was said and calling for the full transcript to be released. Trump responded to reporters' questions about the deposition by saying simply, "I don't like seeing him deposed," and both he and Clinton have been cleared of any wrongdoing connected to Epstein or his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. |
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| | | | | | 🔔 Trump Launches Operation Epic Fury 🔔 | In the early hours of Saturday morning, the United States and Israel launched a massive coordinated military offensive against the Islamic Republic of Iran, dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." President Trump confirmed the launch in a video posted to Truth Social, stating that U.S. forces had begun "major combat operations in Iran" to eliminate imminent threats from the Iranian regime that directly endangered American troops, overseas bases, and allies worldwide. | CENTCOM described the campaign as the "largest regional concentration of American military firepower in a generation," with nearly 900 strikes executed in the first 12 hours alone. The operation employed Tomahawk cruise missiles, HIMARS, standoff weapons, drones, and one-way attack drones deployed in combat for the very first time, with precision strikes launched simultaneously from land, air, and sea. Targets included IRGC command and control facilities, Iranian air defense systems, ballistic missile launch sites, military airfields, and senior regime leadership - with intelligence prompting a deliberate decision to accelerate the operation's timeline to capitalize on a rare window of opportunity. | Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead after an Israeli strike obliterated his compound and offices in downtown Tehran on Saturday morning, ending more than three decades of brutal rule over the Islamic Republic. A senior Israeli official confirmed that 40 Iranian security and regime figures were killed in the opening strike alone, including Defense Minister Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh, IRGC Commander Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, and top security advisor Ali Shamkhani. Trump described Khamenei as "one of the most evil people in History," stating that his death was justice not only for the Iranian people, but for every American and every person worldwide who had been killed or harmed by the regime's decades of terror. | War Secretary Pete Hegseth called the operation the "most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history," warning Iran that any further harm to Americans would be met with lethal force. At an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz defended the strikes by pointing to the regime's long record of arming terrorist proxies including the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, and argued that "the cost of inaction is far greater than the burden of decisive action." | Iran launched retaliatory attacks targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, while also firing ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv, killing a woman in her fifties and injuring more than 120 others across Israel. Trump fired back on Truth Social early Sunday, warning Iran that any further retaliation would be met with "a force that has never been seen before." | U.S. forces successfully defended against hundreds of incoming Iranian missiles and drones during the initial phase, with no American casualties and only minimal, non-operational damage to installations. Trump addressed the Iranian people directly, urging them to remain sheltered and to seize control of their government once combat operations concluded, telling them the window was "probably your only chance for generations." | Multiple IRGC and Iranian security forces reached out seeking immunity in the hours following the strikes, with Trump expressing hope that they would peacefully merge with Iranian patriots to begin stabilizing the country. Three U.S. service members were killed in action during the operation, and the president vowed that their sacrifice would not go unanswered. With sources indicating the campaign is expected to continue for several weeks, the United States and Israel remain committed to one objective — permanent peace across the Middle East and the world. | | |  | In a photo provided by the White House, President Trump confers with, from left, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in Palm Beach, Florida, as U.S. and Israeli military forces were conducting airstrikes in Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. |
| | 🍟 Quick Bite News 🍟 | 🎬 Actor Dennis Quaid flew aboard Air Force One with President Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and other lawmakers on a trip to Corpus Christi, Texas, where Trump was speaking on energy and economic priorities. Cruz posted a video of Quaid seated next to Trump on the flight, in which Quaid slipped into his Ronald Reagan voice and described Trump as someone like Reagan "on steroids." Quaid then joined Trump onstage at the Port of Corpus Christi event, telling the crowd, "I love Corpus Christi and I love Donald Trump," before exiting the stage. | 🚀 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the agency will complete four Artemis Moon missions before the end of President Trump's second term, with crewed lunar landings targeted for 2028. Artemis II is currently set to launch in early April after the Space Launch System rocket was returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building to repair a helium leak, and Artemis III is scheduled for mid-2027. Isaacman was critical of the Biden administration for failing to make any decisions that advanced the program, saying the three-year gap between missions cost the agency critical momentum and "muscle memory." | 🕵️ Republican operatives Corey Lewandowski and Dan Scavino disclosed they received notifications from Google confirming the Biden-era FBI had secretly obtained data tied to their accounts, joining FBI Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as known targets of the bureau's covert records seizures. Both Lewandowski and Scavino said Google had been operating under a court-authorized gag order that prevented the company from notifying them sooner. Patel, who revealed the subpoenas for his and Wiles' phone records in a statement, called the actions "outrageous and deeply alarming," saying the files had been buried in protected case records designed to evade oversight. | 🌎 Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters following the launch of Operation Epic Fury and declared that Cuba would be the next target of Trump's America First foreign policy, claiming the communist regime's "days are numbered." Graham said Trump had accomplished what President Reagan could not, and praised the Iran strikes as "one of the most consequential military operations in modern history." He separately stated on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the U.S. would not place boots on the ground in Iran, insisting the goal is to ensure Iran can no longer function as the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. | God bless,
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