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Indiana judge bars feds from deporting Chicago man acquitted of Gregory Bovino murder-for-hire
A federal judge in Indiana has temporarily barred federal officials from deporting a Chicago man acquitted last month of charges he offered money for the killing of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued the order as part of Juan Espinoza Martinez’s habeas corpus petition seeking a bond hearing pending immigration proceedings.
Espinoza Martinez, who has lived in Chicago for decades but is not a U.S. citizen, was taken into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and transferred to a jail in Clay County, Indiana, on Jan. 23, a day after a federal jury found him not guilty of murder-for-hire.
In his order dated Tuesday, Hanlon, who was nominated to the federal bench by President Donald Trump in 2018, said “the weight” of court precedent favors Espinoza Martinez’s position, “that ICE’s authority to detain a noncitizen discovered within the country derives” from a statute that says petitioners are afforded a bond hearing and “not subject to mandatory detention.”
“The respondents shall not transfer (Espinoza Martinez) outside the jurisdiction of the United States or transfer him to any federal judicial district other than those in the States of Illinois, Indiana, or Wisconsin during the pendency of this habeas petition,” Hanlon wrote.
The judge gave the government until Friday to file a response.
Espinoza Martinez, 37, was charged in October with offering money in texts messages to a government informant for the kidnapping and killing of Bovino, the controversial public face of Operation Midway Blitz and other aggressive immigration-enforcement operations by the Trump administration in cities around the country.
When Espinoza Martínez was first arrested, he was labeled by the Department of Homeland Security as a high-ranking member of the Latin Kings street gang, someone who had the power to pay other gang members to commit murder of a top government official.
But those claims, repeated incessantly by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other top Trump administration officials, dissolved in court, where no evidence was ever brought forth that he was in a gang, let alone a ranking member.
In fact, Espinoza Martínez, a married father of three, had a steady job, no gang tattoos, and no criminal history whatsoever, according to evidence at trial.
After a lightning-fast trial, the jury of six men and six women deliberated for about three hours before acquitting Espinoza Martínez of the one count that he faced.
After the verdict, Espinoza Martinez’s wife, Bianca Hernandez, told the Tribune the past 3 1/2 months have already taken a heavy emotional toll on the family. Now, with her husband facing possible deportation, Hernandez is currently the sole provider for the household, taking on caregiving and catering work to make ends meet.
Hernandez said her kids, who are U.S. citizens, never doubted their father’s innocence, but they still felt the weight of public judgment.
“They are devastated. They went from being happy and lively kids to now completely isolating themselves,” she said.
Hernandez last spoke to her husband after he was picked up by ICE.
“He just told me to keep my head up, talk to the kids and let them know that he’s fine.”
As they wait for answers, Hernandez said her husband is grateful for the support of the community and still holds onto hope.
“Hopefully we can just find a way to get him back home,” she said.
jmeisner@chicagotribune.com
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/chicago-man-gregory-bovino-murder-for-hire-charges/
LGBT Activist Judge Faces Felony Charges For Wrongfully Detaining A Defense Attorney
LGBT Activist Judge Faces Felony Charges For Wrongfully Detaining A Defense Attorney
A Texas LGBT judge with a history of clashing with authorities over her activism has been arrested and charged after she allegedly handcuffed and held a defense attorney captive in her jury box for the crime of arguing for the right to confer with her client during a probation hearing.
Bexar County Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez was indicted last week on a felony charge of unlawful restraint by a judicial officer and misdemeanor official oppression. The controversial judge was arrested for the 2024 incident, during which she and defense attorney Elizabeth Russell clashed in the courtroom.
Gonzalez has had run-ins with the law before. In 2022 she was was fined for bringing a loaded rainbow-painted gun through San Antonio International airport in her carry-on luggage. In 2019 shortly after she took the bench as the “first openly gay judge in Bexar County”, Gonzalez was sanctioned for pasting her courtroom, office and robes with gay pride flags in violation of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct. In 2023 the sanctions were lifted by a three judge panel.
Former staff members of the court report that the LGBT judge created a “hostile work environment”. Multiple former workers/partners with the Reflejo Court program accused Gonzales of increasingly erratic and aggressive behavior, primarily toward defendants/litigants in the courtroom. Others accused her of being “unstable” and prone to violent outbursts.
The judge is, however, considered a favorite of local prosecutors.
The incident and arrest once again bring into question the mental and emotional stability of woke activists in positions of legal and political authority. Recent peer-reviewed studies indicate a link between leftist extremism and narcissism/psychopathy.
Researchers suggest that individuals with dark personalities – such as high narcissistic and psychopathic traits – are attracted to certain forms of political and social activism which they can use as a vehicle to satisfy their own ego-focused needs instead of actually aiming at “social justice and equality.” In other words, they use activism as a shield from scrutiny when engaged in otherwise destructive behaviors.
Allowing such volatile and biased people into positions of power in the name of “equity” is becoming a detrimental problem in American society. Clearing activists out of the military and federal government is already having noticeable benefits over the previously unhinged era of the Biden Administration. Removing them from the legal system and the public school system will be vital for the future.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 11:40
Ryan Routh To Be Sentenced For Trump Assassination Attempt Today
Ryan Routh To Be Sentenced For Trump Assassination Attempt Today
Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times,
A federal judge is set to sentence Ryan Routh on Feb. 4 for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence while the defense is arguing for leniency.
The sentencing hearing is scheduled just months after Routh, 59, attempted to stab himself in U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s courtroom following a guilty verdict on multiple counts. Federal prosecutors said in a court filing that a life sentence was appropriate given what they described as months of deliberate planning and a clear intent to kill.
“He took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major presidential candidate, demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.
Defense attorneys objected to prosecutors’ attempt to enhance the sentencing by alleging Routh’s actions involved a terrorism element. Routh’s actions did not meet the legal definition of terrorism, the defense said.
During the trial, Routh attempted to portray himself as gentle and nonviolent, a characterization prosecutors sharply disputed, arguing that his planning showed clear intent to kill Trump.
The prosecution argued in a memo that Routh, “for all his protestations of peacefulness, is a dangerous man, at least when it comes to individuals who stand in his way.”
Dr. Heather Holmes wrote a report for the defense, which is unavailable to the public, that Routh suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Bipolar II. However, prosecutors argued that these diagnoses do not provide a basis to claim incompetence, insanity, or diminished capacity. Additionally, the disorders are not corroborated by the defendant’s prior medical or psychiatric records, they said.
The report should not be a justification for sentencing Routh to anything less than life in prison, the prosecution added.
The defense submitted character letters to Cannon.
One was from Darya Trotsenko, a citizen of Ukraine, where Routh served during the Eastern European country’s war with Russia.
She wrote that Routh “possessed a remarkable openness and kindness that drew people to him, and he was deeply respected and liked by everyone.”
Trotsenko also wrote that Routh’s “actions in Ukraine demonstrated a peaceful and constructive character.”
“I believe in justice, but I also believe in compassion and in judging a person by their whole life. Ryan has already shown, through his actions, that he is an asset to his community, not a threat,” she added.
Additionally, Trotsenko said that Routh should eventually be released from prison to be with his family and a contributing member of society.
Routh was convicted of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Routh targeted Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, while the then-Republican presidential nominee was golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The attack occurred just months after a separate assassination attempt against Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trial evidence showed that Routh concealed himself outside the golf course perimeter, aiming an AK-style rifle through a hole in the fence. He was spotted by then-U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Robert Fercano, who was patrolling one hole ahead of Trump. At the time, Trump was golfing with longtime friend Steve Witkoff, now the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East.
Fearing for his own safety and that of the former president, Fercano fired a shot at Routh, who fled the scene and drove away. Routh was arrested shortly after on a nearby highway.
During the trial, a witness testified that he contacted law enforcement after Routh dropped off a box at his home in April, following a visit to the area near the golf course. Inside the box was a handwritten letter from Routh that read, in part, “Dear World, This was the assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job.”
The letter also offered $150,000 to anyone who could kill Trump.
Investigators searching Routh’s vehicle recovered multiple cell phones, a list of international flights scheduled for the afternoon and evening of the attack, and directions to Miami International Airport.
Cell phone records showed that between Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, Routh’s devices repeatedly connected to cell towers near Trump International Golf Club and Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s estate.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 11:20
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ryan-routh-be-sentenced-trump-assassination-attempt-today
Trump dice que habló sobre Irán con Xi mientras EEUU busca aislar a Teherán
WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente Donald Trump dijo que él y el presidente chino Xi Jinping discutieron la situación en Irán durante una llamada de amplio alcance, mientras Estados Unidos presiona a Beijing y a otros para aislar a Teherán.
Trump expresó que los dos líderes también abordaron una amplia gama de otros temas críticos en la relación entre Estados Unidos y China, incluyendo el comercio y Taiwán, así como sus planes para visitar Beijing en abril.
“La relación con China, y mi relación personal con el presidente Xi, es extremadamente buena, y ambos nos damos cuenta de lo importante que es mantenerla así”, declaró Trump en redes sociales.
Trump, quien sigue considerando la posibilidad de tomar acciones militares contra Irán, anunció el mes pasado en una publicación en redes sociales que impondría un impuesto del 25% a las importaciones de países que hagan negocios con Irán.
Años de sanciones han dejado aislado Irán. Sin embargo, Teherán aún realizó casi 125.000 millones de dólares en comercio internacional en 2024, incluyendo 32.000 millones de dólares con China, 28.000 millones de dólares con los Emiratos Árabes Unidos y 17.000 millones de dólares con Turquía, según la Organización Mundial del Comercio.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Indiana House utilties committee passes nuclear permits bill
The Indiana House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee passed a bill that would shape how nuclear facility receive permits, and it moves to the House for its final approval.
State Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford, authored Senate Bill 258, which would make changes to the Indiana Code about how the Indiana Department of Environmental Management issues permits to nuclear facilities. Changes include repealing a prohibition from constructing or operating a nuclear facility without an IDEM permit and repealing the authorization for the commissioner to conduct a public hearing on the environmental effects.
The bill, if passed, would also require a nuclear facility operator to file an environmental feasibility report to IDEM, according to the Indiana General Assembly website. Senate Bill 258 passed the Senate in a 36-9 vote in late January.
State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, who is also chair of the utilities committee, sponsored the bill, and he showed his support before the committee’s Tuesday vote. The bill passed in a 9-3 vote.
“The Supreme Court made a significant decision,” Soliday said. “We have laws on the books that conflict with that Supreme Court decision, and this brings us into alignment with it. I believe the Supreme Court was right in what they did.”
The federal government maintains exclusive authority over radiological safety in the construction of nuclear power facilities under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Koch previously told the Indiana Senate. The U.S. Supreme Court has also upheld the belief that the federal government maintains complete control of the safety and nuclear aspects of energy generation, he added. The court ruled that state laws that infringed on federal power — even if enacted because of safety concerns — would conflict with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s duties.
Alex Goodnight, deputy legislative director for IDEM, testified in support of the bill Tuesday. Goodnight testified in support of the bill during its time in the Senate as well, calling it legislation that would make “common sense changes.”
“It would make changes to the Indiana Code to eliminate outdated, unnecessary provisions related to nuclear energy facilities,” Goodnight said. “Senate Bill 258 addresses a fundamental and unnecessary barrier to nuclear energy in our state by removing provisions that are preempted by a 40-year-old U.S. Supreme Court decision.”
Some testified in opposition of the bill, expressing their concerns that it might eliminate state oversight of nuclear facilities and the public’s ability to voice their concerns.
“We do oppose this bill due to the significant reduction in state-level environmental oversight and public engagement,” said Rebecca TeKolste, climate and energy senior advisor for the Hoosier Environmental Council. “We agree that the federal government rightfully governs the nuclear aspect of these facilities, but neither the Atomic Energy Act nor U.S. Supreme Court precedent impairs Indiana from protecting Hoosiers from air and water pollution and all other environmental hazards associated with nuclear power.”
TeKolste believes the bill represents “a substantial shift” from the state’s safeguards, and it will lead to decreased environmental oversight.
Kerwin Olson, executive director of the Citizens Action Coalition, has been concerned with Senate Bill 258 since its introduction in the Senate, and he continued that opposition on Tuesday.
“From our perspective, there’s no guarantee that views, opinions and thoughts about certain perspectives regarding environmental health around radioactive waste and reactors could be expressed,” Olson said. “At a time when we are encouraging and inviting this investment in our state, (it) doesn’t feel like the time for us to basically eviscerate the authority of state agencies to oversee this stuff.”
During Tuesday’s committee meeting, Soliday said he didn’t understand the concerns with decreased public engagement. Soliday said facilities would have at least three hearings before construction, under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and nuclear facility permitting.
“How is the public getting cheated out of hearings when you would have one that you and I both know would be dominated strictly by ‘We don’t like nuclear power’?” Soliday said. “There is no reduction in public engagement. You’re getting three hearings instead of one.”
Soliday also called Olson’s concerns “hyperbole” and said the legislature is not gutting any authority.
“We are complying with a court decision,” Soliday said. “There is plenty of opportunity to comment on the rules in hearings.”
Gov. Mike Braun has been dedicated to bringing nuclear power to the state. In November 2025, Braun announced that First American Nuclear would bring its headquarters, manufacturing facilities and an energy park to Indiana, according to Post-Tribune archives.
First American Nuclear is dedicated to building small modular reactors, or SMRs, which are advanced nuclear reactors that have about one-third the generating capacity of traditional nuclear reactors, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
A First American Nuclear spokesperson told the Post-Tribune in November that the company is looking for sites for its corporate headquarters, manufacturing facility and energy park, but none have been decided yet. Construction for the manufacturing and energy park sites is expected to start in 2028.
The House expected to hear the bill on second reading at a later date.
‘Nearly Indestructible’ Fuel: Nano Nuclear CEO Talks ‘Laser Enrichment’ On Shawn Ryan Show
‘Nearly Indestructible’ Fuel: Nano Nuclear CEO Talks ‘Laser Enrichment’ On Shawn Ryan Show
2025 was a watershed moment for the US nuclear industry: enthusiasm for a global nuclear renaissance gripped the investment community as the valuations for publicly traded companies were pushed into the stratosphere. Tickers associated with nuclear reactors were pushed up several hundred percentage points, with Nano Nuclear one of the best performers of the year.
Nano Nuclear’s chairman and founder, Jay Yu, sat down recently on the Shawn Ryan Show and discussed his company’s mission and technology.
The Vigilance Elite Production of SRS EP. 275 with Jay Yu is live on the Shawn Ryan Show YouTube channel! https://t.co/otnVoaUQNM pic.twitter.com/9y8TAIzfpM
— Shawn Ryan Show (@ShawnRyanShow) January 29, 2026
The nuclear portion of the discussion focused around the global demand for new sustainable energy and how companies like Nano are answering that call.
With energy widely understood to be the true bottleneck of AI adoption and economic affordability, companies are developing new innovative ways to rapidly deploy gigawatts of nuclear-powered energy generation capacity.
Nano recently broke ground at the University of Illinois for the construction of their flagship reactor design, the Kronos reactor.
Kronos is a high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor using TRISO as fuel and helium as a coolant.
Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) fuel was described by Yu as nearly indestructible and lined with tank armor, which is an accurate description given its multiple layers of pyrolytic carbon and silicon carbide.
One of the highlights of gas reactors is their ability to be “walk-away safe”.
This means their design utilizes passive cooling features in the event of an extended loss of power due to natural disaster or massive electrical system failures – the plant prevents a meltdown or explosion like Fukushima and Chernobyl all on its own.
Yu went on to highlight the modularity of smaller reactor designs. This means the majority of the parts are fabricated in a factory and then shipped to the site and connected like Lego bricks at the location to dramatically reduce construction times.
Additional features such as a lack of required water cooling enable the possibility of data centers being built out in desert locations in the U.S. and the Middle East.
The potential of building several reactors to power one data center, vice one large reactor, enables the take down of single or multiple units at a time for refueling/maintenance without losing power to the load is a massive advantage.
Much more in the full clip: watch it here.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 11:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nano-nuclear-founder-shawn-ryan-show
WTI Holds Losses As Freezing Temps Sparked Massive Drop In US Production
WTI Holds Losses As Freezing Temps Sparked Massive Drop In US Production
Crude oil prices (WTI) are trending moderately lower this morning as traders weigh geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a report of sharply lower US stockpiles reported by API overnight.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoy Steve Witkoff will hold indirect negotiations in Oman on Friday, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim reported, adding talks would be “limited to the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions.”
“Geopolitical tensions are really driving it,” Equinor Chief Financial Officer Torgrim Reitan said in a Bloomberg TV interview.
“The underlying balance is a lower price than there is today, but with everything going on it’s very hard to say where this will end.”
We can’t help but feel like the API reporting (and very mixed picture) was related to the impact of the freezing weather across most of the country.
API
Crude -11.1mm (+700k exp)
Cushing
Gasoline +4.7mm
Distillates -4.81mm
DOE
Crude -3.45mm (+700k exp)
Cushing -743k
Gasoline +685k
Distillates -5.55mm – biggest draw since Feb 2021
The official data showed a sizable crude draw (but considerably less than API reported) as distillates saw their biggest drawdown since Feb 2021. Bloomberg’s Will Zubanskuy notes that the largest portion of that distillates draw came from PADD 1, which includes the East Coast — where homes in the Northeast lean on heating oil to warm their houses in frigid temperatures. Adding to the demand, diesel and oil-fired power plants start running when the grid comes under strain and some utilities begin pulling from heating oil for certain customers instead of natural gas when supply of the latter gets tight.
Stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, declined for the second straight week, bringing inventories at the storage hub to around 24 million barrels. Despite the draw, levels at Cushing remain several million barrels above where they were this time last year. Gasoline stocks rose for the 12th straight week…
Source: Bloomberg
Crude production in the Lower 48 fell to the lowest since November 2024 as freezing temperatures disrupted drilling in the Permian and Bakken formations.
In the past two months, output is down by 632,000 barrels a day. Overall, production has been shaved off by 4.4 million barrels since early December.
Source: Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s Alex Longley also noted another data point showing how much of this storm impact was centered on the gas side of the market rather than oil. While crude production was down 481k b/d versus a week earlier, NGL output tumbled 1.25m b/d. It’s the lowest since 2024 and the biggest weekly decline on record.
WTI prices edged lower, likely driven by the smaller draw than API reported…
Circling back to where we started, the bullish drop in inventories comes as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to run hot. While the U..S. Administration said negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program will start this week, U.S. naval forces sent to the Arabian Sea off Iran shot down an Iranian drone approaching an aircraft carrier 500 miles off Iran’s coast in the Arabian Sea, the BBC reported. As well, a U.S.-flagged merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point for more than 20-million barrels per day of Persian Gulf exports, was harassed by Iranian gun boats.
“Oil would be lower without Middle Eastern sabre-rattling. Post-settlement API figures, faithfully echoing the impact of the cold spell in the US, provide additional support this morning, as crude oil stocks dropped 11 million bbls. These are extraordinary days, weeks and months, in which perceived oversupply has been overwhelmingly overlooked, yet it is still able to set a price ceiling when perceived supply disruptions are in the crosshairs of investors,” PVM Oil Associates noted.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 10:50
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/wti-holds-losses-freezing-temps-sparked-massive-drop-us-production
What The Hell Happened To Don Lemon? From “Racism Is Over” To White Christian-Hating Radical
What The Hell Happened To Don Lemon? From “Racism Is Over” To White Christian-Hating Radical
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
In one of his most revealing moments years ago, Don Lemon sat down with Morgan Freeman and admitted exhaustion with the race narrative. “Sometimes, I get so tired of talking about it,” Lemon said. “I wanna just go, ‘This is over. Can we move on?’”
Don Lemon once told Morgan Freeman that he was tired of talking about race because racism “is over.”
“Sometimes, I get so tired of talking about it. I wanna just go, ‘This is over. Can we move on?’”
Now Don Lemon harasses pastors and portrays church goers as white supremacists. pic.twitter.com/nROt2HvcrX
— Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) February 2, 2026
He also once had some sage advice for black people:
— MCM (@MMike218) February 2, 2026
Today that same man harasses pastors, calls ordinary churchgoers entitled because of “WHITE SUPREMACY,” and defends mobs that storm Christian services.
Lemon’s dramatic transformation reached a new level this month when he was arrested by federal agents in connection with the anti-ICE mob that disrupted a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Trump DOJ is now pursuing prison time against Lemon and others involved under federal civil rights statutes protecting religious freedom.
A clear turning point came in March 2024 when Elon Musk terminated a planned partnership for The Don Lemon Show on X. Musk bluntly explained that Lemon’s approach was “just CNN, but on social media” and lacked authenticity.
Lemon responded by calling Musk racist, claiming the billionaire was “not used to having to answer to anyone, especially someone like me who doesn’t look like him.” Musk fired back, placing Lemon in the “stupid asshole” quadrant on a personality-intelligence chart.
Instead of recalibrating toward more independent journalism, Lemon doubled down on the very identity politics he once appeared weary of.
By May 2025, Lemon was in full meltdown mode over the arrival of white South African farmers granted refugee status. He dismissed the entire situation as “this South African farmer bullshit, which is the most blatantly obvious racist shit ever,” arguing Afrikaners could not be legitimate refugees because they “own most of the land and the property.”
In September 2025, while covering Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Lemon spent hours attacking the event for displaying too much Christianity. “What we saw in that arena was not simply faith finding public expression, it was religious nationalism on full display,” he complained, claiming speakers quoting scripture were “demanding submission.”
Then came the January church storming in Minneapolis. Lemon embedded himself with the anti-ICE protesters and livestreamed as they burst into a service, forcing families and children out into freezing temperatures. When criticized, he insisted: “The whole point of it is to disrupt and make people uncomfortable.”
“It’s uncomfortable and traumatic for the people here, but that’s really… that’s what protesting is about,” Lemon further added.
He later ridiculously claimed: “I didn’t even know they were going to this church until we followed them there. We were there chronicling protests… Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism.”
Federal prosecutors disagreed. Lemon was arrested late January 2026 and charged in connection with the incident, including counts related to conspiracy against religious rights.
He was released on his own recognizance but must appear in Minnesota federal court. The Trump administration has signaled it intends to treat this case seriously, with Deputy AG Todd Blanche stating those convicted would face prison time and vowing to properly enforce the FACE Act against attacks on religious services.
Lemon now stands as a stark example of radicalization. Once hinting at fatigue with endless race grievance, he fully embraced it—attacking white Christians, defending disruptions of worship, and raging against any immigration policy that doesn’t fit the left’s narrative.
The Trump DOJ’s willingness to hold him accountable may finally force a reckoning for Lemon and the leftist activists who believe storming churches is protected “journalism.”
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Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 10:40
What to know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show’s Savannah Guthrie
Authorities are looking for the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie after they say she was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona, against her will over the weekend.
It’s imperative that Nancy Guthrie, who was last seen Saturday night, is found soon because she could die without her medication, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said.
The sheriff held a news conference Tuesday and urged the public to offer tips, but revealed few new details about the investigation. Officials have finished combing through Nancy Guthrie’s home and turned it back over to the family, Nanos said.
Signs of forced entry found at Arizona home of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother
He declined to say whether Guthrie’s disappearance was thought to be random or targeted or to describe the evidence found at her home.
Investigators still do not have a suspect or person of interest, the sheriff’s department said in a statement Wednesday morning.
There were signs of forced entry at Nancy Guthrie’s home, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of an anonymity. Investigators also found specific evidence in the home showing there was a nighttime kidnapping, the person said.
Here’s what to know about the case:
Nancy Guthrie reported missing after she didn’t go to church
Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday night at the affluent Catalina Foothills area home where she lived alone. She was reported missing Sunday. Someone at a church called a family member to say Guthrie wasn’t there, leading family to search her home and then call 911, Nanos said.
Initially, searchers used drones and dogs and were supported by volunteers and Border Patrol, Nanos said. But by Monday morning, he said search crews were pulled back.
“We don’t see this as a search mission so much as it is a crime scene,” the sheriff said.
There were signs of forced entry at the home and several personal items, including Guthrie’s cellphone, wallet and car, were all still at the home, the person familiar with the investigation said. Investigators were reviewing surveillance video from nearby homes and information from area license plate cameras and analyzing local cellphone towers data, according to the person.
The motive remains a mystery. Investigators do not believe the abduction was part of a robbery, home invasion or kidnapping-for-ransom plot, the person said early Tuesday.
Later Tuesday, multiple media organizations reported receiving purported ransom notes that they handed over to investigators. The sheriff’s department said it’s taking the notes and other tips seriously but declined to comment further.
Asked Tuesday whether officials were looking for her alive, Nanos said “we hope we are.”
DNA samples have been gathered and submitted for analysis as part of the investigation. “We’ve gotten some back, but nothing to indicate any suspects,” the sheriff said.
Savannah Guthrie asks for prayers to help bring her mom home
This week, Savannah Guthrie has been in Arizona and hasn’t appeared at the anchor’s desk. In a social media post late Monday, she asked supporters to “raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment. Bring her home.”
Savannah Guthrie grew up in Tucson, the youngest of three siblings and her father died of a heart attack when she was just 16. She graduated from the University of Arizona and previously worked as a reporter and anchor at KVOA-TV in Tucson. She joined “Today” in 2011 and became co-anchor the following year.
Nancy Guthrie held her family together after husband’s death
Before the woman’s disappearance, viewers got to know Nancy Guthrie through her daughter’s show. Savannah Guthrie credited her mom with holding their family together after her father’s death.
“When my dad died, our family just hung onto each other for dear life because it was such a shock. We were just trying to figure out how to become a family of four when we’d always been a family of five,” she said on “Today” in 2017.
During an appearance in a story Savannah Guthrie did about her hometown late last year, she was asked what made the family want to plant roots in Tucson in the 1970s.
“It’s so wonderful. Just the air, the quality of life,” Nancy Guthrie said. “It’s laid back and gentle.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/nancy-guthrie-today-show-mother-what/
Speculation US May Announce New Nuclear Plant During Korea Trade Negotiations
Speculation US May Announce New Nuclear Plant During Korea Trade Negotiations
At a time when China, which is now leaps and bounds ahead of the US in energy generation, is building 29 nuclear power plants compared to zero for the US…
Since the last update, Russia has added one additional nuclear reactor under construction (up to 5).
China is still at 29; the US is still at 0 https://t.co/u9SnLCeFkI pic.twitter.com/2lUIFnXtOL
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 2, 2025
… South Korean news agencies report that the US government is proposing South Korea build a nuclear power plant in the US as part of ongoing trade negotiations. South Korea’s Industry Minister is in the U.S. this week and is scheduled to meet with Secretary Lutnik to clarify Seoul’s position on a delayed Korea-U.S. trade deal.
Providing some added credibility to the report out of South Korea, Reuters reports the industry minister is scheduled to meet Secretary Wright as well before he departs February 5th.
South Korea and the US are already coordinating on multiple different ventures as previously announced last year through multiple different MOUs. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is working with multiple reactor developers to further develop and progress the construction of their designs. KHNP is also working with Centrus Energy to rapidly expand enrichment capacity.
Korean industrial company Doosan Enerbility is also working with Fermi America to construct a supply chain for the four AP1000 reactors to be built at the AI mega-campus in Texas.
While the reactor that will be potentially constructed by Korea has yet to be confirmed or announced by either country, it will likely be an AP1000 to strengthen a high-demand grid and stand as a signal that the U.S. government is pursuing lower energy prices for consumers. The reactor design is licensed for use by reactor owners from Westinghouse, which is owned by Canadian companies Cameco and Brookfield.
Cameco (CCJ) happens to be Goldman Sachs’ highest conviction play for the nuclear theme as all of this goes on. Goldman also recently noted “the biggest near-term potential uplift to EBITDA forecasts as through FIDs on new AP1000s, as each reactor provides ~$225mn of EBITDA generation over a ~12-year time frame.”
The first two, and only two, AP1000 designs built in the U.S. were constructed in Georgia with both horrific cost overruns and grossly overblown timelines. The nuclear industry is desperate for the opportunity to prove it has learned its lessons and can come down the cost curve. Utilizing the most proficient nuclear power plant construction teams, outside of China, is a best case scenario.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 10:25
