Stephen Colbert revealed that CBS had forbidden him from interviewing Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, citing a potential Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threat related to the equal-time rule. This announcement was made on a recent episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
According to Colbert, the network's lawyers directly informed him of the decision. He stated that he was told "in no uncertain terms" that he could not have Talarico on the broadcast. Furthermore, Colbert was instructed not to mention the cancellation of the interview.
In other news, a GoFundMe campaign was launched to raise money for Bitcoin purchases, aiming to gather information about the whereabouts of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, whose disappearance has captivated the nation. The campaign, organized by Shawn Breeden of Tucson, where Guthrie went missing, seeks to raise $65,000 but had only raised approximately $1,500 at the time of reporting. Breeden wrote on the campaign page that "Every bit of support helps bring this tragic event closer to an end."
Meanwhile, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, at age 84, was remembered for his civil rights activism. Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1941, was shaped by the racially segregated Deep South. He crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, using a wheelchair.
In Texas, billionaire Edward Roski, Jr., a Trump supporter, blocked the sale of a warehouse for potential use as an ICE detention center. Roski confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security had approached his firm, Majestic Realty, to sell a 1 million-square-foot facility. However, Roski stated that "this deal was not going to happen—and nor will any deal like it at his company."
Finally, an analysis of 40 years of government data revealed that the U.S. is at a "medium level" of atrocity, while Iran is at a "high level." The data highlighted the killing of over 1,300 people in the U.S. in 2025 by law enforcement. In January 2026, thousands were killed by Iranian security forces during protests. The classification of these events as atrocities is complex, as there is no universally agreed-upon definition.
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