The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Thousands of soldiers have been deployed across Mexico as cartel retaliatory violence erupts following the killing of Jalisco new Generation cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes 
• The Senate is scheduled to take a vote on the SAVE America Act, Republicans say it will stop voter fraud but Democrats are criticizing the bill as racist 
• President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver his 2026 State of the Union address tonight, where the focus is expected be on the economy