U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents has shot two people in Portland - ABC

BREAKING: A U.S. official says Russia has dispatched a submarine and other naval assets to escort the empty, rusting formerly known Bella 1 oil tanker wsj.com/world/russia/r…

BREAKING: Venezuela’s interim authorities will turn over 30–50 million barrels of oil, Trump says

NEW: Pentagon tells AP at least 7 U.S. service members were injured in Saturday’s operation in Caracas. Two are still recovering, while five have returned to duty.

Sources say Trump has “no blueprint” for what comes next in Venezuela after Maduro’s capture, describing the approach as day-by-day - The Telegraph

A U.S. State Department official says the Trump administration is making preliminary plans to reopen the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, with early preparations underway in case Trump decides to return American diplomats to Venezuela - The Telegraph

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Chinese state oil majors have suspended purchases of Russian seaborne oil after the U.S. imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Moscow’s two largest oil companies, sources say - Reuters www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Donald Trump no longer plans to meet Putin in Hungary, the White House confirms - The Telegraph

Poland is preparing to amend its law on military deployments abroad to allow its forces to shoot down Russian objects, such as drones, over Ukraine without prior NATO or EU approval - Euractiv

NEW: Chinese drone experts have repeatedly traveled to Russia to help sanctioned arms maker IEMZ Kupol develop military drones, sources and documents reveal. Kupol also received shipments of Chinese-made attack/surveillance drones - Reuters

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BREAKING: India is responding to Pakistani military action, Indian official says - CNN www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

NEW: Politico reports from 3 sources that Steve Witkoff is lead candidate to replace NSA Waltz.

CBS/FOX News reports that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and deputy Alex Wong are leaving their positions. No details given yet.

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Mazloum Abdi, the General Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Ahmed Shar’a, the President of Syria, have announced an agreement in which the SDF will become part of Syria’s state security apparatus

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Discussions about the withdrawal of US troops from all NATO states that joined the alliance after 1990 are one of the goals of the talks between Russia and the US, an Eastern European security official tells BILD www.bild.de/politik/ausl...

Russian officials were caught off guard by Trump’s pivot toward Moscow - WSJ www.wsj.com/world/russia...

BREAKING: Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died

‪NEW: Israel’s foreign minister confirms strikes on suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria to prevent them from falling into hostile hands – AP‬ t.co/5DDDj6ruRp

BREAKING: Israeli ground forces passed the demilitarized zone and crossed into Syrian territory for the first time since 1973, Israeli officials say - NYT www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...

NEW: Iran is conducting a general evacuation from Syria, including IRGC personnel, commanders, diplomatic staff, and Iranian civilians - NYT www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/w...

President Biden has decided to pardon his son Hunter

Large scale Israeli attacks earlier in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh

NEW: UK and France could send troops to Ukraine amid the possibility of a US disengagement from Kyiv following the election of Trump, sources tell Le Monde www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

North Korean technical advisers have arrived in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol, a Ukrainian security source told CNN edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

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U.S. House Ethics Committee votes to withhold Matt Gaetz report

1,000 days since full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦

"The French and the British had authorized Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with their SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles" - La Figaro www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...

BREAKING: Biden has authorized Ukraine to use ATACMS long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia - NYT

Hamas has reportedly lost contact with field leadership in the Gaza Strip overseeing Israeli hostages, and has not been able to communicate with them for about a month, one senior Hamas official tells Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed

NEW: Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media chief Mohammed Afif - Reuters

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The Israeli attack on Iran in late October destroyed an active top secret nuclear weapons research facility in Parchin - Axios www.axios.com/2024/11/15/i...

Elon talking to the Iranian ambassador is insane. That fucking oligarch do not speak on behalf of the US

Trump select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services - AP

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Trump names Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI)

BREAKING: Trump announces Congressman Matt Gaetz to be The Attorney General of the United States

BREAKING: Trump officially announces U.S. Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State

Bluesky has hit 15,000,000 users!

Trump names Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense

BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk will head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)