Senior officials with the White House purposefully excluded the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, from planning related to operations against Venezuela since last summer, according to people with knowledge of the matter who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

Senior officials with the White House purposefully excluded the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, from planning related to operations against Venezuela since last summer, according to people with knowledge of the matter who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

According to Israeli media sources, a tense & highly unusual incident occurred yesterday with Egypt when an Egyptian Navy combat vessel entered into Israel’s maritime waters (borders) and kept going despite repeated warnings to turn back prompting the Israeli Navy to fire a series of warning shots.

Update: For the first time, the White House publicly reveals plans for Trump’s controversial $400 million, two-story, 89,000 sq ft, 1,000 seat East Wing ballroom. The new ballroom will be as tall as the White House itself.

Gazprom is losing Europe and failing to find a replacement Russia’s oil and gas giant has lost the European market, while alternative directions have failed to offset the losses. In 2025, pipeline gas exports to Europe fell by 44%.

US House passes bill that extends ACA (Obamacare) subsidies for 3 years Now heads to the US Senate 17 Republicans voted in favor of the bill’s passage

Update on Earlier Report: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 DELTA FORCE OPERATORS WHO CAPTURED MADURO NOW REPOSITIONING TO MIDDLE EAST AS IRAN CRISIS ESCALATES The same elite special operations units that captured Nicolás Maduro days ago are now allegedly moving to the Middle East.

The city of Belgorod, Russia has lost power, presumably caused by an Ukrainian strike.

Breaking Just Now: Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) say the DOJ cannot be trusted to release the Epstein files They are urging a federal judge to appoint a Special Master to compel the Department to release all the files in a letter.

Trump says Republican Senators Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Todd Young should “never be elected to office again.”

Breaking: US Senate votes to advance resolution blocking Trump from further US military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization 5 Republicans joined all Senate Democrats in advancing the resolution 🟥Susan Collins 🟥Josh Hawley 🟥Lisa Murkowski 🟥Rand Paul 🟥Todd Young

Breaking: The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has warned of a possible Russian attack in the coming days Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also said there is a risk of a massive Russian strike on Ukraine on the night of January 9.

The New York Times released a forensic analysis of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The video completely refutes the Trump administration’s BS.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe. @reuters.com

A Ukrainian suicide drone has struck another Russian shadow fleet oil tanker. The empty 274-meter-long Elbus oil tanker was on its way to pick up oil in the Russian port of Novorossiysk when it was hit 30 miles off Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

In 3 days, Russia’s full-scale invasion will have lasted longer than the German-Soviet War of WWII. Guess the Russians can't win a war without the support of the West. 🤷🤷

Clashes between the Syrian military, security forces, and paramilitary groups backed by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued today in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

BREAKING: A state of emergency has been declared in Dnipro, Ukraine. After the Russian strikes on critical infrastructure, the city is experiencing a complete blackout. Local authorities report that around 600,000 residents across the region remain without electricity.

Another "Accident" - A private helicopter has crashed in Russia with millionaire Ilyas Gimadutdinov on board. Gimadutdinov is the owner of Tattranskom, a company that provides transportation services to Gazprom and Rosneft, Russia's largest gas and oil companies.

Pokrovsk Update 01/07 PM: While other Trump-caused current events are occurring, let's not lose focus. Russian pressure is expected to persist through winter, aiming for gradual gains via infiltration and maneuver / flanking efforts directed at Hryshyne/Rodynske.

Donald Trump is now lying and spreading disinformation in an attempt to justify the murder of a US citizen by his loyal ICE troopers. Calls the murder victim violent, viscious, and disorderly. Shares the same video his propaganda networks are spreading to lie about the incident.

Tim Walz: "I want Minnesotans to hear this from me. The desire to get out and protest and to speak up to this administration of how wrong this is -- that is a patriotic duty at this point in time. But it needs to be done safely."

Walz: "We get no coordination. They don't tell us they're coming. They don't say why they're sending the largest deployment in American history to Minneapolis. They're not making us any safer. We don't have any of that coordination. They should be talking to us."

Walz: "It's beyond me that apparently from the federal government, the Homeland Security director herself, has already determined who this person who, what their motive was, and they hadn't even been taken out of the vehicle. We're not living in a normal world."

ICE just murdered a U.S. citizen. This violence is the direct result of racist rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and his allies. This is dangerous state-sanctioned violence. We will not stay silent while unqualified masked federal agents terrorize our communities.

The agents were in Minneapolis for one reason: To “own the libs.”

If you shoot someone while they are driving away, you’re a fucking murderer. Hope this helps clear things up for you.

This angle shows Trump’s ICE agent standing on the side of the vehicle and firing into the open window at the driver. This was murder.

Frey: "Beyond leaving the scene, they should also leave our city and our state ... crime is down. What this federal administration is doing right now is not about creating safety. Do not let them tell you that what they are do is about creating safety. It is not. It is having the opposite impact."

ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens

Senator Smith is right. ICE must immediately withdraw from Minneapolis to prevent further escalation. I am horrified by eyewitness accounts of masked ICE agents shooting someone in the head and killing them.

Murder:

Just saw the video of the ICE shooting in Minnesota. That’s murder, full stop. You don’t shoot someone in the head for trying to flee the scene.

Law enforcement officers CANNOT use deadly force against a fleeing person fleeing unless they have a reasonable belief that the individual poses a danger to others (e.g., they know the person is armed). If in vehicle, the person must be threatening to use deadly force with the vehicle or other means

This is what happens when untrained ICE agents who meet the lowest possible standards are sent to play action hero. A U.S. citizen was shot & killed by ICE in Minneapolis. 📌 Eyewitnesses, including a city councilman, say police shot the person in the head. That person is now dead. Read that again

NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

Sen. Tina Smith says a U.S. citizen has been shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Reports are that the woman has been killed. Story developing...

QUOTE OF THE DAY “All peace agreements signed by Russia over the past 15 years have been violated: in Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine. Based on this experience, we want guarantees of peace,” said French President Emmanuel Macron.

Breaking: Virginia Democrats have easily retained the state Senate seat vacated by Ghazala Hashmi, who's becoming lieutenant governor. Michael Jones will join the state Senate. This brings Virginia Democrats' Senate majority back up to 21-19, with the session starting next week.

JUST IN 🔴 U.S. Army Delta Force units have reportedly moved to positions along Iraq’s borders as Iran backed militias continue to reject disarmament, according to a report by Kurdistan24.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, ports in Russia’s Arctic zone are suffering from a lack of essential equipment needed for dredging operations and pier repairs. Most of this equipment was foreign-made, and access to it is currently blocked by international sanctions.

Just Now: Trump posts that Venezuela will be giving US 30-50 billion barrels of oil, confirming the charade was never about narcotic drugs. Not even sure how he plans to implement any of this without military backbone to it.

Breaking Tonight: The Islamic regime in Iran has lost control of its first city. The anti-regime protesters have taken full control of the city of Abdanan near the border with Iraq

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that it would be increasing its annual production rate of PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) Interceptors for the MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile System from roughly 600, to 2,000 a year, under a new contract with the Department of Defense.

The infamous Capitol rioter widely known as the “QAnon Shaman” confirmed that he is no longer a MAGA maniac. Jacob Chansley, the often-shirtless conspiracy theorist who made headlines for bearing war paint & horns during the January 6 Capitol riot, told CNN that

Putin, who hasn’t appeared with his own family for well over a decade, attends an orthodox Christmas service with Russian soldiers and their families. It’s just the latest unsubtle signal he thinks he’ll win in Ukraine – and isn’t interested in the peace deal the US is offering.

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.