In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump Administration’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, in order to protect and support operations carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stating: “At this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois.” The decision was dissented by Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch.
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Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the Prime Minister of the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) in Libya, has confirmed the death of his Chief of General Staff, General Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, and several other members of the delegation who visited Turkey earlier today, as a result of a plane crash on the outskirts of the Turkish capital of Ankara.
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In a letter attributed to Jeffrey Epstein, written from prison the day before his mysterious death and addressed to fellow sexual predator Larry Nassar, Epstein stated, “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked…
According to a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, a letter seen in the latest batch of documents released as part of the Epstein Files that was attributed to Jeffrey Epstein and written to fellow sexual predator Larry Nassar, was determined to be “FAKE” by the FBI. Citing their reasoning as:
- The writing does not appear to match that of Jeffrey Epstein.
- The letter was postmarked three days after Epstein's death out of Northern Virginia, when he died at a prison in New York.
- The return address did not list the jail where Epstein was held and did not include his inmate number, which is required for outgoing mail, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- The writing does not appear to match that of Jeffrey Epstein.
- The letter was postmarked three days after Epstein's death out of Northern Virginia, when he died at a prison in New York.
- The return address did not list the jail where Epstein was held and did not include his inmate number, which is required for outgoing mail, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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The U.S. Navy has confirmed to The War Zone that construction on the first two Trump-class battleships, USS Defiant (BBG-1) and a currently unnamed vessel, is not expected to begin until the early 2030s, with cost estimates still being firmed up and the Navy moving to award sole-source contracts for the design and preparation of the vessels to Bath Iron Works in Maine, Huntington Ingalls Industries in Mississippi, and Gibbs & Cox based in Virginia.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to pursue the Guyana-flagged Iranian-linked sanctioned crude oil tanker, M/T Bella 1, tonight in the Northern Atlantic, officials have told Reuters, with them currently waiting for “specialized” assets and personnel to arrive before attempting to board and seize the vessel, which fled east this past weekend after it was interdicted in the Southern Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela.
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U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier IIs with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) onboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), takeoff and land earlier today, December 23, at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Eastern Puerto Rico.
Photo Credit: Reuters/Eva Marie Uzcategui
Photo Credit: Reuters/Eva Marie Uzcategui
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The White House has taken control of the U.S. Department of Justice’s official account on X, in an effort to temper and counter narratives related to the ongoing release of documents related to the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to sources who spoke with Axios.
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The White House has taken control of the U.S. Department of Justice’s official account on X, in an effort to temper and counter narratives related to the ongoing release of documents related to the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according…
Officials state that roughly 700,000 additional files still need to be reviewed before they can be released to the public, in clear violation of the timeline given by the Epstein Files Transparency Act - which required that all files be published by last Friday, December 19 - with small batch releases expected to continue into early January.
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Reports of an airstrike by the Israeli Air Force on a vehicle containing a Hezbollah operative within the Southern Lebanese town of Jannata in the Tyre District.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has directed the Pentagon to focus almost exclusively on enforcing the “quarantine” of oil coming from and going to Venezuela for at least the next two months, in the form of a quasi-blockade in the Southern Caribbean by the Coast Guard and Navy, a U.S. official has told Reuters.
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Element of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7); the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28); along with what appears to be a Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler and the the M/V Ocean Trader, a highly customized roll-on/roll-off cargo ship converted into a special operations command center and “mothership” operated by U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC), were spotted on satellite imagery heading southeast earlier today in the Southern Caribbean.
Credit for the satellite imagery goes to @SA_Defensa on X.
Credit for the satellite imagery goes to @SA_Defensa on X.
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Element of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7); the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28); along with what appears to be a Henry J. Kaiser-class…
All of the pieces appear to now be in place for future military action against Venezuela and possibly other locations in Latin America.
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