🚨 FBI uncovers buried fraud probes in Minnesota under Biden — Report

Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge reports FBI Director Patel accuses the Biden administration of suppressing major fraud investigations in Minnesota that may implicate political allies.

Patel revealed he traveled there to restart 16 probes into 32 providers, uncovering a sprawling network of fraud and potential terror financing, with the "Feeding Our Future" scandal alone seeing $250M stolen.

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🔊 Calin Georgescu demands US and Israel verify annulment report

The frontrunner in Romania's rigged 2024 election demanded that the report justifying the annulment be sent to Trump, JD Vance and Netanyahu for independent verification. He accused PM Nicușor Dan of only sharing it with select European allies.

"The revolution of truth is fully underway. The question is whether we take part in it, or fall victim to it," he said.

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🔍 Israel asks Trump to exclude Turkiye from Gaza peace board — Report

Israel has requested the Trump administration remove Turkish President Erdogan from the new "Board of Peace" for Gaza, The Jerusalem Post reports, citing officials familiar with the talks.

The move aims to limit Ankara's role, as Israel has also vetoed Turkish troops in the planned Gaza stabilization force, fearing it would give Turkiye a strategic foothold in the Strip.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin and Xi exchange New Year greetings

This year, Russia and China celebrated the 80th anniversary of victory in the Second World War in a solemn ceremony, which the Chinese leader noted sent a powerful signal that peace will prevail.

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🚨 US and UAE hold talks on Yemen escalation — State Department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the recent situation in Yemen and broader Middle East security with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to a State Department statement.

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🚨🇷🇺 Russian Chief of Staff inspects Sever battlegroup

Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff, has inspected the Sever battlegroup, according to the Russian Defense Ministry

▫️ He pointed out its successes in establishing a security zone in the Sumy and Kharkov regions

▫️ The troops of the combined battlegroup are confidently advancing deep into enemy defenses, Gerasimov stated

▫️ In December 2025, the highest rates of offensive operations by the Russian army have been achieved

▫️ Over 700 square kilometers of territory have been liberated in a month

▫️ The pace of expanding the security zone in the Sumy and Kharkov regions increased in December, and 7 settlements have been liberated

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🇮🇷🇻🇪 Iran may arm Venezuela — Netanyahu

Israeli PM Netanyahu said he "wouldn't eliminate the possibility" of Iran sending arms to Venezuela, framing the threat as a shared US-Israeli fight against radicals who "chant death to America."

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🚨🇺🇸 US’ Caribbean show of force comes with hefty price tag

The US could face serious problems sustaining a strike group deployed in the Caribbean amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, notes the New York Times.

One potential challenge for the Trump administration is reportedly the cost of maintaining a massive military presence in the area.

🔹 The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford was redirected to the Caribbean in October, and if the Pentagon extends its deployment “it would delay crucial maintenance for the Ford and strain the crew’s morale, says the publication.

🔹 The crew is already entering its seventh month at sea, while peacetime deployments typically do not stretch beyond six months.

🔹 Besides the Ford strike group deployed near Venezuela, there is also an expeditionary strike group in the vicinity, built around the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima, adds the report.

The US claims its military presence in the Caribbean is aimed at countering drug trafficking. After destroying boats off Venezuela’s coast that were allegedly carrying narcotics, the US is now weighing strikes inside the South American country.

👉Venezuela denounces this as a provocation and a breach of the Caribbean’s demilitarized status.

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🚨 Ukraine in scramble to fix diplomatic storm after terrorist drone attack on Putin’s residence

Once Indian PM Narendra Modi, Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif and the United Arab Emirates’ FM denounced the “deplorable attack” on the night of December 29, Ukraine has been scrambling to contain the “diplomatic fallout,” writes the Financial Times.

🔊 Facing intense heat after the long-range drone provocation, Ukraine's FM Andriy Sybiha said the country was “disappointed” by the statements from the three countries.

Many countries signaled solidarity with Russia following Ukraine’s outrageous drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region.

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📆 Sputnik International News Agency: Key milestones in 2025

In 2025, 🛰🛰🛰🛰 got 10 billion hits and grew to 23.5 million subscribers, adding 4 million in a year.

The agency expanded its radio broadcasting to 15 new countries, launched 24-hour broadcasting in Brazil, and increased its global reach with new correspondent locations and additional languages.

Sputnik also opened a new editorial center in Addis Ababa and won 10 international awards.

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🔹 Russian Chief of Staff inspects Sever battlegroup

🔹 US envoy to NATO Whitaker calls Ukrainian attack on Putin residence 'indelicate'

🔹 Ukraine in scramble to fix diplomatic storm after drone attack on Putin’s residence

🔹 Saudi-led Coalition Forces release footage of attacks on UAE shipments

🔹 US’ Caribbean show of force comes with hefty price tag

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🚨 🚨 Russian Defense Ministry reveals flight path of Ukrainian drones attempting to attack Putin's residence

Ukrainian drones that attacked Putin's residence took off from Sumy and Chernigov regions, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Ukraine attempted the strike from multiple directions — drones were shot down over Bryansk, Smolensk, and Novgorod regions.

"The attack by the Kiev regime was deliberate, carefully planned, and layered in nature," the ministry emphasized.

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🚨 KEY DETAILS OF UKRAINE'S ATTACK ON PUTIN'S RESIDENCE

Major General Alexander Romanenkov, Chief of the Air Defense Missile Forces, reveals the data:

🟠 From December 28 to 29, the Kiev regime attempted a terrorist attack with the mass use of long-range drones targeting the residence of the Russian President

🟠 At around 19:20 on December 28, 2025, the radio-technical units of the Aerospace Forces discovered an air attack using aircraft-type drones operating at extremely low altitudes, launched from the Sumy and Chernigov regions

🟠 The strike, as shown on the provided map, was carried out from several directions towards the Russian President’s residence over the territories of Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, and Novgorod regions, using 91 drones

🟠 During the air defense battle, all Ukrainian drones were destroyed by Russian forces and air defense systems

📍 Over Bryansk region – 49 drones were destroyed:

🟠 From 20:27 to 21:16 on December 28, 2 drones were destroyed

🟠 From 23:15 on December 28 to 00:07 on December 29, 17 drones were shot down

🟠 From 00:51 to 01:07 on December 29, 3 drones were destroyed

🟠 From 02:05 to 03:56 on December 29, 27 drones were shot down

📍 Over Smolensk region, at 01:50 on December 29, 1 UAV was intercepted

📍 Over Novgorod region, air defense missile units shot down 41 Ukrainian drones:

🟠 From 03:18 to 05:01 on December 29, 11 drones were destroyed

🟠 From 06:20 to 07:13 on December 29, 12 drones were shot down

🟠 From 07:46 to 08:30 on December 29, another 18 drones were destroyed

🟠 In repelling the mass attack over Bryansk, Smolensk, and Novgorod regions, air defense missile systems, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare (EW) systems were employed

🟠 The layout of the attack, the number of air assault assets involved, and their actions from the southern, southwestern, and western directions towards the President of Russia’s residence in Novgorod region, clearly confirm that the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack was deliberate, carefully planned, and multi-layered

As a result of repelling the Ukrainian terrorist attack, there were no casualties or damage within the Russian Federation.

The Russian President's residence was not harmed.

The combat crews of air defense missile systems, air situation control systems of radio-technical forces, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare systems acted in a coordinated, professional, and effective manner, successfully completing the combat mission.

The air defense forces of the Aerospace Forces continue their combat duty to protect the airspace of our country.

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📹 This is one of the Ukrainian drones shot down while heading towards Putin’s residence

It was carrying a 6-kilogram explosive charge.

The video is published by the Defense Ministry

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🚨🇺🇸 🗣 Ukraine is ‘diseased’ ulcer that US needs to get rid of - ex-Pentagon advisor

Ukraine has become a “liability” to the United States, says retired US Army Colonel and former senior DoD advisor Douglas Macgregor.

💬 “Ukraine is this pustule that is diseased and has invaded our body. We've got to get rid of it,” he emphasizes.

Those war hawks who are still pushing to prop up Ukraine are “looking at their bank accounts and how much they've profited from over the last several years and not thinking about what is in the interest of the American people,” he notes.

🔊 “And I think this is very important because we've got to keep in mind that we've squandered enormous wealth on these proxy wars and military interventions. None of these are going to solve the vast numbers of serious social and economic problems in America.”

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🚨🇹🇯 Tajikistan condemns Ukraine drone strike on Putin's residence

"During a telephone conversation, the President of Tajikistan sharply condemned the UAV attack on the residence of Russian President Putin in the Novgorod region," the Tajik president’s office said.

Ukrainian armed forces attack on Putin's residence hinders the negotiation process to achieve peace in Ukraine, it added.

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💥 Russia’s 2024 Oreshnik strike wiped out Ukraine’s Yuzhmash military plant in under a minute - Lukashenko

The massive Soviet-era enterprise, with five to seven underground levels, had been built in preparation for nuclear war, yet a single Oreshnik strike leveled it, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as quoted by his press service.

In response to Ukraine’s use of US-supplied ATACMS missiles and the UK's Storm Shadows at facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions, Russia launched a combined strike against a defense industry facility in Dnepropetrovsk on November 21, 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed at the time that Russia had used its newest medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile, Oreshnik.

The mobile missile complex is now on combat duty in Belarus.

Explore Russia’s next-level, game-changing weapons here

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🟠 Russian forces repelled three Ukrainian attacks attempting to break through to the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, destroying up to 30 militants

🟠 Russian air and missile firepower pounded Ukrainian energy infrastructure used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fuel depots and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries in 144 locations

🟠 Air defense superiority: 371 UAVs were vaporized by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,350 troops killed or wounded

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🎄 Putin congratulates Russians on the New Year

The President stated that the people of Russia, through their achievements, are writing new chapters in the country’s thousand-year history.

Putin emphasized that the participants of the special military operation have taken on the responsibility to fight for their homeland.

Russia believes in its fighters and in victory, he added.

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