🇸🇾🇪🇺⚡️- Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) will meet a delegation from the European Commission today in Damascus.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Times of Israel reports that the ceasefire will begin at 4:00PM local time (9:00AM EST,) coinciding with the release of prisoners from Gaza back to Israel.

🇮🇷🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Al-Mayadeen reports rallies across Iran celebrating the emergent Gaza ceasefire.

🇾🇪🛢⚡️- Reuters reports that oil prices have dropped amid expectations that, as a result of the ceasefire in Gaza, Ansarullah's attacks on shipping in the Red Sea will end.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Statement from Hamas on the ceasefire deal:

"With the gracious efforts of mediators, the obstacles that arose due to the occupation’s failure to adhere to the terms of the ceasefire agreement were resolved early this morning. The movement has worked towards a comprehensive national prisoner exchange involving all factions and members of our people. We affirm that the lists of prisoners released in the first phase of the exchange, as part of the ceasefire agreement, will be published by the Prisoners’ Office in accordance with the stages and procedures of the exchange."

🇱🇧🇺🇸🔜 U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Lebanon to inaugurate the new U.S. embassy upon its completion, marking the first visit by an American president to Lebanon - (Journalist Ibrahim Rihan)

🇺🇸⚡️- President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sean Curran (pictured on the right in sunglasses during Trump's famous raised fist photograph) to be the Director of the United States Secret Service.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Biden discussed pardoning Trump, sources say; unclear if seriously being considered." - NBC News.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Office of Prime Minister Netanyahu confirms the Israeli cabinet has approved both the prisoner exchange deal and the Gaza ceasefire deal.

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡️- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met in Moscow today, with both parties agreeing to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- President-elect Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation a short time ago.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Palestinians serving life sentences under administrative detention will be released to Jerusalem and the West Bank." - Israel Channel 14.

🇺🇸🏛️⚡- BREAKING: SCOTUS rules against TikTok; Sunday ban will go forward.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts at Nir Am in the Gaza envelope, southern Israel.

🇺🇸⚡️- In a final act of vandalism, the Biden Admin is attempting to force the Equal Rights Amendment into the US Constitution despite the Amendment not being ratified by enough States in the Union.

🇺🇸⚡️- If this were to actually be enforced every State level restriction on abortion, transgenderism, liberal school carriculums, and attempts to curtail any Civil Rights era laws would be unconstitutional.

The ERA was effectively defeated decades ago and many States reversed their ratifications after the original deadline in 1982.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump's inauguration has been moved indoors due to cold temperatures.

🇺🇸⚡️- This announcement coincides with a rally of progressives outside the National Archives who have been pressuring them to illegally certify the Amendment.

🇺🇸⚡️- This will be the first indoor ceremony since Ronald Reagans second swearing in back in 1985.