🇺🇸⚡️- MTG will qualify for a Federal Pension on January 3rd 2026, 2 days before her official resignation.

🇺🇸🇸🇴⚡️- President Trump is stripping Somalians in Minnesota of TPS protections after widespread reporting on Somali welfare fraud.

🇺🇸⚡️- Representative Massie on MTG's resignation:

🇳🇬⚡️- An armed group in Nigeria have raided a private catholic school and abducted 215 students and 12 teachers. The government says state police have been deployed in an attempt to rescue the abducted children.

On Monday another armed group had kidnapped 25 female students from a girls boarding school.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump may be preparing for major Cabinet shakeups in January. The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy are the most likely to see new leadership as the current DHS head Kristi Noem is suffering due to her relationship with Corey Lewandowski and DOE head Chris Wright's relationship with President Trump has been rocky for months now.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Active shooter at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Concord, North Carolina. There are reports of at least six people being shot.

🇺🇸⚡️- Scenes from Concord, North Carolina. City police are responding to the shooting.

🇺🇸⚡️- Additional scenes from Concord, North Carolina. Massive emergency presence at Corban Avenue and Union Street, with St. James Lutheran Church in the background.

🇺🇸⚡️- Civilians hunkering down in a What-A-Burger during the shooting in Concord.

🇺🇸⚡️- Local media are reporting 6 people shot and no deaths. No official confirmation yet.

Concord Police Department are set to deliver a press briefing soon.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The Concord Police are actively investigating a shooting that occurred around 7:30PM on Union Street near the intersection with Corban Avenue. The shooting occurred during the City's annual Tree Lighting Ceremony.

Concord Police, Concord Fire, and Cabarrus County EMS personnel were already at the event and responded immediately, providing medical aid and evacuating attendees.

Four gunshot wound victims were transported to the hospital. Three are in critical condition and one is in stable condition." - City of Concord, North Carolina.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli air strikes against Beqaa Valley, Eastern Lebanon.

🇳🇱⚡- Last night unidentified drones were spotted over Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands. Air Force personnel used weapons against the drones but were unable to take them down, the drones left after being engaged.

Volkel Air Base is also home to U.S. Air Force aircraft, and has been confirmed to be one of 6 bases in Europe that house U.S. B61 nuclear bombs.

🇧🇷⚡️- Ex-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested by the Brazilian federal police and is now detained.

🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "We welcome the continued US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine.

The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace.

We believe therefore that the draft is a basis which will require additional work. We are ready to engage in order to ensure that a future peace is sustainable. We are clear on the principle that borders must not be changed by force. We are also concerned by the proposed limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces, which would leave Ukraine vulnerable to future attack.

We reiterate that the implementation of elements relating to the European Union and relating to NATO would need the consent of EU and NATO members respectively.

We take this opportunity to underline the strength of our continued support to Ukraine. We will continue to coordinate closely with Ukraine and the US over the coming days," - Joint Statement by the EU, Canada, Finland, Italy, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK, and Poland.

🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- The EU, the UK, Japan and Canada have firmly opposed the current form of Trump's 28-point peace plan, Bild reports.

Ukraine's allies have strongly opposed any Ukrainian withdrawal, and surrender of territories. The allies have also opposed limits on the Ukrainian army and the unfreezing of Russian assets.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukraine, its European allies and the US will hold talks in Geneva next week.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- UK's Prime Minister Starmer held a phone call with President Trump to discuss the 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan.