Ecuadoran police on Sunday found five human heads hung on display on a tourist beach in Puerto Lopez, as the country reels from a wave of gang violence. Beside them a wooden board had a message threatening gang members who extort protection payments known locally as "vaccine cards".
Jan 11, 2026 Stranger Things
I've always been a fan of political cartoons because I feel that they can just cut through all the nonsense that goes on, and with just one picture and a sentence or two, they can speak volumes. Here are a few of them that I noticed from this past week.
The U.S. attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, over the central bank's renovation of its Washington headquarters and whether Mr. Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the project, according to officials briefed on the situation.
The inquiry, which includes an analysis of Mr. Powell's public statements and an examination of spending records, was approved in November by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of President Trump who was appointed to run the office last year, the officials said.
The investigation escalates Mr. Trump's long-running feud with Mr. Powell, whom the president has continually attacked for resisting his demands to slash interest rates significantly.
The Department of Homeland Security has again required members of Congress to give prior notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities, issuing a new policy to bypass a court order that had blocked officials from restricting such oversight visits.
Less than two weeks into 2026, President Donald Trump's administration has killed a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis and launched an unauthorized invasion of Venezuela, claiming control of the nation's oil and killing upward of 100 people. The administration has done nothing to help make your life better.
Robert Kiyosaki warns of massive unemployment around the corner. And it'll be caused by the biggest change in history. Are you at risk in 2026?
Iran's parliamentary speaker warned on Saturday that Tehran could carry out preemptive strikes against Israel and U.S. military assets in the region, sharply escalating rhetoric as tensions rise across the Middle East. Speaking during a session of parliament broadcast live on Iranian state television, Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Israel -- which he referred to as "the occupied territory" -- as well as U.S. military centers, bases and ships would be considered "legitimate targets" in the event of an attack on Iran, according to media reports. "We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action," Qalibaf said. "We will act based on any objective signs of a threat."
Iranian regime elites, in a massive money laundering operation masquerading as a private bank that essentially allowed high-ranking officials to steal the savings of ordinary Iranians and loot Iran's national treasury for themselves, now face a public who cannot access their bank accounts. Watch the video to see how this massive money laundering operation was done as the regime sees its end coming. Very interesting ... Read more
Donald Trump has urged Cuba to "make a deal" or face consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop. The US president has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuela's leader Nicols Maduro in a 3 January raid on its capital, Caracas. Venezuela, a long-standing ally of Cuba, is believed to send around 35,000 barrels of oil a day to the island. Cuba's foreign minister responded by saying his nation retained the right to import fuel "without interference", while its president said: "No one dictates what we do." Read more
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) appeared on CNN Sunday to defend the fatal shooting of Renee Good, the Minnesota woman shot last week by a federal immigration agent, but was called out in real time for contradicting his own argument in defense of the killing.
Trump officials reportedly worried about quick claims of Domestic Terrorism.' Some in the Trump administration are reportedly concerned with the speed at which officials claimed "domestic terrorism" in the aftermath of the ICE-involved shooting death of Minnesota mom Renee Good.
Mike Brock: Most people don't want to kill their neighbors. Most people don't want to wage unconstitutional war. Most people don't want to shoot women in Minneapolis. Most people don't want children trafficked. Most people don't want the republic destroyed.
Reports of a dramatic escalation in the use of deadly force by Iranian security forces have begun to trickle out of the country despite a severe communications blackout as authorities struggle to contain mass protests. The Center for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, said it received eyewitness accounts and credible reports indicating that hundreds of protesters have been killed in Iran since the government cut off the country's access to the internet on Thursday night.
The Mullahs are finally staring into the abyss, and for once, it's not because of a strongly worded letter from the UN or even Trump's recent bombing raid on their nascent nuclear program.
The National Portrait Gallery swapped out President Donald Trump's official presidential portrait on display this week and changed his biography while they were at it. The New York Times reported Saturday that the language on the wall about Trump and his history "removed wall text that referred to President Trump's two impeachments " language that had upset the White House." The official painting of Trump was recently replaced in the "America's Presidents" exhibition, and the biography was as well. Previously, the language read: "Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials."
Armed Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers intimidated restaurant owner Rob Brown after he asked them to move their vehicles away from his Memphis restaurant.
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