President Donald Trump used part of a meandering speech to House Republicans to beg photographers to make him look thin.
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Former Arizona state representative Austin Smith (R - Maricopa County) was sentenced to two years of probation and barred from running for public office for five years after forging signatures on his election petition. Defense counsel Kurt Altman pleaded for economic leniency from the Court because Smith's "finances are not extraordinary," so he was only fined $5,500.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on 5 Jan that Vasyl Maliuk will step down as head of Ukraine's effective Security Service (SBU) but will remain in the agency to focus on asymmetric operations against Russia.
Russia has deployed navy assets to escort an oil tanker also being pursued by US forces across the Atlantic, CBS News, BBC's media partner in the US, reported. The ship, which currently isn't carrying anything, historically has transported Venezuelan crude oil and was thought to be between Scotland and Iceland on Tuesday. Read more
Jimmy Kimmel has a lot to talk about. The late-night host returned to the air on Monday, Jan. 5, to catch up on all the news that's happened since he went on his holiday break last month. "Donald Trump did so much crazy stuff over the last two weeks, it would take a nine-part Ken Burns documentary series to cover it all, but I'm going to do my best to boil it down," he said.
"I hope this is the beginning of a longer trend."
Berlin " An arson attack claimed by a left-wing extremist group has left tens of thousands of residents in Germany's capital without electricity in the dead of winter for several days. The Saturday morning arson attack on critical electricity infrastructure in southwest Berlin cut power to nearly 50,000 homes and businesses, and renewed scrutiny of a long-running sabotage campaign by the left-wing "Vulkangruppe." The group claimed responsibility for the fire, which destroyed several high-voltage cables near the Lichterfelde heat and power station and triggered one of the most severe blackouts the capital has experienced in years. Read more
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Trump Mobile's gold T1 phone has missed multiple promised launch dates, with the latest claim now pointing to shipments by the end of January
Jan 6, 2026
Let's talk for a minute about the five-year anniversary of January 6th, because it was a very sad moment in this nation's history. And, unfortunately, that sad moment has actually gotten worse.
During a US American military operation on Saturday, special forces captured head of state Nicolas Maduro and his wife and took them to New York. There they are to be tried for "drug terrorism."
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has a back-up plan to flee the country should his security forces fail to suppress protests or desert, according to an intelligence report shared with The Times. Read more
The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of approximately 2,000 DHS, ICE, and HSI agents to the Twin Cities area as it escalates its federal crackdown amid a widening fraud scandal in Minnesota.
When a wild beast gets a taste for human blood, it can signal a dangerous escalation in predatory behavior. It often leads to increased aggression, relentless hunting, and a loss of fear as powerful instincts come to the forefront making them more daring and less deterred.
They fully become a bloodthirsty predator focused on recurring violence. They take what they want by force. Read more
Seattle has erupted into chaos under its new ultra-woke mayor as a police order allows drug users to avoid prosecution in the city plagued by crime and homelessness. Democratic socialist Katie Wilson, 43, was sworn in as the city's 58th mayor on Friday. Effective immediately, all charges related to drug possession and/or drug use will be diverted from prosecution to the LEAD program,' Barnes wrote in the New Year's Day message reviewed by the Daily Mail. 'All instances of drug use or possession will be referred to Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) - a program designed to redirect low-level offenders in King County from the criminal justice system into supportive social services.' Barnes wrote that if drug offenders refuse to comply with LEAD, prosecutors can then intervene. www.dailymail.co.uk
