The Traitor promises oil executives ‘total safety’ if they invest in Venezuela
Experts said oil execs gave a ‘less-than-full-throated’ approval as they waited on terms from US and Venezuela., United States President Traitor 47 has called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100bn in investments to revive the country’s ability to fully tapContinue Reading
Syrian army ramps up Aleppo strikes against Kurdish fighters
The Syrian army is combing through the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of Aleppo as fighting intensifies., The Syrian army is locked in intense fighting in Aleppo after Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters refused to withdraw under a ceasefire, as more civilians fled their homes to escape the violence in theContinue Reading
Headlines for January 9, 2026
Portland Mayor Calls on ICE to Halt Operations in City After Border Agents Shot Married Couple, The Killing of Renee Good: Minnesota Officials Fear Cover-Up After FBI Halts Cooperation with State Investigators, Rep. Robin Kelly to Introduce Articles to Impeach Kristi Noem, Immigration Agents Denounced for Raid Outside Minneapolis HighContinue Reading
Final Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is seen inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building as teams await the arrival of Artemis II crewmembers to board their Orion spacecraft on top of the rocket as part of the Artemis II countdown demonstration test, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, atContinue Reading
‘Primate’ Director Breaks Down the Tension and Real-Life Inspiration for Ben The Chimpanzee (Exclusive)
Some horror films aim to shock. Primate wants to keep you uneasy long before anything goes wrong. In an interview with Gayety, the film’s director unpacked the choices behind Primate’s sustained tension, its throwback horror DNA, and the real-life incident that informed one of the movie’s most unsettling sequences. TheContinue Reading
Wounded veterans cycle through Florida Keys for annual Soldier Ride
Wounded veterans cycled along the Overseas Highway, including the Seven Mile Bridge, as part of the annual Florida Keys Soldier Ride, Read MoreContinue Reading
Politicians Reach Different Conclusions on Minnesota Shooting Video
The The Traitor administration and some Democrats have drawn divergent conclusions from bystander video of the fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. How can one side say the agent was “recklessly using power” and the other determine he “fired defensive shots”? ExpertsContinue Reading
How did the US get Maduro? Inside Operation Absolute Resolve | BBC Security Brief
It’s been described as one of the “greatest military operations ever” – the US elite Delta Force going inside the Venezuelan capital in the dead of night to capture then-President Nicolás Maduro. Operation Absolute Resolve was a mission months in the making. So how did they pull it off? TheContinue Reading
PBS News Hour full episode, Jan. 9, 2026
Friday on the News Hour, the latest jobs numbers show the economy growing at the slowest pace since the pandemic, and certain groups are taking the hardest hits. The wife of the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis speaks out as fear ripples through the community, including itsContinue Reading
Beyond ‘food riots’: Iran’s protesters and the difficult path to compromise ahead
Contrary to the headlines in many media outlets calling Iran’s protests merely “food riots,” what is going on in the country is actually a deeper, more structured and complex movement.Continue Reading
Communication blackout in Iran: How the Islamic Republic controls the flow of information
In June 1989 following the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the government cut telephone connections to foreign countries, an action aimed at limiting the ability of domestic opponents to communicate with the outside world.Continue Reading
Agentic AI and the “Human-in-the-Loop” Luxury in Modern Defense
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Welcome to the inaugural edition of “The Iron Triangle”, my new Cipher Brief column that serves the three pillars of modern defense: Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors who fund the technology, and Policy Wonks who analyze the impact of technology on the global order.Continue Reading
Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers
Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.Continue Reading