It's called the silly season, not the stupid season. Merry Christmas

NEW: Senator Senator Rand Paul has released his annual Festivus wasteful spending report. This year's highlights include the VA spending over $1 million to force ferrets to binge drink alcohol & the State Dept. spending 200k+ to produce a cartoon in Pakistan to teach kids how to

I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done  via Financial Times ft.com/content/cc77c2…

NEW: President Trump was briefed today by CIA Director John Ratcliffe on a US intelligence assessment that there was no Ukrainian attack on Vladimir Putin's residence as he had claimed, NewsNation has learned. The President's briefing came before he shared an op-ed critical of

Venezuelans gather in Santiago to celebrate news of a US military operation to capture President Maduro reut.rs/4qv0Q7w

Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has said President Nicolas Maduro will face “international justice for the atrocious crimes committed against Venezuelans” after being captured by the US. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/im92wq

BREAKING UK confirms it supported US op in Atlantic

Speaking on Iran, President Trump says "God bless them. I just hope the protestors in Iran are gonna be safe because it's a very dangerous place right now." "And again, I tell the Iranian leaders, you better not start shooting, because we'll start shooting too". #Iran

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

Powell confirms that on Friday, the Dept of Justice served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas related to testimony he gave in front of congress

Iran: U.S. citizens should leave Iran now. Consider departing by land to Türkiye or Armenia, if safe to do so. Protests across Iran continue to escalate. Increased security measures, road closures, public transportation disruptions, and internet blockages are ongoing. The

BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.

Finally some sense. 🔴⚫️

Can confirm Gulf states (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman) worked to convince Pres. Trump not to attack Iran, a source with knowledge in the region tells me. NewsNation They said to “give Iran a chance.”

Here's the note that Elissa Slotkin got in the middle of a Novemer briefing on Venezuela: Mark Kelly on peeking at it: “I’m like, ‘Oh shit. .. Five minutes later, she comes back in, she looks at me and she goes, ‘Well, he called for your execution too.’” cnn.com/2026/01/21/pol…

I wonder if copying Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s campaign graphics will help Chris Hipkins in New Zealand?

Since I hate misinformation, I acknowledge the little boy was abandoned by his father who fled ICE agents. I witnessed great compassion from CBP agents towards abandoned children when I visited the southern border a few years ago - and this little boy is in good hands. But

New: CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil drew 6.4 million viewers on Monday night — largest audience since 2021.

Trump wants to fly in his gifted Qatari 747 by this summer, in time for the country's 250th birthday celebration, whether all the usual Air Force One secret security protections are built into the plane or not w/Tyler Pager nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/…