New York Post,
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Gabrielle Fahmy
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Rogue states Russia, Iran and China joined naval drills alongside South Africa Saturday, as tensions mount between several countries in the block of nations and the US.
The week‑long exercise, which began Friday off the Cape Town coast and is being led by China, comes just days after the US seized a Russian‑flagged oil tanker north of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean.
China, Russia and South Africa are longtime members of BRICS — the 10-country economic alliance formed in 2009 that sees itself as a counterforce to US dominance — while Iran joined in 2024.
Red State,
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Ward Clark
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On Saturday, we learned that the United States had again hit suspected ISIS forces in Syria in an aerial attack. This is the second such strike in as many months. There have not been any news reports of any American service members injured or killed in Syria since the December 19th, 2025, attack. This second strike is presumably a follow-up.
Meanwhile, talks between the United States and Syria are taking place:
The Ambassador's X post is lengthy, but this passage stands out:
Red State,
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Nick Arama
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The uprising has been going on now for two weeks in Iran, and shows no signs of slowing.
President Donald Trump has warned the mullahs that if they started killing people, they are going to be hit "very hard." He amplified on that on Friday, noting that doesn't mean boots on the ground, but he would hit them "where it hurts." He described the uprisings as people "taking over cities" no one thought possible before. Given what we've seen from Trump, he's trying to get them to comply with his words.
The Hill,
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Ashleigh Fields
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President Trump on Friday night called on credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10 percent.
“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social, using a term he has frequently referred to as a “hoax” pushed by Democrats.
Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%. Coincidentally,
CNBC,
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Michael Wayland
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Stellantis
is scrapping its plug-in hybrid electric Jeep SUVs and Chrysler minivan amid slowing EV sales, quality issues and weakened federal fuel economy requirements.
The automaker on Friday said the decision to end production of the plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chrysler Pacifica was a result of waning customer demand and the need to focus on “more competitive electrified solutions, including hybrid and range‑extended vehicles.”
“Stellantis continually evaluates its product strategy to meet evolving customer needs and regulatory requirements. With customer demand shifting, Stellantis will phase out plug‑in hybrid (PHEV) programs in North America beginning with the 2026 model year,” the company said in an emailed statement.
New York Post,
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Emily Goodin
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Bill and Hillary Clinton are facing contempt of Congress charges if they don’t appear before a House committee next week to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
The couple was originally scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee in December but those appearances were moved to January 13 for him and the 14th for her at the request of the couple, who cited a conflict.
But now they haven’t confirmed they will be there next week. And Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the chairman of the panel, said he’ll slap them with contempt if they don’t show.
New York Post,
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Victor Nava
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President Trump on Friday called on credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10% for one year, beginning later this month.
“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%,” he announced. “Coincidentally, the January 20th date will coincide with the one year —
Breitbart News,
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Ildefonzo Ortiz
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Brandon Darby
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she ordered her country’s top diplomat to speak with the highest levels of the U.S. government to work on improving binational coordination in order to keep U.S. forces from carrying out direct attacks against cartels inside Mexico. This appears to be her latest effort to protect the violent drug trafficking cartels that exert political influence at every level of her country. The announcement came in response to a series of comments made by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who claimed that while his forces had been highly effective in stopping the maritime flow of drugs, drug cartels continue to control Mexico.
Legal Insurrection,
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Mary Chastain
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The Montclair Public School District in New Jersey cannot account for $20 million in missing funds.
To make matters worse, local officials project a $25 million deficit “over the next four years.”
September
The crisis came to light in September when Montclair Township said it couldn’t help the school district with the $20 million deficit.
Township Manager Stephen D. Marks said, “We are not the federal government, and we cannot print money.”
How did that happen? The school district admitted the deficit “is due to years of unbudgeted for spending.”
“The deficit is the result of money that was spent and was not budgeted,
Breitbart News,
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Nick Gilbertson
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President Donald Trump announced during a meeting with executives of top oil companies that U.S. oil companies will invest $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.Trump revealed details of the plan during his remarks at a roundtable with executives, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in the East Room.Our giant oil companies will be spending at least $100 billion of their money, not the government’s money,” he said.
“They don’t need government money, but they need government protection and need government security that when they spend all this money,
The Hill,
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Ryan Mancini
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White House officials have weighed possibly giving lump sum payments to Greenlanders in an attempt to sway them into seceding from Denmark, as the Trump administration brings back its calls to have Greenland join the U.S., Reuters reported.
Government officials, including White House aides, have discussed different figures, from $10,000 to $100,000 per personOne source said internal discussions have become more serious after U.S. strikes on Venezuela ended with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The Federalist,
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Michael A. Fargoso
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Over the summer, a young DOGE staffer was viciously attacked by two D.C.-area teens. The perpetrators went before the D.C. Superior Court and were given probation and sent home. This is par for the course in the District of Columbia courts, which are a perennial mess. They’re a mess in large part due to far-left judges who are selected through a system that disempowers the president who appoints them. While this is a serious problem, there are some ways around it.