Israel has turned to pro-Trump social-media influencers as part of a new lobbying strategy in Washington.

Disclosure filings show plans to spend about $900,000 on influencer campaigns aimed at U.S. audiences, as Israeli officials seek to counter rising anti-Israel sentiment on the American right.

Netanyahu has met repeatedly with conservative podcasters and influencers, urging them to promote pro-Israel views and support tougher policies toward Iran.

Source: WSJ

BREAKING: Trump:

Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. This Order is final and conclusive.

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Russia's Medvedev:

Trump needs to hurry. According to unverified information, in a few days a sudden referendum may take place, at which all 55,000 residents of Greenland could vote to join Russia. And then that’s it!

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U.S. Department of State:

Protests across Iran are escalating. Increased security measures, road closures, public transportation disruptions, and internet blockages are ongoing.

Airlines continue to limit or cancel flights to and from Iran, with several suspending service until Friday, January 16.

U.S. citizens should expect continued internet outages, plan alternative means of communication, and, if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Türkiye.

Ukrainian Envoy to the UN, Andrii Melnyk:

Every time the international community believes that Russia has reached the limits of lies and barbarity, Moscow once again outdoes itself.

It finds a way to sink even lower, proving that there is no bottom to its criminal intent.

Ukrainian Envoy to the UN, Andrii Melnyk:

Russia deliberately waited until early January, when temperatures in Ukraine plunged to minus 15 degrees Celsius, to unleash some of its most devastating drone and missile strikes against our energy infrastructure, pushing millions of civilians into freezing conditions.

Reza Pahlavi:

Any campaigns of liberation has occurred at the time that the world finally took the side of those people vis-à-vis oppressive regimes that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. It put an end to the Soviet Union and liberated countries that were stuck behind the Iron Curtain.

There are precedents in history, and I think Iran should not be the exception.

Source: CBS News

Norah O'Donnell: Is it responsible to be sending citizens in Iran to their deaths? Do you bear some responsibility?

Reza Pahlavi: This is a war and war has casualties...

Source: CBS News

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Reza Pahlavi:

If the people did not actually believe that I can be the person doing that for them or the person to be trusted, they wouldn’t be in the millions on the streets of Iran, in the four corners of Iran, chanting my name and asking for my return.

That should be indicative of the reality on the ground.

Source: CBS News

Reza Pahlavi claims he is “prepared to die for liberty.”

Source: CBS News

Reza Pahlavi claims that elements of Iran’s leadership are “gearing up to escape from the country” and “loading up planes to take off,” saying he receives intelligence from inside Iran, including information from secret meetings within the supreme leader’s inner circle.

Source: CBS News

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Senator Graham:

To the ayatollah: we don’t talk as much as we used to. Have I offended you?

As to your recent warning to American politicians, I hear Moscow is a winter wonderland.

Beware of the drones.

Trump is reviewing a wider range of military strike options against Iran, including nuclear sites and missile facilities.

The Pentagon is weighing options from cyberattacks or limited strikes to broader air campaigns.

Sources say diplomacy remains the first option.

Source: NYT

Iran has supplied nearly $3 billion in missiles to Russia since late 2021.

Missile deliveries include hundreds of Fath-360 short-range ballistic missiles, ~500 other SRBMs, and ~200 surface-to-air missiles.

Total Russian spending on Iranian military gear since 2021 exceeds $4 billion, including Shahed-136 drones, ammunition, and tech transfer that enabled Russia to produce Geran-2 drones domestically.

Source: Bloomberg

U.S. military used an aircraft painted to look civilian to strike a suspected drug-smuggling boat in Sept 2025, killing 11 people.

Legal experts warn the civilian-looking aircraft may constitute perfidy (a war crime) under the laws of armed conflict.

The Pentagon denies wrongdoing.

Source: NYT

Germany's Merz says he shares Trump’s security concerns about Greenland and wants a NATO-based solution, not confrontation.

“We share the American concerns that this part of Denmark needs to be better protected… I hope that we will reach a mutually acceptable solution within NATO.”

Source: Politico

NEW: Pentagon funded an eight-figure undercover purchase of a pulsed radio-wave device now tested for links to Havana Syndrome.

Device fits in a backpack and has Russian components.

Officials fear the device’s capabilities may have spread.

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German Foreign Minister Wadephul on Iran:

This regime has obviously lost all legitimacy and no longer has the support of the Iranian people.

We will apply all measures available to us, including sanctions, against this regime.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul on possible U.S. invasion of Greenland:

I have no indication whatsoever that this is being seriously considered.

Hegseth on Yemen's Houthis:

They cried, ‘Uncle!’ and said, ‘We’re not going to shoot at your ships anymore.’

These airframes and others helped bomb the Houthis for 50 days.

American ships now sail freely. Peace through strength.

Hegseth:

We brought the indicted nominal leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from the most fortified house… without them knowing we were there until three minutes before.

No other military on planet Earth could pull that off.