⚡️🇺🇸 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka AOC), a Democrat Party Representative from New York State claims that SHE is the one actually running the democratic party and not Senator Chuck Schumer (Democrat, New York) like many presume.

AOC has also openly stated that until she has a written statement from President Donald J. Trump, the Democratic caucuses of the House of Representatives and the Senate will not budge or coordinate to reinstate the U.S Government’s total funding.

As of current, the Executive Branch has dedicated the income from tariffs; which at roughly $50 Billion (USD) per month, to cover funding of the Dept of Homeland Security, Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE), SNAP Benefits, etc.

On orders of the Executive Branch, the Department of Defense/War Department has also reallocated unspent funds held for Research & Development to fund the payments of all military personnel, this went into effect over the last 72hrs so at the latest, troops only missed one paycheck (and were paid for that missing paycheck + the one that was due.)

It has officially been 2 weeks into the US Government being shut down as many states have begun preparations for a long term (60+ day) shutdown.

@Medmannews

🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡- BREAKING: During the Putin-Aliyev meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Putin told his Azerbaijani counterpart Aliyev of a plot led by Ramiz Mehdiyev to seize power in Baku.

Mehdiyev, with very close ties to the Kremlin, former Head of Azerbaijan's Presidential Office and member of Azerbaijan's ruling YA Party, told Putin of his plans to form a new government in Baku, overthrowing Aliyev. Mehdiyev promised to realign Baku back with Moscow.

In Dushanbe, Putin exposed Mehdiyev's plot to Aliyev. Upon Aliyev's return to Azerbaijan, Ramiz Mehdiyev has been stripped of all his political power, and has been arrested. He has been charged with treason and attempted coup.

🏳️🇵🇰⚡️- An Afghan suicide bomber has targeted Pakistani soldiers in the border region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Reports of multiple casualties, including Pakistani soldiers and Afghan attackers.

JD Vance:

I think there's a fundamental misalignment of expectations, where the Russians tend to think that they're doing better on the battlefield than they actually are.