Illegal border crossings fall by 35% in Trump's first 3 days in office – reports
The total number of illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border from January 17-19 was 3,908, with the largest number of detentions occurring on Biden's final day in office, Fox News reported.
In contrast, the number of illegal crossings from January 20 to 22, during President Trump’s first three days in office, dropped to 2,523.
Here’s a day-by-day breakdown showing a steady decrease:
🔻Monday (Jan 20): 1,073
🔻Tuesday (Jan 21): 736
🔻Wednesday (Jan 22): 714
The Trump administration has also closed immigration offices in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guatemala, through which migrants could legally enter the US, CBS reported.
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The total number of illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border from January 17-19 was 3,908, with the largest number of detentions occurring on Biden's final day in office, Fox News reported.
In contrast, the number of illegal crossings from January 20 to 22, during President Trump’s first three days in office, dropped to 2,523.
Here’s a day-by-day breakdown showing a steady decrease:
🔻Monday (Jan 20): 1,073
🔻Tuesday (Jan 21): 736
🔻Wednesday (Jan 22): 714
The Trump administration has also closed immigration offices in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Guatemala, through which migrants could legally enter the US, CBS reported.
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Unpacking Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
Putting oil prices down by OPEC means more production in the market, which could benefit the US, Marc Ayoub, a Lebanese energy policy researcher and non-resident fellow at the Tahir Institute for Middle East Policy, told Sputnik.
After entering office, new US President Donald Trump stressed that his administration will prioritize oil extraction in line with the "drill, baby, drill" formula, one of the key factors in Trump’s policy.
There’s also a nuance regarding Russia’s current oil exports to Asian countries. If global oil prices start to plummet, “those players who are buying Russian oil will have no benefits in purchasing it,” the analyst concluded.
Speaking at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump in particular said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to "bring down the cost of oil." Apart from Saudi Arabia, OPEC comprises Algeria, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
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Putting oil prices down by OPEC means more production in the market, which could benefit the US, Marc Ayoub, a Lebanese energy policy researcher and non-resident fellow at the Tahir Institute for Middle East Policy, told Sputnik.
After entering office, new US President Donald Trump stressed that his administration will prioritize oil extraction in line with the "drill, baby, drill" formula, one of the key factors in Trump’s policy.
“Flooding the market with barrels of oil both from the United States and OPEC will have a reflection on the US economy in terms of less inflation [in America] and more public and private revenues,” Ayoub pointed out.
There’s also a nuance regarding Russia’s current oil exports to Asian countries. If global oil prices start to plummet, “those players who are buying Russian oil will have no benefits in purchasing it,” the analyst concluded.
Speaking at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump in particular said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to "bring down the cost of oil." Apart from Saudi Arabia, OPEC comprises Algeria, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
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'Algorithm sucks!!' — Elon Musk criticizes HIS OWN platform
Musk complained about his feed on X, which contains many posts about how the billionaire's heart "went out" to the audience when he was giving a speech after Trump's inauguration.
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Musk complained about his feed on X, which contains many posts about how the billionaire's heart "went out" to the audience when he was giving a speech after Trump's inauguration.
"If I see one more damn Nazi salute in my feed, I’m gonna lose my mind," Musk wrote on his page.
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Lost a leg near Ugledar, now commands a drone platoon
Vladislav, with call sign "Hussar", came to the front as a volunteer. In 2023, he lost his leg to a mine near Ugledar.
But didn't give way to despair: in a record 3 months, he learned not only to walk and run with a prosthesis, but also returned to the service. Now he commands a drone platoon in the Espanola Brigade.
Watch our video to learn the details!
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Vladislav, with call sign "Hussar", came to the front as a volunteer. In 2023, he lost his leg to a mine near Ugledar.
But didn't give way to despair: in a record 3 months, he learned not only to walk and run with a prosthesis, but also returned to the service. Now he commands a drone platoon in the Espanola Brigade.
Watch our video to learn the details!
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🤐🎶Trump would probably skip this one
A woman releases a song about the people of color, different nationalities, and the LGBT* community, calling on netizens to help with further elaboration of the lyrics.
Earlier, Trump issued an order recognizing only two genders in the US and began implementing his plan to swiftly deport undocumented immigrants from the country.
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A woman releases a song about the people of color, different nationalities, and the LGBT* community, calling on netizens to help with further elaboration of the lyrics.
Earlier, Trump issued an order recognizing only two genders in the US and began implementing his plan to swiftly deport undocumented immigrants from the country.
* banned in Russia as an extremist organization
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Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, instructed department staff to implement the strict new guidelines for official documentation, the Guardian reports.
The policy aims to restrict government identification to biological sex, as per the executive order issued by President Trump saying that only "immutable biological classification" (male or female) be used in official documents, the article adds.
Previously, applicants could select ‘X’ to denote “unspecified or another gender identity.”
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Anti-Russian sanctions cost Hungary a staggering $18.8 billion
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"The sanctions took away 7,500 billion forints from us. And now the issue of extending the sanctions is on the agenda. And I pulled the handbrake and asked European leaders to understand that this cannot continue, to force Hungary to pay such a sum. Of course, this is also a threat to others, this is their problem, not ours, not mine, not the Hungarian state's," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the Kossuth radio broadcaster.
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❗️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Timofeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced
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❗️The Russian Armed Forces carried out eight group strikes on critical energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, and drones assembly workshops over the week, Russia's Defense Ministry has said.
🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:
▪️Russian troops liberated nine settlements this past week;
▪️Seventeen Ukrainian soldiers surrendered on the contact line in the same period;
▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 2,300 soldiers in the area of responsibility of Russia's Sever Battlegroup;
▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 1,680 soldiers and 13 ammunition depots over the seven days in the area of responsibility of the Yug Battlegroup;
▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to 455 troops, seven electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots due to the actions of the Dnepr Battlegroup;
▪️Russian air defenses shot down five Hammer bombs, 17 HIMARS missiles, and 752 drones over the week.
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🪖 More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the special military operation's progress:
▪️Russian troops liberated nine settlements this past week;
▪️Seventeen Ukrainian soldiers surrendered on the contact line in the same period;
▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 2,300 soldiers in the area of responsibility of Russia's Sever Battlegroup;
▪️Ukrainian forces lost up to 1,680 soldiers and 13 ammunition depots over the seven days in the area of responsibility of the Yug Battlegroup;
▪️Ukrainian losses amounted to 455 troops, seven electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots due to the actions of the Dnepr Battlegroup;
▪️Russian air defenses shot down five Hammer bombs, 17 HIMARS missiles, and 752 drones over the week.
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Anti-Russian sanctions cost Hungary a staggering $18.8 billion "The sanctions took away 7,500 billion forints from us. And now the issue of extending the sanctions is on the agenda. And I pulled the handbrake and asked European leaders to understand that…
Why isn’t Hungary extending anti-Russian sanctions?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outlined three conditions for Ukraine if President Zelensky wants Hungary to support sanctions against Russia.
Hungary will only back the sanctions if Ukraine:
1️⃣ Restores the transit of Russian gas through its territory
2️⃣ Ceases attacks on the TurkStream pipeline
3️⃣ Stops threatening Russian oil transit
On January 1, Russia's Gazprom announced that it no longer has the technical or legal ability to transit gas through Ukraine following the expiration of a five-year contract.
As a result, natural gas prices in the European market have surged by 20%.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outlined three conditions for Ukraine if President Zelensky wants Hungary to support sanctions against Russia.
Hungary will only back the sanctions if Ukraine:
On January 1, Russia's Gazprom announced that it no longer has the technical or legal ability to transit gas through Ukraine following the expiration of a five-year contract.
As a result, natural gas prices in the European market have surged by 20%.
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❗️Putin ready to speak with Trump — Kremlin
Earlier, the US president said that he wanted to meet his Russian counterpart and that such a meeting is being prepared.
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"We are waiting for signals" from the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Earlier, the US president said that he wanted to meet his Russian counterpart and that such a meeting is being prepared.
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❗️Putin ready to speak with Trump — Kremlin "We are waiting for signals" from the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Earlier, the US president said that he wanted to meet his Russian counterpart and that such a meeting is being prepared.…
'As soon as possible' — Kremlin called on resumption of arms control negotiations between Russia and US
Russia has previously spoken about its interest in dialogue in the field of arms control; the ball is on the side of the United States. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said.
When discussing the issue of arms reduction, the nuclear capabilities of all countries must be taken into account, he added.
He also touched upon the Ukraine conflict, saying:
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Russia has previously spoken about its interest in dialogue in the field of arms control; the ball is on the side of the United States. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said.
When discussing the issue of arms reduction, the nuclear capabilities of all countries must be taken into account, he added.
He also touched upon the Ukraine conflict, saying:
Zelensky cannot be ready for a settlement to the Ukraine conflict, because for this to happen, it is necessary to hold negotiations, but he has forbidden them himself.
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✨ End of the world, now with bowling ✨
An elite bunker for the world's richest people in case of a global catastrophe will be built in the US state of Virginia, writes the Daily Mail.
Capacity - 625 people. The cost of one room in the bunker will be $20 million. Swimming pools, a bowling alley, and a rock climbing wall are planned inside.
Where would you like to wait out the end of the world? Write in the comments👇
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An elite bunker for the world's richest people in case of a global catastrophe will be built in the US state of Virginia, writes the Daily Mail.
Capacity - 625 people. The cost of one room in the bunker will be $20 million. Swimming pools, a bowling alley, and a rock climbing wall are planned inside.
Where would you like to wait out the end of the world? Write in the comments👇
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