🚨 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 ‘𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞’: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩

"We’re prepared to do a second strike, if we need it," President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

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🚨 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐱𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫

The Taiwanese foreign ministry said China’s move was a ‘malicious attempt to intimidate the people of Taiwan’ and an act of transnational repression.

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🚨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬

Notable moments from the past week in America.

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🚨 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬

Flooding was reported across Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.

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🚨 𝐅𝐀𝐀 𝐑𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The FAA’s airspace restrictions in the Caribbean went into effect early on Jan. 3.

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🚨 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐂+ 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲, 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬

The decision follows oil prices falling by more than 18 percent in 2025—the highest yearly drop since 2020.

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🚨 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰

Lower prices will save taxpayers an estimated $6 billion and reduce out-of-pocket spending by about $1.5 billion, according to government estimates.

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🚨 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐢𝐥: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫

Aging infrastructure, frequent blackouts, and poor maintenance have turned Venezuela’s once-vast oil network into a safety and reliability risk.

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🚨 𝐈 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬–𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝

My attention was no longer my own, and I wanted it back.

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🚨 𝐀𝐈 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝

U.S. energy consumption has hit record highs in lockstep with data center expansion.

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🚨 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

As news of Maduro’s capture spreads, people say the episode has intensified debate over authoritarian rule and China’s own political future.

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🚨 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥

‘Prep schoolers make up half a percent of the population, and they run everything. ... Our last five presidencies have been prep schoolers,’ LaTulippe said.

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🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚’𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥

Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba have strongly denounced U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela.

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🚨 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐁𝐈

Bongino said in December that he would step down from the bureau in January.

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🚨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝟑𝟎-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧

The couple prioritizes kindness and time together.

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🚨 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬

The captured Venezuelan leader is set to be arraigned at noon on Monday in a Manhattan federal court before Judge Alvin Hellerstein.

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🚨 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧—𝟓 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰

What started as an economic protest has turned into demonstrators chanting the name of opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s crown prince.

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https://theepochtim.es/16wgwj

A new year is upon us, and that’s a very exciting thing. There are so many destinations to explore—a whole wide world awaiting our adventures.

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https://theepochtim.es/8nqa87

☀️ Astronomer Captures Towering Solar Eruption

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🚨 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤, 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟗𝟔

Schloss and her family were in hiding with the Franks in Amsterdam in 1942, before being sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz.

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