🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 - Despite the Iranian Foreign Ministry denying possible US-Iran talks, Axios now reports Iran's Abbas Araghchi is set to meet US Envoy Steve Witkoff in Istanbul on Friday.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 - Israeli Channel 12 and Channel 15 have both reported a meeting on Friday will take place between Witkoff and Araghchi in Istanbul.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Hezbollah-affiliate al-Mayadeen, citing Iran's Ministry of Intelligence, confirms US-Iran negotiations, stating they are taking place "within the framework of [Iran's] national interests."

Al-Mayadeen reports the Iranian Supreme National Security Council has approved the talks.

🇺🇸⚡️- A U.S. intelligence official filed a complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The complaint is so highly classified that it has been stored in a safe in Gabbard’s office.

Officials stated that the “Disclosure of its contents could cause 'grave damage to national security,” as well as “It also implicates another federal agency beyond Gabbard’s,”

Notably, the complaint was filed in May, and the whistleblower’s lawyer has not even had access to the information in it. The delay in sending the complaint to Congress is another strange component of this case.

“The inspector general is generally required to assess whether the complaint is credible within two weeks of receiving it, and share it with lawmakers within another week if it determines it is credible.” - WSJ.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “The recent sedition was orchestrated by Zionists & the US. I was informed through a certain channel that the CIA & Mossad deployed all of their resources into the field! Nevertheless, they were defeated. The sedition's plan was developed abroad, and it was managed from abroad.” - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

🇺🇸⚡️- “This is not true and is one of the most disgusting cases of clickbait I have ever seen.

There was absolutely NO wrongdoing by DNI Gabbard, a fact that [the] Wall Street Journal conveniently buried 13 paragraphs down. Even the Biden-era Intelligence Community Inspector General came to this conclusion, determining that the Whistleblower’s allegations against DNI Gabbard “did not appear credible.”

This is a classic case of a politically motivated individual weaponizing their position in the Intelligence Community, submitting a baseless complaint and then burying it in highly classified information to create 1) false intrigue, 2) a manufactured narrative, and 3) conditions which make it substantially more difficult to produce "security guidance" for transmittal to Congress.

Even so, and contrary to the Wall Street Journal's false reporting, there was no delay in producing the "security guidance" from DNI Gabbard, AND the Whistleblower's complaint is with the Congressional Intelligence Committees for review.

Director Gabbard has always and will continue to support Whistleblower's and their right, under the law, to submit complaints to Congress, even if they are completely baseless like this one.” - Director of National Intelligence Press Secretary Olivia Coleman.

🇺🇸⚡️- Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts is now imposing Non Disclosure Agreements on clerks and staff at the Court.

This comes after high level leaks from the Supreme Court in the last few years including the Dobb's decision overturning Roe v Wade.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- President Trump announces a new trade deal with India and a reduction of tariffs after PM Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil.

🇺🇸⚡️- New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces police will no longer cooperate with ICE/Border Patrol officers.

New York stands to lose another electoral vote in the 2030 census unless illegals are counted.

🇺🇸⚡️- Chuck Schumer says the national voter ID bill is "dead on arrival" in the Senate comparing it to Jim Crow.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Yoram Hazony's National Conservatism Conference will be held in Jerusalem this summer.

🇺🇸⚡️- 10 years ago today, Jeb Bush while campaigning for President asked an audience in New Hampshire to "please clap".

🇻🇦⚡️- The Society of Saint Pius X has announced they will consecrate bishops without Vatican approval.

🇺🇸⚡️- Texas Democrat Collin Allred has endorsed Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate primary.

🇺🇸⚡️- This endorsement of Crockett was triggered by a fake news story that the White progressive candidate James Talarico called Allred a "mediocre black man".

There is no evidence this was ever said by Talarico.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- James Talarico in his campaign has consistently denounced AIPAC and Israel's war against Gaza while Jasmine Crockett has voted for increased military aid to Israel in the House even as recently as last month.

Although Crockett herself has not taken donations from AIPAC, other Israeli/jewish groups are spending millions of dollars this year tacitly supporting pro Israel candidates in the Democratic party against anti Israel progressives.

🇫🇷⚡️- Following the revelations of her involvement with Epstein, Caroline Lang quit her functions within the French Union of Independent Movie Producers. Her father, the influent Jack Lang, denied knowing of Epstein's sexual crimes.

The latest EFTA releases showed both Caroline and Jack Lang served as Epstein's main intermediaries when he was dealing with french businessmen.

🇺🇸⚡️- The US Labor Department indicates the January jobs report won't be released this Friday as planned, citing ongoing partial government shutdown as the reason.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Israel tomorrow for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials, where Israel is expected to outline its three major red lines: Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, its nuclear enrichment program, and its support for proxies throughout the region.

Notably, the Financial Times reported that the U.S. was originally focused only on the nuclear program and did not prioritize the other factors, which have long been considered major red lines for both Iran and Israel.

🇺🇸⚡️- SpaceX announces that it has acquired xAI.

🇺🇸⚡️- ICE and all Federal Agents in Minneapolis will wear body-cams effective immediately, with a gradual plan to increase that to every agent in the country, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.