🇻🇪🇺🇸⚡️ — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once again danced to a remix of his own speeches asking for peace amid rising tensions with the U.S.

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🇺🇸⚡️ — Trump confidante Laura Loomer has been granted her own Pentagon press room, replacing The Washington Post's Dan Lamothe.

📝ICYMI, all major news outlets resigned from the Pentagon Press Corps in October after Hegseth announced new press restrictions, leaving only fringe and pro-Trump “journalists” remaining.

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🇺🇸🎄 — Trump is referring to this 2024 clip of Former Vice President Kamala Harris saying, "How dare we speak Merry Christmas!"

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🇨🇦🇪🇺⚡️ — Canada has reached an agreement to join the EU’s €150 billion "SAFE" military procurement fund, becoming the first non-EU member to do so, with the access fee still unspecified.

➡️ The deal will allow Canada to supply ammunition, missiles, drones, artillery systems, infantry weapons, and other military capabilities.

➡️ Canada’s defense minister described the opportunity as “enormous,” saying it will boost private investment and strengthen Canada’s own defense supply chain.

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🇺🇸❌🏴 — NEW: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announces that the Treasury Department is investigating the possible transfer of Minnesota tax dollars to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.

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🇸🇩🇷🇺⚡️ — NEW: Sudan has offered Russia a naval base on the Red Sea in exchange for advanced weapons and military support, according to the Wall Street Journal.

➡️ The proposal, made in October, would grant Russia a 25-year presence at Port Sudan and mining concessions, while allowing Moscow to station up to 300 personnel and four warships, including nuclear-powered vessels.

➡️ In return, Russia would supply Sudan’s government-aligned forces with air defense systems and other weapons needed for the ongoing civil war against the UAE-backed RSF.

➡️ If approved, this would become Russia’s first naval base in Africa.

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🇪🇺❌🇧🇾 — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is preparing new sanctions against Belarus over the growing incursions of smuggling balloons into Lithuania’s airspace.

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🇺🇸📞🇻🇪 — BREAKING: President Trump rejected Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s wide-ranging demands for him to leave power during their brief November 21 phone call, which lasted under 15 minutes, according to Reuters.

➡️ Maduro demanded full legal amnesty, lifting of U.S. sanctions, termination of his ICC case, removal of sanctions on over 100 officials, and allowing VP Delcy Rodríguez to lead an interim government ahead of new elections.

➡️ Trump instead gave Maduro one week to leave Venezuela with his family.

➡️ The deadline expired Friday, prompting Trump’s announcement that Venezuelan airspace should now be considered fully “closed.”

➡️ Maduro has since requested another call, and a Washington source says a negotiated exit is still possible, though major disagreements persist.

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🇺🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️ — The Trump administration fears Israel’s uncoordinated strikes in Syria are destabilizing the situation and harming U.S. efforts to broker a security agreement between Israel and Syria, according to Axios.

➡️ U.S. officials say Netanyahu has ordered several recent operations without notifying Washington or warning Syria, including the one in Beit Jinn that killed at least 13 people.

➡️ The officials believe Netanyahu’s actions have partly undermined progress toward a deal that could eventually move Syria toward the Abraham Accords.

➡️ U.S. envoy Tom Barrack and others have held tense talks with Israeli officials while also engaging Syria to prevent escalation.

➡️ There is also uncertainty among U.S. officials about who controls Syria policy in Israel after Ron Dermer’s resignation.

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🇺🇸❌🏴💊 — U.S. officials told NYT that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth authorized a Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat with the intent to kill those on board and destroy the vessel.

➡️ They emphasize that Hegseth’s order did not include guidance on what to do if the initial strike left survivors.

➡️ After the first missile hit and at least two people were still alive, Adm. Frank Bradley, the Special Operations commander on scene, ordered multiple follow-up strikes, which killed the survivors and sank the boat.

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