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Quote:The FBI has collected DNA from a glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s house, which may have come from the armed suspect seen at the 84-year-old’s door the night she disappeared.
The bombshell revelation means that investigators could finally have DNA evidence from the primary suspect in the Feb. 1 abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mom, law enforcement sources told The Post.
“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” an FBI spokesperson told Fox News, which first broke the story.
The glove — one of 16 found by detectives — appears to be the one that The Post observed FBI evidence specialists collecting from a roadside about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson house.
Investigators told Fox it appears to match the black nitrile gloves pulled over another pair of gloves, which were worn by the masked fiend who was captured by Guthrie’s Nest door cam. Sources cautioned that the glove isn’t confirmed to be from the suspect — merely that it looks like it could be the one he was wearing.
The glove — one of 16 found by detectives — appears to be the one that The Post observed FBI evidence specialists collecting from a roadside about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson house.
Investigators told Fox it appears to match the black nitrile gloves pulled over another pair of gloves, which were worn by the masked fiend who was captured by Guthrie’s Nest door cam. Sources cautioned that the glove isn’t confirmed to be from the suspect — merely that it looks like it could be the one he was wearing.
FBI evidence technicians are now working to double-check the DNA results before running them through the national database of crime suspects to see if there are any matches.
It usually takes around 24 hours from when the FBI receives DNA to put it into CODIS, the bureau’s national DNA database, an FBI spokesperson said.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on Sunday that the DNA results are still pending at a private lab in Florida.
Detectives prioritized certain DNA submissions, Nanos told Fox News, although he didn’t elaborate on what those are or which results will come back first. The FBI has said it will continue to provide assistance on whatever timeline is provided to the bureau.
Quote:The sheriff leading the search for Nancy Guthrie has admitted it could take “years” to find her, as the hunt to find the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie enters its third week.
With no arrests made and no suspects identified despite a massive two-week search involving police, the FBI, and promises of support from President Trump, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confessed to finding the case “exhausting.”
“It’s exhausting, these ups and downs. But we will keep moving forward,” Sheriff Nanos told the New York Times on Friday.
“Maybe it’s an hour from now. Maybe it’s weeks or months or years from now. But we won’t quit. We’re going to find Nancy. We’re going to find this guy,” he added.
The sit-down was the sheriff’s first media appearance in several days, but he offered no new information about potential suspects.
Sheriff Nanos, who has been criticized for the investigation, did say that investigators had found DNA belonging to someone not in close contact with Nancy at her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood north of Tucson.
DNA tests are also being run in a lab on two gloves found about two miles from Nancy’s home, Nanos noted.
The Post exclusively reported about one of the gloves being recovered by FBI evidence specialists.
He said he had “no way” of knowing whether the gloves were the same ones worn by a masked man seen in footage recovered from her doorbell camera on the night she was abducted.
Some 400 people are now on the case, and investigators are still “looking hard,” Sheriff Nanos said, as he reiterated his certainty that they would find Nancy and her abductor.
On Friday night, investigators descended on two locations close to Nancy’s home, shutting down a residential street and swarming a gray Range Rover at a nearby Culver’s parking lot.
The vehicle was photographed heavily by investigators before being towed away.
Quote:A veteran Chicago-area gym teacher was pushed out of his job over a two-word social-media post in support of ICE and calls the experience “devastating and surreal.”
James Heidorn, a “beloved” longtime educator at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, came under heavy fire by hysterical community activists and local lawmakers when he wrote “GO ICE” on Facebook last month in response to a news story about local cops pledging to cooperate with immigration enforcement.
“This process has been professionally and personally devastating and surreal,” Heidorn told Fox News Digital on Sunday.
“I’ve spent 14 years building my career, pouring my heart into teaching kids, building relationships and being a positive role model,” he said.
“To see it all upended over two simple words, ‘Go ICE,’ where I expressed my personal support for law enforcement felt like a severe blow to my career.”
Heidorn’s “GO ICE” posting had sparked an outrage brushfire in his heavily Hispanic school district, culminating with the teacher being placed on leave and then dragged in to meet with HR on Jan. 22.
The phys ed instructor briefly quit before rescinding his resignation later that day and was going to return to school the following Monday as the investigation continued.
But the torch-and-pitchfork brigade already had already been whipped into a frenzy.
Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa, who in September was caught on video chasing ICE agents down the street, condemned the teacher’s “disturbing” Facebook post while claiming she stood in “unwavering solidarity” with families who were upset by it.
Before the investigation even ran its course, West Chicago Mayor Daniel Bovey posted a video of his own on Facebook denouncing Heidorn’s pro-ICE post as “hurtful” and “offensive” to many in the community.
“The issue is we have trusted adults who are the ones that care for those kids when they can’t be with their mom and their dad,” Bovey said. “So to have someone cavalierly rooting on — as if it’s a football game or something, yeah go — events which have traumatized these children… that is the issue,” he said.
Bovey even arranged for a “listening session” for members of the school community — complete with a Spanish translator — in which parents and locals raked Heidorn over the coals, calling his post “cruel” and claiming “kids do not feel safe” as a result.
“This started with a two-word comment on my personal Facebook page supporting law enforcement—nothing more,” Heidorn said. “It wasn’t directed at any student, family or school community.
“Second, I was placed on leave and faced intense pressure before any full investigation or fair process could play out, with this it led to my resignation.
The Trump administration announced Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis is coming to an end
Quote:The highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is arguing that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in his state is already producing incredible results.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital on Thursday that Operation Metro Surge, the federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis, helped recover some 3,000 migrant children who were previously thought to be missing.
"Do you realize that Operation Metro Surge picked up 4,000 illegal alien criminals? Rapists, murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers — 4,000!" Emmer said.
"And by the way, I was told that, coming down here from the [House floor], that they've also located 3,000 missing migrant children. I mean, that's just in the Minneapolis area. You gotta be kidding me."
Emmer, who has emerged as one of Trump's most outspoken congressional allies during his second White House term, is also an aggressive critic of his state's Democratic leadership.
He accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison of rooting against the success of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
"Their crazy sanctuary state and sanctuary city policies literally have allowed these criminals to roam our streets and put our law-abiding, tax-paying, American citizens' — good Minnesotans' — lives at risk," Emmer said.
Trump ordered a surge of federal law enforcement, primarily Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to the progressive-run city in a bid to find and arrest illegal immigrants that have been shielded by its sanctuary policies.
The administration announced on Thursday that it was ending the deployment.
The federal operation in Minneapolis has been controversial at times and led to fierce clashes between law enforcement and city residents. Criticism or praise have largely fallen along partisan lines.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for added scrutiny after two U.S. citizens were shot during anti-ICE demonstrations there. Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent after being accused of hitting him with her car while attempting to drive away, while Alex Pretti was fatally shot multiple times by Border Patrol weeks later.
Emmer blamed the chaos on a refusal by state and city Democrats to cooperate with federal authorities.
"I don't care if you think they were in the right place, the wrong place, it doesn't matter. A loss of a life is tragic, but it didn't have to be this way," he said. "Had there been cooperation, none of this would have happened. If they will cooperate, which it sounds like they are now going forward, things are going to settle down very fast."
Quote:A supervisor at the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s office in the Dominican Republic has been arrested as part of an investigation into abuse of a US visa program for confidential informants, a current and former US official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The arrest comes as the Trump administration has abruptly shuttered the anti-narcotics office in the Caribbean nation over what it said was a “disgusting and disgraceful violation of public trust.”
Melitón Cordero was taken into custody as part of an investigation led by US Department of Homeland Security, the two people said.
They spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
There were no additional details about the arrest and messages to Cordero’s cellphone were not immediately returned.
Neither DHS nor the DEA immediately responded to request for comment.
Earlier Thursday, US Ambassador Leah F. Campos said she has closed the DEA’s office until further notice without providing a reason.
“It is a disgusting and disgraceful violation of public trust to use one’s official capacity for personal gain,” she wrote on X. “I will not tolerate even the perception of corruption anywhere in the Embassy I lead.”
Dominican Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Álvarez said the closure had nothing to do with the Dominican government but was part of an internal US investigation.
Every year, the DEA, FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies sponsor the entry to the United States of hundreds of foreign nationals who might otherwise be considered inadmissible due to their association with criminal activity.
Over time, many of the individuals, who are expected to assist investigators, become eligible for permanent residency.
MIDDLE EAST
Quote:Israel has joined President Donald Trump’s newly formed Board of Peace, the group announced late Wednesday in a post from its official X account.
“The Board of Peace welcomes Israel as a founding member of our growing international organization,” the statement said, alongside an image featuring the Israeli and U.S. flags.
The announcement follows weeks of invitations sent to governments around the world as the Trump administration moves forward with what it has described as a new international framework tied initially to Gaza and later expanded into a broader global initiative.
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Israel had been among dozens of countries reported to have received an invitation to join the Board of Peace earlier this year. Its acceptance now makes it one of the countries formally aligned with the initiative as it moves from announcement to implementation.
The Board of Peace is part of a wider structure unveiled by the White House. That architecture includes the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which is intended to advance the next phase of the U.S. peace plan, as well as multiple executive boards focused on diplomacy, development and governance.
While dozens of countries were contacted, several governments have declined to join. France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden have all said they will not participate, citing concerns about the board’s scope and its relationship to the United Nations.
The Board of Peace was initially framed by the Trump administration as a mechanism to oversee the next phase of its Gaza peace plan, including post‑war governance and reconstruction in the territory. Critics have questioned the involvement of Israel, given that the country remains directly involved in the war in Gaza and would be participating in a body tied to managing its aftermath.
Quote:The U.S. will send a second major aircraft carrier to the Middle East, according to reports, in a move seen as President Trump exerting more pressure on Iran to reach a nuclear deal in coming weeks.
The New York Times first reported U.S. officials saying that the USS Gerald R. Ford would be deployed to the region from the Caribbean Sea as President Donald Trump weighs whether to take military action against Iran.
The Wall Street Journal, CBS News and The Associated Press were among outlets that reported on the expected deployment of the second carrier, citing unnamed officials.
Newsweek has contacted the White House and the Pentagon for comment outside of office hours.
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It comes only a couple of weeks after the deployment to the Middle East of aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, along with three guided-missile destroyers.
Trump described that deployment as an "armada" and there is a significant US military build-up in the Middle East now.
The Ford was deployed last June, initially to Europe but was then sent from the Mediterranean Sea to the Caribbean as part of a military buildup around Venezuela that preceded the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Trump had told Axios previously he was looking to send a second carrier strike group to the Middle East if negotiations with Tehran failed.
Trump had warned of American intervention in the Islamic Republic following its violent crackdown on protesters at the start of the year and has said he wants a deal, likely to curb Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities.
Trump warned on Thursday that failure by Iran to reach a deal with his administration would be "very traumatic." and that regarding the prospect of striking a deal with Iran on its nuclear program, he added, "it should happen quickly."
"They should have made a deal the first time, and they got Midnight Hammer instead," Trump said, referring to U.S. strikes against Iran’s nuclear program that he ordered in June 2025.
The previous day, Trump held White House talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who wants Washington to press Tehran to scale back its ballistic missile program and end its support for regional proxies.
Netanyahu said that he expressed skepticism about the nature of any agreement with Iran but "it must include the elements that are very important to…Israel" and not just Iran’s nuclear program but "also the ballistic missiles and the Iranian proxies in the region."
Although the protests in Iran have waned, anger in the country after the authorities’ crackdown on dissent may intensify in the coming days as families of the dead begin marking the traditional 40-day mourning for those killed.
Quote:President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters that regime change in Iran would be "the best thing that could happen," as he continues to build up the U.S. presence in the region as part of possible weeks-long operations against the Mideast nation.
Reuters, citing two U.S. officials, said that if Trump ordered an attack, it would lead to a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the two countries. However, the two nations continue to seek a diplomatic path.
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Speaking with reporters during his visit to Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Friday, Trump addressed questions about the growing U.S. presence in the Middle East, particularly after the president said the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is relocating from the Caribbean to join other warships and military assets in the Gulf region.
"Sometimes you have to have fear. That's the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of," Trump said.
The White House told Reuters that the president has put "all options on the table with regard to Iran," but that he "listens to a variety of perspectives on any given issue."
However, any final decision will be "what is best for our country and national security," the White House said.
Two aircraft carriers have remained in the region since last summer, when the U.S. carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Fordow complex south of Tehran.
Any conflict would risk regional destabilization, as any strike on Iran would almost certainly be met with retaliation, and Iran boasts a significant missile arsenal, according to the unnamed officials.
Iran could strike at military bases in countries across the region, with facilities in Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Turkey.
UKRAINE WAR
Quote:A stunning documentary is exposing Vladimir Putin’s deep-rooted indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren as the strongman’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its four-year anniversary.
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” follows kids in a Siberian town – secretly filmed by Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, 34, one of their now exiled teachers – as they are transformed into mini Russian fighters, marching through the hallways and pledging allegiance to the Kremlin.
“We filmed undercover in Pasha’s school for two and a half years, knowing that any misstep could result in Pasha losing his freedom,” filmmaker David Borenstein, who co-directed the documentary with Talankin, told The Post.
“His courage is at the heart of the story.”
Set in the industrial city of Karabash – notoriously known as one of the most polluted places on Earth –Talankin filmed inside the local high school where he worked as a videographer, following life after a Russia Education Ministry edict installed a new curriculum aimed at pushing loyalty to the Kremlin.
“I love my job,” he says in the documentary, “but I don’t want to be a pawn of the regime.”
After studying film in Russia’s regional capital of Chelyabinsk, Talankin returned home to work at Karabash School No. 1 where he previously graduated from.
Armed with just a camera, he outwardly complied with the propaganda push while discreetly documenting it.
While Putin continues to wage his war on Ukraine, the school is seen transforming into a pipeline to the bloody conflict. Students compete in grenade-throwing drills, attend weekly patriotic lectures and watch classmates receive conscription notices, according to the documentary.
Shortly after the end of the school year in 2024, Talankin made his daring escape, fleeing Moscow for Istanbul, where he met Borenstein for the first time.
“For anyone that watches this, the message that Putin is delivering to the children of Russia is clear: prepare for a future of warfare and empire,” Borenstein warned.
“This does not end with just Ukraine.”
In one chilling scene, Russian residents are filmed parading through the streets during Victory Day celebrations holding portraits of soldiers killed in World War II — and in Kyiv — blurring the line between past and present.
CHINA
Quote:China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday pledged to thwart "anti-China forces" after the CIA released a dramatic Chinese-language video to solicit informants from the officer corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
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"The Chinese side will take all necessary measures to firmly crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by external anti-China forces and to firmly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a Friday's regular press briefing. "The attempts of anti-China forces will not succeed."
The video opens with a PLA officer entering a military facility for a high-level briefing. "This is the world I am familiar with. Defend the homeland, protect the people," the narrator says. "Yet, day after day, the truth becomes increasingly clear: what the leaders are really protecting is only their own self-interest.
"Anyone with leadership ability is inevitably envied and ruthlessly eliminated," he says—language apparently crafted to resonate with officers unsettled by recent disciplinary actions against senior figures, including Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Zhang Youxia.
In the next scene, the officer watches a military parade at home with his wife while their daughter colors on the floor. "I can’t let these madmen shape the future world for my daughter," he says.
"History tells us that those who win without fighting are the greatest victors. But these people who have never seen war are eager to throw us onto the battlefield."
The video concludes with the officer parking his car and accessing the CIA website on a laptop. "For the future of our country and my family, I have some important information," he types.
NORTH KOREA
Quote:When you play the game of Kims, you win or you die.
Kim Jong Un’s 13-year-old daughter could find herself in a dangerous succession battle with her own ruthless aunt after the North Korean dictator appointed his only known child as his heir according to a new report.
Kim Ju Ae has been picked to lead the nuclear-armed hermit nation when her father — who is just 42 but was previously morbidly obese — dies, according to South Korea’s spy agency.
South Korean spies believes the teen, who is already as tall as her diminutive dad, has started her training to lead the Kim dynasty.
When the time comes, however, the teen may face a direct challenge from her powerful aunt, Kim Yo Jong, according to Rah Jong Yil, the former South Korean ambassador to the UK and deputy director of Seoul’s intelligence service.
Yo Jong, 38, holds significant political and military support in North Korea, with the dictator’s sister widely seen as the second most powerful person in a country where its leaders think nothing about assassinating a rival, even if they’re family.
“It depends on the timing, but I believe if Kim Yo Jong believed that she had a chance of becoming the top leader then she would take it,” Raa told The Telegraph..
“For her, there are no reasons to refrain from putting into effect her own political project,” he added, noting that a power struggle “is probable.”
Pyongyang has seen this before when Kim took over his father’s position in 2011, with the then-young dictator mounting an attack on his uncle and mentor, Jang Song Thaek.
Kim had Jang arrested on charges of committing “anti-party, counter-revolutionary, factional acts,” with the uncle found guilty and executed by firing squad in 2013.
Kim’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, the one-time heir to North Korea, was also killed when a pair of women smeared the deadly VX nerve agent on his face at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 2017.
The suspects were foreign nationals dumped into thinking they were carrying out a prank for a Japanese YouTube show. However, the assassination was carried out as four North Korean agents watched from the sidelines, The Guardian reported at the time.
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said they are closely monitoring Ju Ae, noting that it would be significant if she accompanies her father during a Workers’ Party Congress scheduled for later this month.
First appearing in public at a long-range missile test in November 2022, Ju Ae has since accompanied her father to an increasing number of events, including weapons tests, military parades and factory openings, according to Seoul.
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