Quote:A former top FBI official has raised doubts about whether Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mom, Nancy, is really still alive and being held by kidnappers.
“I’m very skeptical of this,” former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker told Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show” on Sunday.
“Is this really a kidnapping? Does somebody really have her, and is she really alive?” he said of the fiends claiming to have her.
The former FBI bigwig voiced his suspicions after Savannah Guthrie and her two siblings took to social media to plead with their mother’s apparent abductor to return her — as they agreed to pay up to the abductors demanding $6 million ransom.
“If this was a kidnapping, it would be a very simple matter to authenticate and provide proof of life,” Swecker said, noting that no evidence had been “credibly authenticated at this point.”
“You have to allow for the possibility that this was something more or something other than a kidnapping.”
Swecker also pointed to the ransom demands being reported, which skyrocketed from $1 million to a reported $6 million in a matter of days.
“Remember now, it was 1 million not too long ago. All of a sudden, it’s 6 million,” Swecker told the outlet.
“I really think there’s a third party here that’s just playing with them, opportunists who think they can exploit this situation.”
At least two purported ransom messages have surfaced since the “Today” show anchor’s ailing mom vanished from her Tucson home.
The first purported ransom note, which was sent to multiple media outlets a week ago, laid out two deadlines — one on Thursday, which passed, and a second on Monday, FBI officials said.
He's got a point here. Why paying them any amount of cash? Especially if you don't know if she's still alive. At this point, even the police could end up finding her body buried somewhere.
By the way, I thought the kidnappers had said they'd only send a single letter and that was it. Yet, they continue sending them to TMZ or her family. This doesn't let me think they'd ever keep their word about returning her alive if they ever comply with their demands.
Quote:TUCSON — An armed thug in a ski mask was seen tampering with Nancy Guthrie’s home security system on the morning she vanished, according to terrifying footage released by the FBI Tuesday — the first major break since the elderly grandmother vanished over a week ago.
The chilling black and white footage and stills were pulled from a Nest camera mounted by the front door of 84-year-old Nancy’s Tucson home — and showed the pistol-packing man staring straight into the lens while apparently breaking into the home.
He tried to cover the camera with a gloved fist, and then pulled a handful of flowers from Nancy’s garden in an attempt to blot out the lens.
The suspect seemed to have a flashlight in his mouth — and lumbered around Nancy’s patio in sneakers, a fleece and a backpack.
And all the while, a handgun was clearly seen holstered in the front of his pants.
The footage marks the first time law enforcement has released any clut about a possible suspect since the mother of “Today” show star Savannah Guthrie vanished 10 days ago.
The pics are also the first indication that police are zeroing in on any suspects at all after a grueling, fruitless investigation.
“Law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote while releasing the images on X.
The images were obtained Tuesday morning with the help of Arizona law enforcement, FBI specialists and “private sector partners,” Patel said.
Nancy had numerous Nest cameras around her property, but had not paid her subscription, so feeds from the night she disappeared were never saved to an account — prompting law enforcement to fear they might be lost forever.
But FBI and Google specialists were able to pull them from “residual data located in backend systems,” Patel explained — resulting in the startling first images released.
Quote:The maze of unlit streets and lack of traffic cameras in Nancy Guthrie’s remote Arizona neighborhood would have made it easier for her abductor to take her away in a car and avoid surveillance, a former FBI agent has claimed.
Authorities on Tuesday released footage showing a suspect approaching the door of the 84-year-old’s Tucson, Arizona, home, but no vehicle has yet been identified as belonging to the alleged kidnapper.
Nancy’s remote, pitch-black Catalina Foothills neighborhood is not doing investigators any favors, according to retired FBI agent James Gagliano, who said that it would have been easy for the suspect to navigate backstreets and avoid cameras.
“I want you to think about Manhattan. This is exactly the opposite to that. This is almost like a Jackson Pollock painting,” Gagliano told Fox & Friends on Wednesday. “The way that the routes go in and out, the ingress could have been one way, and the egress could have been a different way.”
“There are multiple exits here. Some of them are covered by those dome traffic lights that keep an eye on traffic, determine whether or not the signals are working on time, and keep in line the traffic patterns. Some of them aren’t,” he continued.
“So is it possible if the suspect left via vehicle, he would not have been picked up by a license plate reader or one of these cameras? The answer is yes.”
Gagliano said it is unlikely that Nancy’s kidnapper came and left on foot.
While the abductor making off with an elderly woman without a vehicle seems far-fetched, Gagliano pointed out that there are few fences between properties, which would make an escape via the secluded backyards possible.
“They don’t have fences out here; the properties butt up against each other, there’s no cyclone fencing or anything restricting access between the properties,” he said.
Gagliano was speaking after authorities detained an individual for questioning on Tuesday evening following a traffic stop in Rio Rico, Arizona, just south of Tucson.
The man, a FedEx delivery driver named Carlos Palazuelos, added that his house in Rio Rico was also searched as part of the investigation before he was released without charge.
As of Wednesday, no other individuals have been detained in connection with the disappearance of Nancy, who was last seen after being dropped off at her Catalina Foothills home on the evening of Jan. 31.
Savannah put out another message on social media Tuesday, saying she and her family still believe her mother is alive.
“We believe she is still out there. Bring her home,” she said.
Quote:A new letter in the bewildering Nancy Guthrie case has been sent to TMZ, reportedly including a demand for one bitcoin in exchange for information about the elderly woman’s kidnapper.
TMZ reported that the $67,000 payment would be in exchange for the “name of the individual involved.”
The letter, the third alleged note sent out since Nancy was last seen on Jan. 31, contained details of a working bitcoin address, TMZ host Harvey Levin said during Wednesday’s appearance on Fox News’ “America Newsroom.”
“If they want the name of the individual involved, then I want 1 Bitcoin to the following wallet. Time is more than relevant,” the note stated, according to TMZ.
“They said they want one Bitcoin sent to a Bitcoin address that we have confirmed is active. It’s a real Bitcoin address, and as they put it, time is more than relevant,” Levin said. “So we have no idea whether this is real or not. But they are making a demand.”
The bitcoin address is different from the one featured in the original ransom note, which was sent to two Tucson-area TV news stations along with TMZ last week.
TMZ said they have forwarded the note to the FBI.
One bitcoin is currently worth around $67,000, more than the $50,000 reward being offered by law enforcement for information leading to the alleged kidnappers of NBC star Savannah Guthrie’s mom.
It comes after a flurry of updates on Tuesday saw the release of the first images and videos of the suspect in Nancy’s disappearance, retrieved from a Nest doorbell camera at her Tucson, Arizona, home.
Quote:TUCSON, Arizona — FBI agents have recovered a black glove from a roadside near Nancy Guthrie’s house — potentially a major clue in the search for the masked thug who is suspected of abducting the 84-year-old woman, The Post can reveal.
Detectives found the clothing item, which resembles the pair worn by the armed perpetrator caught on video, about one and a half miles from the home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.
Video and photos show at least one member of the FBI Evidence Response team pulling the glove from the low, desert shrubbery in Guthrie’s secluded desert suburb at the edge of Tucson.
Authorities have not identified any suspects behind the presumed kidnapping, in which Guthrie seems to have been forced from her home, leaving a trail of blood behind.
However, on Tuesday the FBI released footage of a man with black gloves, a ski mask, and a holstered gun destroying the security camera on her door.
The footage was the first major breakthrough authorities have revealed after the arduous, 10-day investigation.
The same day, authorities detained a person of interest for questioning near the Mexican border, however the person was released early this morning without charges.
The FBI discovered the glove as part of an “extensive search” of the neighborhood in which agents were out in force combing the roadsides.
“We appreciate the assistance and support we have received from the Tucson community,” the FBI said in a statement reminding the public of the $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery.
Investigators would not comment when asked about potential piece of evidence.
The person of interest arrested Tuesday was Carlos Palazuelos, a delivery driver from the border town of Rio Rico who was slapped in cuffs after being pulled over south of Tucson.
Palazuelos, now free, insisted he had nothing to do with Guthrie’s abduction, hadn’t even heard of the woman, and demanded an apology from authorities, according to WDBJ.
Quote:NPR “Morning Edition” co-host Steve Inskeep said during an episode of the podcast on Wednesday that the suspect on video at Nancy Guthrie’s house was wearing clothing similar to that of a federal immigration agent.
The FBI released previously inaccessible doorbell camera images and videos on Tuesday.
The footage shows a masked individual wearing gloves and a backpack tampering with the front door camera at Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, home around the time she vanished on Feb. 1.
“So, let me think about this: we have this man. He walks up to the porch, he’s armed, and his face is covered, a little like a federal immigration agent — although it’s more covered even than that,” Inskeep said while speaking to Mary O’Toole, a former FBI agent and profiler, about the footage.
“He’s wearing gloves, his head’s down, other times head up, something in the mouth, looks like a flashlight in the mouth, walks up to the security camera. That’s what I see.”
A man was detained in connection with Guthrie’s disappearance early Wednesday but was released later without charges.
Carlos Palazuelos told Fox News that he was the person detained for questioning during a traffic stop but said he had nothing to do with the case.
He said he makes deliveries in the Tucson area and that investigators asked him about his recent whereabouts.
He said authorities showed his in-laws a picture of someone wearing a mask and “they supposedly looked like my eyes.”
Inskeep asked O’Toole for her perspective on the video released by the FBI as well.
“I see things a little the same, but also from a different perspective,” she said.
“I look at, overall, the behavior that he demonstrates while he’s on the porch. He’s not racing around, he’s not jumping up and down, he’s not looking over his shoulder.”
“He actually seems to be casual,” O’Toole continued.
“He appears to be somewhat comfortable on a porch to a home where he does not belong. He seems to be used to almost having been there before. I see someone that’s walking around in very odd attire, at least from the waist up. He’s wrapped up very tight, almost squeezed into his outfit.”
O’Toole said that made her question why he chose to dress like that and speculated it could indicate he had done something similar before.
“I look at that behavior, and then based on working other kidnapping cases, especially ones where the offender kidnapped the person from their home, often times — not always, but often times — the kidnapper had been inside other people’s homes before doing whatever they do, just looking around or taking things, or they’ve actually been inside the victim’s home before or on the victim’s porch before. So that’s why they have a comfort level with being there; it’s not the first time,” she said.
O’Toole said the man in the video had heavy-duty gloves on, and the gloves went into the jacket.
She also said the man’s face was covered and he appeared “illuminated” in some way.
“So, why do you dress like that for an event you’ve never experienced before?” she said.
“Or the reverse is perhaps more likely: you have gone into an event like this before, so you know how to dress. And very likely, the reason for dressing like that is to minimize leaving behind any forensic evidence.”
The FBI announced Wednesday that numerous agents are conducting an “extensive search along multiple roadways in the Catalina Foothills area” of Tucson related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.
Quote:A Texas man will not face charges after gunning down his daughter after they got in a heated argument about President Trump.
Lucy Harrison, who was visiting from the UK, died of her wounds after the 23-year-old was shot in the chest Jan. 10, 2025 at her father’s home in Prosper, located around 35 miles north of Dallas.
Her dad, Kris Harrison, who moved to the US when his daughter was a child, admitted during an inquest that he was an alcoholic who had relapsed and drank three glasses of wine on the day of the shooting, BBC reported.
Lucy’s death was initially being investigated by local cops as a possible manslaughter case but no criminal charges were ultimately brought against the father after a Collin County grand jury decided against indicting him.
She was traveling to the US with her boyfriend, Sam Littler, who later told a court the dad and daughter had a “big argument” about Trump a few days before he was set to be inaugurated for his second term.
Kris and Lucy frequently butted heads about her father’s conservative leanings, particularly that he purchased a Glock 9mm handgun a few years earlier, Littler said.
The argument started when Lucy pressed her father about an unspecified hypothetical scenario regarding a woman who had been sexually assaulted.
“How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I’d been sexually assaulted?” she asked her father.
According to Littler, Kris shot back that it wouldn’t upset him that much because he had two other daughters who were living with him.
It was not immediately clear how Trump factored into the back-and-forth, but his callous response made Lucy “quite upset” and she stormed upstairs.
I definitely think that jury was composed by a bunch of idiots. The suspect killed his own daughter, that's a crime, and in this case they call it manslaughter. It was not a mere accident, he intentionally shot her down. His alcoholism issue only makes it worse than that. Honestly, I suspect their true motivation was that it all happened because of Trump.
Quote:WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) as a “washed-up, loser lawyer” before clashing with lawmakers of both parties during a Wednesday hearing.
President Trump’s top law enforcement official testified before the panel following the release of millions of files related to the prosecution of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — with several victims in attendance.
Judiciary Democrats and one Republican accused Bondi of ignoring those victims and having her Department of Justice harmfully release documents identifying some of them — while redacting identities of members of Epstein’s rich and powerful circle.
“You’re not showing a lot of interest in the victims,” Raskin challenged her. “Whether it’s Epstein’s human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as attorney general you’re siding with the perpetrators and you’re ignoring the victims.”
In heated exchanges with Raskin, the AG accused Democrats of only caring about the issue because Trump is in the White House.
Raskin demanded in one of those back-and-forths that Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) restore time to retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), as Bondi ignored his question about possible indictments of Epstein co-conspirators.
“You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch — not on our time, no way,” Raskin said. “And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started.”
“You don’t tell me anything,” Bondi erupted, before mocking Raskin as a “washed-up, loser lawyer — not even a lawyer.”
Bondi then rounded on Nadler, telling him: “You said the president conspired, sought foreign interference in the 2016 election. Robert Mueller found no evidence, none, of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?
“None of them asked [former Attorney General] Merrick Garland, over the last four years, one word about Jeffrey Epstein. How ironic is that? You know why? Because Donald Trump.”
Most Democrats’ questions — as well as those of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) — focused on the so-called “Epstein files,” claiming that the DOJ was covering for those potentially implicated in crimes.
“You all should be apologizing. You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it. I’m not going to put up with it,” she continued.
Quote:The cast of “Dawson’s Creek” reacted to James Van Der Beek’s death at 48 following a yearslong battle with colorectal cancer.
Van Der Beek portrayed the titular Dawson Leery for all six seasons of the iconic WB teen drama from 1998 to 2003.
Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, both 47, starred as Dawson’s best friends, Joey Potter and Pacey Witter, respectively. Michelle Williams appeared in the series as Dawson’s next-door neighbor, Jen Lindley.
Mary-Margaret Humes, who played Van Der Beek’s mother on “Dawson’s Creek,” shared an Instagram tribute in honor of her late co-star on Wednesday.
“Rarely am I at a loss for words … today would be the exception. James, my gracious warrior, you fought a hard battle against all odds with such quiet strength and dignity,” she wrote alongside two photos of them together.
“I will always love and admire you for that. Our last conversations … merely a few days ago … are forever sitting softly in my heart for safe keeping. To our extended Dawson’s Creek family of friends, please be respectful of our silences at the moment as Beautiful Kimberly and family have asked for peaceful privacy for now.”
Kerr Smith, who portrayed Jack McPhee in Seasons 2 through 6, wrote on Instagram, “I’m so grateful for being able to call James a brother. I’ll miss him deeply. Rest easy.”
Busy Philipps, who joined “Dawson’s Creek” as Audrey Liddell at the beginning of Season 5 in 2001, also took to social media to remember her late co-star in the wake of his passing.
Besides “Dawson’s Creek,” the pair had reunited once more for the Season 2 premiere of “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23,” which aired in 2012.
“My heart is deeply hurting for all of us today … every person who knew James and loved him,” Philipps, 46, wrote on Instagram. “But I am profoundly heartbroken for his incredible wife Kimberly and their six magical children.”
“James Van Der Beek was one in a billion and he will be forever missed and I don’t know what else to say. I am just so so sad,” she wrote alongside three snaps of her and Van Der Beek. “He was my friend and I loved him and I’m so grateful for our friendship all these years.”
Van Der Beek’s wife of 15 years, Kimberly, announced the beloved actor’s death in a joint Instagram statement on Wednesday.
She wrote that Van Der Beek, with whom she has six children, “passed peacefully” on Wednesday morning and “met his final days with courage, faith and grace.”
Quote:The transgender high school dropout who gunned down his mother and stepbrother before killing six others at a British Columbia, Canada school was seen for the first time in resurfaced photos posted by his family – including one eerie snap showing the smiling teen holding a rifle.
Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old ex-student who went on a gun-wielding rampage at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, was spotted straight-faced in several pictures posted by his grandmother on Facebook for his 14th birthday.
“Happy 14th birthday to our grandson Jesse !! Love you always !! XOXO,” the post from August 2021 read.
Another chilling picture howed Van Rootselaar showing off a rifle and bearing a wide grin while sitting on the couch with another young child.
Van Rootselaar launched the horrifying attack at a private residence in the remote community before continuing the carnage at the high school, where authorities said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar was “born a biological male … who approximately six years ago began to transition to female, and identified as female.”
Van Rootselaar was known to authorities, as police had visited the family home several times over the years, over concerns about his mental health, according to McDonald.
Firearms had also been seized from the home, but the lawful owner — who McDonald did not name — successfully petitioned to have them returned.
A long gun and a modified handgun were recovered at the school, though it is unclear if those weapons were the ones that had previously been confiscated.
An initial alert issued about an active shooter at the school on Tuesday afternoon described the shooter as a “female in a dress.”
Quote:A 12-year-old girl has been identified as one of the six young victims killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting at a British Columbia secondary school.
Kylie May Smith was among those gunned down when transgender ex-student Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon, according to a GoFundMe created for her family.
“Yesterday our family received the gut-wrenching news that our beautiful Kylie May was confirmed to be one of the victims in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting,” her aunt, Shanon Dycke, wrote in a statement on the fundraising page.
“She was just 12 years old. We are completely devastated and have no words as we try to process the magnitude of the situation,” Dycke wrote.
Nine people in total were killed during the shooting, including Van Rootselar, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The shooter, who identified as a transgender woman and began transitioning from a male to female roughly six years ago, first gunned down his mother, 39-year-old Jennifer Strang, and stepbrother, 11, at a private residence.
Rootselaar then continued the rampage at the school, killing one teacher and five students, including three 12-year-old girls and two boys aged 12 and 13.
One victim was found in the stairwell, and the rest were believed to have been found dead in the school’s library, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Dycke described Smith as a “beautiful, kind, innocent soul” and urged people to donate funds to support her mother, Desirae, her brother, Ethan, and other family members, and to create a memorial for the slain tween.
“As word travels around the world, our family’s world has crumbled with the loss of my beautiful niece, Kylie May Smith. She was at Tumbler Ridge school yesterday, and didn’t make it out,” Dycke wrote in a separate post on Facebook.
Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, located in a remote part of northeastern British Columbia, enrolls students in grades 7 through 12.
The shooting ranks as one of the deadliest in Canada’s history.
Quote:Ukraine’s foreign minister said only President Trump has the power to get Kyiv and Moscow’s leaders together for a final peace talk to end the war — as Russia fired its latest mass drone strike on Sunday.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on Trump to accelerate the current peace efforts to end the war, as Ukraine worries America could become too preoccupied as its mid-term elections approach.
“Only Trump can stop the war,” Sybiha told Reuters, saying only a few key issues remained in the peace negotiations.
Among the issues at hand are Russia’s maximalist demands for Ukraine to completely cede its Donetsk fortress region and the Zaporizhzhia energy facility, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Sybiha described the conditions among “the most sensitive and most difficult” terms of the peace talks, which the foreign minister said had to be hammered out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Putin, however, has repeatedly declined to meet with Zelensky, who revealed that Trump had given Ukraine and Russia until June to end the war — which is about to enter its fifth year.
In order to meet the deadline, Sybiha said the US and Ukraine must build on the latest peace talks in Abu Dhabi that resulted in prisoner of war exchanges resuming with Russia.
“My assessment is we have momentum, that’s true,” Sybiha said. “We need consolidation or mobilization of these peace efforts, and we’re ready to speed up.”
The optimistic outlook comes as Russia fired 101 drones into Ukraine overnight, with at least 32 of the explosive UAVs hitting across 13 locations, according to Kyiv’s air force.
The attack was part of Moscow’s continued campaign against Ukraine’s energy grid, with the strikes hitting an industrial facility in Poltava and Odessa, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Services.
Quote:In “Fortress Kharkiv,” on the front lines of Ukraine’s fight against Russia, much of public life has gone underground.
After four years of constant bombardment by Russia, the city has opened eight schools in subterranean subway stations.
Plays and other shows are also taking place underground — where residents can gather and have some semblance of normalcy without the fear of Moscow’s deadly drones and missiles.
“We are the only city in the world with so-called metro schools. Those are underground schools. We have modified seven underground metro stations to allow our kids to study beneath the ground,” Mayor Ihor Terekhov told The Post.
Each underground school accommodates 1,200 students.
The Post previously reported on how kids in the city have been forced to study online or in shelters underground.
Terekhov said he and every citizen of Kharkiv are yearning for peace — but he warned that it will require 100 years of security guarantees from the US and allies to keep the peace.
“Guarantees of security [are needed], not for 2027 or 2 years beyond, but for a century, at least,” Terekhov said.
“Real guarantees of security yield peace dividends,” he added, while praising the efforts of Presidents Trump and Zelensky to end the war.
Speaking from Ukraine’s second-largest city, just hours after an attack on a market, Terekhov expressed his gratitude for American support for his country, and described how Kharkivites have adapted to the reality of the war four years after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion began.
“Kharkiv is the fortress, and Kharkiv for those four years of the war has been the barometer of Ukrainian resilience,” Terekhov told The Post.
“We have been under perpetual shelling for the last four years and constant attacks. Just prior to our talk. One more drone, which is called in Russian, Molniya, which is translated into English as Lightning, has hit the markets,” he said.
Quote:Ukraine is opening up exports of its domestically produced arms to Europe, President Volodymyr Zelensky said — as Kyiv looks to capitalize on its wartime technology boom.
The arms race in Ukraine has created many weapons firms that are producing more arms than Kyiv can buy, leading Zelensky to announce Sunday that 10 “export centers” will open across Europe this year to raise much-needed funds for his country.
The Ukrainian president noted that Ukraine’s advanced drones, which have proven successful against Russia’s military, will also be up for sale as European nations begin to increase their defense spending.
“Today, Europe’s security is built on technology and drones,” Zelensky said, touting Kyiv’s advanced UAV development.
Ihor Fedirko, CEO of the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry, said international buyers have been clamoring for not just Kyiv’s drones, but also its anti-drone technology.
UAVs have proven to be the dominant force in combat in the Ukraine war, with both Moscow and Kyiv using the drones to conduct mass, long-distance attacks.
Many experts have warned that the war is a snapshot of what modern wars will look like, with many nations taking an interest in combat drones and drone jamming systems.
Fedirko said the strongest buzz has been around Ukraine’s seaborne drones, UAVs used to drop small bombs on targets, interceptor drones, and drones that use fiber-optic cables that allow them to fly without fear of jamming.
President Trump had expressed a great interest in Ukraine’s drones as part of last year’s drone “mega deal” negotiations, which would see the US buy up Kyiv’s UAVs in exchange for the sale of the American arms Ukraine desperately needs.
Even though Ukraine’s 2025 budget had allocated $18 billion for domestically produced drones, it is still not enough to buy up all the UAVs being produced in the country.
Some of Ukraine’s drone developers had previously expressed frustration with the rules restricting expenditures and putting a cap on profits, but opening up exports would allow the firms to expand and continue improving their arms.
Ukrainian drone production is set to start in Germany in mid-February, Zelensky said, with the UAVs already being built in the UK under a joint initiative.
Quote:A Russian drone strike destroyed a Ukrainian brick home overnight, killing a dad and his three small children — and leaving his pregnant wife with traumatic brain injury, officials said.
The blast from the Russian-made Shahed suicide drone killed 34-year-old Hryhorii Shykula, his 2-year-old twin boys and 1-year-old daughter in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region overnight, according to the regional prosecutor’s office.
Shykula’s wife Olha, who is 35 weeks pregnant, was pulled out of the burning rubble by rescue workers, officials said.
She suffered serious injuries from the blast, including brain trauma, burns and hearing loss, the prosecutor’s office added.
“We lost what is most precious — our future,” Bohodukhiv mayor Volodymyr Bielyi wrote on Facebook.
“There are no words to console the family; there is no prayer that could heal the heart of a mother who has lost her children,” he added.
“We will endure. We will remember. We will never forgive this horror on our land.”
Bielyi said the wounded mother was treated at a local hospital, with the mayor announcing three days of mourning over the tragedy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the attack as yet further evidence that Moscow cannot be trusted to secure a peace deal while it blatantly attacks civilians.
Each such Russian strike undermines trust in everything being done through diplomacy to end this war, and again and again proves that only strong pressure on Russia and clear security guarantees for Ukraine are the real key to stopping the killings,” Zelensky said on social media.
Quote:The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to disqualify Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych for protesting against the Russian invasion of his homeland.
The skeleton athlete has refused to take off his “helmet of remembrance”, as he calls it, which depicts images of Ukrainian men and woman killed in the war, despite the committee’s public and private warnings that he is in violation of the written rules around political messaging.
The IOC took another step Wednesday, warning Heraskevych to surrender ahead of the first skeleton heats Thursday.
The 27-year-old, who was the Ukrainian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, has not yet made a move to comply with the committee’s rules, and he used his helmet again during practice Tuesday night.
“We will contact the athlete today, we will reiterate the many, many opportunities that he has to express his grief,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams responded Wednesday. “As we discussed before, he can do so on social media, in the press conferences, in the mixed zone. So we will try to talk to him about that, try to convince him. We want him to compete. We really, really want him to have his moment. That’s very, very important. The athlete guidelines is online, they were agreed by 4,500 athletes and the input of many athlete commissions. This is what the athletes want. They want that specific moment on the field of play to be free from any distraction.
“He can, and we would encourage him, to express his grief. We feel his grief. We would expressly want him to do that but you know in the end let me be clear. It’s not the message, it’s the palace that counts.”
The rule in question is addressed in article 50.2 of the Olympic charter, which states “no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.”
When asked about the option of disqualification, Adams said he doesn’t believe that is “helpful” to look at hypotheticals because “we are actually trying to get to a place where we can get him to take part.”
In this case the IOC sounds very hypocritical to me. If they don't care about expressing the athlete's grief on social media and pressers, then why did they get fixated on his helmet? As long as it doesn't make a call to kill people or hate any people group, there's no reason to chase him down like they're doing it now.
Quote:Panama’s move to void two longstanding port concessions flanking the Panama Canal was a blow to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison and a win for U.S. efforts to check Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.
Yet as CK Hutchison seeks to sell its majority shares in dozens of other port projects worldwide, China's COSCO—the world's fourth-largest shipping company—hopes to fill the void. If the state-owned shipping giant succeeds, security risks for the U.S. could climb at other ports in Latin American and the Caribbean, according to recent analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
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The January 29 ruling by Panama's Supreme Court annulled the lease contracts for the Balboa and Cristóbal terminals held by CK Hutchison subsidiary Panama Ports Company (PPC) and lowered the risk potential of those two ports, but five others would pose greater concern if leased to COSCO and therefore be more exposed to direct Chinese government influence.
These include terminals run by other CK Hutchison subsidiaries at ports in Mexico, including Manzanillo on the Pacific coast—the country’s gateway to Asia—and Veracruz, a major Gulf-side port with strategic Atlantic access.
A fifth, the Freeport container terminal in the Bahamas, is a major transshipment hub just 65 miles from Florida.
"The [court] decision is perhaps most significant as a further application of the administration's 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine," Henry Ziemer, an associate fellow with CSIS's Americas Program, told Newsweek.
"However, there is a risk that a 'win' for the United States in Panama will obscure China's broader influence in Latin America's port ecosystem," Ziemer said.
CSIS has identified 37 port projects throughout Latin American and the Caribbean with links to Chinese companies, from Jamaica's Kingston port to the COSCO-developed megaport of Chancay in Peru. With China reportedly seeking to acquire at least some of the CK Hutchison-controlled ports, the Panama case “is more of an opening bid, not a decisive blow to China’s influence in Latin America,” Ziemer said.
The $22.8 billion deal CK Hutchison announced last year, would have seen its majority stakes in 41 projects sold to a U.S. consortium led by BlackRock, was met with scathing criticism from Chinese state media, which likened it to handing a “knife to the opponent.” Without Beijing’s approval, the deal remains in limbo.
CK Hutchison has said it would pursue “extensive damages” through arbitration after the Panama ruling.
Quote:Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been beaten nearly to death while imprisoned in Iran, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Wednesday.
The committee said it had received “credible reports” of “life-threatening mistreatment” of Mohammadi, an activist arrested by Tehran in December, CNN reported.
Mohammadi has been allegedly beaten with wooden sticks and batons, dragged by her hair until sections of her scalp tore, and “repeatedly kicked in the genitals and pelvic region, leaving her unable to sit or move without severe pain,” the committee said.
The savage beatings occurred during her arrest in December after she attended a ceremony honoring Khosrow Alikordi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate.
During the arrest, witnesses say they saw Iran’s security forces beat the activist as they loaded her onto a transport vehicle, where the violence allegedly continued.
Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, has spent much of the last two decades as an inmate in Iran’s infamous Evin prison.
While her original prison sentence was suspended last year to allow her to recover from a surgery following multiple heart attacks, she was sentenced on Saturday to another seven years in prison on allegations of “gathering and collusion” and spreading propaganda, according to her lawyer.
Mohammadi had begun a hunger strike in early February to protest her “unlawful detention, dire prison conditions, and the denial of contact with her family and lawyers,” according to her foundation.
Mohammadi had been allowed to go to the hospital last week, but she has since been transferred back to a detention center in Mashhad before her treatment was complete, her lawyer told CNN.
Like Tehran’s Evin prison, the detention centers in Mashhad have been at the center of allegations of human rights abuses, particularly against political prisoners and anti-regime activists.
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Quote:Top Democratic lawmakers are digging their heels in opposition to a federal voter identification requirement, despite polling showing that close to three-quarters of their voters back it.
A colossal 83% of US adults support requiring some form of government-issued photo ID to vote, including 71% of Democrats and 95% of Republicans, a survey by Pew Research last year found.
Only 16% of American adults oppose it.
“It’s Jim Crow 2.0,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told MS NOW last week when presented with that polling data and asked about his opposition to the GOP’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
The SAVE Act, which has already cleared the House, would require voters nationwide to show proof of citizenship in order to cast their ballot. Democrats are leveraging the 60-vote filibuster to block it in the Senate.
“I called it Jim Crow 2.0, and the right wing went nuts all over the internet. That’s because they know it’s true. What they’re trying to do here is the same thing that was done in the South for decades to prevent people of color from voting,” Schumer added.
Schumer argued that the measure would potentially hamstring women who get married and change their last name, and individuals who have lost track of their birth certificates from voting.
The top Senate Democrat predicted the SAVE Act wouldn’t get any Democratic votes.
“It’s still going to be something that disenfranchises people that don’t have the proper real ID, driver’s license ID, that don’t have the ID necessary to vote even though they are citizens,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday when asked about the survey.
“This is another way to simply suppress the vote.”
Critically, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Republican backers of the SAVE Act contend that requiring proof of citizenship will help enforce existing law.
Members of the right flank in the House pressed to tack the SAVE Act into the government funding bill last week as a means of attempting to jam the Senate with it. Ultimately, leadership declined to do that, eager to end the four-day government shutdown as soon as possible.
“I haven’t said that they’re wrong,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday about voter ID.
They should remember that voting for the next president of any country is a right RESERVED for citizens only. There's no valid reason to allow illegal immigrants to vote either in the US or UK or Costa Rica or even in Indonesia.
To better see how ignoring such a requirement like the voter's ID can be self-destructing for a country, let's imagine the following scenario. This would be an alternate world where the Nazi party still exists somewhere and has operatives planted in several key nations like France or even the US. If you don't ask people to show a valid ID before they cast their vote, how would you know beforehand that such person isn't one of those operatives? These agents wouldn't care about real democracy or the republic, they would only focus on giving the Nazi party a political foothold in that particular nation. Once they achieve that stage, things would get a lot easier for them than ever before.
Depending on the number of congresspeople and senators they get in both chambers, if that's how their legislative power is divided, they could even reform the nation's constitution to a point it would only resemble the Nazi laws that enslaved Germany between the end of WWI and WWII. This would allow them to simply torture and kill dissidents the same way the Ayatollah's Iran does now. How would that benefit your country at all?
Quote:In a major legal victory for the Trump administration, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can terminate deportation protections for nearly 90,000 migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua in the US.
The three-judge panel on the 9th US Court of Appeals unanimously agreed that a lower court erred in blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from the three nations, overturning a December order from District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco.
“The government is likely to prevail in its argument that the Secretary’s decision-making process in terminating TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal was not arbitrary and capricious,” the appellate court determined.
“Specifically, the government can likely show that the administrative record adequately supports the Secretary’s action, that the TPS statute does not require the Secretary to consider intervening country conditions arising after the events that led to the initial TPS designation, and that the Secretary’s decision not to consider intervening conditions does not amount to an unexplained change in policy,” the ruling continued.
Since the 1990s, the TPS program has granted humanitarian relief to migrants from disaster-plagued and war-ravaged regions.
The federal program allows migrants to enjoy temporary legal status in the US and obtain work permits.
Hondurans and Nicaraguans had been given the legal status to emigrate and get work permits as a federal response to humanitarian issues following Hurricane Mitch in 1998, when the storm hit both countries, killing almost 7,300 people.
Nepal joined the TPS program in June 2015 after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country.
Quote:Alleged members of “foreign terrorist cartel” Tren de Aragua may be brought back to the US after their deportations in 2025, and it could come at taxpayers’ expense.
US District Judge James Boasberg, who has repeatedly butted heads with the Trump administration, ordered the Trump administration Thursday to facilitate the return of 137 migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, CECOT, in 2025.
Boasberg stipulated in his ruling that the government pay for the migrants’ airfare back to the US, meaning taxpayers are likely footing the bill.
Boasberg argued that it’s “unclear why Plaintiffs should bear the financial cost of their return in such an instance,” noting that “this situation would never have arisen had the Government simply afforded Plaintiffs their constitutional rights before initially deporting them.”
The ruling comes as part of a nearly year-long saga during which the federal judge attempted to halt the Trump administration’s deportation of migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act in March 2025.
The Supreme Court ultimately allowed the Trump administration to continue using the Alien Enemies Act to carry out deportations in April but ordered that detainees receive notice and an opportunity to challenge allegations.
Boasberg has since been wading through legal avenues with the men in El Salvador, issuing a ruling in December that the Trump administration denied them due process.
It is unclear how many of the men will actually take the offer and return to the US, with Boasberg noting that the noncitizens “would be detained upon arrival” back to the US.
Quote:A US Customs and Border Protection supervisor has been arrested and charged with harboring an illegal immigrant who authorities believe may be related to him and with whom he was allegedly in a “romantic relationship”.
Andres Wilkinson, 52, was released on a $75,000 bond Thursday after making his initial court appearance in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas earlier this week.
Wilkinson, who has served with CBP since 2001 and was promoted to a supervisory position in 2021, faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
The veteran agent, tasked with overseeing the enforcement of customs and immigration laws, helped his paramour, Elva Edith Garcia-Vallejo, cross through Border Patrol checkpoints during the time they lived together, according to the criminal complaint.
Garcia-Vallejo overstayed a non-immigrant visa she obtained in 2023, according to the complaint, which notes Wilkinson “was aware of her unlawful status in the United States” yet maintained a romantic relationship with her and allowed her and her daughter to live in his Laredo, Texas home.
Law enforcement conducted surveillance at Wilkinson’s residence between June and November of last year and observed Garcia-Vallejo and her minor child living at the home, according to prosecutors.
Wilkinson is referred to as Garcia-Vallejo’s “boyfriend” in the complaint, however, the document notes that records reviewed by investigators determined that the illegal immigrant was the CBP supervisor’s niece. Her father is the agent’s brother, according to the complaint.
Investigators interviewed Garcia-Vallejo earlier this month and she revealed that she had been “living with her uncle” since August 2024.
Quote:An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in the U.S.
The June detention of Narciso Barranco, who came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1990s but does not have legal status, caught widespread attention as the crackdown on immigration by President Donald Trump’s administration drew scrutiny and protests.
Witnesses uploaded videos of the arrest in Santa Ana, a city in Orange County. Federal agents struggled with Barranco and pinned him to the ground outside an IHOP restaurant where he had been clearing weeds.
Barranco was taken to a Los Angeles detention center and placed in deportation proceedings. In July, he was released on a $3,000 bond and ordered to wear an ankle monitor.
In a Jan. 28 order terminating the deportation case, Judge Kristin S. Piepmeier said that Barranco, 49, had provided evidence that he was the father of three U.S.-born sons in the military, making him eligible to seek lawful status.
“I feel happy,” Barranco said in a phone interview in Spanish. “Thank God I don’t have that weight on top of me.”
Barranco said he is still staying mostly at home and not taking any chances going out until his legal paperwork has been finalized.
The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it would appeal the judge’s decision, which was first reported by the New York Times.
Barranco’s lawyer Lisa Ramirez said her client feels “extreme relief” now that immigration officers have removed his ankle monitor and discontinued his check-ins.
Well, he was an illegal apparently so the officers had to detain him anyway. The issue here is if it was convenient for the government, especially after they had learned about his children being US Marines. IMHO and assuming they served the country faithfully, I wouldn't mind him staying in the US as long as he doesn't commit any other crime.
Quote:The Department of Homeland (DHS) slammed a federal judge in Louisiana Wednesday for ordering the release of four illegal immigrants, including ones with attempted murder and child sex crime convictions, from an ICE detention facility.
The four men all have disturbing rap sheets and have been released from ICE’s “Louisiana Lockup” at Angola Prison in accordance with the judge’s order, according to DHS.
“Judge John deGravelles, appointed by Barack Obama, released FOUR violent criminals back onto American communities, and unfortunately, the ramifications will only be the continued rape, murder, assault, and robbery of more American victims,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
The released individuals are:
Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, an Ethiopian national who was issued a final order of removal in September of 2024 and has a previous conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor, according to DHS.
Luis Gaston-Sanchez, described by the DHS as an illegal immigrant from Cuba with convictions for homicide, assault, resisting an officer, concealing stolen property and two counts of robbery, who had been issued his final order of removal in September 2001.
Ricardo Blanco Chomat, also from Cuba, and previously convicted of homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault with a firearm, burglary, robbery, larceny, and selling cocaine, according to DHS. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal in March 2002.
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Quote:The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested an illegal migrant who was charged with rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon, after the migrant was released on bail by sanctuary policies.
Manuel Cruz-Ramirez, who still faces the slew of charges, was not referred to immigration officers upon his arrest and release due to Marion County’s sanctuary status.
The illegal immigrant from Mexico was apprehended only because he was using a fraudulent Mexican passport at the Portland International Airport.
TSA and CBP agents were flagged when his falsified name did not return full data, according to DHS.
“Manuel Cruz-Ramirez was arrested for rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. “The state’s sanctuary politicians allowed this pedophile to be released from jail back into American communities.”
In non-sanctuary cities, Cruz-Ramirez would have referred to immigration officers, who would have apprehended him before he was released from detention.
“Americans can be proud of the swift actions of TSA and CBP for protecting them and our judicial system by preventing this monster from fleeing the country,” McLaughlin explained. “Criminal illegal aliens should not be released from jails back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.
“Oregon’s sanctuary politicians must stop this reckless insanity of releasing child predators from jail back into our neighborhoods to prey on more innocent children,” she added.
DHS also told Fox News Digital that Cruz-Ramirez had been deported from the US in 2018, though he re-entered the country at an unknown location and time.
He is now in ICE custody and his removal order has been reinstated.
Portland has been one of several cities where agitators have mobilized to confront and protest federal law enforcement.
On Thursday, Fox News Digital reported that DHS launched an investigation into an Oregon resident who was arrested during a traffic stop with knives and materials to make Molotov cocktails.
Quote:EXCLUSIVE: Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called out the "hypocrisy" of the Democratic Party advocating for states’ rights in Minnesota after he was widely lambasted, and even sued, for his efforts to enforce the border during the Biden administration.
Abbott remarked that "hypocrisy is the word choice that really applies to them, because, suddenly, these Minnesota states, they want to insist on states' rights," during an interview with Fox News Digital.
In 2021, Abbott launched "Operation Lone Star," which deployed state troopers and the Texas National Guard to the border and funded barrier construction to deter illegal crossings. He was sued by the administration that same year. Abbott said that Texas’ struggle with the Biden administration is fundamentally different from the controversy in Minnesota and other sanctuary states.
"Texas insisted on states’ rights, but actually, what we were doing in Texas during the Biden administration, we were very simply trying to enforce the federal immigration laws that Joe Biden was refusing to enforce," he explained. "What we see in Minnesota, however, is total chaos, total anarchy, because what they are doing is not trying to enforce the law; they're trying to interfere with the enforcement of the law."
"My job as governor was to make sure we used every tool to secure the border, and it worked," he explained. "Joe Biden required Texas to take matters into our own hands because of the lack of safety that he instilled in the country. Look at the millions of people who've crossed the border illegally. Look at the criminals, the rapists and murderers who came into Houston, Texas, that Joe Biden allowed in."
"We are a nation that was built upon the rule of law, and the rule of law has to be enforced. When it is enforced, it leads to safer communities," he added.
The result, according to Abbott, was an over 85% decrease in illegal immigration in the state and a simultaneous over 40 percent decrease in fentanyl deaths.
Now, Abbott is running for re-election on a platform that he says will double down on making Texas a top destination for people seeking not only economic opportunity, but also "the opportunity of freedom to live their own life."
One of the core issues Abbott is running on is a plan to slash property taxes in Texas during the next legislative session. Abbott has proposed a five-step overhaul of the Texas property tax system that includes limiting local government spending growth to population growth or inflation, requiring two-thirds voter approval for local property tax increases, allowing voters to trigger rollback elections with a 15% petition threshold, capping homestead appraisal growth at 3% and expanding that cap to all properties, requiring appraisals only once every five years, and pursuing a constitutional amendment to let voters eliminate school district property taxes for homeowners.
Quote:WASHINGTON — A Colorado law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition should be investigated for “discriminating against American-born students,” a civil rights watchdog charges.
The Equal Protection Project is calling on the Justice Department’s Division of Civil Rights to probe Colorado’s Advancing Students for a Stronger Tomorrow (ASSET) tuition program, arguing it is giving illegal aliens benefits that out-of-state Americans don’t get.
Existing federal law prohibits higher education institutions from giving benefits to illegal immigrants that are not afforded to American citizens.
“We have found a number of schools and indeed statewide systems that maintain scholarships that are available only to DACA and undocumented students, thereby discriminating against American-born students,” William Jacobson, Equal Protection Project president and founder, told The Post.
“These in-state tuition break laws are simply a variation on a theme which privileges people who are in the country illegally over US citizens. And so we think that’s an important issue.”
Under ASSET, prospective students without lawful immigration status can quality for in-state tuition and financial aid if they meet two requirements: they must have attended a Colorado high school for one year and they must have lived in the state for at least 12 consecutive months before applying for postsecondary school.
In-state tuition typically provides a considerable discount. For example, one undergraduate semester with 18 credits worth of classes at Colorado State University costs $6,762.13 for residents, compared to $18,277.41 for non-residents.
The Equal Protection Project team stumbled upon the ASSET program while investigating scholarships at Colorado’s Metropolitan State University that appeared exclusive to non-white students. Some of those programs were specific to ASSET students.
“Colorado’s ASSET law crosses that line by conferring in-state tuition and related taxpayer-funded postsecondary education benefits based on lenient Colorado residence criteria, while similarly situated U.S. out-of-state citizens remain ineligible,” the Equal Protection Project wrote in its Friday complaint.
Jacobson’s group highlighted examples of how the DOJ has filed lawsuits over similar laws in California and Virginia, while contending that Colorado’s ASSET program might even be worse, because it has looser requirements to accept illegal immigrants.
Quote:Parent Teacher Association officials in one of the wealthiest school districts in the country hosted a training session last month instructing families on how to respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.
The virtual PTA session in Montgomery County, Maryland, was held on Jan. 20 and was headed by Councilwoman Kristin Mink. The meeting was titled “ICE Response & Organizing Tools for PTAs, Parents & Guardians.”
According to the National Review, Mink has previously hosted multiple sessions on ways schools can equip themselves with “tools to slow ICE down and protect each other.” The training guided parents on how to escort students with illegal immigrant parents, and encouraged volunteers to monitor ICE activity during drop‑off and pickup, and introduced ways to support families affected by ICE arrests and deportations.
During the session, Mink reportedly presented comprehensive “rapid response” guidance she had created and shared publicly three days earlier.
In one slide, Mink outlined how “White allies” could assist and support the community, advising them not to use whistles to counter “ICE violence,” which has become a widespread form of community resistance. She argued that White individuals should avoid using a tool that, in her view, reinforces authority associated with Whiteness.
“Especially for White allies, whistles can represent a subconscious desire for authority, protection, or control in moments of crisis,” the slide said.
“But rapid response is not about assuming authority. . . . When we question decisions made by those impacted, we risk centering our own comfort instead of impacted people.”
She added that “What feels ‘activating’ or empowering to some can cause stress to others,” noting that “Black and Brown communities are already overexposed to chronic noise pollution due to racist zoning, redlining, and disinvestment.”
Quote:TUCSON, Ariz. — The FBI announced Thursday it is doubling its reward to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance after releasing new details about a potential suspect.
FBI Phoenix said new "identifying details" about Guthrie's potential abductor have been confirmed after a forensic analysis of the doorbell camera footage by the FBI’s Operational Technology Division.
The suspect is described as a man, roughly 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with an average build.
Officials also specified the brand of backpack the suspect was seen wearing in a video released Tuesday, confirming it was a black, 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack.
The search for Guthrie has stretched into its 12th day as authorities scramble to locate the 84-year-old mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie.
A U.S. law enforcement source told Fox News Digital Thursday that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is leading the Nancy Guthrie case, is blocking the FBI from key evidence, Reuters first reported.
The source said the FBI asked Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from Guthrie's home, to be processed at the FBI's national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has "insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida."
It is unclear why Nanos may have requested the use of a private lab.
Since Guthrie's disappearance Feb. 1, the FBI said it has collected over 13,000 tips from the public related to the case.
Every tip is reviewed for credibility, relevance and information that can be acted upon by law enforcement, officials said.
Threat Intake Examiners at the National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) and FBI personnel are supporting a 24-hour command post in which dozens of agents and investigators are assigned leads and tips to action each shift.
Quote:TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal law enforcement source has confirmed to Fox News Digital that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is blocking the FBI from obtaining key evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
The evidence requested by the FBI includes a glove and DNA found inside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, home, according to information first reported by Reuters.
Federal officials have asked Nanos for the items so they could be processed at the FBI's national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. However, Nanos has insisted on sending the evidence for testing at a private lab in Florida, according to the source.
"It risks further slowing a case that grows more urgent by the minute," the official told Reuters, citing unspecified "earlier setbacks" in the investigation.
The unnamed official also reportedly cited "earlier setbacks" in the investigation and criticized Nanos for not requesting FBI assistance in the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance sooner.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office is the primary investigative agency in the search for Nancy Guthrie, with the FBI only permitted to take part if requested by local officials.
The official added that Pima County has spent roughly $200,000 on sending evidence to the private lab in Florida, with which the department contracts.
"It’s clear the fastest path to answers is leveraging federal resources and technology. Anything less only prolongs the Guthrie family’s grief and the community’s wait for justice," the official said, according to Reuters.
The revelation comes as signs of strife between the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office are beginning to surface as the search for Nancy Guthrie closes in on the two-week mark.
Earlier this week, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance footage of a masked suspect approaching Nancy Guthrie’s front door in the moments before her disappearance.
Quote:The latest alleged ransom note sent to TMZ in connection to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance suggests several people were involved in her abduction – and that one of them has fled the US.
In an email sent to the outlet on Friday afternoon, the sender said law enforcement should “be prepared to go international” in order to locate the “main individual” behind the baffling Guthrie case, TMZ reported.
The author of the email — the third one sent to TMZ on the same day — claimed to know the identity of the 84-year-old woman’s abductor and said he knows her current condition.
The ransom price for information about the case was also upped, from the 1 bitcoin — worth about $68,000 — to the $100,000 FBI reward.
The person behind the ransom emails said they are contacting TMZ as an “intermediary” because he doesn’t trust law enforcement, telling authorities, “You don’t trust me, and I don’t trust you,” TMZ reported.
The latest ominous ransom letter comes as the frantic search for Guthrie, mom of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, and her captor entered its 13th day.
Authorities have not identified any suspects behind the kidnapping, in which the elderly grandmother seems to have been forced from her Arizona home, leaving a trail of blood behind.
She was last seen at her Tucson home on Jan. 31, when she was driven home by her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, after having dinner with him and her daughter, Annie.
Local authorities have been asking residents within a 2-mile radius of Nancy’s Tucson home to check for any suspicious footage throughout the entire month of January — and are urging anyone with information to come forward.
On Thursday, the FBI released a description of an armed person caught on Guthrie’s Nest camera luring at her front door.
The alleged abductor is described as a male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with an average build — and was seen wearing a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack in the original doorbell footage, according to the feds.
Quote:Three people were detained Friday night in connection to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie shortly after a SWAT team with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department swarmed a home near the 84-year-old’s Tucson property, according to reports.
Acting on a tip, law enforcement executed a search warrant at a home about 2 miles from the missing grandma’s house and took two men — along with one of their mothers — into custody, a local police source told Fox News Digital.
It’s unclear if anyone is a suspect.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Police officials announced on X late Friday night a statement would be “forthcoming,” but didn’t specify what the announcement would be about.
The SWAT operation came hours after investigators recovered DNA evidence from somebody not known to be “in close” contact with Guthrie from her property.
The unidentified DNA was sent to a laboratory for analysis.
Guthrie — mom of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie — was last seen on Jan. 31 at her Tucson home, in which the elderly grandmother seems to have been forced out, leaving a trail of blood behind.
Multiple ransom notes have surfaced since she vanished at the hands of her self-proclaimed kidnappers, but authorities still haven’t identified any suspects as the desperate search entered its 13th day.
A local delivery driver in the Tucson area was briefly detained earlier this week — but told cops he had never heard of the TV personality or her missing mom despite the intense spotlight on the case.
Quote:A New Jersey jury Friday convicted tech boss Paul Caneiro of slaughtering his business partner brother and the brother’s family in their posh Colts Neck mansion, which he then burned down.
Caneiro appeared stoic as the jury read out their verdict, finding him guilty of murder, arson, weapons possession charges and related crimes after a month-long trial featuring nearly 50 witnesses in Monmouth County.
The panelists reached the verdict after roughly five hours of deliberations that began Friday morning.
He faces a maximum of life in prison at his May 12 sentencing.
“The jury agreed, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Paul Caneiro was guilty of all charges,” Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said outside court after. “I know the impact that this has had, not only on the family, friends and the community at large in Monmouth County, but Keith, Jennifer, Jesse and Sophia have waited for over seven years for accountability to come forward.”
“The rule of law prevailed today,” the prosecutor said.
Caneiro, 59, is accused of shooting Keith Caneiro — with whom he shared two businesses — on Nov. 20, 2018, after the sibling confronted Paul hours earlier about allegedly stealing nearly $80,000 from him.
Paul allegedly cut the power to the tony house on a hill, shut off the generator and waited in the dark for Keith, 50, to come outside, before shooting him five times.
He went inside the home shooting and stabbing Keith’s wife, Jennifer, 45, and then stabbing his niece Sophia, 8, and his nephew Jesse, 11, prosecutors claimed.
Then Paul set a slow burning fire at the home before returning to his Ocean Township hosuse where he turned off the security cameras before setting a blaze there too to make it appear he was also a target, prosecutors claimed. Paul, his wife and two daughters all made it out unscathed.
Paul’s motive was to silence his brother before it was confirmed he pilfered the money from his brother’s trust, meant to fund Keith’s life insurance policy, prosecutors alleged.
Quote:After years of backing the legalization of marijuana in the U.S., The New York Times changed course in an editorial published Tuesday.
In the piece, entitled "It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem," the editorial board stated that the U.S. "has recently gone too far in accepting and even promoting its use."
This is a stark departure from the publication’s longtime support of making marijuana mainstream. In a 2014 editorial, the Times argued the federal ban on the drug should be repealed, and the decision should be left up to the individual states.
"Prohibition has proved to be a costly failure, with harsh consequences for millions of Americans," the 2014 piece stated. "The criminalization of marijuana has been a boon for illegal drug markets and has disproportionately burdened minority communities."
Now, however, the Times is acknowledging that many of its predictions were wrong — and that marijuana’s legalization has led to more problems than anticipated, chiefly that its use is far more widespread.
A 2024 survey from Carnegie Mellon found that approximately 18 million Americans used marijuana daily or near-daily — a "a deeply disturbing number," according to Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst.
By comparison, 14.7 million people are daily or near-daily drinkers.
Between 1992 and 2022, daily marijuana use became about 15 times more common, according to the survey, which relied on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher who led the study at Carnegie Mellon University, pointed to some trends that may have contributed to the increased use.
"Greater use of ‘new’ product forms — meaning vapes, dabs and edibles, versus joints and bongs — are fairly longstanding, and I would guess that more likely than not, they probably have continued," he told Fox News Digital.
Quote:“Violent crime dropped sharply across America’s biggest cities in 2025,” Axios reports — yet another resounding validation of President Donald J. Trump’s unwavering commitment to restoring law and order. After years of chaos, skyrocketing crime, and soft-on-crime policies under Biden plunged the nation’s biggest cities into anarchy and disorder, President Trump took office on a promise to restore public safety — and he has delivered in historic fashion.
The new data confirms steep declines across every major violent crime category in 2025 compared to the prior year: overall murders down 19%, robberies down 20%, and aggravated assaults down nearly 10%.
These gains build on earlier reports showing America’s cities are now safer than they’ve been in over a century under President Trump’s leadership. The murder rate in the nation’s biggest cities has fallen to its lowest level in at least 125 years — marking the largest single-year drop in recorded history. Beyond murders, the nation also saw dramatic reductions in rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shooting deaths (fewest since 2015), on-duty law enforcement officer deaths (80-year low), traffic fatalities, and overdose deaths.
This is the direct result of President Trump’s aggressive, no-nonsense approach to public safety. By surging federal resources to Democrat-run cities that had devolved into war zones, removing savage criminal illegals from our streets, supporting police and prosecutors, and rejecting the Radical Left’s weakness, President Trump’s decisive actions have turned the tide, saved countless lives, and restored peace to communities long abandoned by Democrat politicians who prioritized criminals over citizens.
Under President Trump, America is safer, stronger, and winning again — and the era of Democrat-inspired lawlessness is over.
Quote:Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, responded to the ouster of Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem as the chair of logistics company DP World after naming the Emirati businessman as the individual Jeffrey Epstein had emailed about a "torture video.”
Newsweek has reached out to Massie’s office and DP World for comment via email.
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DP World, a logistics firm based in the United Arab Emirates, announced bin Sulayem’s resignation from the company “effective immediately” in a statement on Friday—marking the latest resignation or ouster of a prominent individual who was named in the files.
Massie responded to the news in post to social media platform X.
“DOJ redacted information necessary to identify who sent Epstein the ‘torture video email,’” he wrote. “@RepRoKhanna and I first discovered his name and released it Monday. Today he resigns.”
Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who has also been a leader on the Epstein files release, also responded in a post to X, writing, “@RepThomasMassie & I called on DOJ to stop protecting this man & underact his name. They relented. Then I took to the House floor to name names. Today, he resigns. We will not rest until there is elite accountability for the Epstein class.”
The emails were released by the DOJ in the Epstein files, but one sender's name was redacted. Lawmakers have been able to view the unredacted files.
Epstein sent an email on April 24, 2009, that read: "where are you? are you ok , I loved the torture video"
The recipient's email address and name were redacted. The nature of the mentioned video is unknown.
Massie shared a screenshot of the email to X on Monday, writing, “A Sultan seems to have sent this. DOJ should make this public.”
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche responded later that day and wrote on X: “You looked at the document. You know it’s an email address that was redacted. The law requires redactions for personally identifiable information, including if in an email address. And you know that the Sultan’s name is available unredacted in the files. See EFTA00666117. Be honest, and stop grandstanding.”
Quote:South Carolina State University (SCSU) said a campus shooting on Thursday left two dead and another wounded.
The Orangeburg campus went into lockdown at approximately 9:15 p.m. Thursday following a shooting report in an apartment at the Hugine Suites student residential complex, the university told Newsweek. The identities of the victims and the condition of the wounded person have not yet been revealed.
University officials lifted the campus lockdown at around 5 a.m. on Friday but all classes have been canceled for the day.
Newsweek contacted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, via email outside of normal working hours on Friday.
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The shooting highlights ongoing concerns about gun violence and emergency preparedness at American colleges and universities. It comes after two shootings at the same Hugine Suites student residential complex last October.
SCSU is a historically Black college where over 3,200 students are enrolled, according to the college's website.
As with many shootings in the country, this one may also trigger more debate about gun control, with New Hampshire state Representative Sam Farrington, a Republican, and the New Hampshire Libertarian Party discussing the shooting within the context of South Carolina state law prohibiting the possession of firearms on college and university property without permission.
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State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are investigating the shooting while the university’s Department of Public Safety, the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety and the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office are patrolling on and around the campus.
Counselors have also been made available to students, SCSU said.
Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican who is running for governor of South Carolina, called for prayer for the students, staff and their families.
In South Carolina, state law generally prohibits people from bringing or possessing a firearm on the grounds of colleges, universities and other post-secondary schools unless they have express permission from the authorities in charge of the campus.
It comes after SCSU suffered two shootings on the same day last October, during homecoming weekend, when at least one person was killed and two more were injured.
In the first shooting, which took place at the Hugine Suites student residential complex, a female guest on campus was shot and pronounced dead after she was taken to the hospital, while a male guest was wounded and flown by helicopter to hospital in the second shooting, , a spokesperson for the university told Newsweek at the time.
Both occurred during the university’s annual Homecoming celebration, the university went into lockdown then too.
Quote:With the growing popularity of “golden” visas among wealthy Americans, one country is expanding the pathways for those interested in gaining citizenship in this fashion.
Greece has introduced the “Greek Startup ecosystem,” expanding citizenship opportunities beyond just an investment in real estate.
Those eligible can invest around $259,000 in select startups listed on the country’s National Startup Registry in sectors that include real estate, defense and finance, according to the official platform Elevate Greece (EG).
“A strong culture of innovation and entrepreneurship drives the public and private sectors to join forces through Elevate Greece and reach out into global markets, promoting Greece as a major innovation hub in Southeast Europe,” the EG website says.
Americans have been increasingly seeking second citizenship residencies as an “insurance” against global uncertainty, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Canada-based Mohamed Bennis, senior vice president at Arton Capital, a global financial advisory and consultancy firm, told Fox News Digital “golden” visa programs have become “mainstream” today.
“We’re seeing a clear shift away from passive real estate toward more active investments that directly support the local economy, including startups, operating businesses and private equity, with more risk but also more potential reward,” said Bennis.
He added that countries need to innovate and adapt to new investor expectations.
“Greece is playing to win, using popular residency policy tools to pull in tech money, while other countries are still stuck in red tape,” said Bennis.
“This is a country saying, ‘If you invest and build, we’ll make it easy for you to stay.'”
Quote:Dubbed the "Hawaii of Europe," the island of Madeira — about 600 miles from mainland Portugal — is known for its volcanic cliffs, stunning waterfalls and picturesque hiking trails.
But anyone looking to explore the destination's famous walking paths will be slapped with new fees this year.
With locals fuming over what they call overcrowding and potential environmental damage, fees have now been imposed on non-residents who want to enjoy some of the most popular hiking trails.
The stunning archipelago has become a beloved cruise ship destination. The Port of Funchal reached 700,000 cruise passengers in 2025.
"This significant milestone highlights the growing interest of the cruise industry in the region," reported MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports.
All hikers now need to book a 30-minute time slot in advance through the SIMplifica platform.
Non-residents will need to pay about $5.30 for the use of standard trails — and those trails used via a registered tour operator will carry a reduced $3.60 fee, according to numerous travel sites, including the "Hiking Madeira" blog.
The PR 1, Madeira’s most famous day hiking trail, takes visitors between some of the highest mountains on the island. After renovations to it, access to its trail starting in April will cost about $12.50 for members of the public and $8.30 for those who use the guided tours, according to "Hiking Madeira."
"I definitely get where these destinations are coming from. When it gets overcrowded it drives up costs for locals, and it kind of makes life difficult," J.Q. Louise, a Boston-based travel influencer and writer, told Fox News Digital.
In 2023, Madeira welcomed 279 ship calls, with a record-breaking number of passengers.
Business was booming — yet the trails were harder to enjoy.
Archaeologists unearthed over 1,500 artifacts, including coins and brooches at sites dating to early 200s AD
Quote:Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states.
The discovery was announced by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt (LDA Saxony-Anhalt) in January.
The camps were found at a site between the northern Harz Mountains and the Elbe River.
Pictures from the site show aerials of the field — as well as a cross-section of sediment layers exposed during archaeological work.
Radiocarbon analysis determined that the camps were likely established in the early third century A.D.
Officials say the site "documents Roman advances in the third century A.D.," providing physical archaeological evidence that had previously been missing in the region.
"Until now, concrete evidence for these campaigns had been lacking in the territory of Saxony-Anhalt," LDA Saxony-Anhalt said in a translated press release.
"In particular, the highly standardized marching camps that the Roman military constructed daily after reaching a marching destination were expected."
Archaeologists used metal detectors to unearth over 1,500 artifacts, including nails, coins and fragments of fibulas, or brooches.
They also uncovered remnants of V-shaped defensive ditches, a hallmark of Roman military camps used to prevent enemy entry.
"These are the northeastern-most Roman camps in free Germania identified to date," the release said.
Quote:The Louvre museum’s Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, though the area of the famous Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was unaffected, a union representative told Reuters on Friday.
“Due to a technical failure on the upper floor during the night, the area is closed to the public and a scaffolding has been set up,” the representative said.
A spokesperson for the museum had no immediate comment on the incident.
The leak happened in the room 707, where paintings from 19th century French artist Charles Meynier and 16th century Italian artist Bernardino Luini are displayed.
No evaluation of possible damage was available as of Friday at noon, the union representative said.
The water leak is the second in less than three months in a museum that has gone through a spate of recent setbacks — including a spectacular jewel heist, strikes and a massive ticket fraud investigation — that have put its management under intense scrutiny.
Quote:U.S. relations with Europe and Canada are still "extremely strong," the deputy commander of NATO forces in Europe has said, despite questions over America's future footprint in Europe.
In an interview with Newsweek, Admiral Sir Keith Blount played down fears of fracture between America and its closest allies, describing U.S. pressure on the continent over military spending as "an absolute rallying cry."
"I have absolutely no doubt that transatlantic union is extremely strong," he said.
The outgoing Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) spoke to Newsweek ahead of this weekend's Munich Security Conference in Germany where the focus will be squarely on how the White House has hacked away at decades of close bonds with Europe, tearing apart the certainty states had in their relationship with Washington.
Vice President JD Vance used last year's Munich gathering to berate the continent's leaders, accusing European governments of suppressing free speech - an early indication of the disdain the administration would continue to harbor for Europe.
"You can't make an assumption that America's presence will last forever," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth separately warned a year ago.
President Donald Trump has long indicated he wants Europe to shoulder more responsibility for its own defense; and most European officials agree the continent has dropped the ball.
But the way American critiques were delivered packed a real punch, as did the administration's insistence it must control Greenland. Part of NATO member Denmark, the American desire to control Greenland — apparently at any cost — undermined the very basis of the alliance for some of its members and observers.
The U.S. is by far the most influential member of NATO, having long propped up Europe by providing most of the alliance's most expensive military capabilities, such as space-based assets and intelligence.
NATO's nuclear deterrent also hinges on the US's vast arsenal of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
Panicked by the U.S.'s warnings, and the reality of what an American focus on the Indo-Pacific could mean for a Europe still contending with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NATO members quickly pledged to increase their own military spending.
NATO collectively agreed last summer to spend 5 percent of each country's GDP on defense, a figure that was unfathomable at the start of 2025.
Quote:U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Europe of a "new era in geopolitics" ahead of the Munich Security Conference this weekend.
"The world is changing very fast right in front of us," Rubio told reporters as he boarded a flight to Germany on Thursday night. "We live in a new era in geopolitics, and it's going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be."
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While Rubio did issue his warning, he struck a softer tone than Vance last year, as he also added: "We’re very tightly linked together with Europe. Most people in this country can trace both, either their cultural or their personal heritage, back to Europe. So, we just have to talk about that."
Rubio is heading the U.S. delegation to Munich, where he will stay for two days, before heading to Slovakia and Hungary, according to The Associated Press.
He said on Thursday that he is expecting to be asked about Greenland.
Trump’s rhetoric about America taking Greenland from Denmark has only toughened, and last month he announced a 10 percent tariff on the nations that opposed his proposal.
Meanwhile, multiple European countries have united against Trump in the name of defending Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty, including the U.K, Germany and France.
This is one of the many things driving a wedge between America and Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron urged EU leaders to increase reforms to boost the bloc's competitiveness against China and the U.S. just a few days ago, arguing that Trump’s push to acquire Greenland should be a wake-up call for European leaders.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday called for the U.S. and Europe to "repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together."
Opening the Munich Security Conference, he said that a "divide, a deep rift" has opened up across the Atlantic and urged leaders to work toward a "new trans-Atlantic partnership."
He said that Europe’s "excessive dependency" on the U.S. was its own fault but spoke against "writing off NATO."
"We will (leave the dependency behind) by building a strong, self-supporting European pillar in the alliance, in our own interest," he said.
Topics on the agenda will likely include America’s nuclear discussions with Iran, the war in Ukraine and China.
Quote:Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games on Thursday over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee said.
He was informed of his disqualification after a meeting with IOC President Kirsty Coventry early in the morning at the sliding venue, shortly before the start of his competition.
His team said they would appeal the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Coventry told reporters she had wanted to meet the athlete face to face in a last-ditch effort to break the impasse.
“I was not meant to be here but I thought it was really important to come here and talk to him face to face,” Coventry told reporters. “No one, especially me, is disagreeing with the messaging, it’s a powerful message, it’s a message of remembrance, of memory.
“The challenge was to find a solution for the field of play. Sadly we’ve not been able to find that solution” she added, choking up. “I really wanted to see him race, It’s been an emotional morning.”
“It’s literally about the rules and the regulations and that in this case… we have to be able to keep a safe environment for everyone and sadly, that just means no messaging is allowed.”
The IOC had offered him the opportunity to display his “helmet of remembrance” depicting 24 images of dead compatriots before the start and after the end of Thursday’s race at the Games, while also allowing him to wear a black armband while competing.
Ukraine’s Olympic Committee, which supported Heraskevych in the case, said it was not planning to boycott the Games over the disqualification.
NO BETRAYAL
“I am disqualified from the race. I will not get my Olympic moment,” said Heraskevych.
“They were killed, but their voice is so loud that the IOC is afraid of them. I told Coventry that this decision plays along with Russia’s narrative.
“I sincerely believe that it is precisely because of their sacrifice that these Olympic Games can take place at all today.
Quote:Feb 13 — Three Ukrainian brothers, including an eight-year-old, were killed near the eastern front line and a Russian drone attack killed one person and injured six others at one of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports near Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.
The mother and grandmother of the brothers — two of whom were 19 — were injured in the attack late on Thursday, the local prosecutors in the Donetsk region said on Friday.
The ports are Ukraine’s key maritime export arteries, crucial for its foreign trade and the survival of its wartime economy.
Moscow has stepped up its attacks on both them and Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, and Kyiv has targeted Russian oil facilities, as US-led efforts to end the war stall.
“Russia launched massive strikes on port and railway infrastructure,” Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram.
Infrastructure belonging to a business as well as fertilizer warehouses and vehicles, including freight wagons, were damaged, Kuleba said, adding that the attack sparked a fire.
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority did not name the port, saying only that it was one of the three around Odesa and continued to operate despite damage to infrastructure.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 154 drones in total and one ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight.
Air defenses downed or neutralized 111 of the drones, it said.
Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said that energy, industrial, and residential infrastructure in the region was also targeted after reporting earlier that the attack caused “substantial” disruption to power, heat and water supplies.
Ukraine’s major private energy company DTEK said the damage to energy infrastructure in the city was “extremely serious” and the repairs will take a long time.
Quote:WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump’s office said Thursday that she played a role in the return of an unspecified number of Ukrainian and Russian children separated from their families during the four-year-old conflict.
Trump “successfully united Russian and Ukrainian children with their families today,” her office said.
“For the third time, the US First Lady has helped facilitate the return of children to their families after they were separated because of the regional conflict.”
The statement did not say how many children of each nationality were affected.
Ukraine’s government says as many as 20,000 children have been taken from homes, orphanages, and boarding schools to Russia since the February 2022 invasion by Moscow — of whom 1,984 have been returned.
The Kremlin claims the children were taken for humanitarian reasons during fighting in eastern Ukraine, though Kyiv says they were abducted to be raised as Russians.
“I appreciate that Russia and Ukraine are dedicated to bringing back the children who have been displaced because of the circumstances surrounding this conflict,” Melania Trump said Thursday.
“Although all parties are cooperating and our communications remain robust, I urge Russia and Ukraine to intensify their efforts to ensure the safe return of every child to their families and guardians.”
The first lady, who is currently promoting a self-titled documentary, announced in October that she established an “open channel” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss child reunification, leading to the return of eight children and plans for another five.
Her office said in December she helped with seven additional cases.
Quote:WASHINGTON — President Trump jabbed at Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Friday — blaming him for a lack of progress in peace talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion.
“Zelensky is going to have to get moving,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for North Carolina.
“Russia wants to make a deal, and Zelensky is going to have to get moving. Otherwise, he’s going to miss a great opportunity.”
Zelensky, with whom Trump has had a hot-and-cold relationship, insists that he cannot make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin that changes Ukraine’s borders — Putin’s central demand — without a national referendum.
Responding to Trump at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Zelensky claimed the Ukrainian people were “90% against elections now” because they feel it would be too difficult for citizens living abroad and soldiers at the front to cast ballots.
“If President Trump will give me [an effort at] pushing Putin [for a] cease-fire for two, three months, we will do elections,” Zelensky told Politico reporter Dasha Burns.
Zelensky insisted that “Russia is not not winning” the war and called on Trump to consider the use of “total sanctions” by NATO allies against Moscow to bring the war to a favorable end.
“President Trump made, by the way, strong steps. We are thankful to him on Lukoil. He put sanctions on Lukoil, [but] he can put [sanctions] on all their energy, on nuclear energy,” Zelensky said.
He also said Trump should tell Russian elites with property and children based in the US to “f–k away to Russia. Go home … They have a lot of real estate. They have children, relatives everywhere.”
Quote:Ukraine has developed a silent, undetectable laser that can take out Russian drones as if “struck by invisible lightning” — and all at a fraction of the cost of similar high-tech weapons made in the US, according to a new report.
Kyiv’s Sunray laser, which has been in the works for two years, was able to take out a small drone hundreds of yards away in an instant during its first test run in front of journalists, The Atlantic reported after witnessing the prototype in person.
“Within seconds, the drone began to burn as if struck by invisible lightning, then fell to the ground in a fiery arc,” reporter Simon Shuster wrote of the spectacle.
The test was the first time Ukraine unveiled the Sunray weapon, which had previously been called “Trident,” with the laser system emitting neither noise nor visible light.
The laser cannon could easily be loaded into a pickup truck, with its aim sight appearing no different from that of a hobbyist’s telescope, according to the Atlantic.
Colonel Vadym Sukharevsky, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, had previously touted that the Sunray was capable of shooting down Russian aircraft flying as far as 1.2 miles in the sky.
While America’s own laser weapon, the Helios, cost the US Navy $150 million to develop, the creators of the Sunray claimed their system only cost a few million dollars.
Pavlo Yelizarov, the newly appointed commander of Kyiv’s air-defense forces, said the military is expected to buy the Sunray for only a few hundred thousand dollars, a testament to the personal stakes of Ukrainian arms companies in the fight against Russia’s invasion.
“Many American companies are driven by money. For them, it’s a job. They do it. They get paid,” Yelizarov told the Atlantic. “We have another component at play: the need to survive.”
Ukraine has been rapidly innovating new weapons and defense systems in the face of Russia’s constant bombardments, which sees Moscow fire hundreds of drones every day.
Quote:American-born Olympian Eileen Gu scored millions from China in 2025 – a staggering payout exposed in a public budget before officials quickly scrubbed her name from the record, according to a report.
The champion freestyle skier, who competes for China, cashed in on a jaw-dropping $6.6 million from the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau last year – a hefty sum that was shared with fellow US-born Olympian figure skater Zhu Yi, according to the country’s budget, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Yi – who renounced her US citizenship – also performs under China’s flag.
The fiscal report shows that the star athletes were also slated to pocket a jaw-dropping $14 million, or nearly 100 million yuan, over the past three years from the sports bureau.
The latest chunk was tied to qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics, the outlet reported.
The eye-watering payday came to light after China’s budget, released in early 2025, accidentally named both Gu and Yi.
The faux pas resulted in officials erasing both names from the record, but not before the mega cash hauls ignited fury among China’s cash-strapped public, whose social media gripes also mysteriously vanished, according to the Journal.
It’s unclear just how much each athlete was paid from the pot of money, though the windfall only boosted Gu’s already massive bankroll.
The 22-year-old, who sparked controversy during the 2022 Winter Games over her decision to represent her mother’s native China, has made a whopping $23 million from off-field endorsements and netted an estimated $100,000 from competitions, Forbes reported.
The two-time gold and silver medalist earned about $40,000 for World Cup slopestyle and halfpipe triumphs in January 2025 and December 2025, respectively, according to the outlet.
"For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ," 1 Thessalonians 5:9
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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He's got a point here. Why paying them any amount of 
cash? Especially if you don't know if she's still alive. At this point, even the police could end up finding her body buried somewhere. 
It was not a mere accident, he intentionally shot her down. His 
alcoholism issue only makes it worse than that. Honestly, I suspect their true motivation was that it all happened because of Trump. 
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