'...The US military has begun the transfer up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) group detainees from prisons in north-eastern Syria to Iraq...The government and SDF had earlier blamed each other over the escape of suspected IS fighters from an SDF-run prison in Shaddadi, in southern Hassakeh. ...'
'...The Kurdish website Rudaw reports that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around 1,500 Islamic State members escaped from Syria’s Shaddadi prison. ...prison that had been under SDF control in the eastern city of Shaddadi, accusing the SDF of releasing them. '
'...The No Violent Criminals in the Federal Workforce Act would bar people convicted of violent crimes from holding federal civil service jobs or working on federal contracts. Mace's No Convicts Running the Capital Act would apply the same restrictions to employment and contracts with the District of Columbia government.
"This is common sense," Mace said. "If you've been convicted of a violent crime, you have no business working for the government or cashing taxpayer checks. ...'
'...Israeli comedian and IDF reservist Guy Hochman was forced to cancel a scheduled performance Tuesday night in New York after a large, organized pro-Palestinian protest blocked the entrance to the Broadway Comedy Club.
Hochman described the scene in a blunt Instagram post, writing: “Those sons of b****es are blocking the entrance to the club, and the police decided not to approve holding the show.”
The NYPD arrived at the venue and assessed there was a public safety risk and an inability to maintain order. Police then ordered the event canceled...'
'...on ABC’s “The View,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani call for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished...'
'...Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that more than 10,000 criminal illegal aliens have been arrested in Minnesota since the Trump administration has taken office. ...Since the launch of Operation Metro Surge in December, DHS has apprehended over 3,000 aliens with prior convictions ranging from murder, rape, and pedophilia.'
'...In a speech on Monday to Israel's parliament, Netanyahu asserted that Turkey and Qatar would have no authority, influence or soldiers involved in the post-war management of the Gaza Strip.
"Turkish soldiers and Qatari soldiers will not be in the strip," Netanyahu declared from the podium. ...'
'...Maryland Democrat has introduced legislation that would prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from being hired in state or local law enforcement roles.
The legislation, which is called the “ICE Breaker Act of 2026” is sponsored by Maryland State Del. Adrian Boafo (D). Under the proposed legislation, ICE agents hired under President Donald Trump’s presidency would be barred from working as police officers...Boafo also clarified that “anyone who joined ICE” before Trump was inaugurated in January 2025 is “not affected” by the legislation, according to the outlet'
'...Ex-legal fixer Michael Cohen on Friday accused New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of forcing him to testify against his former client, Donald Trump, as part of their civil fraud and “hush money” cases against the now-sitting president.
“I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking,” Cohen wrote in a Substack post. “Letitia James and Alvin Bragg may not share the same office or political calendar, but they share the same playbook.”...'
'...U.S Coast Guard on Thursday morning seized a 6th sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, reports Carla Babb, Newsmax national security correspondent. This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. ...'
'...Studies have documented that many microbes and other tiny living things can thrive aboard the ISS, including the microorganisms left behind by touring astronauts. But according to Raman, there’s been relatively little research examining how these space microbes interact with each other, especially phages and the bacteria they infect to make more of themselves. ...'
'...California’s stock market billionaires are angrily denouncing a proposed tax to fund healthcare for the millions of illegal migrants they welcomed into their state.
The tech sector “is getting what they had coming ….[after] pushing for open borders and unbridled employment visas,” said Kevom Lynn, founder of U.S. Tech Workers, which opposes the H-1B program. He continued:
A strong, middling class that can form families, pay for college educations without going into debt, and pay for health care, doesn’t need this kind of a [tax] grift … but now it’s on the tech bros to pay for the health care for all these illegal immigrants — and all the healthcare workers who have to service them. ...'
'...Good, 37, had joined ICE Watch, a loose network of activists tracking and aiming to disrupt ICE activities, after discovering the network through her son’s charter school, the New York Post reported. “MN ICE Watch,” an Instagram page, shared screenshots from a “de-arrest” primer, which gives agitators advice on how to prevent law enforcement officers from taking someone into custody. ...'
'...UnitedHealthcare and its parent company, UnitedHealth, used "aggressive strategies" to milk American taxpayers by diagnosing Medicare patients with as many conditions as possible, a new Senate report has alleged.
In a 105-page assessment released Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, staff members for the Republican majority accused the company of turning federal Medicare subsidies "into a major profit centered strategy". ...'
'...media reports to say ICE is terrorists or racist, or they’re the Nazis. They’re listening to people saying that, you know, using the term disappearing people. ICE is doing the same thing they’ve done for 40 years.”
He added, “For any member of Congress to say that ICE is a Nazi or racist or secret police, really, because they’re enforcing laws you enacted, if they are a racist for enforcement, what does that make you? Your role, the law.”...'
'...Community social networking platform Neighbourly has confirmed a data breach affecting its members.
Names, email addresses, GPS coordinates, public forum posts and direct member communications were accessed without authorisation in the breach, a spokesperson said on Saturday. Passwords were not compromised.
"We have again contacted our members to update them on this confirmation of the breach...'
'Investigators are looking into a total of $36,000 that James’ campaign paid Iyesata Marsh, owner of a Brooklyn hair salon and an event manager, between May 2018 and February 2019 during the AG’s successful re-election bid, according to sources and reports. Roughly $22,000 of the payments were for using Marsh’s studio as a campaign office...People familiar with the probe told the New York Times — which first reported the new investigation, along with CBS News — that prosecutors want to talk with Marsh about past financial transactions involving James and her campaign. ...'
'...This year promises new challenges and exploits.
Below are several predictions for the top threats in 2026, along with actionable recommendations to help strengthen defenses:
1. Exploits facilitated by agentic AI, shadow AI, and AI-driven social engineering methods.
Almost everyone has experienced an AI-related attack this year...'
'...Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent who she allegedly tried to ram with her car during a chaotic protest in a Minneapolis neighborhood...Noem alleged that Good opted to “weaponize her vehicle” in an “attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents.”
She slammed Good’s alleged attack as “an act of domestic terrorism” – just one of three she said took place in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
'
'...Trump said that the oil will be sold at market price, and the”money will be controlled by me ... to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!”...U.S. crude futures fell 1.3% to $56.39 per barrel after the announcement. ...'
'...fraud and abuse of taxpayer programs continues to come to light among the region’s massive Somali refugee population....DHS is deploying about 2,000 federal agents to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to “oversee a 30-day surge in operations in the Twin Cities area, making the region the first major target of the Trump administration’s expanded immigration crackdown in the new year, officials said.”...Somali refugees have allegedly stolen some $19 billion in public funds from Minnesota taxpayers, thanks to the massive fraud scheme that allegedly funded lavish vacations and luxury cars.'
'...Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
But the Postal Service announced Dec. 24 that it was making no such guarantees about postmarks. Its new guidelines say a postmark might come days later, when mail is actually processed at a regional facility, sometimes miles from a local mailbox....'
'...Independent journalist Nick Shirley on Thursday teased a second installment of his investigation into alleged Minnesota fraud, suggesting it will make critics in the mainstream media "go insane."...After peppering Shirley with questions, the CNN reporter said the network is "looking into" his claims. Wild was then shown calling Minnesota daycare centers via speakerphone, acknowledging many of the centers Shirley visited did not pick up her calls. ...Shirley previously wrote on X, "Mainstream media is more mad at me than they are at the FACT that billions of YOUR dollars are being used for fraudulent business."'
'...“President Trump has changed the course of history in our hemisphere. Our country, and the world, are safer for it,” Gimenez said on social media platform X.
“Today’s decisive action is this hemisphere’s equivalent to the Fall of the Berlin Wall,” he declared.
“It’s a big day in Florida, where the majority of Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan exiles reside. This is the community I represent, and we are overwhelmed with emotion and hope,” said Gimenez, who was born in Cuba and represents southwestern Miami-Dade county.
“We are forever grateful to President Trump, and to our brave service members, for this stellar military operation. ¡Gracias!” Gimenez concluded. ...'
'...In a post on X, filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza shared a video of a young man explaining to Local10 News, how President Donald Trump had “created an opportunity” for Venezuelans to “begin working harder than ever” in their country.
“All eyes on Venezuela. This [are] historical news. This is history in the making,” the man said. “I mean, my chest, it feels like it’s going to explode with joy because … I mean, before I was even born, there had been struggles, my family has been fighting for so many years…..before I was even here. They have told me about it, they told me about a time where democracy existed and now, I can finally look forward to that.”
Local10 News reported that the man, Edgar, was among “hundreds of Venezuelans” in Doral, Florida, who celebrated Maduro’s capture....'
'..."The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country," Trump said on his Truth Social media platform. "This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement." Trump also announced there will be a press conference from Mar-a-Lago later today to provide more details on the operation....'
'...New York City, having now inaugurated an actual Democratic Socialist - in other words, a commie - as mayor, is now stepping off the big promises line and headed for the bread lines. Zohran Mamdani, as he takes up the office...To Shane Turner and her ilk, I could say this: "Why didn't you expect it? The lack of food, the lack of drink, the lack of toilets? It's what you voted for!" This is how socialism always turns out.'
