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Venezuela Briefing Leaves Lawmakers Confused
Top Senate and House lawmakers from both parties emerged from a classified briefing given by President Trump‘s most senior officials with little clarity on the future of Venezuela, The Hill…
Is Greenland Next?
The Atlantic: “Danish officials think they know how Donald Trump might seize Greenland. In a late-night Truth Social post, the president announces that the Danish territory is now an American…
Platner Raised Nearly $5 Million Despite Scandals
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) raised $4.7 million in the final quarter of the year, Axios reports. “The fundraising haul suggests that Platner — a Bernie Sanders-endorsed populist…
Colombian President Taunts Trump
“After the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, tensions between President Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro are boiling over,” Axios reports. “What Trump has called a ‘successful’…
Trump Tipped Off Oil Executives
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump had a vague but tantalizing message for a couple of American oil executives roughly a month before the U.S. captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro: ‘Get…
Trump’s Retro Imperialism
Jonathan Chait: “The ‘Donroe Doctrine,’ as he calls his assertion of regional supremacy—a Trumpian extension of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine, which established the United States’ claim over the Americas in…
U.S. Plans to Intercept Tanker Russia Has Claimed
The U.S. is making plans to try to intercept a fleeing oil tanker that Russia has claimed ownership of, setting up a possible confrontation between Washington and the Kremlin over…
Trump Says He’ll Be In Charge of Venezuela
President Trump told NBC News in a telephone interview that he will be top person in charge of Venezuela. Save to Favorites
CIA Concluded Regime Loyalists Were Best Placed
“A recent classified U.S. intelligence assessment determined top members of Nicolás Maduro’s regime—including Vice President Delcy Rodríguez—would be best positioned to lead a temporary government in Caracas and maintain near-term…
Greenland Wants Talks with the United States
“Greenland’s prime minister on Monday called for renewed talks with the United States and urged against panic after President Donald Trump repeated that he wanted to annex the mineral-rich Arctic…
Pardon Wasn’t Enough for Many Capitol Rioters
New York Times: “The pardon proclamation saved them, opening prison doors and ending all of the criminal prosecutions related to the Capitol attack. Even more, it gave a presidential stamp…
Congress Makes First Moves to Avoid Another Shutdown
“Bipartisan congressional appropriators on Monday released a three-bill spending package, marking the first major movement on government funding since last year’s record-breaking shutdown,” Axios reports. “The government will shut down…
Trump Wields Power Like No Other
It was great to be Julie Mason’s first guest of the year on her fantastic radio show. You can listen here. Save to Favorites
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“Republicans must — if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don’t, they’re gonna feel the heat from…
Marco Rubio Takes on His Most Daunting Role Yet
NBC News: “Tasked with overseeing the transition of a post-Maduro Venezuela, Rubio has stepped into his fourth — and potentially riskiest — Trump administration role, and the coming weeks and…
Mystery Trader Made $400,000 on Maduro’s Downfall
“Less than five hours before nighttime explosions rocked the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, an unknown trader doubled down on bets that Nicolás Maduro would soon be out as the country’s…
House Exits Are Piling Up
We’re likely headed toward a wave election if an early warning sign is correct. A staggering 44 House members have announced they are either retiring or running for another office….
RFK Jr. Scales Back Vaccines Recommended for Children
“Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17,”…
Just 33% of Americans Approve of Strike on Venezuela
One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country’s president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American…
‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
Anne Applebaum: “In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the world is divided into three spheres of influence: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, all perpetually at war. Sometimes two of the states…
