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The Trump administration will reduce the number of federal immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota by 700, White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Wednesday. "Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration and as a result of the need for fewer law enforcement officers to do this work in a safer environment, I have announced effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today," Homan said.President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had a "productive" phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which the leaders discussed China's possible purchase of more agricultural products and oil and gas from the United States, Taiwan, the war in Ukraine and Iran. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday unveiled plans to marshal allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, proposing coordinated price floors as Washington escalates efforts to loosen China's grip on materials crucial to advanced manufacturing.

President Donald Trump will welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro for a bilateral discussion at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. The two spoke by phone in January, with Trump announcing the meeting shortly after.The U.S. House of Representatives will take up a bill on Tuesday to fund several federal agencies as a partial shutdown enters its fourth day. Many Democrats—including leaders—have vowed to withhold support from the package.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 2 will begin work to pass a Senate bill to fund the government as multiple agencies remain in a partial shutdown.Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued a highly anticipated weather forecast: six more weeks of winter.

A rapidly intensifying bomb cyclone buried parts of North Carolina in record snow, knocked out power, halted travel, and canceled flights, as bitter Arctic air pushed rare freezing temperatures and snow flurries into Florida. The U.S. government is partially shut down, and House Speaker Mike John (R-La.) said he's confident that he has enough republican votes to end it by at least Feb. 3. An American envoy arrived in Caracas as plans moved forward to reopen the U.S. embassy. President Donald Trump signaled warmer ties, and possible oil cooperation after the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. It's America's most consumed beverage: according to a 2025 report, Americans drink more coffee than they do bottled water. However, is coffee ultimately good for our health? Vital Signs' Brendon Fallon presents the views of two nutrition-specialist doctors on coffee. A new exhibition at the British Museum is rethinking the samurai: from warriors to artists and leaders. The surprising history is being revealed, including the powerful role of women.

The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure. The files, posted to the department's website, include 2,000 videos and 180,000 images related to Epstein.Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested, Lemon's lawyer confirmed on Friday. Lemon and three others were arrested "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota," AG Pam Bondi said in a post on X.

Border czar Tom Homan said on Jan. 29 that agreements with state and local officials could lead to an ICE drawdown. "This is common sense cooperation that allows to draw down on the number of people we have here," Homan said at a news conference in Minneapolis.President Donald Trump is holding a Cabinet meeting at 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 29 at the White House.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying in the Senate about President Donald Trump's Venezuela policy on Wednesday. It will be the first time Rubio has publicly faced lawmakers' questions over the January 3 operation to seize former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October, while leaving open the possibility of further reductions. Amazon said on Tuesday it was closing its remaining bricks-and-mortar Fresh grocery stores and Go markets, despite years of effort, and said it was dropping its Amazon One biometric payment system, which scans the palm of a customer's hand.

First Lady Melania Trump called for unity amid the protests in Minnesota.“We need to unify. I'm calling for unity. I know my husband, the president, had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor, and they're working together to make it peaceful and without riots. I'm against the violence,” Melania Trump said during an interview with Fox News.The deadly storm that brought crippling ice to the South and deep snow to the Northeast finally began to swirl out to sea. But thousands of Americans were still without power or heat, and temperatures were forecast to plunge well below freezing by early Tuesday in areas where the ice storm did its worst damage.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota in the wake of the shooting of an anti-immigration enforcement protester by a federal agent. The president said in a morning Truth Social post that Homan would be going to Minnesota on Monday evening, noting that though Homan hasn't been involved in operations there, he knows many officials in the state. “Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” Trump wrote.A powerful winter storm sweeping across much of the United States forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights and delay hundreds on Monday, as freezing rain and heavy snowfall disrupted travel and snarled transportation networks. About 3,800 flights were canceled and over 1,000 were delayed as of early Monday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, following more than 11,000 cancellations reported on Sunday. The weather has been blamed for the deaths of at least 13 people.

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Heavy snow was falling over Northwest Texas and Oklahoma City on Friday morning as a major winter storm began moving east across the U.S., bringing deadly cold and the threat of power outages and treacherously icy roads to almost half the nation's population and prompting more than a dozen governors to declare states of emergency.Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has been arrested and is being brought to the U.S. to face charges, the FBI said on Friday.

Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led two now-dismissed criminal cases against President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 22. This marks the first time Smith has publicly defended his failed prosecutions in an open hearing before the committee.On the second and final day of his visit to Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump signed the Board of Peace charter, officially launching a new international organization tasked with overseeing the peace process between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, speaking to an audience of the globe's wealthiest and most influential leaders. Tensions with European allies over Greenland have taken center stage at this year's gathering in the Alpine village.YouTube creator Nick Shirley will testify on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol about his findings, during a House Judiciary Hearing named "When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Jan. 20 expressed confidence that the United States and European countries would find a solution to the Trump administration's effort to acquire Greenland. Bessent, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, dismissed what he called "hysteria" about a possible trade war.The UK government on Jan. 20 approved plans for China to build its largest embassy in Europe, in London, in a bid to improve ties with Beijing despite warnings from British and U.S. lawmakers that the facility could be used for spying. d

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that he does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump is 'genuinely considering' military action on Greenland. He suggests that Britain would not retaliate against U.S.tariffs. The German and French finance ministers said that European powers would not be blackmailed and that there would be a clear and united response to U.S. tariffs threat.Donald Trump is expected to join the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week.

President Donald Trump threatened 25 percent tariffs on eight European nations that recently sent troops to Greenland. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Jan. 18, “We are not going to outsource our national security.” We explore the rationale behind these remarks with a geopolitical analyst.The U.S. military announced the killing of an al-Qaeda affiliate leader. The individual had ties to a gunman who killed three U.S. citizens in Syria last month.Trump is set to dominate Davos in the coming week with the largest U.S. delegation ever.The Trump administration might send 1,500 active-duty soldiers to Minnesota.Protests erupted in central London over plans for a massive new Chinese embassy. Analysts said it could pose a national security risk.

President Donald Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on investments in rural health care at the White House on Friday, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. ET. NTD will have live coverage of the event.The United States said on Thursday that all options remain on the table to stop the Iranian regime's violent suppression of nationwide protests, with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz delivering a clear message during an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting held at Washington's request. The meeting underscored international alarm over Iran's brutal suppression of protests that began on Dec. 28, 2025, amid economic collapse and a failing currency.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell protests against ICE agents in Minneapolis. This comes as tensions escalate in the city following a violent nighttime confrontation between an ICE agent and an illegal immigrant in the city. The Department of Homeland Security said the immigrant ambushed the agent, who shot the attacker in the leg in self-defense.President Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will meet at the White House on Thursday. Just hours before the meeting, U.S. Southern Command confirmed in a post on X that U.S. armed forces had seized another Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Caribbean.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House on Wednesday. Hours before the meeting, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that anything less than Greenland "in the hands" of the United States would be "unacceptable." Trump wrote that America needs Greenland for its national security. He added that NATO would be far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States.Trump said on Tuesday that the federal government would suspend payments to so-called sanctuary cities that defy federal immigration enforcement, starting on Feb. 1. Since reclaiming the Oval Office, Trump has made immigration enforcement a priority for his administration and already made similar bids to defund sanctuary jurisdictions. So far, however, he has been blocked from doing so in federal courts.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether state bans on males in female sports violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the White House has “canceled all meetings” with Iranian officials and that “help is on the way” amid days of unprecedented protests in the country against the regime.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank was served with grand jury subpoenas by the Department of Justice on Jan. 9. Powell confirmed in a statement on Jan. 11 that officials threatened a criminal indictment over his Senate Banking Committee testimony in June 2025. Powell noted the testimony “concerned, in part, a multi-year project to renovate historic Federal Reserve office buildings.” The central bank chief dismissed the idea that this criminal probe was driven by his testimony or the renovation, saying it's connected to his position on interest rates.President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran's leadership has contacted his administration to seek negotiations after he warned of possible military action in the wake of mass protests in Iran. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Iranian leaders had reached out to U.S. officials and that a meeting between the two sides was being set up.

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The Department of Homeland Security identified the two people shot in Portland on Thursday, saying they are “suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates”.U.S. military forces boarded an oil tanker in an early morning operation in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the third such action this week, the U.S. Southern Command announced in a statement.

Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes on Thursday and Friday out of caution, citing protests sparked by the fatal shooting of a female driver by federal immigration agents. The district will not move to e-learning, as that is only allowable under severe weather conditions. School will resume in the city on Monday, Jan. 12.The Senate is due to consider a resolution on Thursday that would block President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization. Senate passage would be a significant victory for the lawmakers who have been pushing the war powers issue. To become law, however, the resolution would have to pass the Republican-led House of Representatives and survive an expected Trump veto, which would require two-thirds majorities in both chambers to override.

The U.S. European Command announced the seizure of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker for violations of U.S. sanctions in a post on X on Wednesday. U.S. forces had been trailing the vessel since last month after it tried to evade a U.S. blockade around Venezuela. The ship was sanctioned by the United States in 2024 for allegedly smuggling cargo for a company linked to terrorist group Hezbollah.The House Oversight Committee will hear testimony on Wednesday from Minnesota state lawmakers on allegations of fraud and the misuse of federal funds in the state. NTD will have live coverage of the hearing.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) died at the age of 65. “I want to express our tremendous sorrow [at the] the loss of a great member, great, great, great member, Congressman, Doug LaMalfa, who passed away yesterday, as you probably have heard,” President Donald Trump said in front of House GOP lawmakers at a retreat in Washington on Tuesday.Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado celebrated President Donald Trump for making the decision to capture Nicolás Maduro, in an appearance on Fox News' “Hannity” on Monday. “January 3rd will go down in history as the day justice defeated tyranny,” Machado told host Sean Hannity. “It's a milestone, and it's not only huge for the Venezuelan people and our future, I think it's a huge step for humanity, for freedom, and human dignity,” she said.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to appear in federal court on Monday on narco-terrorism conspiracy charges, just two days after his capture by U.S. military forces. He's set to be arraigned at noon in a Manhattan federal court. On Jan. 3, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Maduro, alongside his wife, Cilia Flores, had been indicted in federal court shortly after their capture and extraction from Venezuela.The U.S. Secret Service said a man who broke windows at Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home and caused other property damage was detained early Monday. The man, who has not been named, was detained shortly after midnight, according to a Secret Service spokesperson.

Former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is jailed in New York after capture. His arraignment is expected on Monday. Experts share their insights.British and French aircraft attack an underground ISIS terrorist group weapons storage facility in Syria.North Korea fires ballistic missiles as the leader of rival South Korea visits China. Japan "strongly condemns" North Korea's latest missile launch.Swiss authorities investigate bar managers after deadly New Year's blaze. Swiss say it may take days to identify severely burned bar fire victims.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year's Eve. Christan Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill, North Carolina, was charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, according to a Justice Department statement.Dozens of young partygoers injured in a New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland were transferred to specialist burn units across Europe as they fought for their lives on Friday after being hit by the devastating blaze, which has killed at least 40. Initial findings showed the fire that spread among the mostly young crowd of revellers in Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana was likely caused by sparkler candles being carried too close to the ceiling, the local prosecutor said.

Police say dozens are feared dead and as many as 100 others are injured after a fire at a ski resort in Switzerland. The blaze broke out in the early hours of New Year's Day at the Le Constellation bar in the upscale Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana in the Swiss Canton of Valais. Helicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene to assist victims, including several tourists. The cause of the blaze remains unclear, but authorities say it appears to have been an accident rather than an attack.Thousands of revelers in Times Square welcomed 2026 with fireworks and the annual Times Square Ball Drop. Party-goers were also treated to a surprise as the Times Square Ball was relit in red, white, and blue before rising to mark the start of the United States' 250th anniversary.

As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Wednesday that the administration is reviewing cases for denaturalization of Somali Americans who were convicted of fraud in the Minnesota fraud scheme.

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday said it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers. The UAE made its announcement hours after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla.Voters in Iowa State Senate District 16 go to the polls Tuesday for a special election that has major political stakes, with a Republican supermajority in the state's upper chamber on the line.

President Donald Trump is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, extending a series of high-level talks that have focused on the future of Gaza and regional security threats. Netanyahu's visit marks his sixth meeting with Trump this year, according to Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, who described the trip as a sign of enduring ties between the two allies.FBI Director Kash Patel on Sunday confirmed that his office had surged resources to Minnesota to investigate claims of fraud exploiting federal services and programs. Federal officials have, to date, indicted 78 people and convicted 57 individuals in a $250 million fraud scheme in Minnesota, Patel said in a post on X. The charges included wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy. Patel said the case could yet prove to be “just the tip of a very large iceberg.”

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday's talks, and that the 20-point plan under discussion “is about 90% ready.”Trump announced a “powerful and deadly strike” targeting the ISIS terrorist group in northwest Nigeria on Thursday. Trump said the group had not heeded warnings, leading to the Christmas night strike. The Trump administration has also designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act, which opens the country up to sanctions. A Pentagon spokesperson told The Epoch Times that the Nigerian government approved the strikes.

President Donald Trump sent out his greetings on Christmas Eve, wishing Merry Christmas to all. He called active-duty U.S. service members, thanking them for their sacrifice and devotion. He also surprised children when he answered NORAD Santa calls from his Mar-a-Lago estate. Southern California deals with the aftermath of torrential rain. The downpour unleashed widespread flash flooding on Christmas Eve. Authorities are urging people to stay off roads and some residents to evacuate.

The chief executive officer of the IRS said during an interview on Tuesday that around 94 percent of middle-class Americans will see some form of tax relief next year. He added that Social Security recipients will see “up to a $6,000 benefit.” Frank Bisignano's comments come after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett have both projected significant refunds in the 2026 tax year due to legislation that was signed into law over the summer by President Donald Trump.A thunderous explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia killed at least two people, collapsed part of the building, sent flames shooting into the air, and left people trapped inside. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a news conference several hours after the explosion that at least two people had been killed. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bristol Township as a utility crew began searching for a gas leak on site.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday morning released thousands of documents related to the now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in the latest batch of files. The department warned that some claims contained in the documents were falsely made against President Donald Trump.Robust consumer spending and a rebound in exports helped the U.S. economy grow faster than economists expected, according to delayed Bureau of Economic Analysis data released on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump said he has appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to be his special envoy to Greenland. The governor thanked Trump for the appointment in a post on X and said the new role would not require him to resign from his current position as governor. Trump has stated ⁠that Greenland, a Danish territory that largely governs itself, should become part of the United States, citing security reasons and an interest in the island's mineral resources.Australian police say homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs were thrown at a crowd at Bondi Beach by the shooters before they began shooting, but failed to detonate, according to court documents released on Monday. In response to the attack, the New South Wales parliament is debating legislation to cap firearm ownership, ban terror symbols, and restrict protests.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that a Chinese researcher on a J-1 visa in the United States has been charged with smuggling E. coli into the country and making false statements.President Donald Trump will travel to North Carolina on Friday, seeking to convince Americans that his handling of the economy is sound ahead of a midterm election year.

The annual inflation rate in the United States slowed sharply to 2.7 percent in November, suggesting price pressures are cooling even as tariff-related costs continue to filter through the economy.Trump Media & Technology Group will merge with a nuclear fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies said on Thursday is valued at more than $6 billion.

Warner Bros Discovery's board rejected Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday, saying it failed to provide adequate financing assurances. The board said it found Paramount's offer "inferior" to the merger agreement with Netflix.The House Judiciary Committee is questioning former special counsel Jack Smith behind closed doors on Wednesday. Smith's deposition is regarding his two prosecutions of President Donald Trump over alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort and actions challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election. Smith has continually denied that his work was politically motivated and has said that he is willing to testify publicly.

Congress continues investigating a September strike that hit a drug boat in the Caribbean. Secretary of war Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others briefed members of the House and the Senate on Tuesday. Hegseth says video of the strike will be shown to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees Wednesday, but the full video will not be released to the public.U.S. economy added 64,000 new jobs last month following a decline of 105,000 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. November's jobless rate rose to 4.6 percent—the highest since September 2021— from 4.4 percent in September.

Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife were confirmed dead after an apparent double homicide at their home in Los Angeles on Dec. 14. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said in a statement that two people were found dead at Reiner's home in the Brentwood neighborhood and that homicide detectives are involved in the investigation.Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong's most outspoken critics of the Chinese Communist Party, has been convicted in a national security trial—a case that has drawn international scrutiny amid Hong Kong's continued erosion of freedoms. Lai, who has pleaded not guilty to all three charges, will be sentenced at a later date. He could face life in prison. Lai was arrested in August 2020 and has been imprisoned for more than 1,800 days since being charged in December 2020.

Police in Providence have released a man who was held as a person of interest in the Brown University shooting. The attack left two students dead and nine others injured. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says the investigation is moving in a “different direction." The first victim has been identified as sophomore Ella Cook. President Donald Trump paid his respects to the victims and wished the injured a speedy recovery.Authorities are still investigating a shooting that took place at Sydney's Bondi Beach that killed 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration. Police say two gunmen opened fire on a crowd of about a thousand people. One of the shooters died during the exchange of gunfire and the other is in the hospital. The shooting is being condemned all over the world as an anti-Semitic attack.An ISIS terrorist ambush in Syria killed two U.S. National Guard troops from Iowa and a U.S. civilian interpreter. An Iowa police chief identified his son, Nate Howard, as one of the two soldiers killed. Names of the other victims are expected to be released later today. The ISIS terrorist was killed, and five people suspected of having a connection to the gunman were arrested. Trump is warning of a "very serious retaliation." Lawmakers are encouraging the continued cooperation to totally dismantle ISIS.

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The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday threatened to pull tens of millions of dollars in funding from New York over commercial driver licenses improperly issued to non-U.S. citizens. USDOT said New York must take actions to address concerns about immigrant truck drivers within 30 days or the state could lose federal highway funding. The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it had filed lawsuits against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada after the states failed to provide their voter registration lists to the department. The department's Civil Rights Division also filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, for records related to the 2020 election, it said in a statement.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to face fierce questioning from House Democrats on Dec. 11 over the Trump administration's immigration policies.Noem is testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland,” which is likely to focus heavily on immigration. Also attending Thursday's hearing are Joseph Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and Michael Glasheen, operations director of the national security branch of the FBI.The Senate is poised for a Dec. 11 vote on competing measures to resolve the standoff over extending the expiring Obamacare subsidies. Both are likely to fall along party lines and to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation in the Senate. The subsidies were created in 2021 as a temporary measure to blunt the economic impact of the COVID-19 national health emergency. Originally offered for two years, the enhanced subsidies were further extended for three years and will expire at the end of this month.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge on Tuesday to a federal law restricting political parties from coordinating spending with candidates. The case pits those who say the First Amendment vigorously protects political speech against those who say the restrictions are needed to prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption in the political process.Miami voters still have to choose their next mayor, and their choice could show how the city's political leaning has evolved ahead of the 2026 midterms. A crowded pool of 13 candidates was on the Nov. 4 ballot, but none gained the majority needed to win. A runoff between the two highest-polling picks is taking place today.

President Donald Trump plans to announce on Monday a $12 billion economic assistance package for farmers, according to a White House official.Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member.

President Donald Trump's newly released national security strategy states, "The Era of Mass Migration Is Over."War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is increasing its focus on defending its own interests. He accuses previous administrations after the Cold War of not putting America first in their policies.Our guest provides analysis on this and on what the strategy says about China.Japan has lodged a strong protest after a Chinese jet locked radar on Japanese fighters.Japan and Australia are calling for calm and both nations say they will keep a close eye on Chinese military activity.A major, magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Alaska on Saturday. It was felt as far away as Canada.