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Putin Notifies Xi Of New START Status As Trump Ready To Let Go Of Nuclear Arms Control With Russia

ZeroHedge

President Putin in his Wednesday video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored that the last major nuclear treaty with the United States is on the eve of collapse. New START is set to expire on Thursday. Putin notified Xi that Washington has not yet responded. "As you know, on September 22, 2025, we proposed to the Americans to extend the key quantitative limits for one year as voluntary self-restrictions. However, we have not yet received an official response from the Americans," Putin said, as quoted in state media.

Making Sense of “Silver Friday’s” Utterly Rigged Nonsense

Von Greyerz Gold

On Friday, January 30, 2026, the world learned (or rediscovered) just how grotesquely rigged the paper gold and silver markets truly are.... But was it really any “magical” coincidence that JP Morgan was able to exit its massive (and fatally stupid) short exposure at the absolute bottom/floor of the silver price on Friday? That is, at the perfect moment? Was it also any coincidence that the London Metals Exchange went completely dark on that very same day? And was it just an equal coincidence that HSBC, the second largest silver short holder on the LBMA, went completely offline as the choreographed Friday massacre in silver took place?

The Arrest Of Don Lemon: Journalists Cannot Also Be Activists

ZeroHedge

Just because someone declares they are a "journalist" does not mean they're protected from consequences if they commit a crime. Furthermore, the political left seems to believe that the 1st Amendment gives them the right to disrupt the free speech of others as long as they are protesting: This is a dangerous fallacy.

Democrat Wins Texas Special Election, Shrinking GOP’s Slim House Majority

The Epoch Times

Menefee, 37, the former Harris County attorney, won a runoff election against fellow Democrat Amanda Edwards, 44, a former Houston city council member. The two were seeking to replace late Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas) in the state’s solidly Democratic 18th congressional district, which includes most of Houston’s inner city and the surrounding areas.

US, India to Slash Tariffs Under New Trade Deal, Trump Says

The Epoch Times

As part of the deal, the United States will cut its reciprocal tariff rate from 25 percent to 18 percent, Trump wrote on Feb. 2 in a post on Truth Social. In exchange, he said, India has agreed to “move forward to reduce their Tariffs and Non Tariff Barriers against the United States to ZERO.”

New Footage Appears To Show Alex Pretti Spit At ICE, Break SUV Tail Light In Prior Minneapolis Confrontation

ZeroHedge

The video, verified by the BBC, captures what appears to be Pretti screaming at federal agents while they were driving away during a Jan. 13 protest. As their SUV leaves, he kicks the taillight - breaking it, causing agents to exit the vehicle and tackle him to the ground. The agents continue to hold him down until he retreats and joins a crowd shouting at agents, as his gun is visibly tucked into the back of his pants.

Iran Threatens To Sink The USS Abraham Lincoln As The Middle East Edges Closer To A Cataclysmic Showdown

The United States has gathered more firepower in the Middle East than we have ever seen before. It exceeds anything that we witnessed during Operation Desert Storm, it exceeds anything that we witnessed during the war in Afghanistan, and it exceeds anything that we witnessed during the war in Iraq. That doesn’t necessarily mean that war is imminent. President Trump could ultimately decide not to pull the trigger. But without a doubt, at this moment we are exceedingly close to a cataclysmic showdown in the Middle East.

5 Key Findings From the Pentagon Report on China’s Military

The Epoch Times

For its third aircraft carrier, Fujian, China built its first flat-deck ship, complete with an advanced electromagnetic catapult. The Pentagon report assessed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has plans for six more aircraft carriers by 2035, bringing their total to nine within the next decade.

Director Kash Patel Fires FBI Agents Linked to Lawfare Against Trump

Breitbart

Patel forced out field office leaders and other senior agents connected to the two criminal investigations of Trump, including the special agent in charge in Atlanta, the acting assistant director in charge of the New York field office, and the former special agent in charge in New Orleans who had recently moved on to another job, MS Now reported and two senior administration officials confirmed to Breitbart News. As many as six agents in Miami were forced out over their connection to the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago, conducted by over 30 agents accompanied by CNN cameras.

Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff if it completes China trade deal

AFP

During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney hailed a "new strategic partnership" with China that resulted in a "preliminary but landmark trade agreement" to reduce tariffs -- but Trump warned of serious consequences should that deal be realized. If Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a 'Drop Off Port' for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

War Drums In Gulf: US Armada Arrives As Saudi Arabia, UAE Deny Airspace Access

ZeroHedge

Things between Tehran and Washington are moving fast according to an eerily familiar pattern hearkening back to the lead-up to the 12-day June war, when there was some wrangling over negotiations - and talk of good faith efforts at dialogue - just before the US greenlighted a surprise Israeli attack which also saw US entry into the conflict by the close of it (whereupon nuclear facilities were hit by American bombers).

Fearing US Reprisals, Mexico Halts Oil Shipment to Cuba

Libertarian Institute

Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, has backed out of a planned oil shipment to Cuba, the country’s president appeared to confirm. The move comes after President Donald Trump insisted that “zero” oil would be sent to the island, and follows reports that Washington plans regime change there by the end of the year.

HHS Scraps Biden-Era Abortion Pill Mandate for Pharmacies

The Daily Signal

After a 2023 court ruling in favor of religious pharmacies that opposed the mandate, the Biden administration altered the policy. However, critics said it was still unclear if pharmacies were required to carry abortion-inducing drugs under the revised rule. On Tuesday, HHS said it took action “in light of the stated policy … to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.” `

Comer: Department of Justice Holding Up Criminal Referrals for Hunter, Jim Biden

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On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY) discussed the Bidens. Comer said, “Well, we did criminal referrals on the Bidens over a year ago to the Department of Justice. At that time, it was the Merrick Garland Department of Justice. We did criminal referrals on Hunter Biden and Jim Biden for perjury. … So, Pam Bondi’s had those referrals on her desk for almost a year.”

Report: Iran has tested an ICBM that could reach eastern U.S.

World Net Daily

"It should be noted that with a range of 10,000 kilometers, an ICBM launched from Iran can reach the east coast of the U.S., including New York and Washington, D.C. The release of news about the test of this ICBM with this range at this time is apparently connected to Iran's attempt to deter the U.S. from attacking it, against the backdrop of President Trump's warnings following the Iranian regime's brutal oppression of the recent protests."

U.S. Quietly Prepares for Iran War Scenario as CENTCOM Shifts to 24/7 Readiness

Defense News

senior planners at CENTCOM have been instructed to maintain high-level staffing 24 hours a day “for the next month,” a directive that effectively places the command on a sustained war-planning footing. The order, officials say, is not symbolic. It reflects active preparations for scenarios ranging from limited strikes to a broader regional campaign should diplomatic efforts collapse.

DONALD TRUMP DEMANDS ‘NO MORE PROPERTY TAXES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES!’ – 6 States Cutting Property Taxes to ZERO

AMG News

Although no formal bill has been introduced yet, governors and lawmakers in conservative states are actively exploring frameworks to implement the policy at state or local levels. Florida, Texas, and South Dakota are reportedly conducting legal reviews on how to shift away from property taxation without harming school funding. The federal government, through Trump’s economic team, is prepared to support states that adopt pro-homeowner reforms.

Australia Passes Anti-Hate Speech and Gun Laws After Bondi Beach Gun Attack

Breitbart

The gun laws create new restrictions on gun ownership and create a government-funded buyback program to compensate people forced to hand in their firearms. Anti-hate speech laws enable groups that don´t fit Australia´s definition of a terrorist organization, such as the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, to be outlawed. Hizb ut-Tahrir is already outlawed by some countries.

Police use tear gas, stun grenades against farmers protesting the Mercosur free trade agreement in front of the EU parliament in Strasbourg

ReMix News

The Mercosur agreement is intended to boost EU exports of cars, machinery, wines and spirits to Latin America, while facilitating imports into Europe of South American beef, sugar, rice, honey and soybeans. Farmers’ organizations, however, warn that the deal will destabilize European agriculture by exposing it to cheaper imports that do not necessarily comply with EU production standards, citing what they describe as insufficient controls.

China Flies Military Drone Into Taiwan Airspace For First Time

ZeroHedge

The unmanned aerial vehicle was a WZ-7 known as ‘Soaring Dragon’ according to a Taiwanese national security official. It flew at an “altitude outside the range of our air defence weapons and left following warnings Taipei broadcast via international radio channels”, Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a statement.

Trump Says He Will Sue JPMorgan Chase Over Debanking

The Epoch Times

In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote, “I'll be suing JPMorgan Chase over the next two weeks for incorrectly and inappropriately DEBANKING me after the January 6th Protest, a protest that turned out to be correct for those doing the protesting.” He also wrote that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him.

Putin Offered Seat On Trump's Gaza Peace Board, Kremlin Says

ZeroHedge

Russia has been invited to take part in the new US-backed 'Peace Board' put forward by President Donald Trump to oversee post-conflict governance and reconstruction in Gaza, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced, in a somewhat surprising and hugely symbolic diplomatic move and overture.

Police: Investigation Still ‘Active’ 8 Months After Idaho Twins Died Following Vaccinations

Nurses administered the flu vaccine along with hepatitis A and DTaP shots on April 23, 2025. The twins had previously received most routine childhood vaccinations, including their 1-year shots. Within hours, Andrea said the toddlers became lethargic and ill. The next morning, their lips were blue, and they struggled to move. Andrea took the twins to the emergency room and told the doctor they had received three vaccines the day before.

Trump health care plan falls short on tackling insurance industry: Doctor

News Nation Now

Trump’s plan, announced this week, aims to lower drug prices and insurance premiums while increasing transparency. It proposes making more pharmaceutical drugs available over the counter, requiring health care providers to post prices and giving money directly to consumers for insurance purchases. Potter said the plan lacks enforcement mechanisms to hold insurance companies accountable. She noted that existing price transparency rules go unenforced because billion-dollar companies can afford to pay fines.

Yoon Becomes First Sitting S.Korean President To Be Arrested, Convicted & Sentenced

ZeroHedge

Yoon attempted to block his own arrest after parliament voted to impeach him, using presidential security forces to defy a lawful warrant issued by the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO). He went on national TV and declared martial law in an address to the country on December 3, 2024. "But Yoon, in an unprecedented manner, notified only some Cabinet members of the meeting on the proclamation of martial law, thereby directly violating the Constitution and infringing the deliberation rights of Cabinet members who were not notified," the judge said in the ruling.

Trump Threatens To Invoke Insurrection Act As Left-Wing Chaos In Minneapolis Spreads

ZeroHedge

"If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State," Trump warned.

Trump Administration Ends Temporary Protection for Somalis in US

The Epoch Times

“Temporary means temporary,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told The Epoch Times via email. “Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status. Further, allowing Somali nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interests. We are putting Americans first.”

DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell

The Epoch Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank was served with grand jury subpoenas by the Department of Justice on Jan. 9. In a statement late Jan. 11, Powell confirmed that officials threatened a criminal indictment over his Senate Banking Committee testimony in June 2025. That testimony, Powell noted, “concerned in part a multi-year project to renovate historic Federal Reserve office buildings.”

MN Lawmakers Say Fraud Whistleblowers Were Threatened With Retaliation

ZeroHedge

How were these migrants from a third world country able to successfully establish so many front businesses and siphon billions of dollars in taxpayer funds? They had help from Democrat officials according to whistleblowers. This would explain why investigations into migrant racketeering consistently fizzled and why Democrat appointed judges dismissed multiple fraud cases involving Somalis.

Lockheed Martin And U.S. Government Fast-Track PAC-3 MSE Missile Production To 2,000 Units Annually

Defense News

Washington :The U.S. Government and Lockheed Martin have announced a landmark agreement to dramatically expand manufacturing of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor, an advanced component of the Patriot Air And Missile Defense System. The new framework aims to increase annual production from approximately 600 interceptors to 2,000 per year over a seven-year period, a move officials say will strengthen U.S. and allied defenses amid rising global threats.

Woman Killed In Minneapolis Was "ICE Watch" Left-Wing Activist Trained To Resist Fed Agents: Report

ZeroHedge

Shortly after the ICE-involved shooting that left one woman dead, multiple videos of the incident went viral on X. In at least one video, she appears to be blocking the street with her vehicle in an attempt to impede ICE agents and is later shot and killed after advancing toward one of the agents. Numerous angles of the incident are circulating on X, offering competing narratives.

Iran Plunged Into Internet Blackout, Protests Spread, As Trump Issues Fresh Warning

ZeroHedge

On Thursday the demonstrations have disrupted life in the capital in a big way, and there are reports of nationwide internet and cellular outages. Anti-government slogans and calls to "rise up" have been observed in Tehran and elsewhere, and in some places supporters of exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi have actually heeded his repeat public calls to take to the streets (though this 'pro-Shah' contingent likely only remains an extreme minority at this stage).

Trump Admin Releases New Dietary Guidelines

The Epoch Times

“For decades, decades, under both Republicans and Democrats, federal incentives have promoted low-quality, highly-processed foods, and pharmaceutical interventions instead of prevention,” Rollins said. “As a result, nutrient-dense whole foods grown by America’s farmers and ranchers have been increasingly displaced. The Trump administration is acutely aware of this danger, and today this announcement is making a major step in doing something about it.”

USDA NEW Dietary Guidelines

USDA

The message is simple: eat real food. To Make America Healthy Again, we must return to the basics. American households must prioritize diets built on whole, nutrient-dense foods—protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and whole grains. Paired with a dramatic reduction in highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars, excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives

US Discusses Ways to Acquire Greenland; Military Use on Table

The Epoch Times

Gordon Chang, an analyst on China, said Greenland has taken center stage because the Arctic has become important. “And China and Russia are seeking to control the Arctic.” Greenland’s officials have rebuffed United States acquisition desires with the autonomous territory’s leader, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, posting on Facebook on Dec. 22, 2025: “We have woken up again to a new announcement from the U.S. president. This may sound big, but it does not change anything for us. We decide our own future.”

How Chinese-Made Radar Defense Systems Failed in Venezuela

The Epoch Times

Yu said neither Chinese nor Russian air-defense systems “made the slightest bit of difference” once the United States brought real-time intelligence, electronic warfare, and precision weapons to bear. The real contest, he said, wasn’t just radar range or missile specs, but a fast chain of detection, communications, decision-making, and joint execution—exactly where weaker militaries tend to break.