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🚨GUTHRIE: Second Video Plea To Kidnappers
🎢WALL St/MAIN St: Stocks 🆙/NO Help Wanted
🚀IRAN: “Trump-Leader Should Be Very Worried”
🏝️EPSTEIN ISLAND: Russian “Honey Trap”
📰WASHINGTON POST LAYOFFS: Bloodbath
📺OLYMPICS/SUPER BOWL: Sports Weekend
🚨GUTHRIE: Second Video Plea To Kidnappers
The Guthrie family shared a second personal plea aimed at the potential kidnappers who left a purported ransom note demanding millions in bitcoin for their mother’s safe return.
Cameron Guthrie, the eldest of Nancy Guthrie’s three children, spoke on behalf of the family in a prepared statement after the note’s first deadline passed.
“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you,” Cameron said in a video posted on Instagram Thursday evening.
Nancy Guthrie’s purported kidnappers claimed in a ransom note sent to TMZ that the 84-year-old TV host’s mom is “safe but scared” — and knows exactly what chilling demands are being made for her return.
The apparent note, which was sent to the outlet two days after Savannah Guthrie’s mom was reported missing over the weekend, demanded millions in bitcoin be turned over to avoid “consequential” repercussions.
Savannah Guthrie, and her siblings, Annie and Camron, posted an initial video saying they would consider a ransom deal for their missing mother, Nancy, but that they need proof that she is alive.
A doorbell camera was disconnected from Nancy Guthrie’s home on the night she was kidnapped, depriving investigators of crucial evidence as they search for the mother of the “Today” show anchor.
The local Sheriff says evidence from her home shows 84-year old Nancy Guthrie “did not leave on her own.” Reports are she may have been kidnapped.
A ransom note sent to a local Arizona news station received Monday contained specific details about the home and what Nancy Guthrie was wearing that night.
It isn’t clear if the purported note sent to CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Arizona, which chose not to report its exact contents, is the same that was sent to TMZ.
Her cell phone, car, and wallet were left behind at the home and her Blood along with DNA was recovered at the scene.
Law enforcement sources say that Guthrie’s blood was found alongside signs of forced entry in the house in Catalina Hills, Arizona.
Sheriff Chris Nanos says, “we believe now that we do in fact have a crime scene, that we do in fact have a crime.”
An overnight search by authorities apparently produced no leads.
Savannah Guthrie has dropped out of hosting the Winter Olympics opening ceremony for NBC on Friday from Italy and will remain in the U.S. while the search continues.
Nancy Guthrie, was last seen Saturday night in her home outside Tucson, according to a missing persons flyer. She was reported missing by her family around noon Sunday.
🎢WALL St/MAIN St: Stocks 🆙/NO Help Wanted
STOCKS recovery, bitcoin careening lower as Gold swings back below $5,000 a troy ounce. Wall Street spooked by concerns surrounding labor market weakness as outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that companies announced 108,435 layoffs in January, marking the highest January total since the global financial crisis.
On Main Street:
ADP reports private companies added just 22,000 positions for January. The total was less than the downwardly revised 37,000 increase in December and below the consensus forecast for 45,000. The report starts 2026 off on basically the same note where 2025 ended: A lackluster job market in a low-hire, low-fire environment.
📰WASHINGTON POST LAYOFFS: The Washington Post at the behest of owner Jeff Bezos cut a third of its entire workforce. The layoffs affect every corner of the newsroom. The Post will shutter its Sports desk, while keeping some sports reporters who will write feature stories. It will close its Books section and suspend the signature podcast Post Reports. The international desk will shrink dramatically.
🛻AMAZON: Laying off 16,000 - That coincides with a push to invest heavily in artificial intelligence. UPS is cutting 30,000 jobs as Amazon eliminates using big brown to deliver many of its packages. Home Depot laying off 800.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans expect A.I. to slash jobs. A.I. is expected to replace many jobs in the year ahead.
Consumer confidence plummeted in January to its lowest level in 12 years
Polls showing President Trump’s approval rating on the economy are at a dismal 33% as people struggle to make ends meet.
Kingsview’s Scott Martin on NewsNation says it’s a tale of two economies.
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📉By The Numbers At The Close
Dow 🔻 550 pointsS&P 500 🔻 1.00%Nasdaq 🔻 1.25%Gold 🆙 $4875Bitcoin 🔻 $67🎢Bitcoin On Wild Ride
The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped below $70,000, dropping about 40% from its 2025 peak and hitting the lowest levels of Trump’s presidency. Bitcoin peaked at $125,000 in October.
Mark Scribner Managing Director at Wealth Enhancement Group says let the buyer beware:
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🚀IRAN: Trump-“Leader Should Be Very Worried”
President Trump said Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, should be very worried about a U.S. military building up in the region, and hinted at a new round of strikes if Tehran attempts to restart its nuclear program.
“I would say he should be very worried,” Trump said of Khamenei during an NBC News interview. “Yeah, he should be.”
U.S. forces shot down an Iranian drone that flew towards a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command confirmed.
The military said the drone “aggressively” approached the USS Abraham Lincoln as it was crossing through the Arabian Sea roughly 500 miles from the southern coast of Iran and “unnecessarily maneuvered” toward the ship. U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said.
The drone was shot down by a F-35 fighter jet, and no American service members were harmed in the incident, Hawkins said in a statement.
Cyber Warfare Will Be Key to any U.S. Strike on Iran.
Exiger’s Bob Kolasky, former Cyber Czar for the Department of Homeland Security, on NewsNation.
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🏝️EPSTEIN ISLAND: KGB “Honey Trap”
Jeffrey Epstein reportedly was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.
The fallout continues: Brad Karp, the longtime chairman of Paul Weiss, one of the nation’s top corporate law firms, resigned after correspondence between him and Epstein emerged in the files. On Monday, Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, resigned his seat in the House of Lords as the Metropolitan Police in London announced an investigation into his relationship with Epstein. A top official in Slovakia also appeared in the files, and also resigned.
The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to incendiary claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow, when he facilitated assignations for some of the world’s most powerful men.
The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow. Epstein even seems to have secured audiences with Putin after his 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
📂EPSTEIN: 14 Year Old Claims Trump Forced Sex
A Bombshell allegation in the latest Epstein Files document release ... a 13-14 girl claims she was forced to perform oral sex on Donald Trump approximately 35 years ago in New Jersey. Her name is redacted from the files.
The Justice Department on Friday released three million more pages of documents from its Jeffrey Epstein files, and thousands of videos and images, as the Trump administration sought to bring an end to the accusations and speculation swirling around the case.
The documents posted online are the largest batch of Epstein files released by the department to date, and arrived weeks after a Dec. 19 deadline imposed by Congress. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the release also included 2,000 videos and some 180,000 images.
It contains this disclaimer: “This production may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos, as everything that was sent to the FBI by the public was included in the production that is responsive to the Act. Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”
Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the ex-secretary of state, have agreed to make depositions in the Epstein inquiry, they had long resisted, just days before the House was to vote to hold them in contempt.
Jeffrey Epstein is seen kissing, cuddling little girls in new photos released by the DOJ.
Hundreds of thousands of documents and pictures including this one with a shirtless Jeffrey Epstein sitting near a small child, have been released.
🦠NIPAH VIRUS OUTBREAK: Deadlier Than COVID
An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put the world on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%.
Several countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, have introduced new screening and testing measures, after at least two people died of Nipah virus in the Indian state of West Bengal this month.
Like Hendra virus, Nipah is in a category of viruses called henipaviruses. It is zoonotic, meaning it can spread from animals to humans.
There are three major ways it’s transmitted.
The first is via exposure to bats, and in particular via contact with the saliva, urine, or faeces of an infected bat. Infections can also occur from contact with other infected animals, such as pigs in the original outbreak in Malaysia.
🗳️ELECTIONS: Trump Wants GOP To Nationalize
President Donald called on Republicans to “take over” and “nationalize” voting as he continued to make false claims about the electoral process in the U.S. with the 2026 midterm elections on the horizon.
Trump made the comments in an interview with former FBI Director Dan Bongino, who resigned from his post in December and returned to podcasting.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump said. “We should take over the voting ... in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they’re counting votes.”
The Constitution gives states the authority to conduct federal elections, subject to laws passed by Congress. The elections clause states, in part, that “state legislatures will establish the times, places, and manner of holding elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
🎭KENNEDY CENTER: Trump Closing For 2 Yrs
President Trump shutting down the Kennedy Center, which has been battered by cancellations and boycotts, for two years starting this summer. He said that would allow his administration to transform what he called “a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center,” into “the finest Performing Arts Facility of its kind.”
Trump’s announcement came after a major backlash by performers, contributors and audience members and amounted to a sudden change in direction for what has been a high visibility initiative of his second term.
🧑🏭ICE: Some Agents Leaving Minnesota
Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, said he would pull 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 on the ground in the state.
Homan replaced Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino in a stunning turnaround, after a second U.S. citizen was killed by federal agents.
Following the fatal shooting over the weekend of Alex Pretti by an agent, President Trump has signaled a willingness to wind down some of the administration’s operations. A preliminary report findsTwo federal immigration officials fired shots at Alex Pretti in that fatal encounter in Minneapolis last weekend, the Department of Homeland Security said in document sent to Congress. Witness footage of the episode, showing at least 10 shots fired, raised questions about how many immigration officials took aim at Pretti. The CBP report doesn’t say how many shots were fired or which shots killed Pretti.
WARNING Graphic Video Of Shooting here:
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Trump said “At some point we will leave. We’ve done a phenomenal job,” he said.
Trump didn’t offer a time frame for when all agents might depart.
Trump said on social media that he had a “very good call” with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a change in tone as the White House seeks to de-escalate turmoil. Walz’s office said the president agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in the state.
Some Republicans in Congress joining Democrats in calling for a pause in Ice agent enforcement in Minnesota. Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal also calling for a pause.
The 37 year old Pretti, a registered nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. Videos seem to contradict the federal government’s description of the shooting.
The Department of Homeland Security says the man had a firearm with two magazines and that the situation was “evolving.”
But the video (above) of the encounter shows the man was apparently holding a cell phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him. An agent had already removed Pretti’s gun when two other agents opened fire, shooting him in the back and as he lay on the ground. At least 10 shots were fired, killing him. Pretti had a legal permit to carry a firearm. “Where is the gun?” agents shouted in the chaotic aftermath.
📺DON-vs-DON: Don Lemon Arrested Minnesota Protest
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Lemon says he was reporting as a journalist when he entered the Cities Church on Jan. 18 to observe a demonstration against the immigration crackdown. He has been released with no bail or restrictions on his travel.
The protesters interrupted a service at the church, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor, and chanted “ICE out.” Afterward, the Trump administration sought to charge eight people over the episode, including Lemon, citing a law that protects people seeking to participate in a service in a house of worship.
🧑🏭ICE: Springsteen Protest Song Here:
Bruce Springsteen has released “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to what he called “the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” and in honor of the residents slain by ICE agents, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Springsteen said: “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free, Bruce Springsteen.”
🌎TARIFFS: Constitutional?
President Trump says he may impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada because of its talks on a trade deal with China.
Trump’s action comes days after the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, delivered a blistering speech at a gathering of world business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland in which he criticized the U.S. administration, without mentioning Trump by name.
Trump, demonstrating his fine command of the English language, posting on Truth Social — “WE’RE SCEWED” if the Supreme Court were to rule against his tariffs.
“If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this National Security bonanza, WE’RE SCREWED!” he posted.
The Supreme Court could hand down as soon as the week a decision on whether Trump’s other wide-ranging tariffs are legal.
A ruling against Trump could be devastating and force him to return billions in tariffs collected from U.S. trading partners.
Supply-Chain Expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels, at the World Economic Forum says Trump accomplished a great deal on tariffs at his summit with China’s Xi:
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💸TRUMP INC.: Sues IRS For $10 Billion
President Trump, his two eldest sons, and his family business sued the IRS for $19 Billion over alleged leaks of their confidential tax information, court records showed Thursday.
The civil complaint alleges that the IRS and Treasury failed in their obligation to prevent the leak of those tax records by former IRS employee Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn in 2019 and 2020.
A spokesman for Trump’s legal team told CNBC in a statement, “The IRS wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization to the New York Times, ProPublica and other left-wing news outlets, which was then illegally released to millions of people.”
“President Trump continues to hold those who wrong America and Americans accountable,” the spokesman said.
🏈SUPER BOWL BET: Be Wary Of Prediction Markets
Days before the Super 60, New York Attorney General Letitia James has a message for consumers: Be careful about placing trades on prediction markets.
“New Yorkers need to know the significant risks with unregulated prediction markets,” James said in a statement Monday. “It’s crystal clear: so-called prediction markets do not have the same consumer protections as regulated platforms. I urge all New Yorkers to be cautious of these platforms to protect their money.”
Prediction platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are expected to generate billions of dollars in trading volume around the Super Bowl. The platforms offer event contracts that “masquerade” as bets, James said in the statement.
Consumers can make trades on game events — similar to online sportsbooks like DraftKings or FanDuel — as well as on predetermined outcomes, such as which companies will advertise during the Super Bowl, an issue CNBC Sport reported on last week.
💻X: Probed Over Sexual A.I. Pic Spread
Elon Musk’s X is being investigated by the European Union over concerns it fails to prevent its Grok AI from spewing out deepfake images “that may amount to child sexual abuse material.”
“Non-consensual sexual deepfakes of women and children are a violent, unacceptable form of degradation,” said EU tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen. The case falls under the bloc’s online content rulebook, the Digital Services Act, which places strict guardrails on harmful and illegal material on the web.
Global condemnation of Grok has escalated over recent weeks after users across multiple countries flagged the AI chatbot for generating sexualized imagery and posting it to X, prompting swift rebukes from regulators and child safety advocates.
❄️SAY IT AIN’T SNOW: Another Storm Ahead
Snow is falling in the Carolinas and Virginia as a major winter storm moves across the Southeast, bringing dangerous cold, blustery winds and even the possibility of blizzard conditions throughout the weekend. Winter Weather Alerts stretch from the southern tip of Georgia all the way north into Maryland through Sunday
The system will continue to dump intense snow over the Carolinas and Virginia, where snow totals could reach upwards of 5-8 inches by the weekend’s end.
Meantime, a life-threatening Arctic blast is plunging temperatures into the single digits as experts warn people to stay inside or risk hypothermia. The National Weather Service warns “nearly everyone east of the Rockies” will see some effect from the snow, ice or cold through this week.
At least 90 are dead after that winter storm brought the heaviest snow in years
💻TIKTOK: Deal To Keep Operating In US
The United States and China have signed off on a deal that would hand control of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of investors backed by President Donald Trump, according to a White House official.
The deal, facilitated by the Trump administration, means the U.S. version of TikTok will become majority-owned by a group of investors that includes the American tech giant Oracle, the California-based private equity fund Silver Lake and the United Arab Emirates investment firm MGX.
China’s ByteDance will keep a 19.9% stake in the U.S. operation, TikTok said in a December memo.
Exiger’s Bob Kolasky worries that China still has access to your data
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🏛️Jack Smith: Trump investigations
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his decision to secure two criminal indictments against President Trump and asserted his team had gathered enough evidence to convict.
Smith gave his first public testimony about his work, appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Republican members of the panel attacked Smith’s move to collect phone records of lawmakers who had been in contact with Trump allies around the time of the Capitol riot in 2021. And they cast the historic investigations of Trump as politically motivated.
“It was always about politics and to get President Trump, they were willing to do almost anything,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the panel’s chairman.
Smith insisted if he had it to do again he’d indict Trump or any President who tried similar shenanigans.
FORD EMPLOYEE: Trump Gives Him The Finger
A Ford employee has been suspended after a verbal exchange with President Donald Trump that led to Trump flipping off the employee during the president’s visit to Ford Dearborn Truck Plant.
In the incident the president is reported to have made an obscene gesture in return to the worker.
Trump visited the factory where Ford assembles its F-150 pickup ahead of a planned speech before the Detroit Economic Club. It was a visit that started off well and by and large was positive, Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford told the Detroit Free Press on the sidelines of the Detroit Auto Show late Jan. 13.
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🛒NO BUY JANUARY: Are You In?
Google searches for “No Buy January” have hit a five-year high, driven largely by Gen-Zers and millennials, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Fueled by social media, some consumers are starting the new year with “No Buy January.” It is a challenge to eliminate purchases of anything nonessential—like clothes, skin-care products and electronics—for the entire 31 days of January.
🏈NFL: It’s Down To Four
And then there were four.
The divisional round marked the first time the No. 1 seeds in each conference will play this postseason. The Denver Broncos silenced the Buffalo Bills, while the Seattle Seahawks got a similar result as their matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.
Throughout the season, the competition appeared wide open on both sides of the bracket and that continued with the eight remaining teams in the divisional round. The Chicago Bears vs. Los Angeles Rams matchup in the NFC figured to be the marquee matchup of the four-game slate after the Houston Texans will could not pull off a second consecutive seeding upset and play spoiler on the AFC side of the bracket
🇮🇱ANTISEMITES: Trump-MAGA Has No Room
President Trump says the MAGA movement doesn’t have room for people with antisemitic views, his most direct public statement yet.
“I think we don’t need them,” he said during an interview with The New York Times, when asked whether such people had a place in his coalition. “I think we don’t like them.”
Trump’s comments stand in contrast to Vice President JD Vance, who said last month that the party did not need “purity tests.”
“I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform,” Vance said at Turning Point USA’s annual gathering, AmericaFest.
🛢️VENEZUELA: YOUR Tax $ To Rebuild Oil Industry
President Trump has suggested YOUR tax money could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuela’s infrastructure to pump and ship oil for years to come. But, as President Trump pushed U.S. oil companies to commit to invest $100 billion in Venezuela at a White House meeting, the CEO of ExxonMobil warned the company is far from enlisting and said that Venezuela is “uninvestable.”
And now Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Trump wants to buy Greenland with YOUR tax money. Rubio says he will meet with officials from Denmark next week about Greenland. Rubio’s comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up its rhetoric about taking over Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
🧩Venezuela & Greenland:
It’s About The Oil and More
Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels On NewsNation
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Americans are now paying an average of around $2.80 at the pump, the lowest level since early 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration.
President Trump claims Venezuela will turnover as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion, saying the oil will be sold with profits controlled by him:
“A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent in Venezuela and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed by us or through revenue,” President Trump said. Yes, that’s you the taxpayer.
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other federal charges in a New York courtroom, telling the Judge he was ‘Kidnapped’ and is a prisoner of war.
The federal judge ordered them detained pending a trial that could be more than a year away.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that recent administration threats against Greenland didn’t signal an imminent invasion and that the goal is to buy the island from Denmark, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Trump again said the U.S. will “run Venezuela” until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” of power can be arranged. Trump did not say whether U.S. forces would occupy Venezuela, although he added he was not afraid of “boots on the ground.” It comes after the U.S. military captured Maduro in a weekend strike on Caracas.
Delcy Rodríguez, previously Maduro’s vice president, was sworn in on Monday as Venezuela’s interim leader. She has red to work on a “cooperative agenda” with the U.S. but also condemned what she described as its “illegitimate military aggression.”
Venezuela has declared a state of emergency. At least 80 people were reportedly killed in the U.S. attack, including Cuban troops guarding Maduro, military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official. President Trump said that no American troops had been killed. He said, however, that some service members had been injured.
The Trump administration has accused Maduro of leading a drug-trafficking organization that represented a national security threat, while Trump has also made reference to the country’s vast oil reserves.
The United Nations will meet on Venezuela today. It recently issued a report detailing more than a decade of killings, torture, sexual violence and arbitrary detention by Maduro and his henchmen against political opponents. He stole Venezuela’s presidential election in 2024. He has fueled economic and political disruption throughout the region by instigating an exodus of nearly eight million migrants.
🛳️U.S. BOARDS 5th OIL TANKERS
The U.S. boarded a sanctioned oil tanker, the fifth one intercepted, in a move set to inflame tensions between Washington and Moscow.
U.S. forces earlier seized a sanctioned oil tanker that eluded a blockade around Venezuela and has been reflagged as a Russian vessel, escalating a confrontation with Moscow after the ouster of its ally, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.
The U.S. military issued a statement on X saying that forces had “seized” the vessel for violating U.S. sanctions.
The Coast Guard boarded the tanker after a roughly two-week pursuit. Guardsmen encountered no resistance or hostility from the crew, an official said.
Meanwhile, near the Caribbean, U.S. forces seized the Sophia, another oil a tanker. In a social-media post, U.S. Southern Command said that the vessel was operating in international waters and conducting illicit activities, and that the Coast Guard was escorting the ship to the U.S.👵
📺CBS:Trump to Dokoupil-I’m Why You Have Job
President Trump bluntly told Tony Dokoupil of “CBS Evening News” he owes his new job — and his paycheck — to Trump’s 2024 election victory, making the assertion straight to the news anchor’s face during a live interview.
The remarks came during an exclusive sit-down Tuesday at a Ford plant in Detroit, where the president linked Dokoupil’s recent promotion to the Trump-era approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger and seemed to take a dismissive tone about the anchor’s compensation.
Asked about the overall economy, Trump took a highly personal approach with Dokoupil, whose hiccups since taking the anchor gig have generated a steady stream of headlines.
SOCIAL SECURITY: Day Of Reckoning
Senators elected this year won’t be able to ‘kick the can’ any longer —Social Security’s future insolvency is their problem.
After years of Congress sidestepping the issue, the lawmakers will have to confront the program’s challenges before their new six-year terms conclude. Recent projections pegged late 2032 as the moment when Social Security’s reserves and incoming tax revenue won’t yield enough money to pay full benefits
Failure to act would trigger automatic benefit cuts. Acting is no picnic either, because raising revenue or reducing promised payments could be politically painful.
🩺 FLU CASES: Highest in 25 Years
If it seems like this year’s flu season is a lot worse than it normally is, that’s because it definitely is…the US is at its highest level of respiratory illness since at least the 1997-98 flu season, according to the CDC.
New government data for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that by some measures this season is already surpassing the flu epidemic of last winter, one of the harshest in recent history.
The data was released the same day that the Trump administration said it will no longer recommend flu shots and some other types of vaccines for all children.
Forty-five states were reporting high or very high flu activity during the week of Christmas, up from 30 states the week before.
💉VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS CUT: Blame RFK Jr
The CDC announced updated recommendations for childhood vaccines with some significant changes. The new guidelines recommend fewer shots and are facing pushback from many doctors and public health experts.
Under the new guidelines, the CDC recommends all children be vaccinated against 11 diseases, a decrease from the 17 immunizations previously recommended.
The vaccines recommended under the new guidelines include diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (whooping cough), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Pneumococcal conjugate, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and human papillomavirus (HPV), as well as varicella (chickenpox). (Some vaccines, such as the MMR shot for measles, mumps and rubella, protect against multiple diseases.)
🪦KENNEDY CURSE: Tatiana Schlossberg Dead
Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, has died following a battle with terminal cancer.
“Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning,” the JFK Library Foundation said in a statement. “She will always be in our hearts.”
Tatiana Schlossberg was just 35 years old, and is just the latest in a long line of tragedies to hit the Kennedy family.
She's survived by her husband, George Moran, their young son and daughter, as well as her parents, Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg, and siblings Rose and Jack Schlossberg.
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🏈NFL PLAYOFFS
Are you ready for some football?
Now we know every matchup that will start the road to Super Bowl LX.
The Seattle Seahawks clinched the NFC’s No. 1 seed with a win over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. The Panthers took the final spot in the NFC thanks to some help from the Atlanta Falcons, they clinched the NFC South.
The Denver Broncos were able to beat a Los Angeles Chargers team that elected to rest key starters to grab the top seed in the AFC. The loss moved the Chargers down the AFC wild-card race, but allowed them to rest their starters ahead of the playoffs.
The Steelers used Sunday Night Football to cash the final ticket to the dance in a wild finish to close out the year. Here’s a look at the final playoff picture of the 2025-26 season.
🗞️FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: Disappearing
As we head into 2026 Freedom of the Press is in greater danger than ever and it comes from the man who is supposed to uphold that constitutional guarantee— President Donal Trump.
In one of his latest rants on Truth Social the President writes:
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Negative to President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very valuable Broadcast Licenses be terminated?,” He then answered his own question: “I say, YES!”
While the FCC cannot cancel broadcasting licenses for TV networks such as ABC, CBS, and NBC, they can pull the licenses of their owned and operated local stations.
Trump further accused the New York Times of “endangering national security”, calling the newspaper “a serious threat” in another rant on his Truth Social platform.
“The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations, is a serious threat to the National Security of our Nation,” he wrote.
“Their Radical Left, Unhinged Behavior, writing FAKE Articles and Opinions in a never ending way, must be dealt with and stopped. THEY ARE A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! Thank you for you attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DJT”.
Trump said The Times published what he described as false and misleading reporting and accused it of biased coverage, without providing any evidence to support the allegations.
📺60 MINUTES: Watch Report Bari Weiss Spiked
Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, has called for CBS News staff who criticized the network's decision to pull a segment of 60 Minutes to be fired.
In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent, CBS News abruptly removed the segment on Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a brutal prison in El Salvador.
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The decision to pull the report was made after Bari Weiss, the new controversial editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment. CBS News said in a statement that the segment would air at a later date and “needed additional reporting.”
Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran 60 Minutes correspondent who reported the segment, rejected that criticism in a private note to CBS colleagues on Sunday, in which she accused CBS News of pulling the segment for “political” reasons.
Correspondent Scott Pelley expressed frustration at Weiss’s handling of the situation and raised questions about her management style. He asked why she had weighed in at the last minute after not attending five screenings of the segment as it was being completed.
The last-minute decision immediately provoked speculation about corporate interference as CBS’ parent, David Ellison-led Paramount, continues its pursuit of WBD. Trump previously criticized the show’s Marjorie Taylor Greene interview and complained again last week that 60 Minutes has “treated me far worse since the so-called ‘takeover.’”
🎥NETFLIX/WARNER: Paramount Bid Rejected
Paramount has amended its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, with billionaire Larry Ellison agreeing to personally guarantee $40.4 billion of equity financing for the deal and publish records related to the family trust that backstops the deal.
Warner Bros. Discovery earlier recommended shareholders reject Paramount’s unsolicited all-cash bid for the company saying it believes Netflix’s proposal for its studios and HBO Max streaming service is still superior.
Paramount has launched the hostile takeover bid for Warner Brothers, escalating the battle with Netflix for the movie and TV giant.
It comes as President Trump raised potential antitrust concerns around Netflix planned acquisition of the company. Trump says the deal “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and Paramount CEO David Ellison have been courting President Trump like contestants on the Dating Game. Sarandos met with the President last month to grease the skids for his acquisition. Ellison last week met with Trump officials to lobby against the Netflix deal.
Trump shockingly says he wants a new owner for CNN as part of any sale of its parent Warner Bros. Discovery – a signal that he may prefer an offer by Paramount Skydance to purchase the media conglomerate instead of Netflix.
Netflix started as a company mailing videotapes of rented movies in red envelopes to your home, now it wants to transform Hollywood.
Netflix has used technology to disrupt the movie and TV industries, from the way consumers rent movies and TV shows, to the way in which new series are released and even the economics of how entertainment is made.
Netflix offer for Warner Brothers Discovery—a $72 Billion dollar deal— would join the world’s top streaming service with one of Hollywood’s classic studios.
But the deal faces a great amount of regulatory scrutiny .
Prior to the closing of the sale, Warner Bros Discovery would complete the planned spinoff of cable channels including CNN, TBS and TNT.
Netflix is already the world’s largest streaming service, with more than 300 million subscribers. Bulking up with Warner Bros. Discovery assets would create a monster with greater leverage over theater owners and entertainment-industry unions. It could force smaller companies to merge as they scramble to compete. Hollywood is worried.
The big winner: Warner CEO David Zaslav, who is poised to become a billionaire if the deal closes.
The big loser: Paramount Skydance Chief Executive Officer David Ellison, who kicked off the bidding for Warner Bros. with multiple unsolicited bids.
Newly-hired CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss saw the network’s ratings decline for her first town hall special with Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The special, which aired at 8 p.m. on Saturday, averaged 1.5 million viewers — a whopping 20% decline in viewers compared to the year-to-date average for the hour, which previously was airing a third hour of “48 Hours,” according to preliminary Nielsen ratings data released Tuesday.
For the all-important 25- to 54-year demographic, ratings tanked 44% to 237,000, the agency said.
🛍️Buy Now Pay Later -or is it-Buy Now Regret Later❓
Cyber Monday spending grew more slowly in the U.S. then Europe, a new phenomenon that partly reflects the impact of President Trump’s trade war on tariff-stung shoppers. Global online spending increased about 5%, while US spending rose by 2.6%, according to Salesforce.
Bargain-hunters clicked their way online to spend $12 Billion on Black Friday weekend, 5% more than last year.
But many consumers are financing their purchases with Buy-Now-Pay-Later plans. The Consumer Guy with warnings from Mark Scribner of Wealth Enhancement Group:
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💊WEIGHT LOSS PILL: Approved BY F.D.A
The FDA just approved a pill version of Novo Nordisk's popular weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide), making it the first daily oral GLP-1 medication for weight management and heart risk reduction, expected in early 2026, offering a needle-free option with similar efficacy to the injectable, a major step in the growing obesity treatment market.
The company’s stock has popped 7% on the approval.
🎤BARRY MANILOW: Lung Cancer
Barry Manilow has lung cancer and will reschedule his January shows to undergo surgery.
The 82-year-old singer-songwriter revealed the diagnosis in a statement shared via Instagram. He said that he recently had bronchitis for two periods of multiple weeks, so his doctor ordered an MRI out of precaution.
“The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed,” he wrote. It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early,” he said. “The doctors do not believe it has spread, and I’m taking tests to confirm their diagnosis,” he added.
Manilow is “going into surgery to have the spot removed,” forcing him to reschedule the January shows on his Christmas: A Gift of Love concerts.
🥃JIM BEAM: Stops Production-Booze Struggles
It’s enough to drive you to drink!
Jim Beam, the country’s largest maker of bourbon, has announced a year pause in production amid challenges facing the American whiskey industry.
The decision is the latest in a series of production cuts, layoffs and financial crises across the wine, beer and spirits sector, which has seen sales drop.
The situation will likely get worse as 2025 draws to a close: At the end of October MGP Ingredients, which distills whiskey on contract for other brands, reported a 19% drop in sales for the third quarter.
🌎TRUMP WORLD ROCKED: Susie Wiles Tell-All
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles held nothing back in a series of on-the-record interviews with Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple, in which she compared President Trump’s personality to that of an alcoholic, said that Vice President JD Vance has been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade,” accused Elon Musk of being an “avowed ketamine” user and criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
“The Trump era is ending,” declared former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. “When top advisors feel emboldened to speak so candidly, something’s up.
Wiles herself denied that her comments had been characterized incorrectly and taken out of context.
Writer Chris Whipple says, “Everything is scrupulously in context... There isn’t a single fact or assertion they’ve challenged in the piece. It’s on tape, as is every assertion that Susie made.’
🎥ROB REINER’s SON Charged: Murders Of His Parents
Jake and Romy Reiner, the children of Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner, are speaking out for the first time after their brother, Nick Reiner, was arrested for allegedly killing their parents.
“We now ask for respect and privacy, for speculation to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave,” Jake and Romy Reiner said in a statement.
The Los Angeles District attorney announces Nick Reiner is being charged with two counts of murder in the death of his parents.
Rob Reiner’s son Nick reportedly hacked his father and mother, Michele, to death after a massive blow-up at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party.
They reportedly ended up in a “very loud argument’’ — possibly because Nick was back on drugs and refusing yet another round of treatment, after at least 17 stints in rehab since age 15.
Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested on Sunday night and is being held in a jail in Los Angeles County on $4 million bail.
The legendary director and his wife of 36 years were reportedly found Sunday afternoon by their daughter, Romy — who immediately told cops the killer was another family member, TMZ reported.
Officers were called to the home where they discovered the couple with stab wounds.
“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time,” Reiner’s family said in a statement.
Reiner, 78, was the son of a pioneering television comedian Carl Reiner. He became a popular sitcom actor himself in ‘All in the Family” before directing a slate of beloved films including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “The Princess Bride.” He went on to become a force in California and national Democratic politics, championing gay marriage and early childhood development programs.
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🕯️CHANUKAH MASSACRE: 16 Dead In Australia
The shooters who attacked a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach appear to have been inspired by Islamic State, Australia’s prime minister said, as investigators looked into the planning behind the country’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly 30 years.
Police say the death toll has risen to 15 plus a gunman killed in the shooting, with the attack designated as a “terror incident” targeting the Australian Jewish community gathered for the first day of Chanukah.
Mal Lanyon, the chief of New South Wales police, says after one of the gunmen was killed on the scene, a second suspect has been arrested.
“As a result of the circumstances of the incident… I declared this to be a terrorist incident,” Lanyon says. The New South Wales police said the the two gunmen were a father and son.
“This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy,” said Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister. He added: “An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”
🔫BROWN U./ M.I.T. Shooting Suspect Found Dead
Person of interest in the Brown University shooting has been Lund dead in New Hampshire. The authorities found the man’s body in a storage unit in Salem, N.H. They added that they believe he was also connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor this week.
The information about a possible connection between the two incidents was developed in the last 24 hours as detectives working on both cases compared notes.
On Saturday afternoon, two Brown students were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting on the Rhode Island campus. The gunman fled the scene and has not been identified.
On Monday night, MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro was found shot at his home in the upscale Boston suburb of Brookline. Loureiro, 47, died on Tuesday at the hospital.
🧑🏭ISIS ATTACK 2 US Soldiers Killed In Syria
President Trump has vowed “serious retaliation” after two American soldiers and a translator were killed by an ISIS gunman in Syria.
The US-led forces were conducting counter-terrorism operations against the Islamic State in the north-east of the country when the terrorist opened fire.
The ambush also left three US servicemen injured.
Authorities added that the lone gunman was engaged and killed.
Trump said: “We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria, two soldiers and one civilian interpreter.
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🚬SMOKIN’: Trump Orders Pot Rules Relaxed
Cannabis stocks HIGHER as President Trump eases restrictions on marijuana.
Trump has ordered marijuana reclassified as a less dangerous drug, a move that represents one of the biggest shifts in US policy toward cannabis in decades.
Trump has discussed the idea with marijuana industry executives, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz.
The Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF (CNBS) rallied more than 19%.
🏆AND THE OSCARS GO TO: YouTube
In news that is sending shock waves across the entertainment industry, the Oscars ceremony — which has aired on traditional TV for 70 years — will be moving to YouTube starting in 2029 and will be streamed by the Google Owned company through at least 2033.
ABC will continue to air the Oscars — long the world’s most watched awards telecast — through the 100th edition of the awards show in 2028. After that, the ceremony will be available live and for free to over 2 billion people around the world on YouTube, and to YouTube TV subscribers in the U.S.
🤖A.I.: Trump Signs Order to Cut State Laws
President Trump signed an executive order that aims to override state laws on artificial intelligence.
The order would allow the Justice Department to punish states with rules deemed restrictive for AI, in a move to bring the U.S. under one federal standard. Silicon Valley executives had been lobbying the president to ban state AI laws that they said could cause the U.S. to lose the AI race to China.
White House AI czar David Sacks said Thursday that the government planned to keep laws protecting children’s safety but target certain state regulations deemed onerous.
At the local level, many voters objected to the spread of data centers, the building blocks of AI’s advance, whose huge demand for electricity is getting linked to bigger household bills. That affordability issue now has political traction. It helped Democrats score major wins in Virginia and New Jersey.
🧑🏭TRUMP: U.S. May Seize MORE Oil Tankers
The U.S. may seize more oil tankers according to the White House, after it took over a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, loaded with crude oil.
President Trump has been engaged in a pressure campaign on the government of President Nicolás Maduro, whom he has labeled a terrorist drug cartel leader. Maduro vowed to “kick in the teeth” of America after the seizure.
President Trump claims the tanker is the largest ever to be seized, and says “other things” would be coming soon.
Asked what would happen to the oil on the seized oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela, President Trump said: “Well, we keep it, I guess.”
Venezuela’s government called the seizure a “barefaced robbery and an act of international piracy” aimed at stripping the country of its oil wealth.
Top military officers showed senior members of Congress video of a Sept. 2nd attack on a boat suspected of carrying drugs, and defended the follow-up strike that killed two survivors. Lawmakers left the closed-door meetings with starkly different conclusions: Democrats said the video deepened their concerns about the legality of the Trump administration’s military campaign, while several Republicans said they were satisfied it was lawful.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a cabinet meeting that he never ordered Admiral Bradley, a special operations commander, to carry out the second strike which destroyed the boat and killed two survivors, though he defended the officer’s actions.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stepped up his war of words against Hegseth, calling him a “12-year-old playing army.”
In a separate incident the Pentagon’s watchdog has reportedly found that Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants.
🚨NATIONAL GUARD: Suspect Charged With Murder
U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after being shot in Washington, D.C.; the second soldier who was shot remains in critical condition.
The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is to be charged today with first-degree murder. The alleged gunman is an Afghani who worked with C.I.A.-backed military units during the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Officials call the attack a “targeted shooting” by the lone gunman, who guardsmen tackled after the shootings.
Trump called for “reverse migration” in the US after announcing that the soldiers had died from her injuries. Trump proposed measures such as permanently pausing admissions from “third world” countries and revoking citizenship for some naturalized migrants.
Defense Secretary Pere Hegseth says Trump, who was in Florida at the time of the shooting, has ordered him to deploy 500 more national guard troops to the nation’s capital.
Trump has called the operation “the most successful public safety and national security mission in the history of our nation’s capital,” and earlier this week he said, “We haven’t had a murder in six months.” Data from the local police shows at least two dozen homicides since the Guard was deployed to the city.
National Guard troops are barred from carrying out police duties under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which precludes the military from domestic law enforcement.
Last week, a federal judge ordered a temporary suspension of the deployment, which began in August, finding that it is likely illegal.
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⚾️ METS: Two Stars Leave For More Money
A big hole in Mets pitching.
Edwin Díaz and the World Series champion Dodgers are in agreement on a deal, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. The sides agreed on a three-year, $69 million contract, a record average annual value for a reliever.
The Mets offered three years and $66 million with modest deferrals, The Post’s Joel Sherman reports, and they expressed there was wiggle room to go higher.
And slugger Pete Alonso has a new home.
The Polar Bear is headed to the Orioles on a five-year, $155 million contract.
Alonso is coming off a season in which he hit 38 home runs.
🗳️ MIAMI: Elects Dem Mayor Over Trump-Backed Candidate
Eileen Higgins became the first Democrat to win the Miami mayoral office in three decades, defeating Trump-backed Republican Emilio González.
The mayor’s race was the latest to draw national attention in the wake of recent gubernatorial and other elections in which Democrats won or outperformed expectations. Though the Miami mayor’s powers are limited and the contest was officially nonpartisan, the race became infused with broader issues over affordability and Trump administration policies on immigration and the
👨🏭UKRAINE: White House Pushes Peace Plan
Vladimir Putin could return to the world stage under a European peace plan that agrees to allow Russia back into the G8.
The offer was made in a counter-proposal to Donald Trump’s 28-point plan, which heavily favoured Russia.
The European plan contains several concessions, including a cap on the size of Ukraine’s army and a commitment to elections that could see Volodymyr Zelensky removed from power – a key demand of Moscow.
Following an emergency summit in Geneva, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said on Sunday night that the US was now “making some changes” to its peace plan.
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🤖MORE JOB CUT WOES: Blame AI
New data shows it was the worst October for layoff announcements since 2003 as companies slashed jobs to save money, pared back pandemic-era hires, and planned ahead for artificial intelligence, according to the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Employers announced 153,074 cuts last month, compared to 55,597 cuts in October 2024.
Amazon is laying off 14,000 corporate employees this year, and as many as 30,000 employees in the near future, driven by ‘Artificial Intelligence integration’.
The job cuts will affect departments including human resources, cloud computing, and advertising, to reduce costs.
Also sighting A.I. advances, UPS has since last year reduced its work force by 48,000 employees, the company said on Tuesday, in a cost-cutting drive aimed at bolstering profits and winning back investors.
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A news special on Britain’s Channel 4 titled “Will AI Take My Job?” investigated how automation is reshaping the workplace and pitting humans against machines. At the end of the hour-long program, a major twist was revealed: the anchor, who narrates and appears throughout the telecast reporting from different locations, was entirely AI-generated.
And this song created through artificial intelligence has made history topping a Billboard country music chart, but it has also sent shockwaves through the music industry, with artists getting vocal about the AI-generated hit.
The new country tune, “Walk my Walk” by Breaking Rust, recently hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, reaching over 3 million streams on Spotify in less than a month.
🏠50 YEAR MORTGAGE: Good, Bad or Ugly
The Trump administration is working on a plan to introduce a 50-year mortgage.
A 50-year mortgage would make it easier for buyers to qualify for a home loan compared with the standard 30-year mortgage. But it comes at the cost of a significantly higher interest payment over the life of the loan, and homeowners would also be much slower to earn equity.
➡️Housing Expert Rick Sharga says the American dream is turning into the American nightmare:
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🎶Keep on Rockin’🎶
Listening to music in your senior years could cut your dementia risk by 40%.
Older adults who listened to music at least once a week had a significantly lower risk of dementia, according to a new study in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.:
Always listening to music was associated with a 39% reduced dementia risk and better global cognition and memory scores.
Playing an instrument was associated with a 35% reduced dementia risk, but no significant association with changes in cognitive test scores over time.
Regularly engaging in both music listening and playing was associated with a 33% decreased risk of dementia and 22% decreased risk of cognitive impairment no dementia.
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🤳A PICTURE: Worth A Thousand Words
Need we say more about Trump destroying the White House East Wing and building a Ballroom?
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🤖ROBOT UMPIRES: Called Up to Bigs for 2026
Human umpires may be called ‘OUT’ soon!
Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season.
Major League Baseball’s competition committee approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.
Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and get additional appeals in extra innings. Challenges must be made by a pitcher, catcher or batter — signaled by tapping their helmet or cap — and a team retains its challenge if successful. Reviews will be shown as digital graphics on outfield videoboards.
New York Yankees outfielder Austin Slater, one of four players on the competition committee, said three voted in favor after getting support from 22 of the 30 teams. All six management reps voted in favor.
“I think with any sort of technology, there’s not 100% certainty of the accurateness of the system,” Slater said. “I think the same can be said of umpires. So I think it’s just coming to grips with the impact that technology is going to have and whether or not we were willing to live with that error that was associated with the system, even if the error is very, very miniscule.”
Big league umpires call roughly 94% of pitches correctly, according to UmpScorecards.
💻A.I. : Coming For YOUR JOB
Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work permanently, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Very low rates of Americans with jobs are quitting or being fired each month. But those on the unemployment rolls are now staying there longer than at any time since before the pandemic.
Employers are instead experimenting with AI to make their workforces more productive,
Get this: President Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed.
Uber is just the latest example of artificial intelligence coming for your job.
The company has just announced a partnership to deploy more than 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years as demand for driverless cars kicks into high gear.
As part of the partnership, the ride-hailing company is teaming up with Lucid, the electric vehicle maker, and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup. Under the agreement, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid. Nuro will develop the self-driving technology that Lucid will use to supply Uber with robotaxis over the course of the deal and receive a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment.
The rapid adoption of AI has stirred up worry among many workers, as it is still unknown exactly what the impacts of the technology will be.
The automation of Amazon warehouses is approaching a new milestone: There will soon be as many robots as humans.
The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon has deployed more than one million robots in those workplaces, Amazon said. That is the most it has ever had and near the count of human workers at the facilities.
Meta shares hit a record intraday high, underscoring investor interest in the company’s new ‘AI super-intelligence’ group.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on an AI hiring blitz amid fierce competition with rivals such as OpenAI and Google-parent Alphabet.
“Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said in an interview last week with author Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Ideas Festival. “AI will leave a lot of white-collar people behind.”
Microsoft will layoff another 9,000 employees. The move is the latest instance of cost-cutting by Big Tech companies as they spend heavily on artificial intelligence. It may also be tied to growing efficiency at these businesses.
🛫RUSSIAN: Drones Shot Down Over Poland
Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace during a widespread Russian attack in western Ukraine, with the NATO member calling the incursion “an act of aggression.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that he was in “constant contact” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Tusk has called for an emergency meeting of the NATO council of ministers, a government spokesman said.
Poland’s military command said drones repeatedly violated Polish airspace during the Russian attack across the border, in western Ukraine.
Leaders across Europe condemned the incident as the latest sign of escalation from the Kremlin, which has rebuffed President Donald Trump's bid to broker peace talks.
Russia labeled the accusations “
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🇺🇦UKRAINE: Trump Fails To Get Putin To Agree To Ceasefire
President Trump spoke with Russian President Putin on a plan to halt fighting in Ukraine for 30 days.
Putin agreed to a limited cease-fire against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but remained defiant to a full ceasefire.
It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his Oval Office blowup with President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” adding that he stands ready to work under Trump’s “strong leadership” to get a lasting peace.
The shouting match blew up plans to sign a minerals deal.
Exiger’s Kit Conklin tell’s NewsNation the US really needs those minerals.
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🛫Airplane Safety Worries For Your Next Trip
Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns over airline security.
A Jeju Airlines plane burst into a deadly fireball during a failed belly landing in South Korea, killing 179 people.
If your fear of flying has ramped up in recent months you’re not alone. More than half of travelers say recent news of aircraft and airline incidents has affected the way they book travel.
The latest problem: turns out new Boeing and Airbus jets have parts made from titanium, sold using fake documentation.
Exiger President Carrie Wibben tells NewsNation it raises concerns about the structural integrity of those planes.
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💻Hackers Take Advantage Of Airline Computer Glitch
It keeps getting worse!
Regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled flights after the airline’s global tech outage, which forced Delta to cancel more than 5000 flights.
CrowdStrike now warning its customers: hackers are trying to exploit the computer outage.
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🚌Childcare Economic Crisis
The Cost of Childcare Is Out Of Control. What Will President Trump Do?
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🎯 Chinese Slave Labor Making Your iPhone
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance says that shiny-new iPhone you want to buy may be made by Chinese slave labor. Vance named China the biggest threat to the U.S. & Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz agrees.
While Apple denies it uses slave labor, China and Supply Chain expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels tells NewsNation many US companies unknowingly use Chinese slave labor, and that needs to stop now.
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