Fact & Spin

Forty people are killed after two high-speed trains collide in Spain, Trump tells Denmark he has “no obligation” to focus exclusively on peace, Japan’s Takaichi calls a snap election, Syria and the SDF agree to a ceasefire, the DOJ says it will not investigate a fatal ICE shooting and will probe Minnesota protesters and politicians, a third person in 44 days dies at a Texas ICE detention camp, Iran's Supreme Leader admits thousands...

South Korea's Yoon is sentenced to five years in relation to his martial law declaration, Canada and China forge a "Strategic Partnership,"  the U.S. and Denmark form a working group amid the ongoing Greenland dispute, Yemen appoints Shaya Mohsen Zindani as its new Prime Minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces emergency energy measures, Starmer signals support for a teen social media ban in the U.K. the U.S. sells $500M in Venezuel...

Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at the White House, Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after being suspended by the Conservative Party, Trump considers invoking the Insurrection Act amid clashes in Minnesota, Quebec Premier François Legault resigns, Ugandans head to the polls to vote in the presidential election, the U.S. reportedly sees its first negative net migration for the first time in 50 years, Google ...

U.S., Danish, and Greenlandic officials meet as tensions rise over Trump's acquisition push, President Trump says the “killing in Iran is stopping” after the US threatens “strong action” amid ongoing protests, Canada’s Mark Carney visits China, The U.S. announces the start of phase two of the Gaza peace plan, Uganda shuts down its internet ahead of its upcoming presidential election, South Korea seeks the death penalty for ex-Presi...

Trump tells Iranians that “help is on its way” amid reports that protest deaths have surpassed 2,000, the world court begins hearings on the Myanmar Rohingya genocide case, Trump ends Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals, Israel reportedly plans a renewed Gaza offensive for March, Israel and Ethiopia hold talks to strengthen their bilateral relations, a GOP representative introduces a bill to annex Greenland as a U.S. st...

The U.S. Dept. of Justice opens a criminal probe into Fed chair Jerome Powell, Syrian forces seize Aleppo, A human rights agency claims that over 500 people are dead in Iran's continuing protests, Israel and Germany sign a security pact amid Iran tensions, Sudan’s government returns to Khartoum after a 3-year exile, President Trump sends a warning to Cuba, The U.S. federal government deploys hundreds more agents to Minneapolis afte...

Iran shuts down its internet amid deadly nationwide protests, U.S. federal agents injure two in a Portland, Oregon shooting, South Africa hosts China-led BRICS naval drills, Volodomir Zelenskyy says 2at least 4 are killed and the Qatari embassy is damaged in a Russian attack, Venezuela releases political prisoners, The U.S. House passes a 3-year Affordable Care Act subsidy extension, The U.S. Senate votes to limit President Trump's...

Trump orders the U.S.’ withdrawal from 66 international groups, Rubio outlines a three-phase plan for Venezuela, Trump invites Colombia’s Petro to the White House, Lebanon says that Hezbollah has been disarmed in the south, Trump proposes raising the military budget over 50% to $1.5 trillion, state investigators ‘reluctantly’ withdraw from a probe into the fatal ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, a study links weight-loss inje...

An ICE agent fatally shoots a woman in Minneapolis, A Yemen separatist leader flees talks and faces treason charges, The U.S. pledges to “indefinitely” sell Venezuelan oil, The U.S. seizes two sanctioned oil tankers, including a Russian-flagged vessel, The U.K. and France pledge to station troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is agreed, China bans dual-use exports to Japan over Taiwan remarks, Representative Doug LaMalfa dies at 65, A...

The U.S. considers using the military to acquire Greenland, Venezuela appoints three prosecutors to probe “dozens” of deaths during the U.S. capture of Maduro, Iran's supreme leader allegedly prepares a contingency plan to flee to Moscow, Israel's foreign minister visits Somaliland, Somalia's U.N. envoy is linked to a Medicaid fraud scheme, 147 nations agree to exempt U.S. firms from a global 15% minimum tax, the Corporation for Pu...

Nicolas Maduro makes his first court appearance in New York, Delcy Rodríguez is sworn in as interim president of Venezuela, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ends his re-election bid, The Pentagon moves to reduce Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank, At least 30 people are killed in an attack on a village in Nigeria, Saudi-backed forces retake key provinces from the UAE-backed STC in Yemen, Left-wing militants claim responsibility for a sabotage attack on...

Saudi warplanes strike Yemen's UAE-backed separatists, Officials say a deadly Switzerland bar fire was likely caused by champagne sparklers, President Trump threatens to intervene as Iran protests spread, Venezuelan President Maduro says he is open to U.S. talks, The DRC accuses Rwanda of killing over 1,500 in an M23 offensive, Jair Bolsonaro returns to jail after medical treatment, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revokes a swat...

Iran’s president calls for dialogue amid ongoing protests, Russia depl oys the Oreshnik Missile System to Belarus, A military-backed party claims victory in the first phase of Myanmar’s election, Boeing wins an $8.6 billion Pentagon contract to build F-15 jets for Israel, A judge temporarily blocks Trump from ending temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals, The health of four pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike ...

Donald Trump hosts Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, U.S. President Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war, President Trump claims a U.S. strike on a drug facility in Venezuela, China launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan, North Korea fires cruise missiles and pledges a nuclear buildup, Iran’s president says Tehran is in “full-fledged war” with the U.S., Israel and Europe, The U.K. curbs v...

The U.S. strikes Islamic State group militants in Nigeria, Nigeria’s Borno state suffers a deadly mosque bombing, Russian bombers fly near the U.K. on Christmas, Israel becomes the first nation to recognize Somaliland, Ex-Malaysian leader Najib Razak is found guilty in a fraud case, China sanctions 20 U.S. firms over an $11B Taiwan arms deal, The U.S. Dept. of Justice finds over 1M more Epstein documents, 19 states and Washington D...

The U.N. Security Council discusses U.S.-Venezuela tensions in an emergency meeting, President Trump unveils a new “Trump Class” fleet of naval battleships, Thailand and Cambodia prepare for Christmas Eve ceasefire talks, Sudan’s Prime Minister proposes a U.N.-monitored ceasefire to end its civil war, U.K. police plan to scrap the non-crime hate incident system, Canada names Mark Wiseman its U.S. Ambassador, The U.S. Department of ...

A Russian general is killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow, Chuck Schumer seeks legal action over the Epstein files release, The U.S. reportedly pursues a third tanker off Venezuela, France approves plans for a new nuclear aircraft carrier by 2038, Larry Ellison backs Paramount's $108B Warner Bros. takeover bid, Trump names Louisiana Governor Landry as Greenland envoy, A member of the MS-13 gang is sentenced to more than a thousand...

ByteDance signs a deal for a TikTok U.S. joint venture, The second Russia–Africa Partnership Ministerial Conference kicks off in Egypt, The EU agrees on a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, While the EU delays a Mercosur trade deal signing amid farmer protests, Australia launches a gun buyback after the Bondi Beach attack, Pharma companies agree to cut U.S. drug prices in a Trump administration deal, The suspect in the Brown University m...

Trump delivers a prime-time address to the nation, Brazil's Lula vows to veto a bill reducing sentences for coup convicts, Putin says that the Oreshnik missile will enter Russia's arsenals by the year's end, The U.S. announces an $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan, Dan Bongino resigns as deputy director of the FBI, A French doctor is jailed for life for poisoning 30 patients, Australia enacts new antisemitism reforms after the Bo...