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🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 The president also signed an order classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, citing the hundreds of thousands of U.S. deaths linked to the opioid. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/5gnhe0

🚨 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲: 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 AFP and NSW Police confirmed the duo possessed extremist material, and IEDs as the counter-terror probe deepens. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/f1o614

🚨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟒.𝟕 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐃𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥’ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐓𝐂 There are currently nearly 260 million numbers active in the registry. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/m1h24g

🚨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 Boasberg attempted to investigate executive branch officials’ state of mind when they decided how to respond to one of his orders. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/hnwt9v

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. Disruptive students put away their phones and walk in the woods. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/mjiw5o

🚨 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟖 In a statement, U.S. Southern Command said that the vessels were operated by cartels which have been designated as terrorist groups by the administration. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/gtagla

🚨 𝐆𝐞𝐧 𝐗 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 ‘𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬,’ 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 Americans generally estimate that they need more than $1 million to retire comfortably, according to a study conducted this year by Northwestern Mutual. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/p188h8

🚨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐕 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 $𝟏𝟗.𝟓 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐬 Ford cited diminished demand and Trump-era policy shifts. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/4d6ibg

🚨 𝐄𝐔 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬 “The EU will also be able to target the unauthorised entry into the territory of a member state.” Read here: https://theepochtim.es/rctjd2

🚨 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐡’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 “It’s very, very sad,” he said. “Everyone’s very shaken by it.” Read more: https://theepochtim.es/vvbj7k

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 $𝟕.𝟒 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐒 Korea Zinc Co.’s $7.4 billion zinc smelter will produce as much as 540,000 tons of essential minerals per year, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a post on X. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/77xqmv

🚨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 Rights activist Chen Guangcheng warns China’s menstrual surveillance could fuel local birth targets and deepen state control over women’s reproductive lives. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/uj2omi

🚨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 Read more:

🚨 𝐅𝐃𝐀 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 The letters, published on the agency’s website Monday and dated Dec. 12, were issued to national retailers Albertsons, Kroger, Target, and Walmart. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/s3nbtq

🚨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐛 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞 The couple’s 32-year-old son has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, police say. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/szbcaj

🚨 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐘 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 New York’s vaccine mandate unconstitutionally prohibits exemptions for religious reasons, according to Children’s Health Defense. Read more: https://theepochtim.es/j7fapr

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐚 The review process was first spearheaded by President Joe Biden in 2022. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/n1a4kj

🚨 𝐅𝐁𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 A manhunt continues for the gunman who killed two and injured nine when he opened fire in a classroom. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/kg0pud

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The president’s executive order was issued during a ceremony honoring military members for helping secure the border. Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/ccc4f3

🚨 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐒𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐁𝐂 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟏𝟎 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 “Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out. I guess they used AI or something." Read more 👇 https://theepochtim.es/ccc4f3