(AP) β The US Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government.
Multiple US career ambassadors, appointed during the Biden administration, have been directed by phone call to vacate their posts by January 15 or 16. No explanation has been given for these recalls.
(AP) β At least 16 files disappeared from the DoJβs public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein β including a photograph showing President Trump β less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
Cynthia Lummis, a staunch conservative Republican and Wyoming's first female US senator, announces she will not seek reelection after one term in office.
NYT - US begins major airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria, fulfilling President Trumpβs vow to avenge the deaths of two Army soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in the central part of the country.
