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Sep 5, 2025 - World

The Department of Defense sent letters last week to European countries informing them that it will pull military support for nations near the Russian border, including Ukraine.Reuters reported Friday that Section 333 of the U.S. Code permits the Secretary of Defense to provide training and equipment to foreign security forces for counterterrorism or anti–drug trafficking operations. However, a Lithuanian defense ministry official revealed that Pete Hegseth is moving to rescind this support for some European countries bordering Russia, following the receipt of the Pentagon’s letter.The decision follows President Trump’s declaration of a war on drug trafficking and cartels.Two sources confirmed on Thursday that the U.S. would begin a phase-out of European security assistance, raising concerns, particularly from those in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. Fox News' national security correspondent, Jennifer Griffin, posted on X, "Pentagon’s Elbridge Colby begins push to cut US military aid to Eastern European and Baltic countries that border Russia in move that has raised eyebrows among National Security officials in chilling message to Europe and Ukraine: sources tell Fox."One American in Ukraine couldn't help but notice that this announcement comes after Trump refused to sanction Russia. He then posted photos of himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin and praised their "great relationship" during a White House dinner. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, on Thursday, reaffirmed Canada's support for NATO, pledging to continue working with those on the border with Russia to ensure their sovereignty. The Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, along with Ukraine, were once part of the Soviet Union. All three Baltic nations declared independence shortly after the fall of the "Iron Curtain" in 1989. Russian President Vladimir Putin has long sought to restore Russia to its pre-1991 borders, which would include regaining control over the Baltics and Ukraine.Read the full report here.

Sep 5, 2025 - World

Donald Trump is reportedly feeling "shattered" after the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea "threw him to the curb," according to a former insider.Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani whose conduct on behalf of the first Trump administration was at the heart of the president's impeachment for purportedly abusing his authority to benefit in the election, wrote an article on Friday called, "Another Deadline, Another Illusion: Trump’s Dictator Dreams Collapse" in which he argues, "Trump worships strongmen who mock him."Calling on his experience as a Soviet-born operative sent to Ukraine by Giuliani to "dig up dirt on Biden," Parnas claims that the president is obsessed with dictators such as Putin."Well, here we are again, folks. Another two weeks, another deadline has passed—Donald Trump once more promising to be 'tough on Russia.' He threatened sanctions. He floated secondary tariffs. He postured like a strongman. But in reality, all Donald Trump is worried about right now has nothing to do with holding Putin accountable. It’s about his own obsession—his place in the world of dictators," Parnas wrote before highlighting a recent meeting between leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea. "Because while Ukraine fights for survival and Europe steps forward, Trump sulks. Shattered, shunned, left standing outside the dictators’ club he so desperately wants to join. Putin brushes him off. Modi turns to China. Kim Jong-un toys with him. And the fanboy president is left begging for approval from men who laugh behind his back," Parnas wrote. "Trump has always seen himself as part of the dictators’ club. In his mind, Putin was his friend. Modi was his friend. Kim Jong-un was his friend. He bragged about it endlessly, believing their handshakes and photo ops meant loyalty."But according to the former insider who was later convicted of campaign finance and fraud crimes, "those men never saw him as an equal.""They saw him as a mark. Putin used him and discarded him. Modi shifted toward whoever gave India leverage. And now, with China pulling Moscow and Delhi closer into its orbit, Trump feels it slipping away," he added. "The dictators he idolizes don’t admire him—they mock him. He talks tough about 'negotiating,' but deep down, he’s a fanboy, desperate for their approval. And every time, he’s thrown to the curb."Read the full post here.

Sep 5, 2025 - World

Mere moments after President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to complain about having “lost” India to China, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a vicious snub to the Trump administration on an issue that has sparked the president’s fury.The Trump administration has slapped India with its highest tariff rate of 50%; a 25% baseline tariff, and an additional 25% secondary tariff as a penalty for its continued purchasing of Russian oil. Trump was reportedly “completely upset” with India over its refusal to halt its purchasing of Russian oil, and Friday, bemoaned the two countries’ “lost” relationship.Just moments after Trump’s social media musings, however, India defied Trump yet again, with Sitharaman declaring that India would continue to do “what suits us best.”“Where we buy our oil from, especially a big-ticket foreign exchange item where we pay so much, highest in terms of import, we will have to take a call on what suits us best,” Sitharaman said, speaking in a televised interview on Friday, Bloomberg reported. “We will undoubtedly be buying.”India had already responded to the Trump administration’s steep tariffs, halting the purchase of billions of dollars’ worth of American-made weapons. The nation paused a previously-planned purchase of Boeing planes, Javelin missiles and combat vehicles in early August, a decision that will likely land a significant blow to American arms manufacturers, with India being the world’s second-largest arms importer.The snub also comes in the wake of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit this week in eastern China, further forming a wedge between the United States and India.

Sep 3, 2025 - World

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping were caught discussing how to use organ harvesting to become immortal.During Putin's visit with Xi on Wednesday, the two leaders spoke while attending China's Victory Day parade. The men, both 72, could be heard on CCTV discussing aspirations to live to 150."Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 you are still a child," Xi told Putin, according to a translation."With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality," Putin agreed."Predictions are, this century, there is also a chance of living to 150," Xi replied.Last year, Putin reportedly ordered the Kremlin to rapidly increase anti-aging research."It's creepy to say the least," Michael Allen, a former national security official, told Fox News. "But it was strange and weird, no doubt about that. And deeply menacing."Watch the video below from Fox News.

Sep 2, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he issued a military strike on a drug cartel, killing 11 people. Taking to Truth Social after, Trump explained it was a "kinetic strike," which is typically a bullet, bomb, drone, or missile, though there have been political "strikes" for regime change. Trump claimed that the cartel leaders he killed were "positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists." Trump's administration claimed previously that people were in the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs due to their tattoos, like an autism ribbon.Trump said that the terrorists were in the "SOUTHCOM area of responsibility." According to its website, SOUTHCOM covers "Central America, South America, and The Caribbean (except U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions)." Trump went on to say that he designated the group a "Foreign Terrorist Organization (sic)," which he claims is under the command of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Trump said that the gang is "responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere."He went on to say that "the strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!"Trump then closed the post writing, "Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!!!!!!" which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has mocked him for relentlessly.