Tony Dokoupil: Is there anything here in the U.S. that limits your power, other than your own morality?

Donald Trump: It’s limited by my morality, and I have a very high degree of morality—so therefore it’s limited.

Venezuela plans to send envoy Felix Plasencia to Washington on Thursday, the same day opposition leader María Corina Machado is due for talks with U.S. officials, including Trump.

Source: Bloomberg

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi capped their summit Tuesday with a surprise drumming duet.

After a joint press conference, the Japanese side arranged the impromptu session, where the leaders donned matching blue uniforms and played K-pop tracks, including BTS’s “Dynamite.”

Source: The Korea Herald

Venezuela has begun releasing detainees with U.S. citizenship, with at least one American freed and already out of the country.

Source: Bloomberg

Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez returns to X.

The United States has filed court warrants to seize dozens more oil tankers linked to Venezuela’s oil trade.

Source: Reuters

Taiwan has overtaken South Korea as having the world’s lowest birth rate based on 2025 data.

Taiwan’s crude birth rate fell sharply to about 4.6 births per 1,000 people, well below South Korea’s roughly 6.7, and its estimated total fertility rate dropped to around 0.72.

Journalist: People in Greenland are “scared stiff” and stressed.

There are not one single Chinese or Russian ship around Greenland. Let that be stated as a fact.

NATO Chief Rutte:

Even if there are no... not that many ships sailing at the moment.

We know that with the sea lanes opening up.

Ford autoworker TJ Sabula, 40, was suspended after shouting an insult at Trump during a plant visit and says he has no regrets.

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Venezuelan Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello:

The explosions were so powerful that there are people whose whereabouts we don’t know; they were fragmented into little pieces, and investigations are being carried out on the human remains.

Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said authorities have seized over 7 tons of illicit drugs so far in 2026.

Reuters:

Despite weeks of nationwide protests over economic collapse, Iran’s ruling establishment shows no signs of cracking at the top.

Analysts say the key reason is the regime’s deeply entrenched security state—led by the Revolutionary Guards and Basij—which has remained loyal and intact.

RFK Jr. on Trump:

I don’t know how he’s alive…

European officials say the Trump administration asked them to share intelligence on potential targets inside Iran.

Source: WaPo

US Designates Muslim Brotherhood Groups as Terrorist Entities

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At least five Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Jan. 13 after war-damaged buildings collapsed during winter storms, as children reportedly died from hypothermia amid severe shelter shortages.

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Venezuela’s interim government has released at least 4 American detainees and dozens of prisoners.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are seeking to travel to Moscow soon for talks with Putin as part of efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

A meeting could take place this month, though plans aren’t finalized and depend in part on Putin’s willingness to meet.

Source: Bloomberg

Then U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019:

Our effort in this administration is to make sure that we lay down the right policy for our time on duty, our watch. And I'm convinced we’re truly getting there.

You can see it in the things that are happening inside of the Islamic Republic of Iran—not only the economic distress...

Foreign actors are arming the protesters in Iran with live firearms, which is the reason for the hundreds of regime personnel killed.

Source: Israeli Channel 14