According to Fox News; New Orleans FBI Assistance Special Agent in Charge, Alethea Duncan has been temporarily reassigned following her Press Conference after the ISIS-Affiliated Terrorist Attack in New Orleans, where she wrongly stated, “This is not a Terrorist Event.”

According to a release from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), the U.S. has sanctioned the Yemen Kuwait Bank for “having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Ansarallah [Houthis].” While this won’t be the first time that Houthi entities and/or individuals have been sanctioned by the Biden administration, this action comes amidst a slew of other last minute actions against adversary-actors around the globe and has left many wondering why such measures weren’t taken before.

Soldiers with the 210th Division of the Israel Defense Force’s Northern Command are continuing to operate in Southern Syria, having seized over 3,300 Weapons used the Former Syrian Army and Paramilitary Groups, including several Tanks, Anti-Tank Missiles, Artillery, and other Equipment.

Asif W. Rahman, a 34-Year-Old CIA Intelligence Analyst working at the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, pled Guilty today in a U.S. District Court to Two Counts of “Transmission of National Defense Information” which carries a Federal Prison Sentence of up to 20 Years. Rahman was arrested by the FBI in November, after Top Secret Documents leaked from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on October 17th, related to ongoing Training in Israel for a Strike Operation against Iran, were traced back to his Workstation in Cambodia.

During the Investigation after his Arrest, it was determined that Rahman likely harbored “Ideological Motives” and that he was a Threat to U.S. National Security, due to his Top Secret Security Clearance; with Prosecutors revealing that he had also leaked several other Classified Documents in 2024 and destroyed a Smartphone as well as a Router that he used to transmit the Records, though the Contents and/or Recipients of these Documents were not revealed during the Court Hearing.

The Syrian Transitional Government has issued a Ban on the import of Goods and Products manufactured in Russia, Iran, and Israel, with all Items arriving in Syria from these Countries to be seized by Authorities.

After Israel’s Security Cabinet deliberated for more than 6 hours, the Full Cabinet has approved the Ceasefire & Hostage Deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. According to Axios, 24 Ministers voted in favor of and 8 voted against the Deal.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Trump Administration is planning a Large-Scale Immigration Raid next week in Chicago, as part of his Campaign Promise of carrying out the Mass Deportation of Criminal Illegal Immigrants across the Country. Upwards of 200 Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE are expected to take part in the Raid; which will be the start of a Campaign, likely to involve other Cities across the United States with a Large Population of Immigrants, including New York, Los Angeles, Denver, and Miami.

President-Elect Donald J. Trump announced today his nomination of Matthew Lohmeier, a Former Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Space Force who was removed from Command in 2021 after going on a Conservative Podcast to criticize what he called “Marxist Beliefs” in the Military, as Under-Secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Lohmeier will serve under Dr. Troy E. Meink, who Trump nominated yesterday as his Secretary of the Air Force.

TikTok has announced that its Services will go Offline on Sunday, January 19th unless the Biden Administration directly intervenes in the Congressional Ban.