🇻🇦⚡️- The Society of Saint Pius X has announced they will consecrate bishops without Vatican approval.

🇺🇸⚡️- Texas Democrat Collin Allred has endorsed Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate primary.

🇺🇸⚡️- This endorsement of Crockett was triggered by a fake news story that the White progressive candidate James Talarico called Allred a "mediocre black man".

There is no evidence this was ever said by Talarico.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- James Talarico in his campaign has consistently denounced AIPAC and Israel's war against Gaza while Jasmine Crockett has voted for increased military aid to Israel in the House even as recently as last month.

Although Crockett herself has not taken donations from AIPAC, other Israeli/jewish groups are spending millions of dollars this year tacitly supporting pro Israel candidates in the Democratic party against anti Israel progressives.

🇫🇷⚡️- Following the revelations of her involvement with Epstein, Caroline Lang quit her functions within the French Union of Independent Movie Producers. Her father, the influent Jack Lang, denied knowing of Epstein's sexual crimes.

The latest EFTA releases showed both Caroline and Jack Lang served as Epstein's main intermediaries when he was dealing with french businessmen.

🇺🇸⚡️- The US Labor Department indicates the January jobs report won't be released this Friday as planned, citing ongoing partial government shutdown as the reason.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Israel tomorrow for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials, where Israel is expected to outline its three major red lines: Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, its nuclear enrichment program, and its support for proxies throughout the region.

Notably, the Financial Times reported that the U.S. was originally focused only on the nuclear program and did not prioritize the other factors, which have long been considered major red lines for both Iran and Israel.

🇺🇸⚡️- SpaceX announces that it has acquired xAI.

🇺🇸⚡️- ICE and all Federal Agents in Minneapolis will wear body-cams effective immediately, with a gradual plan to increase that to every agent in the country, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

🇱🇾🇵🇰⚡- Khalifa Haftar, the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army (based in eastern Libya), arrives in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, to meet Chief of Defense Staff Asim Munir.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "To calm the situation, Iran is willing to shut down or suspend its nuclear program, considered a major concession. But it would prefer a proposal that the United States made last year, to create a regional consortium to produce nuclear power," - Two Iranian officials tell the New York Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇷🇺⚡- "Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, Ali Larijani, had met in recent days with President Vladimir Putin of Russia with a message from Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iran could agree to ship its enriched uranium to Russia.

When asked about such a possibility, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that 'the topic has long been on the agenda,'" - Two Iranian officials tell the New York Times.

🇺🇸⚡️- James Talarico has released a statement apologizing for words he did not say. Saying that "as a Black man in America, Congressman Allred has had to work twice as hard to get where he is."

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Statements made by Ali Shamkhani, Senior advisor to Ali Khamenei, appear to refute the New York Times report. In an exclusive interview with Al-Mayadeen, Shamkhani outlined Iran’s clear red lines:

1. If the United States attacks, Iran will definitely strike Israel.

2. Enriched uranium will not leave Iran.

3. Iran will not negotiate on non-nuclear issues.

4. If Iran is attacked, it will target U.S. assets in the Persian Gulf and Azerbaijan.

Reports claiming that enriched uranium could leave Iran, or that Iran would negotiate on non-nuclear issues, are considered red lines by Tehran.

🇮🇷⚡️- “Iran has no intention of transferring its nuclear stockpile to a third country.” - Ali Bagheri, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

A second senior Iranian official has come out refuting claims made by multiple outlets, there seems to be conflicting statements and reports being made.

🇺🇸⚡️- Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback trails Byron Donalds, 37% to 23%, in a new poll, showing a substantial increase for Fishback.

The pollster is Patriot Polling, recognized by FiveThirtyEight and known for being reliable during the 2024 presidential election and the NYC mayoral election.

🇺🇸⚡️- Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation before the House Oversight Committee in closed-door depositions.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "India has agreed to buy petroleum, defence goods, and aircraft from the US, while partly opening up its highly-guarded agriculture sector under a trade deal.

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and lowering trade barriers," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "In light of requests from friendly governments in the region to respond to the proposal by the President of the United States for negotiations:

I have instructed my Minister of Foreign Affairs, provided that a suitable environment exists—one free from threats and unreasonable expectations—to pursue fair and equitable negotiations, guided by the principles of dignity, prudence, and expediency.

These negotiations shall be conducted within the framework of our national interests," - Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "No war is good, but not every peace is a surrender either," - Mohammad Ghaempanah, Head of Iran's Presidential Office.

🇹🇷🇸🇴🇸🇩 - Visual confirmation of Turkish jets operating over Mogadishu, Somalia.

The Turkish military is now confirmed to be involved not only in the Sudanese civil war, but also the Somalian war.