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U.S. Forces Board Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker In Indian Ocean Without Incident

U.S. military forces boarded a crude oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, accusing the vessel of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from Venezuela. "Overnight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident " Hegseth wrote in a post on X. "It ran, and we followed." After capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid last month in Caracas, the U.S. has escalated its blockade on vessels that are under sanctions and going to and from the South American country, a member of the OPEC oil producers group. Suezmax tanker Aquila II departed from Venezuelan waters in early January as part of a flotilla of vessels. It was carrying about 700,000 barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude bound for China, according to schedules from state company PDVSA. Most tankers in the flotilla have returned to Venezuela or have been seized by the U.S. Hegseth said the Aquila II was operating in defiance of the U.S. "quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean." "The Department of War tracked and hunted this vessel from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean. ..You will run out of fuel long before you will outrun us," he wrote. It was unclear where the Aquila II was registered, according to shipping databases.

Purported Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Deadline Approaches

Authorities investigating the apparent kidnapping of the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie have returned to the 84-year-old's Arizona neighborhood several times over the weekend. There’s still no word on whether Nancy Guthrie is alive, and authorities say they have no suspects connected to the case. Her purported abductors sent ransom notes with a Monday deadline demanding money for her return. Savannah Guthrie says the family is prepared to pay. Investigators say they believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home against her will on Jan. 31, and there are growing concerns about her health because she needs daily medication.

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Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth Amendment at House deposition

House lawmakers tried to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating. Maxwell was to be questioned Monday during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she’s serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. An attorney for Maxwell also told lawmakers that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she would be willing to testify that neither Trump nor former President Bill Clinton were culpable for wrongdoing in their relationships with Epstein, according to both Democratic and Republican lawmakers who exited the closed-door meeting.

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Democrats Once Championed Border Security as Common Sense—Don't Believe It? Watch!

Democrats once championed secure borders, strict law enforcement, and no amnesty as plain common sense—until they flipped the script, eyeing open borders for endless votes and ironclad control. Nothing changed but their power hunger, as proven in this damning video montage of Obama, Clinton, Schumer, Sanders, and others demanding tough immigration measures.

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Anti-ICE protesters rally in Milan at Olympics

Hundreds of protesters chanted slogans, blew whistles and set off flares at a rally on Friday to oppose the presence in Italy of U.S. immigration agents and the closure of streets ahead of the Milano Cortina Winter Games' opening ceremony. The reported presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to protect Americans around the Olympics has galvanized protests given their front-line role in U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation push at home. "ICE OUT" and "ICE should be in my drinks not my city" read some of the banners held by the student-led demonstrators. Blowing plastic whistles, which have become a symbol of anti-ICE rallies in the U.S., the demonstrators in Milan also urged visiting U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to go home. "I thought that this was a good opportunity to show that the rest of the world is not okay with what's happening in Minnesota," said Katie Legare, a protester from Minnesota currently studying in Europe, in reference to ICE agents' killing of two U.S. citizens in her home city. "It's not okay to just acquiesce and go with the status quo. But to say there's something wrong that's happening and to speak out." Italy's government has said the controversy is unfounded, with ICE personnel not on the streets during the Olympics and only operatives from its Homeland Security Investigations in Italy working out of U.S. diplomatic missions. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has also said no agents from ICE were providing security for Team USA. MORE PROTESTS With the opening ceremony due on Friday evening, Italian authorities ordered schools in central Milan to remain shut and blocked access to some areas to bolster security and ease traffic disruptions. In the afternoon, a separate demonstration was held in a square near the San Siro stadium, where the opening ceremony will take place. A few hundred people - including a committee of public-housing tenants protesting against the high cost of living, and the Unsustainable Olympics Committee, which accuses the government of funneling public funds rather than supporting lower-income residents - marched against what they see as the social and economic impact of the Games. Protesters say the Olympics are a waste of money and resources while housing prices are unaffordable and public meeting places scarce. Some demonstrators also chanted slogans criticizing Israel and expressing support for Palestinians. On Thursday, environmental group Greenpeace staged a protest in front of Milan's cathedral, protesting the role of Italian oil major Eni as a sponsor of the Games. Later on Friday a torchlit march organized by a protest movement against the Games is expected in an area close to the site of the opening ceremony.

Guthrie Family Posts Videos Asking For Information On Missing Mom

The sheriff investigating the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother said Friday he was frustrated that a camera at Nancy Guthrie 's home wasn't able to capture images of anyone the day she went missing. Investigators have found that the home’s doorbell camera was disconnected early Sunday and that software data recorded movement at the home minutes later. But Nancy Guthrie did not have an active subscription, so none of the footage was able to be recovered. “It is concerning, it’s actually almost disappointing because you’ve got your hopes up," Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told The Associated Press in an interview at the department's headquarters. “OK, they got an image. ‘Well, we do, but we don’t.’” The frantic search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has entered a sixth day. Authorities have not identified any suspects or ruled anyone out, Nanos said at a news conference Thursday. Authorities think she was taken against her will from her home just outside Tucson over the weekend. DNA tests showed blood on Guthrie’s front porch was a match to her, Nanos has said. The sheriff said he had no new information about purported ransom letters sent to some media outlets, saying that the FBI is handling that side of the investigation. Tucson TV station KOLD said on Friday it received a new message, via email, tied to the Guthrie case. The station said it couldn’t disclose its contents. The FBI said it was aware of a new message and was reviewing its authenticity. KOLD was one of the media outlets that received a ransom message earlier in the week. The sheriff said Thursday that investigators have not given up on trying to retrieve footage from the home. “I wish technology was as easy as we believe it is, that here’s a picture, here’s your bad guy. But it's not,” Nanos told the AP. “There are pieces of information that come to us from these tech groups that say ‘this is what we have and we can’t get anymore.’” Concern about Nancy Guthrie's condition is growing because authorities say she needs daily medicine that’s vital to her health. She was said to have a pacemaker and dealt with high blood pressure and heart issues, according to sheriff’s dispatcher audio on broadcastify.com. “Her conditions, I would imagine, are worsening day by day" Nanos said. "She requires medication. And I have no way of knowing whether they’re getting that medication to her.” The sheriff acknowledged that investigators are not sharing everything they know about what happened. “That’s not how we do police investigations. There has to be some control of your case,” Nanos said, noting that authorities have shared more as the case proceeded. Savannah Guthrie, the longtime host of NBC’s morning show “Today,” and her two siblings released an emotional video message Wednesday to her mother’s kidnapper, saying they were ready to talk but wanted proof their mom was alive. Camron Guthrie repeated the family’s plea in a video posted Thursday. “Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly,” he said. It’s unclear if all of the ransom notes were identical. Heith Janke, the FBI chief in Phoenix, said details included a demand for money with a deadline that passed Thursday evening and a second deadline for Monday if the first one wasn’t met. At least one note mentioned a floodlight at Guthrie’s home and an Apple watch, Janke said. The kidnapping captured the attention of Americans, including President Donald Trump, who said he was directing federal authorities to help with the investigation. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that federal authorities are assisting Arizona officials, but she declined to offer details. “It breaks my heart for Savannah and for her family,” Bondi said.

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Islam’s War Against Civilization Isn’t Over

On today’s show, Josh opens with breaking news following the attorney general’s announcement that the alleged mastermind behind the Benghazi attack has been arrested. He explains why this development serves as a reminder that the fight against radical Islam is far from over—and what it says about the true purpose behind America’s military strength. Josh is then joined by bestselling investigative journalist Peter Schweizer to discuss the growing threats the growing threats from global mass migration the United States faces, as outlined in his new book The Invisible Coup. Later in the show, Josh reflects on how tragedies—like the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie—often bring Americans together in hopes of a positive outcome, highlighting the moments that still unite the nation. To close, Josh previews the Super Bowl, weighs in on the controversy surrounding the halftime show, and explains why he’ll be tuning in to the alternative programming being put on by TPUSA.

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