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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/04/vance-venezuela-attack-fentanyl-00710281


Vice President JD Vance on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s military operation in Venezuela and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of the efforts to reduce fentanyl trafficking into the U.S.

His defense comes as some Republican lawmakers broach skepticism toward the White House’s use of the fentanyl crisis as a justification for the aggressive military intervention. The vast majority of fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. originates in Mexico and China, according to federal law enforcement.

Vance pushed back on claims that the operation in Venezuela had "nothing to do with drugs" in a social media post on Sunday, arguing that combating drug trafficking in Venezuela aids the administration's broader response to the fentanyl crisis on multiple fronts.

Vance claimed that some fentanyl does flow to the U.S. from Venezuela, but argued that cocaine trafficking from the country helps prop up cartels. Maduro was indicted on narcoterrorism charges and conspiracy to import cocaine upon his arrival in the U.S. on Saturday.

"Cocaine, which is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela, is a profit center for all of the Latin America cartels," Vance wrote on X. "If you cut out the money from cocaine (or even reduce it) you substantially weaken the cartels overall. Also, cocaine is bad too!"

https://www.newsweek.com/world-leaders-distance-trump-depose-maduro-11302118
World Leaders Left Stunned by US Attacking Venezuela

World leaders on Saturday were stunned as the United States moved in the early hours of Saturday to strike Venezuela and capture the country's president Nicolás Maduro, with some seeking clarity and others condemning the move.

The White House referred Newsweek to President Donald Trump's statement on Truth Social, in which he wrote, in part: "The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow."

Maduro and his wife, Cilla Flores, have been formally indicted in the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced, after Trump confirmed the U.S. captured them during a "large-scale strike" against Caracas early Saturday morning. Maduro earlier declared a national emergency after multiple explosions rocked the capital city.

Maduro and his wife face U.S. charges of narco-terrorism. Maduro, meanwhile, had been indicted in March 2020 on "narco-terrorism" conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York. In August 2025, the U.S. doubled its bounty to $50 million for information leading to Maduro's arrest.

Last week, a CIA drone strike targeted a docking area allegedly used by Venezuelan drug cartels—the first known direct operation on Venezuelan soil since U.S. strikes on boats began in September.

Trump had long warned he might authorize strikes on land targets. The U.S. has also seized sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela's coast, and Trump ordered a blockade of others in a move aimed at tightening economic pressure on the country.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/videos-contradict-trump-account-fatal-ice-shooting-minneapolis-rcna253107

It took just seven seconds for an encounter between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and a driver in Minneapolis to turn deadly.

Videos of those moments, captured by witnesses’ cellphones and posted to social media, show how the confrontation escalated into gunshots that left a mother dead behind the wheel. The clips also contradict an account provided by President Donald Trump.

Trump, in a social media post hours after the Wednesday morning shooting, said the driver — later identified as Renee Nicole Good — “violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the driver of trying to run the officer over, saying “she hit him” in “an act of domestic terrorism.” The agency called her a violent rioter. All said the officer fired in self-defense.

“It is hard to believe he is alive,” Trump said.

A close look at the videos shows that Good’s car did not knock down the officer, whose legs were to the side of the SUV as it moved by him while he fired. The officer walked away from the scene unassisted. Noem said he was treated at a hospital and released.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt

basically capturing maduro and now starting to sell the venezuelan oil, typical.

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/vivek-ramaswamy-alarmed-over-bodyguards-arrest-justin-salsburey-federal-drug-trafficking-charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's family said their now-federally charged bodyguard passed all of his background checks and drug tests.

Justin Salsburey, of Bellefontaine, was arrested late last year, accused of using the U.S. postal system for drugs. His wife, Ruthann Rankin, a teacher at Urbana City Schools, was similarly charged in federal court earlier this week.

State and federal law enforcement said they seized counterfeit pills testing positive for the presence of fentanyl, methamphetamine, MDMA, and other "suspected controlled substances and steroids."

Prior to his arrest, Salsburey worked for ARK Protection Group and was on Ramaswamy's security detail, per Connie Luck, spokesperson for Ramaswamy.

"Vivek’s family contracts with a private security firm for protective services and was alarmed to hear this disturbing news. Upon being informed of this matter in recent days, the outside security firm immediately removed the individual from the security detail," she said.

Luck said that Salsburey cleared multiple background checks, including FBI and BCI background checks. He also never failed a drug screening.

"Vivek and his family take matters of safety seriously and support efforts to hold these individuals accountable for these allegations if they are proven."

U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in December amid job losses in the construction, retail and manufacturing sectors.

Economists have blamed sluggish job growth on President Donald Trump's aggressive trade and immigration policies, which they say have reduced both demand for and supply of workers.

Businesses are also holding back on hiring, unsure of their staffing needs as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence. The economy is experiencing a jobless expansion, with growth and worker productivity surging in the third quarter, which was partly attributed to AI.

"The weak job-growth story can't be brushed aside. Hiring is still stuck in stall speed, and job growth in the cyclical parts of the economy isn't sending a comforting signal."

The labor market lost considerable momentum last year, with only 584,000 jobs added, averaging 49,000 positions per month. Roughly 2 million jobs were created in 2024

The BLS has estimated about 911,000 fewer jobs were created in the 12 months through March 2025 than previously reported.

With factors like tariffs and AI preventing companies from hiring more workers, economists increasingly view the labor market's challenges as more structural than cyclical, which would make rate cuts less effective to stimulate job growth.

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-job-growth-slows-december-unemployment-rate-eases-44-2026-01-09/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-webpage-january-6-attack/

A new webpage under the official whitehouse.gov domain, rolled out five years after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, rewrites the history of the attack on the Capitol that took place as Congress was affirming Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

The website expresses views long promoted by President Trump that the Jan. 6 attack was a "peaceful march," blames Capitol Police for "escalating tensions," and repeats Mr. Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

"The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as 'insurrectionists' and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government," the new webpage says.

White House spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a link to it on social media and wrote "Want to know the TRUTH? Get all the facts here." The White House's official X account also posted a link to it, writing "Now see the REAL Jan. 6 story."

Thousands of Trump supporters descended on the Capitol that day and breached the building after smashing through windows on the first floor. They vandalized the Capitol, forced the evacuation of lawmakers and their staff and assaulted police officers on site with flagpoles, bear spray and other objects. More than 150 officers were injured. Five police officers who served at the Capitol died in the days and weeks afterward.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/trump-january-6-remarks-00712597
President Donald Trump continued to deny responsibility for the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on the fifth anniversary of the riot, launching a White House webpage trying to reframe history and giving a speech to House Republicans blaming his political opponents and the media for the attack.

Trump’s actions Tuesday — which came during a broader address during House Republicans’ daylong retreat in Washington — are part of a yearslong pattern of the president downplaying his supporters’ attempt to stop the certification of his 2020 election loss.

Trump on Tuesday accused then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being at fault for much of the fallout and said that the media hadn’t accurately reported statements he made before Congress voted to ultimately certify his 2020 election loss.

“Do you know that the news never reported the words walk or march peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol?” the president said. “Do you know that they never reported it? It’s a scandal.”

Also on Tuesday, the White House launched a website that accused Democrats of going after “innocent Americans,” silencing opponents and distracting “from their own role in undermining Democracy.” Pelosi’s face is emblazoned at the top of the site, along with members of the House Jan. 6 committee, including Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney.

Trump’s opponents, the website claimed, had “masterfully reversed reality after January 6.”

“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters, all while Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power,” the White House wrote.