National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

FBI makes arrest in Jan. 6 pipe bomb probe nearly 5 years after devices were discovered | 4 Dec 2025 | A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the planting of pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committees on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, The Post has confirmed. Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., was set to be arraigned in D.C. federal court later Thursday, according to a law enforcement source. It was not immediately clear what charges Cole would face. By midday Thursday, federal agents had swarmed the suspect’s home in a cul-de-sac in suburban Prince William County… FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino suggested last year on his popular podcast, before joining the bureau, that the act was an “inside job” and involved a “massive cover-up.”

11 U.S. warships and 15,000 troops now in Caribbean as Venezuela tensions escalate | 30 Nov 2025 | More than 10 U.S. warships, including the country’s largest carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, are bearing down on the Caribbean amid escalating tensions between President Trump and Venezuela. A Marine Expeditionary Unit capable of an amphibious land invasion has also been deployed as part of efforts to stem the flow of drugs into the U.S. from the socialist country. Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, is being blamed for allowing narco vessels to set off from his country for the U.S. Among the 11 warships currently in the Caribbean is the USS Ford, which houses the Carrier Strike Group featuring nine carrier air wings, or more than 70 aircraft, including squadrons out of Virginia, Florida and Washington state.

U.S. tells EU to hand back frozen Russian assets – Politico | 2 Dec 2025 | U.S. officials want the EU to return Russia’s frozen assets once it signs a peace deal with Ukraine, contradicting the bloc’s plans to use them to finance Kiev, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing diplomats. EU leaders want to issue a 140 billion euro (160 billion) “reparations l-an” to Kiev using frozen Russian funds as collateral, despite opposition from bloc member Belgium, which has repeatedly warned that the scheme carries financial and legal risks. According to the outlet, American officials told the EU’s sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, during a visit to Washington this summer that they planned to return Russia’s frozen assets after a peace treaty is concluded. Russia has welcomed U.S. efforts; however, it stated that while the initial American proposal could serve as a basis for a settlement, a number of points would need to be clarified.

Ukrainian terror plot to bomb gas pipeline outside Moscow foiled – FSB | 29 Nov 2025 | Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted an alleged Ukrainian-orchestrated attempt to destroy a major natural gas pipeline in Moscow Region, the agency announced on Saturday. According to the FSB, Ukrainian intelligence recruited a 56-year-old Russian national to carry out the bombing… This month, the suspect’s handlers contacted him, instructing him to purchase a car and an electric drill. Kiev’s intelligence also supplied him with the coordinates of a dead drop where he retrieved homemade explosive devices disguised as construction glue tubes, the FSB stated. The man was caught red-handed as he was attempting to drill into the ground above the pipeline to plant the explosives. After carrying out the terror attack, the suspect was expected to leave Russia and return to Ukraine through third countries, the FSB added.

Four EU states to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel’s participation | 5 Dec 2025 | Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have said they will boycott the next Eurovision Song Contest after Israel was cleared to take part. Earlier this year, several broadcasters urged contest organizers the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to bar Israel over alleged vote-rigging and the war in Gaza. The latest U.S.-brokered truce in the conflict was intended to pause the hostilities and allow humanitarian aid into the enclave, but continued Israeli attacks have killed 366 people since it was imposed, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The responses came on Thursday, after the EBU approved tougher voting rules. The move followed allegations by several European broadcasters that the 2025 contest was manipulated to boost the Israeli contestant.

Pentagon threatens to court-martial Democratic senator over ‘refuse illegal orders’ video | 24 Nov 2025 | The Department of War announced Monday that it has opened a formal review into allegations of misconduct against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over a video calling on service members to “refuse illegal orders.” The Pentagon said it may even call Kelly, a retired Navy captain, back to active duty to face court-martial proceedings or other administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. “This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality,” the department said, adding that further comments will be limited to protect the integrity of the proceedings. The statement also underscored that military retirees remain subject to the UCMJ and reminded servicemembers that “orders are presumed to be lawful” and must be obeyed. The department cited federal statutes, including 18 U.S.C. § 2387, which prohibits attempts to undermine the loyalty, morale, or discipline of U.S. forces.

Stricter guidelines demanded for flu shots by FDA regulator after memo links Covid jabs to deaths of ten kids | 29 Nov 2025 | A top FDA regulator has demanded stricter guidelines for annual flu shots and other vaccines after an internal memo claimed that the deaths of at least ten children have been linked to COVID-19 vaccines. Dr Vinay Prasad, the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research conducted an initial review of 96 deaths between 2021 and 2024 that were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), The New York Times reported. Prasad came to the conclusion that at least ten child deaths reported in the VAERS system could be directly attributed to the COVID-19 shots. “This is a profound revelation,” Dr Prasad wrote. “For the first time, the U.S. FDA will acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children.“

More Americans claim ‘major side effects’ from COVID-19 vaccine | 21 Nov 2025 | Nearly five years after the Food and Drug Administration rushed its OK of the COVID-19 vaccine [bioweapon], more Americans are reporting that they suffered “major” side effects, drawing a new demand for an investigation into government reports that few felt any health issues. In a new national survey sure to renew concerns about the vaccines forced on the country in late 2020 and 2021, 10% of adults who got the shot said that they were whacked by “major side effects” and another 26% said they suffered minor side effects. All told, that amounts to about 63 million people… Forty-six percent of adults believe that the shot “caused a significant amount of unexplained deaths.”

American becomes world’s first person to die from H5N5 bird flu strain never seen in humans before | 21 Nov 2025 | A Washington state resident has become the first person in the world to die from a strain of a virus that has never been seen before in humans. The patient, an older adult with underlying conditions, was hospitalized with bird flu earlier this month after suffering from a high fever, confusion and severe breathing difficulties, officials said. Lab tests confirmed the patient was infected with H5N5, a strain of bird flu previously detected in animals but never before recorded in people. The person who died from the virus had a backyard flock of mixed domestic birds.

University of Delaware student arrested with car full of guns, plans to carry out mass shooting – and chilling note about ‘martyrdom’ | 3 Dec 2025 | A University of Delaware student was arrested with a car full of guns, body armor, and a manifesto that declared he wanted to “kill all” in a mass shooting on the Wilmington campus to achieve “martyrdom.” Luqmaan Khan, 25, was arrested on Nov. 24 after cops found the high-powered cache in his car where he was parked in a public park after class hours. Khan had ammunition with him, a pistol, numerous extended ammo magazines, and a conversion kit which can turn a handgun into a semi-automatic rifle. He was allegedly plotting a violent attack on his school’s police department, with a notebook of handwritten plans including phrases like “kill all – martyrdom,” according to ABC 6.

Afghan national hit with federal charges of threatening Texas suicide bomb attack | 2 Dec 2025 | An Afghan national was hit with a federal charge Tuesday after allegedly plotting to carry out a suicide car or truck bombing. Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, who has been living in Fort Worth, Texas, said in a video posted on TikTok, X and Facebook days before Thanksgiving that Americans and “infidels” must perish and that he was going to use an improvised explosive device to carry out the slaughter, according to the Department of Justice. The FBI’s Dallas Field Office thwarted the attack, with the assistance of the Fort Worth Resident Agency and Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Texas Department of Public Safety. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould filed a single charge against Alokozay, 30, of making threatening communications in interstate commerce.

Over 5K Afghan migrants flagged on ‘national security’ grounds since 2021, document reveals | 29 Nov 2025 | More than 5,000 Afghans brought to the US after American forces withdrew from the country got flagged for “national security” issues, Department of Homeland Security data obtained by The Post reveals. In all, the feds uncovered “potential derogatory information” on a total of 6,868 people who came from Afghanistan as part of President [sic] Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome in 2021. Of that number, 5,005 came up with a national security concern, while 956 people had “public safety” concerns and 876 were flagged for fraud, according to the data. While various US agencies were able to resolve many of the red flags, as of September there were still 885 people with potentially negative national security information — posing a possible threat.

Trump announces National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom is dead after being shot in D.C. ‘terror attack’ | 27 Nov 2025 | President Donald Trump announced on a call with servicemembers that National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom has died from her injuries after she was shot in a Washington D.C. “terror attack.” The 20-year-old was ambushed alongside fellow West Virginia National Guard member Andrew Wolfe while on duty near the White House on Wednesday night. During a live-streamed Thanksgiving phone call with military personnel on Thursday evening, Trump revealed Beckstrom had tragically succumbed to her injuries. “Just seconds before I went on, right now, I heard that Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we were talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person…outstanding in every way, she’s just passed away,” he said. Afghan suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is currently in custody while hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds allegedly sustained in the shootout.

National Guard shooter is revealed to be Afghan Army vet who served with U.S. troops as Trump blasts Biden for flying him in amid disastrous 2021 withdrawal and orders mass migrant re-screening | 26 Nov 2025 | The man accused of shooting two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., served in the Afghan Army for 10 years alongside U.S. Special Forces before he was flown to America as part of the military’s disastrous 2021 withdrawal. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was on Wednesday named as the alleged gunman in custody over the horror shoot-out just yards from the White House, which has left two soldiers in a critical condition. President Donald Trump slammed former president [sic] Joe Biden for facilitating his arrival to the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome, arguing the American people are deservedly filled with “righteous anger and enormous resolve” after the revelation. It is understood Lakanwal was settled in Bellingham, Washington.

Supreme Court rules Texas can use redistricting map during 2026 midterms | 4 Dec 2025 | The Supreme Court gave Republicans a major victory Thursday by ruling that Texas can use its recently redrawn congressional redistricting map in the 2026 midterms, which could give Republicans another five seats in the red state. The ruling comes after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily blocked a lower court order last month that found Texas’s map was likely unconstitutional because it was likely racially gerrymandered. The Supreme Court determined Thursday that Texas was likely to succeed on the “merits of its claim that the District Court committed at least two serious errors,” including that it “failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith by construing ambiguous direct and circumstantial evidence against the legislature.”

Trump-backed Republican keeps crucial congressional seat in GOP hands with special election victory | 2 Dec 2025 | Republicans will hold onto a GOP-controlled vacant congressional seat in ruby-red Tennessee after winning a hotly contested special election that grabbed plenty of national attention. Republican nominee Matt Van Epps on Tuesday defeated Democratic rival Aftyn Behn, according to the Associated Press, in the high-stakes race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job. “This race was bigger than just one campaign,”Van Epps said in a statement after declaring victory. “It represented a defining moment for Tennessee and for the direction of the country.”

Treasury, House panel launch probes into Tim Walz’s handling of $1B food aid fraud – and they could make criminal referrals | 1 Dec 2025 | A powerful U.S. House committee and the Treasury Department both launched investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s involvement in a “massive fraud” scheme that involved Somali immigrants bilking more than 1 billion from taxpayers, they revealed Monday. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told The Post that his panel “will conduct a thorough investigation into Governor Walz’s failure to safeguard taxpayer dollars” as a result. “Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was warned about massive fraud in a pandemic food-aid program for children, yet he failed to act. Instead, whistleblowers who raised concerns faced retaliation,” Comer said. The DOJ has already convicted 59 fraudsters in the scheme.

Minnesota welfare fraud linked to terrorist funding | 24 Nov 2025 | The Manhattan Institute’s City Journal has an explosive expose revealing that billions of taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and often perpetrated by the state’s large Somali community. Federal counterterrorism sources said millions of dollars in stolen funds were funneled back to Somalia, where the m-ney eventually ended up in the hands of the terrorist organization Al-Shabab, which is also known as Al-Shabaab. “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer,” said one source, according to the report. President Trump responded to the report on social media: “Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent m-ney laundering activity. I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.”

Trump declares all Biden autopen pardons to be void | 2 Dec 2025 | President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that all pardons, Executive Orders and more signed by the autopen during the Joe Biden administration are “hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect.” “Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN,’ within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect. Anyone receiving ‘Pardons,’ ‘Commutations,’ or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Biden-era phone spying list grows –Justice Dept. targeted top Republican on Oversight, Judiciary panels | 21 Nov 2025 | Add Rep. Jim Jordan’s name to the growing list of congressional Republicans and top Republican operatives under surveillance by President [sic] Biden’s Justice Department. Mr. Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released documents showing that the Justice Department secretly subpoenaed his phone records in April 2022 during its investigation of President Trump’s actions in his first term. The Justice Department obtained a grand jury subpoena ordering Verizon to turn over Mr. Jordan’s phone records, “including but not limited to records for inbound and outbound calls, text messages, direct-connect communications, voicemail messages, addresses, as well as sources of payments, IP addresses, and location information.”

Stacey Plaskett’s long ties to ‘constituent’ Epstein revealed after House Dem’s texts to pedophile are exposed | 22 Nov 2025 | Embattled Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) had far deeper connections to Jeffrey Epstein than she let on this week while fighting a House resolution to censure her, The Post has learned. On Wednesday, Plaskett downplayed Epstein as just another “constituent,” after files released by Epstein’s estate revealed he fed her questions during a congressional hearing in 2019, prompting the call for the House sanction. But exhibits and depositions in a New York court case reveal the convicted pedophile and his associates shoveled at least 30,000 in campaign funds to Plaskett over three election cycles. Plaskett, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor who moved to the islands in 2005 and worked for the local economic development authority, first met Epstein at his office in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands after identifying him as a “potential donor” during her initial run for Congress in 2014.

Clinton Judge Dismisses Comey, Letitia James Cases – Rules Lindsey Halligan Illegally Appointed | 24 Nov 2025 | A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James. The case was dismissed without prejudice, which means it is only dismissed temporarily. The Justice Department is expected to immediately appeal. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, ruled that U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was invalidly appointed. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted former FBI Director James Comey in September. He was indicted on two counts — false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. James Comey filed a motion to dismiss his federal criminal case, claiming “vindictive prosecution.” Comey also challenged the appointment of U.S. Attorney Halligan.

DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation | 4 Dec 2025 | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that it had made dozens of arrests in New Orleans just one day after launching Operation Catahoula Crunch, the latest federal immigration operation cracking down on criminal illegal immigrants. “Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens harming them, their families or their neighbors,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “In just 24 hours on the ground, our law enforcement officers have arrested violent criminals with rap sheets that include homicide, kidnapping, child abuse, robbery, theft and assault.” DHS released several photos of the arrested individuals accused of “terrorizing Americans.” The men, all with criminal histories, are reportedly from Vietnam, Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

WTC worker who ‘narrowly escaped’ Sept. 11 terror attacks beaten to death by 3 teens – cops | 27 Nov 2025 | A former World Trade Center worker who “narrowly escaped” the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has been beaten to death by three teens, according to officials. Long Island native Roger Borkum, 64, was found “severely beaten” just before midnight on Oct. 19 in Downtown Jacksonville, FL., after three teens were seen “kicking and stomping” him, according to an arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The attackers were seen “rummaging” through Borkum’s backpack — and then returned around 20 minutes later, kicking him “multiple” times, the report said. Borkum, a widower who was homeless at the time, died four days later of his injuries. Three suspects — Justin Curry, 13, Marcavion Lacey, 19, and Robert Pope, 17 — were arrested within hours of the attack. They were all indicted for murder on Nov. 20, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office press release.

Innocent woman set alight on Chicago subway ‘by serial criminal’ freed on ankle monitor by soft touch judge in horrific echo of Iryna Zarutska murder | 23 Nov 2025 | The woman set alight by a lunatic on a Chicago metro train is a 26-year-old analyst for Caterpillar who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body. Bethany MaGee, 26, was doused in gasoline and set alight on the city’s Blue Line on Monday night, but managed to flee the train and survive. MaGee, from Upland in Indiana, works as a business research analyst at Caterpillar after graduating with a bachelors of science at Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute. Her Facebook profile photos revealed that she is an animal lover and churchgoer… MaGee’s father Dr Gregory MaGee is a professor of Biblical studies at Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana. The man police named as her attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, is a serial criminal with 72 prior arrests freed months earlier by a judge after he allegedly attacked a social worker.

NYC man who targeted four white women in serial spit spree is immediately released the next day | 22 Nov 2025 | A salivating sicko was busted last week in a racially-motivated spitting spree that targeted four white women in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — but walked free a day later, The Post has learned. Anthony Caines, who is black, was arrested Nov. 13 after his repulsive two-day spit-fest, but was sprung on Nov. 14 after pleading not guilty on charges including aggravated harassment based on race or religion, according to court documents obtained by The Post. Caines, 45, whose rap sheet include arrests for domestic violence and contempt of court, was granted supervised release, authorities said. None of the incidents resulted in a felony charge, which would’ve kept Caines in custody. “This is what happens when Kathy Hochul’s bail reform experiment and the religious experiments of the left let violent offenders walk free with no consequences,” offered Councilman Robert Holden (D-30).

Illegal immigrant driver who got license from sanctuary state allegedly kills child in Idaho | 22 Nov 2025 | An illegal alien released into the country by the Obama administration who was provided a driver’s license by a sanctuary state and was eventually ordered to be deported was arrested earlier this month for allegedly killing an 8-year-old girl in a fatal car crash in Boise, Idaho. Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero was driving a pickup truck legally via a driver’s license granted to him by the state of Oregon and was attempting to make a right-hand turn at an intersection in Boise Nov. 11. As he was attempting to make the turn, 8-year-old Mora Gerety was also attempting to cross the street. She was struck and killed, according to authorities. At the time of the incident, Ramos-Caballero had an outstanding federal warrant with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for his failure to appear for an immigration hearing, which resulted in a judge ordering him to be removed from the country in absentia in May 2019.