Police union leader says blocking ICE coordination led to deadly Minneapolis shootings
St. Paul Police Federation President Mark Ross said that if local police had been allowed to assist federal agents, the deadly encounters involving Renee Good and Alex Pretti could have been avoided.
The head of the St. Paul police union is slamming state and city officials for blocking cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents, claiming it directly contributed to the violence that left two people dead in the past month.

Ayatollah Khamenei: Regional war if US attacks
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned of “a regional war” if the United States attacks, dismissing the latest wave of anti-regime protests as “akin to a coup.” “They (the protesters) attacked the police, government centers, Revolutionary Guard centers, banks and mosques, and they burned the Koran. It was like a coup,” Khamenei said, according to the pro-regime Tasnim news agency. Khamenei adds that the coup has been put down.

The Media Line: Gaza Begins To Reopen to the World, Testing Israel’s Postwar Strategy 
Gaza Begins To Reopen to the World, Testing Israel’s Postwar Strategy “Rafah is important for all sides – for Hamas, for the mediators, for the US and for Israel, which wants to make sure that there is no way to use Rafah against Israeli interests,”

Minnesota officials acknowledge ICE authority as Homan stresses importance of cooperation
Border czar Tom Homan said the priority will be “criminal aliens, public safety threats, and national security threats,” but that doesn’t mean “that we forget about everybody else.” Border czar Tom Homan said Minnesota state leaders acknowledged the legitimacy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and agreed county jails are permitted to notify ICE when criminal offenders are being released, following meetings this week with Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and local law enforcement officials. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a legitimate law enforcement agency that has a duty to enforce the laws enacted by Congress.”

Zelenskyy says trilateral Ukraine-Russia-US meeting in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday
The meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the United States will be held on February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi, according to Zelenskyy. According to previous reports, the meeting was to have started on Sunday. Zelenskyy writes that February will be a period of “intensive foreign policy activity” for Ukraine, and that leaders from several countries stand behind the country.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit to Epstein: Paris is good for infidelity
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has had extensive contact with the now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, several media outlets reported. Among other things, she asked Epstein if it would be “inappropriate” to suggest a picture of naked women to his then-15-year-old son. In the latest release of documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, Mette-Marit is mentioned on numerous occasions.

Doctors Without Borders must leave Gaza after failing to submit list of Palestinian staff
Israel ends Doctors Without Borders’ operations in Gaza after the organization failed to submit a list of its Palestinian staff. The ministry said Doctors Without Borders “failed to submit lists of local employees, a requirement that applies to all humanitarian organizations operating in the region.”

​India Loses Its Top Fighter Jet, Implications for Future Air Combat
India has lost its top fighter jet, the Rafale EH. Three Rafale jets were shot down plus at least one Sukhoi and one MIG plus a large Israel reconnaissance drone were destroyed by Pakistan’s Air Force.  In the latest confrontation, which apparently lasted around an hour, the Rafales were carrying SCALP cruise missiles, The combat that took place was at a distance, not a classical close encounter dog fight. Pakistan was operating over Pakistani air space when its J-10 jet (Chinese but co-produced in Pakistan)  There is still a lot more to be learned about the latest encounter between the Pakistani and Indian Air Forces. There may be more bad news.

Israeli Druze agrees with advocates for religious freedom in Syria: ‘Nothing good comes from backing a genocidal jihadist regime’ 
Standing in solidarity with minorities in the Middle East, Druze Israeli Mansour Ashkar is in agreement with the delegation going to speak out on behalf of minorities in Syria at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C. this week. Ashkar warned, “nothing good comes from backing up such a genocidal jihadist regime,” and has criticized the U.S. decision to withdraw support from the Syrian Kurds who have been allies with the U.S. and Israel until now.

US Poised to Strike Iran: Trump Sets Deadline as Naval Armada Converges
Senior American military officials briefed leadership in a key Middle East ally that President Donald Trump could authorize an attack on Iran as early as Sunday, Drop Site News reported Friday. The planned strikes would target nuclear and ballistic missile sites and Iranian leadership itself. A former senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed the operation aims at regime change. “This isn’t about the nukes or the missile program. This is about regime change,” the source stated.

Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown and blames Democrats for their ICE demands
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.

After Weeks in Hiding, Khamenei Reappears as Iran Rocked by Explosions and Unrest
For weeks, Iran’s supreme leader vanished from public view as American warships closed in and internal unrest shook the Islamic Republic. Rumors spread rapidly inside Iran and across the region that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been moved into a hardened underground bunker, removed from sight as the regime braced for a possible American strike. Now, suddenly, state media is parading him in public, staging photographs meant to project calm and control. The timing is not accidental. It is a signal of fear dressed up as confidence.

Mormon-affiliated US charities sent tens of millions to NGOs linked to Hamas,
A report cited says two U.S.-based, Mormon-affiliated nonprofits—Globus Relief and Lifting Hands International—collectively routed tens of millions of dollars to overseas NGOs described as connected to Hamas-linked structures or officials. The findings come from the Middle East Forum and rely on publicly available U.S. nonprofit filings and grant disclosures, focusing on what it calls a pattern of repeated large transfers to a cluster of organizations it labels “radical Islamist” charities.

Trump counters Khamenei’s warning: We’ll see if he’s right
US President Donald Trump responded on Sunday to threats from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who warned the United States earlier that if “they start a war, this time it will be a regional war.” “We have the biggest, most powerful ships in the world over there… hopefully, we’ll make a deal. If we don’t make a deal, then we’ll find out whether or not he was right,” Trump said in a conversation with reporters.

This is what the CEO of the Gaza Board of Peace thinks of Israel
Mladenov’s political and diplomatic background: a former Bulgarian politician, European Parliament member, and Bulgaria’s defense and foreign minister. “In the year of the Burgas terror attack, he was Bulgaria’s foreign minister and promoted designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, paving the way for the European Union to follow,” Firsel says, also noting Mladenov’s closeness to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

IDF chief Eyal Zamir makes secret DC visit, talks Iran military options with US officials
Israel is concerned that the Trump administration may reach a deal with Tehran regarding freezing uranium enrichment, but without fully addressing the ballistic missile threat.

NYT Gaza op-ed doctor tied to Hamas, watchdog says 
A Gaza physician who wrote New York Times op-eds accusing Israel of atrocities is actually a colonel in the Hamas terrorist organization, according to an Israeli watchdog group.

Israel’s ‘worst-case scenario’ on Iran and a warning to Washington: ‘Without a strike, you’ll look weak’
The Israeli visits coincide with senior U.S. military travel to Israel, including CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper. Over the weekend, the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black docked at the port of Eilat before departing to continue operations in the Red Sea. Israel has shared its most sensitive intelligence, including detailed information on the brutal suppression of last month’s protests in Iran, the scale of killings and the systematic massacre of demonstrators.

More Than 1 Million Bots Have Joined A New AI-Only Social Network
Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots are posting, commenting, joking, debating, and questioning existence, philosophical ideas, website errors, problems humans have tasked them with fixing, and more on a new Reddit-style platform designed solely for AI participation. Moltbook.com was launched Jan. 28 by entrepreneur Matt Schlicht. The platform has rapidly grown to approximately 1.5 million AI bots at the time of publishing this article.

Four Years After the Canadian Freedom Convoy: Vindication, Persistence — and a Nation Transformed
On January 31st, in bitter cold on Parliament Hill, a small group of Canadians gathered to mark the fourth anniversary of the Freedom Convoy. The crowd was modest, atmosphere subdued, temperatures well below freezing — conditions that quietly echoed the physical hardship of the original protest in the winter of 2022.

6 Signs That A Cataclysmic War With Iran Has Been POSTPONED (But Military Preparations Continue In Case Talks Fail)
The bombing of Iran is off, at least for now. As we entered the weekend, there was chatter indicating a U.S. attack could be imminent. But I also warned that President Trump could make a sudden decision to change direction as he’s done many times during his presidency. At the moment, we can breathe easy, but military preparations for a final showdown with Iran are continuing just in case last ditch peace talks fail.

US, Iran ready to talk, with mediators organizing meeting in Ankara
The US and Iran have reportedly informed each other that they’re ready to conduct negotiations on an agreement to end tensions between them, as Prime Minister Netanyahu held top-level meetings on the situation. A senior American official said that President Trump’s administration has made it clear it is open to holding such talks as soon as this week.

A Volcano of Fury Erupts in The Streets of Los Angeles, Portland, and Minnesota As Trump Converts 23 Giant Warehouses Into ICE Detention Centers
Violent clashes in the streets of our major cities aren’t going to stop. Tens of thousands of anti-ICE activists have been recruited, and more join each day. The only thing that could stop the fury we’re witnessing would be if President Trump pulled ICE out of all of our cities and stopped deportations. But Trump is converting 23 enormous warehouses around the country into giant detention centers.  The goal is to deport a million immigrants per year.Top of Form

A Prophetic Warning for America – The Next Turning Point.
(Video) A powerful discussion on the spiritual direction of America and the West, featuring firsthand experiences from Europe where Christianity has declined and cultural shifts have reshaped society. This conversation explores persecution, revival, the importance of evangelism, and why many believe America stands at a critical crossroads. The message is clear: prayer, revival, and a return to biblical faith are urgently needed.

UN on Brink of Financial Collapse, Says UN Chief
Could 2026 be the year the United Nations finally ceases to exist? According to UN Secretary-General Guterres, the globalist organization is on the brink of “imminent financial collapse.” He said this in a letter to 193 UN ambassadors. “The crisis is deepening, threatening programme delivery and risking financial collapse,” Guterres wrote in the letter, dated Jan. 28, “and the situation will deteriorate further in the near future.”

Attorney, self-defense expert: Alex Pretti shooting was legally justified
He also identified how “Alex Pretti interfered with the arrest of the woman” and then makes physical contact with a federal law enforcement officer. “The moment he [Pretti] makes contact with that officer, he’s just committed a federal felony, good for eight years in a federal penitentiary,” Branca said. “That’s why they were seeking to make his arrest, because they saw him commit a forcible felony against a fellow officer. Then he’s non-compliant with arrest. He’s fighting them. Then they discover he has a gun on his person,” “They hear a gunshot go off and Alex Pretti’s right hand comes from his waistline with a black object in his hand. That combination of facts is going to get you shot 999 times out of 1,000 by law enforcement—and justifiably so. With regard to Pretti’s engagement with federal officers, Branca said, “he was shot fundamentally for one reason: he violently fought the law and the law won.”

Deadly blast rips Iranian port city as Tehran plans naval drills in Strait of Hormuz
An explosion at a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday killed one person and wounded 14, according to authorities. The blast came a day before a planned Iranian naval drill in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Amid frantic regional diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions, President Donald Trump on Saturday said Iran was “taking to us”.

Israel’s Tel Gezer: 3,000-year-old Hebrew tablet chronicles agriculture and Canaanite history 
Located in the foothills of central Israel between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Tel Gezer is famous for an Iron Age relic found at the site known as the Gezer Calendar. Like a message in a bottle, the Gezer Calendar transports us back in time, allowing us to read words written in Israel when King Solomon was on the throne. What does the message say?

Remembering the Horrors of the Holocaust
he deadly consequence of a pseudoscientific and spiritually corrupted racial worldview. Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed each year on January 27, calling the world to remember the six million Jews and millions of others murdered under Nazi persecution. For Christians—especially those committed to a biblical creationist worldview—this day carries a sobering relevance.

Trump: No federal police aid in Democratic cities unless they request help
On Truth Social, the US president writes that federal forces should not “under any circumstances” help “several poorly run, Democrat-run cities” with law enforcement and protests until the cities explicitly ask for help. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the federal Border Patrol, led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), have been instructed to “vigorously” protect federal buildings that are “attacked by paid madmen,” Local and state property, however, is now solely the responsibility of local governments to protect, Trump writes.

Saudi defense minister warns US inaction could strengthen Iran – report 
Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman warned in a closed-door meeting on Friday that U.S. inaction could embolden Iran’s leadership, according to the Axios news outlet.

Khamenei emerges from bunker to celebrate anniversary of Islamic revolution
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared publicly Saturday at the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, his first sighting since protests erupted in late December, as Iran began commemorations marking 47 years since the Islamic Revolution, the New York Post reports. Images posted to the supreme leader’s official X account showed him praying at the shrine. The post read: “Today we mark the start of the celebrations for the forty-seventh anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, with the presence of His Eminence Ayatollah Khamenei at the holy shrine of Imam Khomeini.”

‘No one left behind’: Final Kabbalat Shabbat held at Hostages Square
Hundreds gathered on Friday afternoon at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, for the final Kabbalat Shabbat Service marking the conclusion of more than two years of public vigil and struggle. Friday’s event was declared as the last, following the return of the last Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, of blessed memory. Since October 2023, Hostages Square became the heart of a nationwide effort to bring home all 255 hostages

UK’s Starmer says ex-Prince Andrew should testify before Congress over Epstein ties
United Kingdom Prime Minister Kier Starmer said the former prince should appear before US lawmakers to explain everything he knows about Epstein to help Epstein’s victims.

Tens of thousands flee Pakistan’s Tirah Valley amid military action warnings
Tens of thousands of people have fled a remote mountainous region in northwestern Pakistan in recent weeks, residents said, after warnings broadcast from mosques urged families to evacuate ahead of a possible military action against Islamist terrorists. Residents of the Tirah Valley, in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders Afghanistan, said they have moved out of the area into nearby towns despite heavy snowfall and cold winter temperatures because of the announcements to avoid the possible fighting.

Will Venezuela get the ‘Gaza treatment’ from the US? –
From Washington’s perspective, Venezuela is already a failed state, and officials have proposed setting up a Technocratic Council in the South American nation, similar to that in Gaza.

IDF Strikes Hamas, PIJ Commanders in Gaza in Retaliation for Ceasefire Violations
The Israeli military and security services announced a response on Saturday to a violation of the ceasefire agreement yesterday on Friday, that saw eight terrorists exiting the underground terror infrastructure in eastern Rafah. Israeli security forces have, thus far, struck four commanders and additional terrorists from the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations across the Gaza Strip.

US Officials Tell i24NEWS Israeli Concerns About Gaza Board of Peace Are ‘Unfounded’
The underlying message is clear: President Trump will make the calls, and the US will ensure full implementation of all objectives of the plan, first and foremost the demilitarization of Gaza, regardless of the positions or hostile statements towards Israel coming from Turkey and Qatar.

Trump reiterates: ‘We’ll see what happens’ as US considers military options against Iran if no deal
Tehran announced ‘progress toward a framework for negotiations’ but the White House reportedly fears unnecessary talks; These are the options offered to Trump, the warning a ‘decisive and swift attack’ is not possible, and Khamenei’s defiance: ‘Hiding underground? Trying to broadcast instability that doesn’t exist’ Trump himself did not express much confidence that talks would lead to an agreement. He continues to keep the threat of military action on the table, bolstered by a major deployment of U.S. forces to the Middle East—or, as he put it, “a big armada sailing toward Iran.”

Five Troubling Trends That Have Taken Today’s Churches Captive
I see at least five troubling trends in churches today. They are not new, but have become more pronounced in the past two or three decades. All of the troubling trends I mention in this article find their root in the kingdom mentality of our day.

Huge Verdict Could Destroy ‘Gender Transition For Minors’ Industry
A jury on Friday found a psychologist and a surgeon liable for malpractice after they convinced a 16-year-old girl to lop off her breasts. This marks the first medical malpractice case involving a detransitioner to reach a verdict – and it has huge implications. Fox Varian, who identified as transgender at the time, was awarded $2 million in damages – which includes $1.6 million for past and future pain and suffering, and $400,000 for future medical expenses. Now 22, Varian identifies as a woman. Elon Musk referred to the doctors as “modern day Mengeles.”

Iranians Seal Windows & Store Food, Water As They Prepare For Attack
As night fell on Friday, a tense sense of dread settled over Iranians at home and abroad, with rumors of an imminent US military strike took hold across Iran. “I kept waiting for it to hit. I couldn’t sleep until morning. I was waking up and straining to hear any sound of explosions. Let’s see what happens tonight,” Milad*, a 43-year-old engineer living in the capital Tehran, “Because of the killings committed by the Islamic Republic, people are becoming desperate.

Latest Epstein Release Catches Goldman’s Top Lawyer In Massive Lie
Ruemmler, a former White House attorney for Obama, told Goldman execs when they hired her in April 2020 that the relationship was purely professional – yet it would later become public that she not only met with Epstein dozens of times and exchanged friendly emails for years, she was listed as an executor of Epstein’s will as recently as Jan. 18, 2019 – which had been removed before he died in prison on Aug. 10 of that year.

Seattle Mayor Directs Police To Track And Document ICE Enforcement Activities
Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced a series of steps on Jan. 30 in response to a potential surge in federal immigration enforcement, directing local police to track and document activities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents … The Seattle Police Officers Guild pushed back on the mayor’s measures, saying, “The concept of pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen.” “I will not let [Seattle Police Officers Guild] members be used as political pawns,” Mike Solan, president of the guild, said in a statement.

Florida braces for coldest conditions in decades this weekend
It will be cold enough to require winter clothing, have iguanas dropping from trees and farmers holding their breath for damage in the citrus groves in Florida this weekend. It could even snow in some areas. Temperatures are projected to plummet to levels not observed or experienced since 2010, 1989, 1977 and 1966 in some cases from Saturday night to Monday morning.

TSA Proposes MyTSA PreCheck Digital ID, Integrating Biometrics and Federal Databases
The Transportation Security Administration is reshaping how it verifies identities of US air travelers, proposing a major update that merges biometric data, mobile credentials, and gov’t authentication platforms into one expanded framework. The notice outlines a new form of digital identification, the MyTSA PreCheck ID, which would extend the agency’s existing PreCheck program into a mobile environment requiring more detailed data from participants.

TikTok’s New US Joint Venture Expands Data Collection to Include Precise Location Tracking
TikTok’s American operations are entering a new phase under a recently finalized joint venture with US investors, and one of its first moves has been to broaden the kinds of personal data it can gather. A freshly published privacy policy confirms the platform may now “collect precise location data, depending on your settings,” a marked change from its earlier limit to “approximate” location tracking.

US approves massive arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia for more than $15 billion amid Middle East tensions
The U.S. State Department late Friday announced it had approved two arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia worth $6.67 billion and $9 billion. The sales come as the Trump administration moves forward with its peacekeeping plan in Gaza and amid the threat of U.S. military strikes in Iran.

Scientists want to insert “their mark,” be called “your creator” and “own you”
When we’re modifying the genome of an organism, we can put our signature, our name, into the genome.” – “What is God? God creates. Well, we can create now.” “We deserve to be credited for our work. We have lobbyists in politics and the courts to make sure the patenting and owning of parts of the human genome continue.” Not word-for-word, but recollections of remarks made by Dr. Craig Venter of the Human Genome Project during a speech in 2014.

Biological weapons, Chemical weapons, Brain machine interfaces … and that’s just the Covid-19 injections
“Neuro technologies are based upon various tools to access and affect structures and functions of the brain that may be involved in cognition, emotion and behaviors. It’s not just a question of trying to figure out what makes the brain tick and the way it’s built; it’s “can we get in there to affect the ticking and, by affecting the way that brain is built, the way it functions.”

Tim Walz Hints That Fatal ICE Shootings Could Trigger The Start Of A Civil War – Trump Hammers Him
“When glib, elitist leftists fail to actually read and comprehend history, you get someone who is an incompetent history teacher and a soon-to-be former governor, like Tim Walz. The Minnesota Democrat actually had the nerve to suggest that federal enforcement of immigration laws in his state could trigger another civil war.”

Five Insights Into The Trilateral Russian-Ukrainian-US Talks
…strongly suggest that Putin is considering far-reaching compromises on his maximum goals

SCAM Act Introduced To Revoke Citizenship Of Migrants Who Commit Fraud, Serious Felonies
“American citizenship is a privilege, and anyone hoping to be a part of our great nation must demonstrate a sincere attachment to our Constitution, upstanding moral character..”

Hillary Clinton likens Trump to Nero, attacks Douglas Wilson as ‘Christian nationalist’
Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton penned an article in The Atlantic this week accusing Trump supporters of waging a war on “empathy,” and singled out Idaho-based Pastor Douglas Wilson for particular attack.