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BREAKING: U.S. Senate FAILS to advance funding bill to avert partial government shutdown, 45-55. Government funding expires Friday at midnight for certain federal agencies.

Steve Witkoff on Gaza: “We are in the Second Phase now. We have stood up, for the first time, Mr. President, on your behalf, a technocratic, all-Arab government. We got the terrorists out of there, and they’re going to demilitarize—they will, because they have no choice.”

TRUMP: “We have peace in the middle east now… very importantly, we’ve got our last hostage back, which is incredible.”

TRUMP: Gasoline has plunged from over $4 a gallon depending on where you are… I was in Iowa, and they had $1.85 gasoline… When energy goes down, everything else goes down.

TRUMP: “Just yesterday, the S&P 500 hit 7,000 for the first time ever… Biden’s inflation cost the typical family $34,000, but after one year, growth in real incomes is outpacing inflation by more than $3,000 under Trump.”

TRUMP: “We have the major oil companies going to Venezuela now, scouting it out, and picking their locations—and they’ll be bringing back tremendous wealth for Venezuela and for the United States.”

Hakeem Jeffries on Sec. Kristi Noem: “She’s got to be put on ice permanently.”

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Klobuchar’s decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the […]

TRUMP: “Hopefully we won’t have a shutdown. We’re working on that right now. I think we’re getting close. The Democrats I don’t believe want to see it either. So, we’ll work in a very bipartisan way, I believe, not to have a shutdown. We don’t want to have a shutdown.”

TRUMP: This has been the most successful year of any administration in American history… it was just announced that the murder rate in our country saw the biggest drop ever recorded… We had zero illegal aliens being admitted into our country for the last 8 months.

Samsung said fourth-quarter operating profit rose more than threefold to a record high, but cautioned that the chip shortage is likely to worsen this year as AI demand accelerates.

Tom Homan: “President Trump wants this fixed, and I’m going to fix it, with your help.”

TRUMP: I had a very productive telephone conversation with President Claudia Sheinbaum, of Mexico. It went extremely well for both countries. Much of it was focused on the border, stopping drug trafficking, and trade. We will be speaking again, soon, and ultimately, setting up meetings in our respective countries.

Iran’s armed forces have added 1,000 strategic drones across multiple branches, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, as tensions with the U.S. and Israel escalate.

The Flatbush Shomrim Domestic Response team undergoing specialized training last night by leading professionals hosted by Ohel and led by Flatbush Shomrim Coordinator Tzvi Weil.

Tom Homan: “ICE is enforcing the laws enacted by Congress… No agency or organization is perfect, and the President and I, along with others in the Administration have recognized that certain improvements could and should be made. That is exactly what I’m doing here.”

Airbus’s Beluga ST5 made its final flight into Chester Hawarden Airport in Wales today, marking the retirement of the A300-600ST. The iconic “flying whale” may be preserved on display, as the newer Beluga XL continues transporting oversized aircraft components.

Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”

Please say Tehillim for the Zakan Roshei Yeshivos, HaGaon HaRav Elyakim Schlesinger, who is in need of Tefillos. Rav Schlesinger, who is around 104 years old, is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas HoRomoh in London. His name for Tehillim is Elyakim ben Bayla.