Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is likely to drop out of the 2026 governor’s race amid growing criticism over his administration’s handling of fraud in the state, ac…
Day: January 5, 2026
🚨⚡️White House officials:
Trump refused to appoint Venezuelan opposition leader “Maria Machado” as her country’s president because she won the Nobel Peace Prize, which he considered a personal insult to him… but if she had refused the prize and said “I cannot accept it because Trump deserves it more,” she would be Venezuela’s president today.
— mog_russEN (@mog_russEN) Jan 5, 2026
Russia’s regions and ethnic republics have borne a disproportionate share of the burden in supplying manpower for the front lines in Ukraine since the onset of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. With no peace deal in sight, regional officials are buckling up for yet another year of trying to fulfill the Kremlin-imposed military recruitment quotas — an increasingly difficult task. The Moscow Times spoke to Maria Vyushkova, a leading researcher of regional and ethnic disparities in Russia’s war casualties, to understand how and where Moscow will search for fresh manpower in 2026. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaking about Greenland:
“Denmark is a member of NATO, and if there is a need to strengthen the protection of Greenland, that would be discussed within the alliance”
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Jan 5, 2026
