On 12 January, the U.S. dollar ended a five-day streak of gains in its value on news that Donald Trump’s justice department has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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TRUMP: I DON’T NEED INTERNATIONAL LAW, GUIDED BY ‘MY OWN MORALITY’
President Donald Trump gave an interview to The New York Times last week shortly after the U.S. invasion to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and was asked if there are any “limits on his global powers,” and he responded: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
U.S. ALLIES TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE ‘DONROE DOCTRINE’ AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THEM
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to invade Venezuela and arrest the country’s president to face drug charges in New York, and his tough talk about intervening in other regional countries like Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and even Greenland, have allies wondering if the administration’s new policy will be hyper-focused on the Western Hemisphere, while neglecting allies in other regions.
OIL THEFT: TRUMP SAYS U.S. WILL CONTROL VENEZUELAN OIL SALES ‘INDEFINITELY’
Chris Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, said last week that the Trump administration plans to oversee Venezuela’s oil output “indefinitely” and will “sell the production that comes out of Venezuela into the marketplace,” just days after the U.S.’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
TRUMP STARTS THE YEAR OFF BY CARRYING OUT MORE AIRSTRIKES IN SOMALIA
The Trump administration started 2026 where it left off in 2025 by launching airstrikes into Somalia to target al-Shabaab fighters on the first four days of the new year.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS 2.0: U.S. REGULATORS SEE MASSIVE DROP IN FINES FOR WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES
Times are good if you’re a money-launderer in the U.S. under President Donald Trump.
REGIME CHANGE WAR: TRUMP THREATENS MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN, OSTENSIBLY TO PROTECT PROTESTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump sent a clear message to Iran over the weekend that his military stands ready to intervene if Tehran begins killing protesters who have reportedly taken to the streets against the country’s leadership.
FLIP-FLOP TRUMP: DEFENSE STOCKS POP AFTER TRUMP IMAGINES A ‘DREAM MILITARY’ WITH $1.5 TRILLION BUDGET
Go back to February of last year.
TRUMP TO VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT: WE OWN YOU AND YOUR OIL
Venezuela’s decision going forward will be dictated by the Trump administration, as the White House said last week that it will keep the interim government in Caracas on a short leash.
GEN Z REVOLUTION: NEARLY A MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRITAIN ARE NOT EMPLOYED OR IN JOB TRAINING
There are about one million young people in Britain who are not employed or even training for a job, which has alarmed public officials who say the level has reached a crisis point, according to a newly released report.









