The lobbyists who have long roamed Congress and federal agencies are taking aim at a new target: a shadowy federal department controlled by Musk. The program, led by Musk, is called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and is designed to advise President-elect Trump on spending cuts and regulatory reform. So far, its members have organized and coordinated in secret meetings several blocks away from the White House. Companies and industry groups have begun organizing and coordinating.....
Market news: The Israeli military says sirens are ringing in communities near the Gaza Strip. Local residents say Israeli forces have attacked southern and northern Gaza.
On December 29th, on December 29th, the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to carry out combat readiness and police patrols in the territorial waters and airspace of Huangyan Island and surrounding areas of China. Since December, the Theater has organized naval and air forces to continuously strengthen the patrols and airspace around the territorial waters of Huangyan Island, further strengthen the control of relevant maritime and airspace, re...
The health department of the Palestinian Gaza Strip said on the evening of the 26th that the Israeli air strike on a building near a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip killed about 50 people, including medical staff.
On December 20th, local time on the 20th, according to the Russian "Mash" news website, the Ukrainian armed forces used a number of missiles equipped with cluster warheads to attack the town of Ralsk in Kursk Oblast, Russia, which has killed 5 people and injured 26 others. According to Russian Red Star TV, the attack killed at least one person and injured 25 others. Kursk Oblast Governor Shin Instein posted a video on social media saying that the Ukrainian army deliberately launched missile atta...
The Ukrainian military says it has attacked an oil depot in Russia's Bryansk region.
On December 8, local time, as the Israeli army entered the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 8, the Israel Defense Forces issued an "urgent warning" to residents of several southern Syrian villages near the Israeli border. "The fighting in your area compelled the IDF to take action, and we have no intention of harming you," IDF Arabic spokesperson Avichai Adre said on social media. "For your safety, you must stay at home and do not go out until further notice," he added. The warni...
On December 8th, local time on December 8th, the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that after losing control of Damascus, as the opposition forces continued to advance in the provinces of Latakia, Hama and Tartus, the Russian army withdrew its warships from the naval base in Tartus. On the same day, a cargo ship named "Engineer Trubin" and the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" of the Russian Black Sea Fleet had sailed from Tartus to the Mediterranean Sea. In ...
Israeli army spokesperson: The Israeli army has issued a warning to five towns in southern Syria, urging residents to stay at home until further notice.
On December 8th, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was evacuated from the Syrian capital Damascus by plane early on Sunday local time. The whereabouts are currently unknown. The rebels said they had entered the capital and there were no signs of troop deployment inside. According to data from the Flightradar website, a Syrian Airlines plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital was occupied by rebels. The plane initially flew to the Syrian coastal area, which is the stronghol...
On December 8th, according to a report by Israel's Channel 12 TV on the 8th local time, Israel launched air strikes on facilities near the Syrian capital Damascus to prevent these facilities from falling into the control of Syrian rebels.
According to the Associated Press, Syrian troops have withdrawn from the southern provinces of Daraa and Suweida to deploy troops to defend Homs, Syria's third largest city and an important central city.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense plans to provide the army with more than 30,000 long-range drones in 2025.