🇺🇸 Rep. Massie says he has one BIG fight left before the current Congress ends on January 3: forcing the Epstein files bill through the House. His bipartisan effort with Rep. Ro Khanna already reached the critical 218 signatures needed for a discharge petition, bypassing House leadership and forcing the issue toward a floor vote. “I’ve got at least one more act, which is the Epstein bill, which has really good prospects for passing.” Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Democrats are going after Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over the NVIDIA spy scandal. It started with Jensen Huang's reported affair with a businesswoman suspected of spying for China. Now reports claim Lutnick was warned about the relationship in a classified memo but did nothing about it. Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu wants him investigated, and Ro Khanna is backing the push. But Lutnick might not be the only one facing questions. Khanna also wants to know what Secretary of State Marco Rubio knew about the alleged spy. Neither has been formally accused of wrongdoing, but Democrats could start digging when they take control of the House in January. Source: Fox News / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸🇨🇳 WAIT. JENSEN HUANG'S ALLEGED CHINESE SPY GIRLFRIEND WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM BY HER OWN HUSBAND?! And somehow, this story keeps getting WEIRDER. According to the Wall Street Journal, Chinese businessman Kang Wei introduced his wife, Alice Huang, to the Nvidia boss. Then came the affair. And for roughly TWO YEARS, Kang apparently knew about it and seemed perfectly comfortable with the arrangement. He even reportedly joked to associates that his wife was Jensen's personal assistant. Here's where the money enters the picture. The couple built Megaspeed, a Singapore-based Nvidia cloud partner now under scrutiny over allegations that restricted AI chips reached China. U.S. officials also suspect Alice was recruited by Chinese intelligence. Beijing denies it, and Singapore says it never investigated her for espionage. So the husband introduces his wife to one of the most powerful men in tech, allegedly tolerates the affair, and their chip business flourishes. That's a hell of a coincidence to explain. And investigators still haven't established that Jensen knowingly helped Chinese intelligence. Source: Walter Bloomberg / Writer: Oliver

🇩🇪 Mercedes-Benz is stopping all new investments in Germany and considering closing factories. The problem? Building cars in Germany has become too expensive, and the company can't agree with unions on how to cut labor costs. Management has been pushing for months to bring those costs down, even warning in September that two factories could shut if nothing changed. Now that possibility is getting more serious. Mercedes says it wants to avoid closing factories, but without a deal on costs, it's running out of options. Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸🇮🇱 Israel wants to make U.S military support impossible to unravel, and Congress is helping make it happen Americans are increasingly questioning billions in military aid to Israel. But Drop Site News co-founder Ryan Grim warns that a far bigger arrangement is taking shape behind the scenes. Instead of sending Israel billions in visible foreign aid, Washington could effectively bury that support inside America's military-industrial complex. Ryan points to Section 219 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which he says would deepen the integration of American and Israeli defence industries. And he argues that this is precisely the point. Make the relationship so deeply embedded that voters can no longer easily challenge it. Ryan says Netanyahu has openly backed the approach as an alternative to the existing ten-year military aid agreement. Meanwhile, Ryan says AIPAC's supposed retreat from political fundraising is being wildly misrepresented. The organisation may be ending certain direct contributions and public endorsements, but its fundraising operations and powerful super PAC remain. And Democrats are still feeling the pressure. Ryan highlights lawmakers who missed a crucial vote against Pete Hegseth after attending an AIPAC-linked event involving defence industry lobbyists. The public wants accountability, but Washington's political machinery keeps protecting the same interests. @ryangrim

🇺🇸 Speaker Johnson says he wants ALL remaining Epstein evidence released, but he’s accusing Rep. Massie of turning the issue into a political stunt. Massie’s discharge petition just reached the 218 signatures needed to force action in the House. Johnson insists his concern has always been protecting potentially hundreds of victims whose identities could be exposed. “We want everything to come out that, again, is redacted to protect the victims. Not anybody who might have been a perpetrator.” But when asked directly whether he supports Massie’s bill, Johnson stopped short: “I haven’t seen this discharge. This is Thomas Massie trying to get attention again.” Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Trump says he'd LOVE to work with Chuck Schumer to fight corruption. But he's got a rather specific target in mind. After Schumer called for an end to corruption, Trump pointed straight at Democratic-run states, naming California, Minnesota, Illinois, Maine and New York. He claims billions are being stolen every hour and says eliminating the fraud could even balance the federal budget. And then came the invitation. “It will be an honor to work with him.” Trump offering Schumer bipartisan cooperation, provided they investigate Democrats. Writer: Oliver

🇬🇧 Fmr. BBC DJ Tim Westwood faces 17 SEX CHARGES involving 9 women over 33 years... The 69-year-old appeared in a London court today, denying 2 additional allegations involving a teenage girl in 1991 and an 18-year-old woman in 2004. Westwood now faces 17 charges, including 4 counts of rape, with alleged incidents dating from 1983-2016. Some of the accusations concern incidents allegedly committed during his nearly 20-year career at the BBC. Others involve a hotel, private residences, a nightclub, and a music festival. Westwood denies EVERY charge and remains on conditional bail ahead of a 7-week trial scheduled to begin Jan. 27. Sources: BBC / Writer: Marie