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In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi dated Tuesday, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed requested an investigation by December 1 into World Liberty Financial's compliance with anti-money laundering rules, sanctions, and governance. The demand stems from a September report by Accountable.US alleging the project sold $WLFI governance tokens to wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group, a Russian sanctions-evasion stablecoin, Iran's NoBitex exchange, and the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. DT Marks DEFI LLC, controlled by Donald Trump and his family, holds 22.5 billion tokens and receives 75% of sales revenue, while the project lists Trump family members in prominent roles; World Liberty Financial maintains it has robust compliance measures with no evidence of wrongdoing.

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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed have fired off a letter urging a federal probe into World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto project, over alleged sales to North Korean hackers and sanctioned entities.

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The Nation magazine nominated Minneapolis for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for its nonviolent resistance to Operation Metro Surge, a December 2025 immigration enforcement that removed over 4,000 people amid protests and backlash from Mayor Jacob Frey and Barack Obama. Mark Ruffalo urged signatures for a petition with over 32,000 backers, praising the city's solidarity, while conservatives mocked the idea by citing crime and past riots. The symbolic push highlights U.S. divides on immigration, though no city has ever won the prize and nominations closed February 1.

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Tens of thousands braved -21°F cold in Minneapolis, marching peacefully against a massive ICE operation that led to two U.S. citizen deaths.

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After a U.S. military operation captured Nicolás Maduro on January 3, his vice president Delcy Rodríguez became interim leader, cooperating with Washington on prisoners, drugs, and oil. Machado, the opposition icon who backed the disputed 2024 election winner, suggested transparent new elections in nine to ten months, but U.S. advisers call it premature and disruptive to national security goals. Trump prioritizes years of rebuilding and oversight, creating tension despite Machado's insistence on alignment for a stable, democratic Venezuela.

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María Corina Machado, fresh off her Nobel Peace Prize, met Trump in the Oval Office and gifted him her medal—a warm moment now cooled by U.S. advisers' sharp frustration over her election timeline.

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In a Fox News interview, Cruz credited President Trump's leadership for creating the opportunity and said he urged Trump two days earlier not to let it pass. He pointed to Iran's surging protests over economic woes and repression, alongside U.S. moves like deploying the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group and tariffs on countries trading with Iran. Supporters praised the bold vision for U.S.-aligned governments, while critics like Elizabeth Warren and Hakeem Jeffries warned against unauthorized military action and called for congressional approval amid ongoing nuclear talks.

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Senator Ted Cruz told Sean Hannity that the next six months could bring the fall of regimes in Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba—the biggest shift since the Berlin Wall.

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Coinbase's first public token sale for Monad's MON token, launched on November 17, secured $43 million in commitments within 23 minutes but reached only about $113 million by November 22, or 60% of its $187.5 million goal. Monad, a high-speed Layer 1 blockchain with $244 million in funding from investors like Paradigm and Dragonfly Capital, uses a transparent allocation prioritizing smaller bids to engage retail users across over 80 countries ahead of its November 24 mainnet launch. The sale's structure, at $0.025 per token with no lockups, aims for broad distribution despite market challenges and a $2.5 billion fully diluted valuation, with over 240 dApps preparing for deployment.

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In a historic first for Coinbase, Monad's MON token sale exploded with $43 million in just 23 minutes—yet now stalls at 60% of its target as the crypto market hesitates.

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On February 14, 2014, a man called 'UP' rallied fellow singles on Weibo to buy all odd-numbered seats for a 7:30 p.m. screening of Beijing Love Story at Xintiandi cinema. This created a checkerboard of empty spots, forcing couples to sit apart or pay extra for paired seats. Twelve years later, the cheeky stunt is resurfacing with users laughing at the pettiness, calling it heroic trolling, though some photos circulating are actually from 2020 COVID distancing.

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A heartbroken computer nerd in Shanghai turned Valentine's Day into a singles' revenge plot by booking every other seat in a packed romantic movie theater.

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Pamela Ruth Tumwebaze, 46-year-old Director of Student Affairs at Uganda Christian University, was strangled in her Mukono home on February 10 after returning with sons Elijah and Noah. Her housemaid heard an intruder who demanded keys, showed Tumwebaze's body, then fled with her phone, laptop, and her dress over his clothes; police are hunting the suspect with no arrests yet. Colleagues remembered her 23 years of humble service, counseling students on drugs, alcohol, and mental health, while Vice Chancellor Aaron Mushengyezi called her 'the epitome of humility, kindness and hard work.' The cortege heads to Mbarara for burial amid a grieving community.

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Hundreds filled Nkoyoyo Hall, spilling outside, as Pamela Tumwebaze's 13-year-old son Elijah fought tears to say, 'We shall miss mum. She has been loving to us and prayerful.'

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The world No. 4 American powered past Alex Eala on Thursday, then thanked the packed Dubai Centre Court for its electric vibe despite the one-sided cheers. Gauff joked she pretended the cheers were for her and praised Eala for drawing new fans to tennis. Now she faces Elina Svitolina in the semis for revenge after an earlier loss, while Jessica Pegula meets Amanda Anisimova in the other matchup—with three Americans in the final four.

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Facing a roaring crowd of Filipino fans cheering for her opponent, Coco Gauff turned the noise into fuel for a 6-0, 6-2 rout.

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