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Soldiers of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy with armoured military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being an Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)2026-01-20T09:59:51Z RAQQA, Syria (AP) The Syrian military claimed Tuesday that guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had abandoned a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, allowing the detainees to escape.The al-Hol camp houses mainly women and children who are family members of IS members or accused of being otherwise affiliated with the group. Thousands of accused IS militants are separately housed in prisons in northeast Syria.The SDF subsequently confirmed that its guards had withdrawn from the camp, blaming international indifference toward the issue of the ISIS terrorist organization and the failure of the international community to assume its responsibilities in addressing this serious matter, using another abbreviation for IS. It said its forces had redeployed in the vicinity of cities in northern Syria that are facing increasing risks and threats from government forces. Representatives of the U.S. military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Earlier Tuesday, Syrias ministry of interior said Tuesday that 120 Islamic State members escaped from a prison in northeast Syria a day earlier, amid clashes between government forces and the SDF, which guards the prison. Security forces recaptured 81 of the escapees, while intensive security efforts continue to pursue the remaining fugitives and take the necessary legal measures against them, the statement said. The SDF and the government have traded blame over the escape from a prison in the town of Shaddadeh, amid the breakdown of a ceasefire deal between the two sides.Also Tuesday, the SDF accused Damascus-affiliated factions of cutting off water supplies to the al-Aqtan prison near the city of Raqqa, which it called a blatant violation of humanitarian standards.The SDF, the main U.S.-backed force that fought IS in Syria, controls more than a dozen prisons in the northeast where some 9,000 IS members have been held for years without trial. Many of the detained extremists are believed to have carried out atrocities in Syria and Iraq after IS declared a caliphate in June 2014 over large parts of Syria and Iraq. IS was defeated in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria two years later, but the groups sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks in both countries.Under a deal announced Sunday, government forces were to take over control of the prisons from the SDF, but the transfer did not go smoothly.On Monday, Syrian government forces and SDF fighters clashed around two prisons housing members of the Islamic State group in Syrias northeast. The clashes came as SDF chief commander Mazloum Abdi was said to be in Damascus to attempt to solidify a ceasefire deal reached Sunday that ended days of deadly fighting during which government forces captured wide areas of northeast Syria from the SDF. Abdi issued no statement after the meeting and the SDF later issued a statement calling for all of our youth to join the ranks of the resistance, appearing to signal that the deal had fallen apart. Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa postponed a planned trip to Germany Tuesday amid the ongoing tensions in northeast Syria.Since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, Syrias new leaders have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country. An agreement was reached in March that would merge the SDF with Damascus, but it didnt gain traction. Earlier this month, clashes broke out in the city of Aleppo, followed by the government offensive that seized control of Deir el-Zour and Raqqa provinces, critical areas under the SDF that include oil and gas fields, river dams along the Euphrates and border crossings.Sewell reported from Beirut. ABBY SEWELL Sewell is the Associated Press news director for Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. She joined the AP in 2022 but has been based in the region since 2016, reporting and guiding coverage on some of its most significant news stories. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

2026-01-20T12:09:11Z WASHINGTON (AP) A stunning military intervention in Venezuela. Telling the New York Giants which coach to hire. Threats against Iran, Denmark, Greenland and Colombia. Posing with someone elses Nobel Peace Prize. Dangling the potential of deploying U.S. troops in Minneapolis. Flipping off a critic. Announcing an aggressive round of tariffs. Threatening political enemies. For President Donald Trump, this blizzard was just the first half of January.If a presidents most valuable currency is time, Trump operates as if he has an almost limitless supply, ever willing to share no matter the day, the hour or the circumstance.Hes rewritten the role of the presidency in a divided country, commanding constant attention with little regard for consequences. For all his talk about strength, his approach leans more toward virality than virility with social media as his primary accelerant. The president exists loudly, said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. The president will play with fire. I havent seen him yet play with live hand grenades, but Ive seen him come damn close. Thats just the way he is, and its not going to change. At least Trump thanks you in the process. During his second term, the Republican president has signed off of his social media post with the catchphrase thank you for your attention to this matter 242 times, according to data compiled by Roll Call Factba.se. For good measure, he often uses all capital letters and a few exclamation points. Trumps decades of seeking attentionHe has spent decades seeking attention, first in the New York tabloids and later as a reality television star. Attention, positive or negative, is its own reward. In the attention economy, Trump is what Wall Street might call a market maker.The gambits often have a tenuous relationship with truth and sometimes involve misogyny or racism. They can step on the administrations other priorities and dont always bend political realities in Trumps favor (see affordability concerns and the Epstein files ). But theyre hard to ignore. Hes saying hello to you in the morning, and he says good night to you at the end of the day, Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said. Youre never not going to hear from him.In his second term, he observed even fewer constraints on where to assert his presence, with a fondness for sports. During September alone, Trump attended three major sporting events around New York City. His visit to the U.S. Open final forced long security lines and delayed the start of the match. The crowd dominated by New Yorks elite booed him, but that didnt matter. He was still on the stadiums big screen and all over social media. Thats where some of the biggest changes during Trumps second term have unfolded. During his first administration, many Silicon Valley leaders were cold or outright hostile to Trump. He was banned from platforms including Twitter and Facebook after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.The leaders of those companies are now openly allied with Trump or at least friendly with him. Twitter is now named X and owned by Elon Musk, who led the Department of Government Efficiency during the first months of the second term and has returned to the presidents orbit after a brief falling-out. Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg were among the technology executives who attended Trumps inauguration last year. AI quickly produces memes and videosTrump, whos not known to use a computer, this time has his own social media platform, where his team relies on fresh artificial intelligence technology to quickly produce memes and videos that keep the president at the forefront of the online conversation. Those posts often veer into crude territory, such as one in October that showed him wearing a crown, flying a plane, dumping excrement on his opponents.The social media were talking about in Trumps second term is not the social media of Trumps first term, said Nolan Higdon, a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he focuses on critical media literacy. For now, there are few brakes on Trumps impulses. House Speaker Mike Johnson brushed off the excrement post as satire. Vice President JD Vance, a devout Catholic, has defended Trumps posts, including one depicting him as the pope. In an interview with Vanity Fair, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles described Trump, who doesnt drink, as possessing an alcoholics personality, meaning he operates (with) a view that theres nothing he cant do.Indeed, his approach has been remarkably successful in achieving the disruption he seeks to impose in the U.S. and abroad. He uses social media as a weapon, warning of aid that will be cut off to states that resist him. His posts regarding Greenland and Denmark sparked a genuine diplomatic crisis and raised questions about the long-term sustainability of NATO. The two nagging exceptions revolve around Epstein and affordability.After telling his supporters to not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, he eventually gave in to congressional pressure and signed a bill that earned overwhelming support on Capitol Hill calling for the files to be made public. The Justice Department has already missed deadlines for the release, and Democrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois have said the flurry of news this month has amounted to a distraction from the Epstein issue.Trump has similarly struggled to convince the public that he understands and is responding to their concerns about high prices. After calling affordability challenges a Democratic hoax, he has tried to take action, including delivering a prime-time address last month. But that speech and more recent efforts, including the mortgage rate push, were quickly drowned by the deluge of more jarring news.Indeed, a Michigan visit last week to talk about affordability may ultimately be best remembered for images of Trump delivering an obscene gesture at someone who was yelling at him from afar. Trumps central challengeThat underscores Trumps central challenge heading into an election year that will test of his grip on power. While his hard-line approach may delight supporters, it does less to convince a broader swath of Americans that hes an effective president.Approval of Trumps handling of most issues is low, but health care stands out as a particular weakness for him. Only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults approved of the way he was handling health care, according to a December AP-NORC poll. That was slightly lower than his overall approval. Hes also slipped on immigration since the start of his second term, when this stood out as a relative strength. According to a January AP-NORC poll, about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of his performance on immigration, down from about half of Americans toward the beginning of his first term.Meanwhile, Democrats are taking stronger steps toward winning American attention spans. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, hosts a podcast and taunts Trump by mocking him on social media. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is perhaps the most successful Democrat to translate a digital media machine into political success. Over the course of about a year, the 34-year-old went from a relatively unknown state lawmaker to the leader of the nations largest city by introducing himself to voters with videos that showed him in unscripted environments, like the course of the New York City marathon.Theyre learning not to impose an old framework on a new paradigm, said Basil Smikle, a former executive director of the New York State Democratic Party and a professor at Columbia University. The long-term question is whether Trump has fundamentally changed the presidency. Ari Fleischer, the White House press secretary under then-President George W. Bush, said Trump is the definition of unique and predicted that the next president regardless of party will communicate differently.Whoever succeeds him, Fleischer said, the velocity of the presidency will slow down. ___Associated Press writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux contributed to this report.

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At my age, most people have given up on their dreams. They go to college, settle down, get steady careers. Pretty soon, theyve spent so much time on the corporate money-go-round they cant even remember what got their engines going in the first place. But I could never see myself holding down a nine-to-five like that. See, Ive spent my whole life determined to rock n roll on my own terms.Truth be told, all Ive ever wanted is to be a musician and for being a musician to be really easy.Ever since I was a kid, Ive hoped that someday, somehow, I could ascend to the ranks of sonic superstardom without any hard work whatsoever: no long nights practicing riffs or struggling to pen lyrics thatd inspire millions. Nope, my sincere prayer to the rock gods has always been that Id just wake up one day andwithout any actual legwork on my partsuddenly be as talented and beloved as John Lennon or David Bowie.Of course, I grew up in the 90s, so my real childhood idols were the gods of grunge: Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell. Id have done anything to be like them, as long as it wasnt something tough like learning scales or figuring out how to strum. What I wanted more than anything was to just get up on stage in front of thousands of screaming fans, ask if they were ready to motherfucking rock, shred a face-melting solo on my vintage 74 Fender Stratocaster, and be able to do that without needing any preparation or skill of any kind.Thats my dreamand no one can take it away from me!I remember first seeing Nirvana on MTVs Unplugged back in 93. Even as a teen, I knew what that band had sacrificed to be there. And I said, No fucking way am I doing even a fraction of that. I wanted to blow past the years of failure and rejection, thank you very much, and just instantly get to the part where Im ripping off my shirt and jumping into a crowd of screaming rock acolytes.Thats what first inspired me to pick up my dads old Gibson Les Paul. From the second I felt that strap around my shoulder, I was hooked. I didnt practice chords or fingerings or whatever musicians do. Nope, I just closed my eyes and sat there, imagining huge crowds that sang along to my choruses, held up lighters, and begged to sleep with me after the show. At that moment, I realized this was my one true calling in lifeand by this, I mean getting magically transported to those thrilling, lofty heights without having to exert myself in the slightest.Over the years, whenever Ive been deterred by my lack of success, I just think about how hard other rock icons have had it: Brian Wilson had an abusive dad who made him practice harmonies every night. Rod Stewart even worked in a cemetery before he made it! In that sense, I consider myself lucky, because Im hoping to skip over all that annoying stuff to the part where Im selling out Madison Square Garden and putting out album after album that will revolutionize popular music forever.Some people might doubt me for thinking I could ever get a multiyear, multimillion-dollar record deal without spending more than a few minutes playing an instrument. They might call my dreams unrealistic or impractical. But hey, dont forget that even the Beatles used to be a no-name band grinding it out in Hamburg. And the only things standing between me and them are a methodical work ethic, years learning the fundamentals of music, once-in-a-generation talent, and a willingness to do things that are even slightly uncomfortable to attain my goals.Also, it looks like getting calluses really hurts, so I dont want to do that, either.Until the day I finally make it, though, Im not going to sweat the small stuff. My plan is just to sit back and try to enjoy the ride. Because one day, when I hit it big and can finally quit my day job, Ill know that all this laziness and absence of effort will have been totally worth it.The post All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy appeared first on The Onion.

LEAWOOD, KSStressing that he wouldnt want his best bud to feel left out on such a special day, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce reportedly asked fiance Taylor Swift this week if, during their upcoming wedding, his brother Jason could get married with them too.It wouldnt feel right if Jason wasnt up there with usmaybe we can just, like, scooch over and let him say some vows, said Kelce, assuring Swift that his sibling would comb his hair, wear a nice shirt, and not cause any problems. When people get married, they become part of each others families, so this would be a nice way to show were all a family now. Also, he would do great at the part where you throw the flowers in the air. Hes really good at throwing! So what do you think? Can he get married with us, please?According to sources, Swift agreed to think about it, eliciting a joyful yelp from behind a nearby curtain, where Jason then emerged, arms wide, yelling, Pack your bagswere all getting married!The post Travis Kelce Asks Taylor Swift If Jason Can Also Get Married With Them appeared first on The Onion.

ARLINGTON, VAIn an apparent attempt to guilt his children into eating their vegetables Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller reportedly reminded one of his sons, a picky eater, that there were starving boys and girls in the basement who didnt get to have any food at all.Think of the poor, famished children beneath these very floorboards who are forced to go days on end without food or water, and then see if you still dont want to eat your broccoli, said Miller, encouraging his son to listen to the cries of hunger emanating from the floor vents and imagine himself shackled in the dark alongside the malnourished children in the cellar. Some kids from other countries, whom I have captured, are lucky to be fed one measly table scrap a day. Youre very lucky to live on the floor of the house that you do, rather than down below among Daddys prey. You could just as easily have been born in a much poorer place, in which case Id only be feeding you to prolong the suffering. Now open up for the airplane.At press time, sources confirmed Millers picky-eater son had been sent to the torture room without dessert.The post Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement appeared first on The Onion.

GENEVAIn a recommendation of the time-honored method for relieving stress in overwhelming social situations, the World Health Organization released new guidelines Tuesday for the treatment of anxiety by sneaking off to do drugs in the bathroom. Whether youre feeling uncomfortable while out in public or in the home of a friend or relative, you can significantly mitigate symptoms by getting yourself to a quiet space, taking a deep breath, and blocking your emotions with pills, marijuana, or cocaine, said WHO behavioral health epidemiologist Jen Pacheco, who explained that patients could further reduce anxiety by locating a restroom and planning which drugs to binge ahead of time. We find that the majority of patients feel relief after just a couple lines of blow. Additionally, years of research has shown that its impossible to embarrass yourself during small talk if youre smoking weed alone on the toilet. Just turn the fan on and focus on getting so fucking high that you forget about how everyone out there probably hates you. The guidelines also advised anxiety sufferers to deal with the shame of their substance use by doing more drugs.The post Anxiety Experts Recommend Sneaking Off To Do Drugs In Bathroom appeared first on The Onion.

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This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. To subscribe to Court Watch, click here.A serial mail thiefs alleged robbery spree ended after he posted photos of stolen credit cards and bins of mail to his Instagram Stories on the same day he robbed a carrier at knifepoint.Jordan McCorvey, a 32-year-old man in Ohio, allegedly robbed a USPS letter carriers truck while they were on their delivery route on November 28. The carrier told investigators two men approached their truck with a knife and demanded access to the truck, according to the affidavit, and when the carrier unlocked the truck and gave them access, they took a tray of mail.The description of one of the suspects matched a man who investigators already knew as a known mail thief with criminal history related to possession of stolen mail and bank fraud, the complaint says. The same day as the theft, McCorveys Instagram accountswith the usernames "2corkmoney," "Icorkmoneybaby," and "cork2saucyposted photos of him flipping through stacks of mail still in the USPS tray, showing the same zip code on the letters as the carriers stolen deliveries.For the next few days, more evidence appeared on McCorveys Instagram Stories, where he uploaded photos and videos involving banking transactions and other various posts connected to financial institutions, according to the complaint. These posts included solicitations for individuals with bank accounts or other related financial information.In one photo, a manits not clear from the complaint whether its McCorvey celebrates in front of a Wells Fargo ATM, holding a card in the air, with a Wells Fargo branch tagged as a location sticker on the photo.This isnt the first time an alleged criminal outed himself by bragging on social media and in public. Idriss Qibaa, the man who ran an extortion scheme called Unlocked4Life.com that promised to unlock clients social media accounts, admitted on the popular No Jumper podcast that he was the one locking peoples accounts to extort them out of thousands of dollars, which helped the FBI charge him.McCorvey was arrested on January 9 in Columbus. Mail theft is a federal crime and McCorvey could face fines and up to five years in prison.

The Federal Aviation Administration put a drone no fly zone within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets, according to a notice to airmen posted by the government. The no fly zone is the same type that the U.S. uses to restrict consumer drones over military bases and Department of Energy (DOE) research centers and facilities. The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country.The order is particularly notable because it does not apply just to static locations like DHS offices, but also to vessels and ground vehicle convoys and their associated escorts. The notice classifies areas within 3,000 feet horizontally and up to 1,000 feet of altitude as no fly zones and as national defense airspace, meaning the skies up to a half mile from ICE vehicles in Minneapolis, for example, could fall under this new jurisdiction. The notice states that people who violate the restrictions can be charged criminally, could face civil penalties, and may lose their authority to fly drones in the future.In addition, [drone] operators who are deemed to pose a credible safety or security threat to protected personnel, fac [facilities], or assets may be mitigated, it adds, noting that mitigation may result in the interference interception, seizure, damaging, or destruction of unmanned aircraft deemed to pose a credible safety or security threat to protected personnel, facilities, or assets.The order replaces a previous no fly zone that applied only to military bases and DOE sites. Military bases and DOE sites are static locations that dont move. The new no fly zone, called a temporary flight restriction (TFR), applies to DHS employees and vehicles wherever they may be. ICE is notoriously performing raids all over the country with no notice.With the rise of cheap consumer drones, some activists and protesters have used them to film law enforcement and to document police abuse. This no fly zone criminalizes that activity, further cracking down on the tactics protesters can use to keep people safe or film ICE brutality. It is unclear whether any specific incident led DHS to push for the no fly zone. DHS and the FAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.DHS itself has used its own drones to surveil protesters, including in Minneapolis. In 2020, a Customs and Border Patrol Predator drone surveilled people protesting the police killing of George Floyd, and last year DHS flew Predator drones over anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. Those aircraft were detected using open source flight records and air traffic control audio. On Monday, videos of aircraft circling over Minneapolis were widely shared on social media, with many people saying the aircraft appeared to be drones. 404 Media has not yet been able to confirm what the aircraft are.

Nature, Published online: 20 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00088-9A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

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