American flags torched, riot police clash with protesters ahead of Trump Davos arrival
Violent protests erupted in several Swiss cities as American flags were burned and riot police clashed with demonstrators ahead of President Trump’s arrival in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum.
Trump is scheduled to arrive Wednesday and is expected to deliver a speech at the annual gathering of global political leaders and corporate executives.
His visit comes amid heightened tensions with European leaders after Trump doubled down on his push to acquire Greenland for U.S. national security reasons and declined to rule out military options.
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The Davos forum, held in eastern Switzerland, is one of the world’s most high-profile economic summits, bringing together heads of state, CEOs, bankers and policymakers to discuss global trade, security and geopolitics.
Around 300 protesters marched through Davos Jan. 19 to oppose both the forum and Trump’s planned appearance.
Chanting slogans and holding banners reading “Trump not welcome,” demonstrators accused Swiss authorities of legitimizing what they described as authoritarian and plutocratic politics by hosting the U.S. president.
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Images from the protests showed masked demonstrators setting fire to American flags, while local media reported smashed windows and other property damage.
Swiss outlet Swissinfo reported clashes broke out after police moved to disperse the crowd.
Officers in full riot gear deployed water cannons, chemical irritants and rubber bullets and said they were targeted with fireworks.
The outlet also reported a police statement said “paint bags were thrown at the facades and shop windows were smashed on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Uraniastrasse”, with the amount of property damage unknown.
Two police officers were also reportedly hit by stones but remained unharmed.
Similar demonstrations were held elsewhere, including in Bern, where a protest was broken up as police sealed off the city center.
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In Zurich, thousands marched Sunday night, with one placard reading, “Put the Trumpster in the dumpster.”
Activists from the Swiss NGO Campax also projected a cartoon image of Trump onto a ski slope near Davos, branding him the “Spirit of plutocracy.”
Trade tensions are expected to dominate discussions at the summit, alongside talks on the war in Ukraine and broader global security concerns.
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Trump addressed the Greenland issue in a social media post early Tuesday.
“As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security,” Trump wrote. “There can be no going back — on that, everyone agrees. The United States of America is the most powerful country anywhere on the globe, by far.”
Trump rips SCOTUS justices over handling of women’s sports, trans athletes case
President Donald Trump spoke out about the U.S. Supreme Court cases over trans athletes in women’s sports, calling out the justice who he believed appeared to be “fighting” to keep “men playing in women’s sports.”
Trump told reporters at a White House press conference Tuesday that he believes the justices who appeared to be on the side of the trans athlete plaintiffs should “lose a lot of credibility.”
“Big Supreme Court case. I mean, I can’t believe it. Some of the justices were fighting hard for men to be able to play in women’s sports. A couple of them, I can’t imagine it. But I think anybody that rules that way should lose a lot of credibility. But we banned men from playing in women’s sports,” Trump said.
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“All you have to do is look at the records, look at weightlifting records, look at swimming records, look at track and field. This is not fair. It’s very demeaning to women.”
Trump earlier called out the justices and former President Joe Biden’s administration for its stance in supporting trans athletes in women’s sports.
“The past administration, they had no clue or they were really bad, but they basically had no clue. But they did have, a concept. I mean, they’re still trying to sell the idea of men playing in women’s sports. You saw that in the Supreme Court. I mean, some of those justices were fighting for them, too,” Trump said. “They were fighting for them. But you saw that just the other day in the Supreme Court, men playing in women’s sport doesn’t work.”
The two cases that were heard before the Supreme Court last week focused on the issue of states’ rights to pass laws that ban biological males in women’s and girls sports. Idaho and West Virginia were each sued by trans athletes in those states, who successfully blocked the state laws to protect women’s sports. Now, the Supreme Court will review both cases and cast a potential landmark ruling.
Justices Kentaji Brown-Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor delivered questions and statements during the hearing that might suggest they will rule in favor of the trans athlete plaintiffs.
During the opening arguments of the hearing, Brown-Jackson pressed Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst about the state’s law meant to protect girls’ and women’s sports.
“I guess I’m struggling to understand how you can say that this law doesn’t classify on the basis of transgender status,” Jackson said to Hurst. “The law expressly aims to ensure that transgender women can’t play on women’s sports teams. So why is that not a classification on the basis of transgender status?”
Justice Clarence Thomas was seen slouching in his seat with his hand covering his face during this question by Brown-Jackson, as witnessed by Fox News Digital in the courtroom. There were other moments during the hearing where Thomas was seen in the same pose.
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Hurst replied to Jackson, arguing that Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act hinged on a student athlete’s sex, not transgender status.
Jackson continued to press Hurst, asking: “But it treats transgender women different than ciswomen, doesn’t it?”
In another instance, Jackson asked West Virginia Solicitor General Michael Williams similar questions about his state’s Save Women’s Sports Act.
“You have the overarching classification — everybody has to play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth — but then you have a gender-identity definition that is operating within that, meaning a distinction, meaning that for cisgender girls, they can play consistent with their gender identity. For transgender girls, they can’t,” Jackson said.
Meanwhile, Sotomayor cited an estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. who identify as transgender, and said their rights should be respected even if they represent a small percent of the population.
“What’s percentage enough?” Sotomayor asked. “There are 2.8 million transgender people in the United States. That’s an awfully big figure. … What makes a subclass meaningful to you? Is it one percent? Five percent? Thirty percent? Fifteen percent?
“The numbers don’t talk about the human beings.”
If recent decisions related to trans rights are any indication favorable rule for West Virginia and Idaho is still likely.
In United States v Skrmetti, the Supreme Court, a 6-3 decision on June 18, 2025, upheld Tennessee’s ban on certain gender-affirming medical care for minors. All justices voted down partisan lines, with the six conservative justices voting to uphold the ban and the three liberal justices voting against it.
But in an August 2024 decision on whether former President Joe Biden‘s administration should be granted an emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule that includes protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX, the court voted just 5-4 to strike down the request.
Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, dissented, agreeing with the three liberal justices and the Biden administration that the lower court rulings were “overbroad.”
The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it.
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A decision in this case is expected in June at the latest.
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New China war report warns of rapid US breakdown and $10T global shock
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration asked for redactions to a sweeping new Heritage Foundation report modeling a potential U.S.–China war over Taiwan, even though the analysis relied entirely on publicly available, unclassified data, according to the report’s authors.
The redacted report, TIDALWAVE, warns that the United States could reach a breaking point within weeks of a high‑intensity conflict with China — conclusions that the authors say prompted senior national security officials to seek redactions over concerns adversaries could exploit the findings or use them to identify U.S. and allied military vulnerabilities.
Those conclusions include warnings that U.S. forces would culminate far sooner than China, suffer catastrophic losses to aircraft and sustainment infrastructure in the Pacific, and still fail to prevent a global economic shock estimated at roughly $10 trillion, nearly a tenth of global GDP.
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According to the report’s authors, the AI‑enabled model drew exclusively on open‑source government, academic, industry and commercial information. An unredacted version of the report was provided to authorized U.S. government recipients for internal use.
Unlike traditional tabletop war games, TIDALWAVE employs an AI‑enabled model that runs thousands of iterations, tracking how losses in platforms, munitions, and fuel compound over time and drive cascading operational failure early in the conflict.
According to a Heritage spokesperson, the report had been shown to “high-level national security officials” who requested some of the specifics be crossed out in black ink before its release to the public. The report still details how quickly U.S. forces could reach a breaking point and why the conflict would carry global consequences.
“Redactions were made at the request of the U.S. government to prevent disclosure of information that could reasonably enable an adversary to (1) re mediate or ‘close’ critical vulnerabilities that the United States and its allies could otherwise exploit, or (2) identify or exploit U.S. and allied vulnerabilities in ways that could degrade operational endurance, resilience, or deterrence,” the report said.
A Department of War spokesperson declined to comment on discussions surrounding TIDALWAVE’s publication, but added: “The Department of War does not endorse, validate, or adjudicate third-party analyses, nor do we engage publicly on hypothetical conflict modeling. As a general matter, we take seriously the protection of information that, if aggregated or contextualized, could have implications for operational security.”
The White House could not be reached for comment.
The war is decided early
According to the report’s redacted findings, the U.S. would culminate in less than half the time required for the People’s Republic of China in a high-intensity conflict. Culmination is defined as the point at which a force becomes incapable of continuing operations due to the loss of platforms, ammunition and/or fuel.
The report is explicit that the first 30 days to 60 days of a U.S.-China war determine its long-term shape and outcome, as early losses in aircraft, ships, fuel throughput and munitions rapidly compound and cannot be recovered on operationally relevant timelines.
The report concludes that the U.S. is not equipped nor arrayed to protect and sustain the Joint Force in a conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific. Rapid platform attrition, brittle logistics, concentrated basing and insufficient industrial surge capacity combine to force an early operational breaking point for American forces.
Catastrophic losses in the Pacific
The report warns that U.S. reliance on a few large, concentrated forward bases — particularly in Japan and Guam — leaves American airpower dangerously exposed to Chinese missile forces.
In multiple scenarios, up to 90% of U.S. and allied aircraft positioned at major forward bases are destroyed on the ground during the opening phase of the conflict, as runways, fuel depots, command facilities and parked aircraft are hit simultaneously.
Munitions collapse within days
The report finds that critical U.S. precision‑guided munitions — including long‑range anti‑ship missiles, air‑to‑air interceptors and missile‑defense systems — begin to be unavailable within five to seven days of major combat operations. Across most scenarios, those critical munitions are completely exhausted within 35 days to 40 days, leaving U.S. forces unable to sustain high‑tempo combat.
Fuel emerges as the most decisive vulnerability of all. The report makes a critical distinction: the U.S. does not run out of fuel in most scenarios — it loses the ability to move fuel under fire.
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Chinese doctrine explicitly prioritizes attacks on logistics vessels, ports, pipelines and replenishment tankers. Even limited tanker losses, port disruptions or pipeline severance are sufficient to drive fuel throughput below survivable levels, forcing commanders to sharply curtail air and naval operations despite fuel remaining in aggregate stockpiles.
China endures far longer
By contrast, China is assessed as capable of sustaining high‑intensity combat operations for months longer under the modeled assumptions.
Chinese ammunition stockpiles of critical munitions begin to be depleted after approximately 20 days to 30 days of major combat operations. However, substitution effects extend China’s ability to sustain combat operations out to months — well beyond the point at which U.S. forces culminate, according to the report.
A $10 trillion global shock
The consequences extend far beyond the battlefield.
The redacted report concludes the U.S. is highly unlikely to prevent massive global economic fallout once a Taiwan conflict begins.
Disruption of shipping lanes, destruction of critical infrastructure and the collapse of Taiwan’s semiconductor production would trigger a global economic shock estimated at roughly $10 trillion, with enduring ripple effects across financial markets, manufacturing and global trade.
Wartime footing for rebuilding the industrial base
The report comes amid years of concern over U.S. military readiness and industrial capacity, as China rapidly expands its naval forces and shipbuilding base.
The U.S. Navy operates a smaller fleet than planned, while American shipyards face workforce shortages, aging infrastructure and chronic delays — even as China, the world’s largest shipbuilder, continues to outpace the U.S. in producing new naval hulls.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth and other military leaders have vowed to put the Pentagon on a wartime footing for industrial capacity.
Deterrence at risk
Perhaps most alarming, TIDALWAVE warns that the scale of losses in the Indo‑Pacific would leave the U.S. unable to deter or respond effectively to a second major conflict elsewhere in the world.
A war over Taiwan could open the door to follow‑on aggression by adversaries such as Russia, Iran or North Korea, fundamentally destabilizing the global security order.
The report is blunt in its assessment: existing Pentagon programs and congressional funding are too slow, too fragmented and too modest to address the scale of the challenge. In many cases, the timeline required to fix critical vulnerabilities exceeds the likely timeline to conflict.
The call to action
To avoid what the authors describe as a strategic defeat, the report urges Congress to immediately expand munitions stockpiles, strengthen fuel reserves and distribution infrastructure, harden and disperse forward bases, and accelerate sustainment and logistics reforms. Without rapid action, the authors warn, the U.S. risks entering a conflict it is structurally unprepared to fight or sustain.
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With intelligence warnings mounting that China could move on Taiwan before the end of the decade, TIDALWAVE cautions that the window to correct these deficiencies may be closing faster than Washington is prepared to act.
Mike McDaniel finds next home in NFL following awkward Dolphins firing: report
Mike McDaniel is heading west after being fired as the Miami Dolphins’ head coach.
McDaniel is reportedly expected to become the Los Angeles Chargers’ next offensive coordinator, “barring a change of heart,” according to ESPN.
“McDaniel has informed other teams that they’re out, the Chargers clearly want him, and the two sides are having dinner tonight,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted Tuesday night. “But the expectation across the league is that McDaniel will be staying in LA.”
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The Chargers and head coach Jim Harbaugh moved on from offensive coordinator Greg Roman after a brutal loss to the New England Patriots in the wild-card round. Los Angeles finished 12th in yards per game (333.8), though they were middle of the pack in points scored (21.6).
McDaniel’s firing in Miami came as a bit of a surprise after ownership backed him only to relieve him of his duties shortly after.
Dolphins tight end Darren Waller even said he was “at the scene of the crime” when he was in the middle of his exit interview with McDaniel as owner Stephen Ross “kicked the door open” roughly 10 minutes into their discussion.
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“He comes in and, like, joins the conversation,” Waller said. “We’re just all talking, reflecting on the year, and Stephen Ross was like, ‘Love to have you back next year.’ Then the conversation kind of just hits a lull.”
Since then, McDaniel has been flying around for interviews for both head coaching and offensive coordinator opportunities. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles both pursued McDaniel as their top offensive coordinator candidate, according to ESPN.
However, the report adds that “the lure of getting back to California and coaching Justin Herbert proved strongest” as McDaniel was being courted across the league.
The Dolphins made back-to-back playoff appearances in McDaniel’s first two seasons as head coach but were eliminated both times in the first round. The following season, they were eliminated after an unexpected loss to the New York Jets in the team’s season finale.
McDaniel’s final season in Miami was tumultuous, highlighted by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s struggles and his eventual benching the final three games of the season.
As one of his last major moves as head coach, McDaniel said this week that the Dolphins would hold a quarterback competition for the 2026 season, a decision Tagovailoa seemed to welcome this week when he confirmed he was open to a “fresh start” somewhere else.
There’s no quarterback competition for the Chargers. Herbert has been the star at the position since he was drafted sixth overall in 2020. He earned his second Pro Bowl nod this year after throwing for 3,727 yards with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions behind one of the worst offensive lines in football after tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt were lost for the season.
Since taking over, Harbaugh quickly got the Chargers back in the playoffs, but they’re searching for that first playoff win under the veteran coach. They lost in the wild-card round last season to the Houston Texans as well.
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Not only will McDaniel have an accurate, strong-throwing quarterback, but there are a few weapons to be optimistic about moving forward, including running backs Omarion Hampton and Kimani Vidal and receivers Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston.
Gang terror grips vacation spot as US Embassy warns Americans to keep ‘low profile’
The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala has issued a security alert warning Americans to use “increased caution” when in the Central American country.
“The U.S. Embassy has lifted the shelter-in-place order for their staff,” says the alert, which was issued Sunday. “The situation remains tense with coordinated, armed attacks on police in several zones of Guatemala City.”
The Embassy recommends that Americans monitor local media for updates, avoid crowds and demonstrations, and aim to keep a “low profile.”
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Travelers are advised to review personal security plans and minimize unnecessary movements.
The alert comes as gangs have attacked Guatemalan police after seizing control of three prisons in coordinated riots, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
Over 2.9 million international visitors traveled to Guatemala between January and November 2025, according to the Guatemalan Tourism Institute.
President Bernardo Arévalo issued an emergency declaration after prisoners took 43 guards hostage, killing 10 officers.
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There were “coordinated actions by self-named maras or gangs against state security forces, including armed attacks against civilian authorities,” the declaration noted.
The violence has been linked to major criminal gangs such as Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), both labeled as terrorist organizations by Guatemala and the United States, according to AP.
At the time, the U.S. Embassy issued a statement to AP condemning the attacks.
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“These terrorists, as well as those who cooperate with them or are linked to them, have no place in our hemisphere,” the statement read.
“The security of the Guatemalan people and the stability of our hemisphere must prevail,” it continued.
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“We reaffirm our support for Guatemala’s security forces to curb the violence.”
The U.S. State Department lists Guatemala at “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” status.
“We reaffirm our support for Guatemala’s security forces to curb the violence.”
The State Department has four travel advisory levels to help travelers assess safety risks before visiting other countries.
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The advisory levels are: Level 1 – Exercise Normal Precautions; Level 2 – Exercise Increased Caution; Level 3 – Reconsider Travel; and Level 4 – Do Not Travel.
Liberal pundit reveals Democrats’ plan to prosecute Trump and Musk after election
Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta spoke with Jennifer Welch of the “I’ve Had It” podcast on Thursday about how Democrats will punish Republicans after they retake power.
There has been an ongoing debate about how the Trump administration has been using its power since it won the 2024 election. While Democrats argue the administration is overstepping its power, many Trump voters have argued he has not gone far enough to accomplish the MAGA agenda he ran on.
One thing Democrats and Republicans anticipate, however, is that when Democrats retake power, they will expand the Supreme Court, one of many upcoming reforms Acosta and Welch anticipated with the upcoming “blue tsunami” of the midterms. Welch suggested that President Donald Trump and Tesla founder Elon Musk are still at odds, but both wish to prevent this “blue tsunami” to protect themselves and their interests.
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“The blue tsunami means that Congress is going to haul Elon Musk, ‘Big Balls,’ and a bunch of other people’s a– in front and say, ‘What crimes did you commit?’ And it’s going to get really serious,” Welch said. “And the same with Trump because I believe, and this is just my opinion, that Trump and all of the bottom-feeding morons surrounding him and Elon Musk and all the bottom feeding clinger-onners that surround him, I think they commit crimes every day.”
She went on to describe the process of prosecuting Trump and his allies as a form of national reconciliation, arguing that only the most staunch Democrats would have the determination to carry it out.
“And I think to reconcile all of this is going to take hardcore — not ‘integrity Democrats – ‘F— you Democrats,’” she said, describing their mentality as, ‘F— you for f—— over our country.’ We are serious about this. We are prosecuting. We’re going to uncover every document, every phone call, everything you did. We will be relentless about it. And that’s the mindset they’ve got to have because I think the electorate is going from, ‘We’ve got to get him out, but also we want accountability.’”
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Acosta went on to argue that one of the key goals Democrats need to have is stripping Trump of his immunity, detailing the mindset he believes Democrats should adopt.
“They should say when they’re back in there,” he said, “’If you guys are going to cling to this idea that Donald Trump is unaccountable, it’s just not going to work.’ And that means adding seats to the Supreme Court so that that immunity decision can be overturned, and so Donald Trump can be held accountable for his crimes.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Elon Musk and did not receive immediate reply.
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Minnesota governor extends olive branch to Trump after immigration dispute
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday invited President Donald Trump to visit the state to “see our values in action” amid a contentious back-and-forth between the pair over the presence of federal immigration officers in and around Minneapolis.
“Mr. President, Minnesota invites you to see our values in action,” a statement from Walz reads on X. “Come see how communities from all walks of life are working together, and how the spirit of this state refuses to be defined by division of fear.”
“I invite you to join me, and others in our community to help restore calm and order and reaffirm that true public safety comes from shared purpose, trust and respect,” he added.
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The invitation came as federal officers continue to conduct operations targeting criminal illegal immigrants amid clashes with agitators that authorities said impede the apprehension of illegal immigrants convicted of various crimes, including murder and child sexual abuse.
Walz, as well as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other local Democratic officials, have condemned the enforcement operations and have called for Trump to withdraw federal authorities.
The governor’s invitation is a sharp change of tone from his past remarks, in which he has said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have acted uncontrollably and that the enforcement surge is “a war that’s being waged against Minnesota.”
“You’re seeing that we have a ridiculous surge of apparently 2,000 people not coordinating with us, that are for a show of cameras,” Walz told reporters in Minneapolis earlier this month, a day after announcing he was ending his campaign for a third term.
Walz previously asked Trump to “turn the temperature down” following a warning from the president that he could invoke the Insurrection Act over unrest in Minnesota. The White House accused him of engaging in rhetoric while protecting criminal illegal immigrants.
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On Tuesday, Walz and other top Democratic officials in the state, including Frey and state Attorney General Keith Ellison, were served grand jury subpoenas for allegedly conspiring to hinder ICE operations in Minnesota.
In his post on X, the governor noted that Minnesota won’t be drawn into political theater, while criticizing the Justice Department investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent earlier this month while allegedly trying to ram her vehicle into him.
“It is a partisan distraction,” Walz said of the probe.
Walz added the Minnesotans are more concerned with public safety rather than “baseless legal tactics aimed at intimidating public servants standing shoulder to shoulder with their community.”
He said children are afraid to go to school and small businesses are hurting amid the ICE raids.
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“A mother is dead,” he said, referring to Good. “The people responsible have yet to be held accountable. That’s where the energy of the federal government should be directed; toward restoring trust, accountability, and real law and order, not political retaliation.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House.
Armed militias fire heavy machine guns through Tehran streets in deadly night attacks
Gunfire echoed through Tehran Tuesday as heavily armed militias were deployed across the Iranian capital, transforming some districts into fortified zones under intense security.
Video footage showed bursts of automatic weapons after dark as government buildings, state media sites and major intersections were reportedly placed under guard, with armored pickups and masked fighters patrolling the streets in Toyotas.
The trucks were mounted with heavy machine guns and were moving in convoys with weapons firing into the darkness as armed men shouted commands.
In the video, large-caliber guns can be heard rattling as vehicles maneuver through urban streets.
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“There has been a deployment of dozens of Toyotas mounted with heavy machine guns (DShK) and other heavy weapons in Tehran,” Ali Safavi, a senior official with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told Fox News Digital.
“They are reportedly being used by elements linked to Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF),” he said.
“Their commander speaks in Farsi, and these fighters are Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’bi, Popular Mobilization Force and Hezbollah fighters who have joined the IRGC. The IRGC are their commanders, and you can hear them shouting in Farsi.”
According to Safavi, the Iranian regime has increasingly relied on foreign proxy forces to maintain control of the capital.
“The regime has brought in at least 5,000 foreign elements now from Iraq and Hezbollah to control Tehran,” he explained.
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“They are guarding the government buildings and the state radio and TV and are using heavy machine guns, which are Russian-made and 50 caliber.”
Safavi added that “at night, there are fierce clashes that are ongoing as well as running street battles between the protesters and the special unit forces.”
The footage emerged as the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported what it described as Day 24 of nationwide protests marked by a continued communications blackout.
“The number of confirmed deaths has reached 4,519, while the number of deaths still under investigation stands at 9,049,” the agency said, adding that at least 5,811 people have been seriously injured and 26,314 arrested.
HRANA reports also described an overwhelming security presence, particularly with law enforcement, the IRGC, Basij units and plainclothes agents after nightfall, creating what the group called an atmosphere of deterrence and fear.
The first protests began Dec. 28 and rapidly spread nationwide, driven by economic grievances and opposition to clerical rule.
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Demonstrations have persisted despite mass arrests, lethal force and internet shutdowns.
“Sometimes the protesters hold their ground to the gunfire, ammunition and volleys of tear gas,” Safavi said.
He alleged that IRGC units attacked a hospital in Gorgan, killing wounded patients, stationing snipers on rooftops and firing into surrounding areas.
“They then took around 76 bodies to a warehouse and are refusing to hand them over to families because the forces want to bury them in secret,” he claimed.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly blamed foreign enemies for unrest while backing the IRGC’s response.
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that continued assassination threats from leaders in Tehran would trigger overwhelming retaliation.
“Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country’s going to get blown up,” Trump told NewsNation.
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NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi rejected the notion that external military action could topple the regime.
“A foreign war cannot bring down this regime,” she said in a statement. “What is required is an organized nationwide resistance rooted in active, combat-ready forces inside Iran’s cities to defeat one of the most brutal and repressive apparatuses in the world today — the IRGC.”
Ashton Kutcher finally sets record straight on controversial bathing habits
Ashton Kutcher is coming clean.
“The Beauty” actor made it clear this week that he practices good hygiene four years after he and wife, Mila Kunis, faced scrutiny over remarks that implied they don’t shower often.
“It was the craziest thing of all time,” the 47-year-old told People magazine Monday. “We made a comment at one point, and people were like, ‘Does he stink? Does he smell?'”
Kutcher explained to his costars Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope: “There was a comment on a podcast, so long ago… and people are like, ‘They don’t shower.’ I’m like, ‘I shower, I go to the gym, I shower.’”
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“I can confirm my boy showers,” Ramos joked.
In July 2021, Kunis told Dax Shepherd on his “Armchair Expert” podcast, “When I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day. I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns — ever.”
Kutcher chimed in at the time: “Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point.”
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The couple then went on to discuss their own bathing habits.
“I wash my armpits and my crotch daily, and nothing else ever,” Kutcher divulged. “I got a bar of Lever 2000 that delivers every time. Nothing else.”
He added, “I do have a tendency to throw some water on my face after a workout to get all the salts out.”
Kunis added that she washes her face “twice a day.”
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The couple mocked the viral misunderstanding weeks after the original interview in a 2021 TikTok where they stood in their bathroom with their children with the bath running in the background.
“It’s water,” Kunis tells Kutcher, who’s filming the bathroom saga.
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“You’re putting water on the children? Are you trying to melt them? Are you trying to injure them with water? This is ridiculous. What’s going on?” Kutcher yells.
“We’re bathing our children,” Kunis says.
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“That’s like the fourth time this week! Four times this week! Their body oils are going to be destroyed! What are you trying to do?” Kutcher answers in a sarcastic tone.
“It’s too much,” Kunis jokingly agrees.