The Situation Report for January 9, 2026. Rep. Crenshaw breaks down a week of major geostrategic upheaval — the historic extraction of Nicolás Maduro and the fight over Venezuela's oil, the Trump Administration's renewed push to acquire Greenland, and growing unrest in Iran as demonstrations threaten the Ayatollah's regime. All the week's biggest developments in just 13 minutes.

 

U.S takes the gloves off in Venezuela

 

Why Greenland is a priority for the Trump Administration

 

Iran unrest threatens the Ayatollah

 

China escalates dispute with Japan in the East China Sea

 

ICE agent shooting in Minneapolis

 

MEDIA BIAD ALERT: The media's spin on Minneapolis

 

Food pyramid shake up

 

Trump Admin moves to bar major institutional investors from purchasing single family housing

 

Funeral shooting in Salt Lake City

 

Recommended read: "Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela" by Raúl Gallegos