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🎯 U.S. and Qatar agree not to release Iran's $6B. Administration officials have said over the past several days that Iran has not accessed any of the money and that the U.S. could re-freeze it at any time. NBC News
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🌎 New Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers. Whoever looted FTX on the day of its bankruptcy has now moved the stolen money through a long string of intermediaries—and eventually some that look Russian in origin. Wired
🌎 Hamas Most Wanted List. Three Hamas leaders have emerged at the top of Israel’s most wanted list for their suspected roles in overseeing Saturday’s massacre of at least 1,000 Israelis and their central roles in coordinating military and terrorist operations with Iran. Semafor
🌎 Global Knife Attack Frenzy as Hamas ‘Day of Rage’ Gets Underway. Appalling attacks take place in China and France while security is stepped up in the U.S. as the world braces for unrest. Daily Beast
🌎 Across U.S., Chinese Bitcoin Mines Draw National Security Scrutiny. Microsoft reported one site in Wyoming because of its proximity to a data center and nuclear missile base. Records show other cryptocurrency facilities have ties to the Chinese state. NYT
🌎 ICE admits record 5.7 million migrants in US — Biden wants to provide ‘medical services, housing’ to all. The record number of non-detained migrants being monitored by the federal agency — 2.4 million more than before Biden became president — was buried in paperwork detailing its “Release and Reporting Management” (RRM) program. NY Post
🌎 Obama Official Warns FBI Is Being Overrun at Border. Former Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said that the current influx of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border is bigger than anything the country has seen, and warned that people are entering the country that U.S. officials are unable to identify. Newsweek
🌎 Thieves target a century-old crypt in Colorado, pry open casket, steal portions of body. Police said it appeared the perpetrators “entered the cemetery during the overnight hours, forced entry into the crypt and gained access to the casket.” LA Times
🌎 Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Federal prosecutors accused Sen. Bob Menendez on Thursday of secretly acting as an agent of the government of Egypt while serving as the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Politico
🌎 Is Sam Bankman-Fried a Sociopath? And are bad men made or molded by circumstance. A lot of people were seemingly willing to paper over inconsistencies and rumors in SBF’s record, while others assumed blissful ignorance. CoinDesk
🌎 Biden eyes adding AI chip curbs to Chinese companies abroad. The US last year shook relations with Beijing when it unveiled new restrictions on shipments of AI chips and chipmaking tools to China, seeking to thwart its military advances. Reuters
🌎 Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents. In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross. AP
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