- Elon Musk’s X moves to punish Trump ally after she lobs corruption allegations at him (rawstory.com)
- Key ally of ex-Brazil president Bolsonaro arrested over alleged coup plot against Lula da Silva (theguardian.com)
- Trump picks Rep. Matt Gaetz, outspoken ally, as attorney general (washingtonpost.com)Gaetz resigned days before ethics investigation report was expected (washingtonpost.com)House Ethics Panel Was Set to Vote to Release Report Critical of Matt Gaetz (nytimes.com)Top Senate Democrat calls on House to release ethics report on Gaetz (bbc.com)‘Are You S***tin' Me?’ Republicans Shocked By Donald Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz For Attorney General (huffpost.com)Kevin McCarthy Absolutely Buries His Longtime Foe Matt Gaetz: He ‘Won’t Get Confirmed’ and ‘Everybody Knows That’ (mediaite.com)John Bolton: Matt Gaetz 'Must Be The Worst' Cabinet Nomination 'In American History' (huffpost.com)Trump To Nominate Tulsi Gabbard As Director Of National Intelligence (huffpost.com)Trump pick resurfaces questions about Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 Syria visit (washingtonpost.com)
- Putin’s close ally Konstantin Zavizenov shot dead in Moscow (msn.com)
- Trump picks political ally, and papal critic, for ambassadorship to Holy See (washingtonpost.com)
- Macron ally François Bayrou appointed new French prime minister (theguardian.com)Polish Prime Minister Finds 'Quite' An Excuse To Clown Trump During Macron Meeting (huffpost.com)
- Gulf States See Trump as Ally They Can Do Business With (nytimes.com)
