The criminal proceedings against Donald Trump regarding interference in the 2020 elections in Georgia have been officially closed. The new prosecutor dropped the charges after the previous one was removed due to improper conduct.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation from office on January 5, 2026, following a conflict with Donald Trump. Her decision complicates the position of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
Georgia State Prosecutor Peter Skandalakis has taken control of the criminal case against Donald Trump and his allies for attempting to undermine the results of the 2020 election. This allows the 2023 case to proceed after the disqualification of the previous district attorney.
International tourism in Cuba continues to decline, putting the communist island on track for its worst performance since the pandemic. In the first nine months of the year, 1.4 million foreign tourists visited the island, which is 20% less than in the same period of 2024.
Sixteen US states and the District of Columbia offer property tax relief for seniors. Another 18 states provide tax credits, five have implemented tax freezes, and six offer deferral programs.
The US House of Representatives has approved an $892. 6 billion defense bill that includes a pay raise for service members. The document also includes bans that restrict the rights of transgender service members.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized after a car accident, sustaining fractured thoracic vertebrae and other injuries. The accident occurred after he assisted a victim of domestic violence.
Five service members were wounded at Fort Stewart base in Georgia. The suspect, Sergeant Quarneilious Radford, has been apprehended.
The largest Martian meteorite found on Earth, weighing 24. 5 kg, was sold for US$4.3 million. The stone was discovered in Niger in November 2023.
OpenAI has signed a deal with Oracle to lease 4. 5 GW of computing power worth $30 billion per year to expand the Stargate project. Oracle will build several data centers in the US to fulfill the contract, which is one of the largest deals in the cloud services industry for AI.
In the middle of the day, a "fireball" exploded over Georgia, and a part of the meteor the size of a golf ball pierced the roof of a house. The object was traveling at 30,000 miles per hour and weighed over a ton.
House Representative Buddy Carter nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the conflict between Israel and Iran. Trump, according to Carter, played a key role in achieving a truce and preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
In Atlanta, Georgia, a hospital is keeping a pregnant woman with brain death on life support due to a local abortion ban law. Relatives cannot bury the woman until the embryo has a heartbeat.
Mother's Day is celebrated in Ukraine and the world. Also today is Train Day, the first of which appeared in ancient Greece, and Root Canal Treatment Day.
