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PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Repre­sen­ta­ti­ve Eric Swalwell’s (D‑CA) guber­na­to­ri­al cam­paign recei­ved $9,999 from a Cali­for­nia-based office of the DeH­eng Law Offices, a firm with deep ties to the Chi­ne­se Com­mu­nist Par­ty (CCP).👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rep. Eric Swal­well, DeH­eng Law Offices, and Keliang “Clay” Zhu, a part­ner at the firm’s Sili­con Val­ley office.📍WHEN & WHERE: The dona­ti­on The post A Guber­na­to­ri­al Dona­ti­on Is Rai­sing More Con­cerns About This Dem Congressman’s Ties to Chi­na. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump admi­nis­tra­ti­on is con­side­ring an agree­ment to exch­an­ge hea­vy Vene­zue­lan oil for U.S. medi­um-sour cru­de to fill the U.S. Stra­te­gic Petro­le­um Reser­ve (SPR).👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Depart­ment of Ener­gy, Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump, U.S. oil com­pa­nies, and Venezuela.📍WHEN & WHERE: The pro­po­sal was first repor­ted on Fri­day, Janu­ary 16, 2026.🎯IMPACT: The post Trump Admin Con­siders Vene­zue­lan Oil Swap to Fill Stra­te­gic Petro­le­um Reser­ve. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump sug­gested impo­sing tariffs on count­ries that oppo­se his administration’s efforts to acqui­re Greenland.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Pre­si­dent Trump, Vice Pre­si­dent J.D. Van­ce, Secre­ta­ry of Sta­te Mar­co Rubio, Danish For­eign Minis­ter Lars Løk­ke Ras­mus­sen, and other lea­ders from Den­mark and Greenland.📍WHEN & WHERE: Comm­ents were made during a rural health The post Trump Threa­tens Tariff Hike on Nati­ons Oppo­sing U.S. on Green­land. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: Ukrai­ne has declared a sta­te of emer­gen­cy in its ener­gy sec­tor amid ongo­ing Rus­si­an attacks on power infra­struc­tu­re, lea­ving many regi­ons wit­hout elec­tri­ci­ty or hea­ting during sub­ze­ro win­ter conditions.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ukrai­ni­an Pre­si­dent Volo­dym­yr Zel­en­sky, Ener­gy Minis­ter Denys Shmyhal, Kiev Mayor Vita­li Klit­sch­ko, and Rus­si­an forces tar­ge­ting ener­gy facilities.📍WHEN & WHERE: The The post Zel­en­sky Announ­ces Sta­te of Emer­gen­cy as Grid Fails and Tem­pe­ra­tures Plum­met. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Washing­ton Metro­po­li­tan Area Tran­sit Aut­ho­ri­ty (WMATA), which ope­ra­tes the Washing­ton, D.C. area Metro sub­way and bus sys­tem, repor­ted a signi­fi­cant drop in crime rates for 2025, rea­ching a 25-year low.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Washing­ton Metro­po­li­tan Area Tran­sit Aut­ho­ri­ty (WMATA), Metro Tran­sit Poli­ce Depart­ment (MTPD), Pre­si­dent Donald J. Trump, and Natio­nal Guard The post D.C. Public Tran­sit Sys­tem Reports Lowest Crime Rate in 25 Years Amid Trump’s Natio­nal Guard Deploy­ment. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. gro­cery and retail giant Mei­jer is recal­ling near­ly 39,000 gal­lons of distil­led water due to reports of a black for­eign sub­s­tance found in the containers.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mei­jer, the U.S. Food and Drug Admi­nis­tra­ti­on (FDA), and con­su­mers in six Mid­west states.📍WHEN & WHERE: The recall was initia­ted in Novem­ber 2025 and The post Water Recall Hits Six Sta­tes After Black Sub­s­tance Found in 40,000 Gal­lons. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Sena­te hea­ring reve­a­led that tens of thou­sands of Afghan refu­gees lacked key iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on when ente­ring the United Sta­tes under a Joe Biden-era paro­le program.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Depu­ty Inspec­tor Gene­ral Craig Adel­man, Repu­bli­can and Demo­cra­tic law­ma­kers, and so-cal­led Afghan refugees.📍WHEN & WHERE: The hea­ring took place on Janu­ary 14, 2026, befo­re the The post Biden Let in 36,000 Afghan Refu­gees Wit­hout IDs, Inclu­ding at Least 50 Ter­ro­rists. appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.

PULSE POINTS❓WHAT HAPPENED: A for­mer Duke Uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor claims that, in 2003, White House Depu­ty Chief of Staff Ste­phen Mil­ler was a stu­dent of his and accu­ra­te­ly pre­dic­ted that he would be the num­ber two staf­fer in the White House and that the Pre­si­dent would be Donald J. Trump in the next 15 years.👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ste­phen The post Ste­phen Miller’s Pro­fes­sor Says He Pre­dic­ted Being #2 in a Trump White House… in 2003!? appeared first on The Natio­nal Pul­se.