🗞️NYE attack stopped by the FBI

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January 2nd, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• The FBI said they stopped an ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve terror plot in Mint Hill, North Carolina…they arrested 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant who allegedly planned knife and hammer attacks at a grocery store and a Burger King in support of ISIS

• The U.S. Small Business Administration has suspended 6,900 Minnesota borrowers for suspected fraud in 7,900 pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling about $400 million

• President Trump warned that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go” and would intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters, as mounting demonstrations over economic collapse and inflation have spread across Iran and turned deadly

• Florida lawmakers have introduce legislation to restrict local mandates on paper drinking straws and stirrers at restaurants, citing studies showing most contain harmful PFAS "forever chemicals" linked to health risks…read more here

• SEC Commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, will be departing the agency this week

• Yesterday, Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as the 112th mayor of New York City

• Saks Global, the private parent of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, has named executive chairman Richard Baker as their new CEO replacing Marc Metrick, amid reports that the company is preparing to file for bankruptcy

• DOW up .66% / S&P up .19%

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