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At the recently concluded College Football Playoff final between Miami U and the Indiana Hoosiers, fans saw Miami U suffer a devastating 27-21 defeat. Despite a thrilling semi-final win, the team failed to seal the win tonight. However, while fans were upset with the news, they also spotted Jake Paul spending time with US President Donald Trump. Following one of the most talked-about boxing matches of 2025 and a humiliating loss, Paul again stole the spotlight when he engaged in a conversation with Trump amid his ongoing indefinite medical suspension. Last month, on Dec. 19, 2025, Paul suffered a broken jaw after getting hit by a punch from Anthony Joshua. In a video now going viral during the Miami U vs Hoosiers final from the Hard Rock Stadium, Paul and Trump could be seen supposedly engaging in a conversation about his jaw injury. However, it has to be noted that the official details of the conversation are not out yet, and the speculations are largely based on social media footage, public observations, and Paul’s body language. Jake Paul talking with President Trump about his broken jaw at the CFP Championshippic.twitter.com/v7LAW5EOWm — Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) January 20, 2026 Last month, after Joshua defeated Paul at the Kaseya Center in Miami, he went for a holiday in Nigeria, where he unfortunately met with a fatal car crash, which severely injured him and killed two of his team members. Despite their professional rivalry, Paul reacted to the news and paid his heartfelt condolences to “The Watford Warrior” and his friends. Dana White addresses the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight Sam Navarro-Imagn Images A few days ago, while speaking to Complex News, UFC President Dana White opened up and shared his honest thoughts on the Paul versus Joshua boxing match. Critical of the fight, White noted, “It’s crazy that that fight was even allowed to happen. Crazy.” “I mean, I don’t know. As long as people keep wanting to pay and watch him fight, I guess he can keep doing it. It’s just not what I do. You know what I mean?” White said. “To even comment on it, I think everybody that was involved in that thing should be embarrassed, number one. And number two, it’s just not what I am into.” The post Jake Paul and Donald Trump captured together at the Hard Rock Stadium appeared first on ClutchPoints.

El presidente Donald Trump impuso desde el primer día de su segundo mandato una renovada atención de EE.UU. en América Latina como no se veía en décadas, en un giro estratégico que opta por la coerción, con una clara preferencia por el garrote antes que la zanahoria, frente a una región que mantiene dificultades para presentar una respuesta sintonizada. El cambio, caracterizado por las deportaciones masivas, una confrontación con líderes no alineados y los ataques en el Caribe, quedó marcado a fuego por la operación militar en Venezuela en la que fuerzas estadounidenses capturaron al presidente Nicolás Maduro. Luego de décadas en las que la atención de Washington estuvo puesta en Europa, Medio Oriente y Asia, la Casa Blanca revitalizó la Doctrina Monroe, que demarca su zona de influencia y de la que Trump señala que busca construir su propio corolario, cuando China ya se convirtió en el principal socio comercial de Sudamérica. Desde la elección como secretario de Estado de Marco Rubio, considerado un halcón en su visión sobre los gobiernos de izquierda de América Latina, al rápido desmantelamiento de USAID, una agencia clave para la asistencia exterior, la Casa Blanca dejó claro la forma en la que se aproximaría a la región en los meses siguientes. Hasta ahora, solo recibió a un líder latinoamericano en el Despacho Oval, el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, mientras que otros solo consiguieron breves reuniones. La segunda presidencia de Trump representa un “asertivo pero desordenado” regreso a la Doctrina Monroe, “dentro de la cual el control hemisférico es visualizado como un imperativo de seguridad nacional”, dijo a CNN el exdiplomático venezolano Alfredo Toro Hardy, miembro del Comité de Expertos del Centro Bellagio de la Fundación Rockefeller. El investigador explicó que el objetivo es “recuperar a la región como esfera de influencia natural de los Estados Unidos es lo fundamental”. El desorden que menciona Toro Hardy fue expresado en algunas contradicciones de las decisiones de Trump. Eduardo Gamarra, docente de ciencias políticas en la Universidad de la Florida (FIU), comentó: “Es difícil descifrar si hay una estrategia norteamericana para la región. Está buscando un cambio de régimen en Venezuela, aunque dice que combate al narcotráfico, pero indulta a Juan Orlando Hernández (expresidente de Honduras condenado por narcotráfico). Se pelea con México y al final cambia de opinión, lo mismo con Canadá”, repasó. “Dentro del Departamento de Estado (de EE.UU.) hay mucho interés en la región. ¿Eso es bueno o malo? Lo vamos a determinar a futuro”, dijo el analista. En sus primeras semanas, Trump designó como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras a una serie de grupos criminales latinoamericanos, entre ellos varios cárteles mexicanos, una declaración que podría preceder al uso de la fuerza militar estadounidense en suelo mexicano. Por esta escalada de tensiones, junto a las amenazas de aranceles, la relación entre EE.UU. y México estaba en uno de sus peores momentos en varias décadas. “En marzo estaba muy latente la posibilidad de la intervención militar. Eso no ha desaparecido, está presente”, subrayó Abelardo Rodríguez, profesor investigador de la Universidad Iberoamericana, quien destacó las medidas de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum para afinar la cooperación. “Hizo una serie de ajustes que le dieron resultados, como la entrega de personas vinculadas al crimen organizado, la mejora de la coordinación y un cambio de estrategia de inteligencia táctica. Logró contener este punto de inflexión que veíamos en marzo”, agregó, y resaltó que la mandataria “se desmarcó de una confrontación directa” e intentó dar resultados puntuales en materia de narcotráfico e inmigración. México entregó a EE.UU. a varios capos de alto perfil, como Rafael Caro Quintero, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El Viceroy”, y los hermanos Miguel y Omar Treviño Morales. La extradición como herramienta de EE.UU. para reforzar su narrativa de seguridad…

As the official celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence culminate on July 4, a well-financed, privately funded initiative will kick off to try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to solve local problems. The “Be The People” campaign aspires to change the perception that the U.S. is hopelessly divided and that individuals have little power to overcome problems like poverty, addiction, violence and stalled economic mobility. It also wants to move people take action to solve those problems. Brian Hooks, chairman and CEO of the nonprofit network Stand Together, said the 250th anniversary is a unique moment “to show people that they matter, that they have a part to play, and that the future is unwritten, but it depends on each one of us stepping up to play our part.” Funded by a mix of 50 philanthropic foundations and individual donors, Be The People builds on research that indicates many people want to contribute to their communities but don’t know how. The initiative has raised more than $200 million for its first year’s budget. Founding members range from nonprofits — including GivingTuesday, Goodwill Industries and Habitat for Humanity, businesses like Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and the National Basketball Association, to funders like the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hooks said this is a 10-year commitment toward trying to achieve what would be a profound shift in behavior and culture. He referenced a 2024 Pew Research Center survey that found most Americans in 2023 and 2024 did not believe that the U.S. could solve its most important problems, saying it was a “red alert” for the country. Hooks said the initiative envisions actions far beyond volunteering or service that people could do in their free time. He pointed to a role for businesses and schools and said the initiative would launch a major data collection effort to track whether people are actually more engaged and whether problems are actually getting solved. Stand Together, which was founded by the billionaire Charles Koch, works across a broad range of issues and communities in the U.S. and has carved out a role for itself as a convener that can bring coalitions together across ideological lines. “Be The People,” will not incorporate as a new nonprofit, but act more like a banner for groups to organize under and use to connect to resources. As an example, at the Atlanta Hawks game on Monday, Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, linked a program they launched last year, Realize the Dream, which aims to increase acts of service, to the new campaign. “Our vision is that ‘Be The People’ helps lift up what is already happening in communities across the country and reminds people that service and shared responsibility are defining parts of the American story,” the Kings said in a written statement. “Be The People,” will operate similarly to the nonprofit GivingTuesday. While it started as a hashtag to encourage people to donate to nonprofits on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, GivingTuesday has grown into a platform that provides nonprofits with tools, like fundraising kits and advice on how to reach and mobilize their supporters. Nonprofits can participate however they like but gain some momentum by acting alongside many other groups. “Our experience with GivingTuesday is that when people volunteer together, when people work together on something to do with positive social impact, they find it harder and harder to demonize each other,” said Asha Curran, its CEO. The initiative comes against a backdrop of deep polarization, economic inequality and the degradation of democratic norms and institutions in the U.S. A growing number of private foundations have started funding issues related to the health of U.S. democracy, said Kristin Goss, a professor who directs the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism at Duke University. While foundations…

LONDON (AP) — A startled British government on Tuesday defended its decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the plan, which his administration had previously supported. Trump said that relinquishing the remote Indian Ocean archipelago, home to a strategically important American naval and bomber base, was an act of stupidity that shows why he needs to take over Greenland. “Shockingly, our ‘brilliant’ NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER,” he said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. “There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness.” “The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired,” Trump said. The blast from Trump was a rebuff to efforts by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to calm tensions over Greenland and patch up a frayed trans-Atlantic relationship. Starmer on Monday called Trump’s statements about taking over Greenland “completely wrong,” but called for the rift to be “resolved through calm discussion.” The British government said Tuesday that despite the president’s post, it believes the U.S. still supports the Chagos deal. Cabinet Minister Pat McFadden said that a flurry of social media posts from Trump “criticizing a number of world leaders” showed the president “is frustrated right now” as European allies push back on his desire for Greenland. “I don’t really believe this is about Chagos. I think it’s about Greenland,” McFadden said. Remote but strategic The United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a deal in May to give Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Islands after two centuries under British control, though the U.K. will pay Mauritius at least 120 million pounds ($160 million) a year to lease back the island of Diego Garcia, where the U.S. base is located, for at least 99 years. The U.S. government welcomed the agreement at the time, saying it “secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint U.S.-U.K. military facility at Diego Garcia.” In recent years, the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the islands to Mauritius, and the British government says it’s acting to protect the security of the base from international legal challenge. A government spokesperson said that “the U.K. will never compromise on our national security,” and “this deal secures the operations of the joint U.S.-U.K. base on Diego Garcia for generations, with robust provisions for keeping its unique capabilities intact and our adversaries out.” But the deal has met strong opposition from British opposition parties, which say that giving up the islands puts them at risk of interference by China and Russia. Islanders who were displaced from the islands to make way for the U.S. base say they weren’t consulted and worry the deal will make it harder for them to go home. Strong opposition Legislation to approve the agreement has been passed by the House of Commons, but faced strong opposition in Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords, which approved it, while also passing a “motion of regret” lamenting the legislation. It’s due back in the Commons on Tuesday for further debate. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch criticized Starmer’s Labour Party government over the agreement. Badenoch said in an X post that Trump is right and that Starmer’s “plan to give away the Chagos Islands is a terrible policy that weakens UK security and hands away our sovereign territory. And to top it off, makes us and our NATO allies weaker in the face of our enemies.” Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, an ally of the president said: “Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos islands.” The U.S. has described the Diego Garcia…

PARIS (AP) — Here, verbatim, are text messages that U.S. President Donald Trump received from French President Emmanuel Macron and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, and which he published on Tuesday: Macron: “From président Macron to President Trump My friend, We are totally in line on Syria We can do great things on Iran I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland Let us try to build great things: 1) i can set up a g7 meeting after Davos in Paris on thursday afternoon. I can invite the ukrainians, the danish, the syrians and the russians in the margins 2) let us have a dinner together in Paris together on thursday before you go back to the us Emmanuel” Rutte: “Mr. President, dear Donald — what you accomplished in Syria today is incredible. I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine. I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland. Can’t wait to see you. Yours, Mark” Source