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Brazil New Year's fireworks: Thousands of revelers dressed in white celebrate on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, welcoming 2026 with an epic fireworks display.

We are gathering more information tonight after the Department of Homeland Security announced it was changing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas to a new approach. The Trump administration is aiming to prioritize skilled, higher-paid foreign workers according to the announcement. LiveNOW's Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Immigration Expert and Attorney, Pallavi Ahluwalia, about the potential impact of these changes.

The U.S. carried out another strike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, killing two "male narco-terrorists." No U.S. forces were harmed.

We are learning more this weekend as President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. This comes as part of Trump’s latest effort to close out four years of war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump met Zelenskyy outside his Florida estate, where the pair took questions from the media before heading inside for their official conference. "I think we're in final stages of talking, and we're going to see," Trump said.

On Thursday, President Trump announced that the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly” strike against forces of the Islamic state group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the west African country’s government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians. Hal Kempfer retired marine intelligence officer joins Austin Westfall to discuss.

President Trump said Thursday the US launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria. The FDD's Cliff May joins LiveNOW's Josh Breslow to break it down.

We are learning more tonight as President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has launched airstrikes in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night. The strikes, according to President Trump, are targeting ISIS militants he previously accused of killing Christians. Trump called the operation decisive and warned further attacks would follow if the violence continues.

We have all the live coverage this holiday season as Pope Leo XIV presides over his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. This comes after earlier this week when Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for “one full day of peace throughout the world” in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in Rome. “I once again make this appeal to all people of good will: that, at least on the feast of the birth of the Savior, one day of peace may be respected,” the first American pontiff said Tuesday.

We are learning more after reporting that indicates the United States has now moved large numbers of special-operations aircraft, troops, and equipment into the Caribbean area this week. Questions continue to be asked about the possibility for further military action against Venezuela. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Retired Marine Intelligence Officer, Hal Kempfer, after multiple large oil tankers have been captured off the coast of Venezuela.

Israel Government Spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian gives a briefing in Jerusalem.

A Russian general was killed early Monday morning after a bomb exploded under his car in Moscow.

The U.S. conducted military strikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Friday, following a promise by President Donald Trump to avenge the deaths of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in that country last week. LiveNOW's Austin Westfall discussed the strikes with retired Marine intelligence officer Hal Kempfer.

David Daoud with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins LiveNOW's Mike Pache to discuss the U.S. launching retaliatory strikes on ISIS targets in Syria after the deaths of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in that country last week.

The U.S. military announced Wednesday that a strike on an alleged drug boat was carried out in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people.