## Trump team weighs forming 5-nation group with Russia to replace G7 — Politico

Authored by newsukraine.rbc.ua

The administration of US President Donald Trump is discussing the creation of a new alliance of countries involving China and Russia, which should become an alternative to the G7, Politico reports.

An official who worked in the White House during Trump's first administration noted that the idea of creating a Core 5, or C5, alliance involving the US, China, India, Japan, and Russia is no longer considered particularly shocking.

The idea of creating the C5 came up in a longer, unpublished version of the National Security Strategy that the White House released last week.

The White House categorically denied the existence of the document, and White House spokesperson Anna Kelly added that there is no alternative, private, or secret version of the 33-page official plan.

Earlier, the US proposed that the G7 members increase sanctions and tariff pressure on Russia.

Earlier, the G7 countries also stated that they were ready to consider the possibility of confiscating all frozen Russian assets in order to achieve a just peace in Ukraine. »

### ‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy

Authored by defenseone.com

Here are some takeaways from the unpublished version, which was reviewed by Defense One.

Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”.

After this story was published, the White House denied the existence of any version of the National Security Strategy other than the one published online. »

### Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI

Authored by techcrunch.com

It was chosen by the department’s then-DEI office, which has since been disbanded under Rubio amid the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives.

The font was chosen in an effort to make documents easier to read for the vision impaired.

Apparently, there were rumblings within the department in 2023 when Calibri was first adopted, the New York Times reported. »

### Epstein survivors and Senate Democrats ask for audit to determine if Epstein files have been "tampered with"

Authored by cbsnews.com

Kuvin told CBS News, "There should absolutely be concern about the chain of custody of the Epstein files.".

The Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are asking for the inspector general to audit the handling of the case files and publicly release results of the audit by Jan. 19.

However, after the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department argued that the law should override grand jury secrecy rules. »

### Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth’s War Crimes

Authored by abovethelaw.com

“The future of American warfare is here, and it’s spelled AI,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed in a testament to the nation’s declining spelling skills.

Nonetheless, it’s another technological coup for the same Defense Secretary who blasted war plans to his bros — and an unsuspecting journalist!

Pentagon rolls out GenAI platform to all personnel, using Google’s Gemini [Breaking Defense]. »

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