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Former Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., says he never trusted former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and dismissed allegations circulating about members of Congress as largely unsubstantiated rumors. Speaking today, King said his skepticism of Swalwell dates back to their time together on the House Intelligence Committee. Swalwell, of California, announced Monday he would resign from Congress following sexual assault…
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On Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” political strategist Dick Morris dismissed Iran’s claim that it controls the Strait of Hormuz, arguing instead that “the U.S. has control of the Straits, and at any point they need to exercise it if they can.” Morris framed the situation as the culmination of a major shift in global energy power driven by U.S.…
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Military expert Robert Pape argues that the glimmer of a possible peace deal this weekend was illusory — and that a ceasefire is unlikely to hold because the conflict is driven by a fundamentally “zero-sum” dynamic rather than negotiable differences. Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago known for his work on coercive diplomacy, air power,…
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The U.S. military is preparing to board and seize Iran-linked oil tankers and commercial vessels in international waters in the coming days, according to U.S. officials who spoke with Tbe Wall Street Journal. U.S. forces boarding Iranian ships mark a significant expansion of its maritime pressure campaign against Tehran. The move comes as Iran intensifies its control over the…
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Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt said on Saturday that Iran’s declarations that the Strait of Hormuz is closed amount to posturing by a collapsing regime, even as commercial vessels continue to transit the waterway under tighter conditions. His comments on “America Right Now” came after reports that Iranian gunboats fired on tankers in the strait…
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President Donald Trump held a Situation Room meeting Saturday morning to address rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, according to Axios, citing U.S. officials. The meeting comes as the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire within days, with no confirmed timeline for the next…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has filed an amended financial disclosure that cuts her previously reported household assets from as much as $30 million to no more than $95,000, with her office blaming an accounting error and her lawyer telling the Office of Congressional Conduct the original filing was unintentional, as President Donald Trump and House…
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles sounded out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday about the artificial intelligence company’s new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy. A White House official, who requested anonymity to discuss the meeting ahead of time, said the administration…
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President Donald Trump on Saturday directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine, which recently has been embraced by combat veterans and conservative lawmakers despite having serious safety risks. Ibogaine is banned under the federal government’s most restrictive category for illegal, high-risk drugs. But the administration is taking steps to…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Friday for joint efforts for an effective mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and said Kyiv’s wartime experience in the Black Sea could help. “Decisions made regarding Hormuz now will determine how other aggressive actors perceive the possibility of creating problems in other straits…
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said on Friday that his panel is moving toward additional depositions and potential victim testimony in its ongoing investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, emphasizing a push for accountability and transparency. Comer said on “Wake Up America” that the committee has “five to eight more scheduled depositions”…
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Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace. Pope Leo spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane flying from Cameroon to Angola. He addressed the spiraling back-and-forth saga of Trump’s…
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A suspected failed drone attack targeting the Israeli Embassy in London is being investigated by British police, with early indications pointing to a little-known pro-Iranian group that claimed responsibility online. The Metropolitan Police said the embassy “has not been attacked” and confirmed all staff were safe, but launched urgent counterterrorism inquiries after a video emerged claiming drones carrying…
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Merchant vessels attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday received radio messages from Iran’s navy telling them they were not allowed to pass, while two ships reported being hit by gunfire, shipping sources said. Several commercial vessels tried to transit the strait after receiving a notice to mariners a day earlier saying passage…
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The Iranian military’s joint command has released a statement on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. Donald Trump had insisted yesterday the US would uphold its blockade of Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf despite Iran lifting its de facto closure of the key shipping lane, which is a key conduit…
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We have more clarity on the Iranian military statement, which asserted that the Strait of Hormuz will return to “strict control”. Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB says this means the key shipping lane “is now closed again and passage requires IRAN approval”. In a statement, the military said a few minutes ago that the strait had “returned…
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Concert giant Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster have had a harmful monopoly over big music venues, a jury in the US has found. The ruling that could cost the company – which also has a significant share of the UK festival and concert market – hundreds of millions of dollars and have a big impact on…
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Counter terrorism police are leading an investigation into an arson attack on a business in Hendon, northwest London. The Metropolitan Police has said the incident is not being treated as a terrorism and officers are keeping an open mind about the motive. The force said officers were called at 10.31pm on Friday. The London Fire…
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It’s still the morning in Washington DC, where Donald Trump spent the night. The US president had returned to the capital from a midterm election rally in Phoenix, Arizona. We’re now waiting for his reaction to Iran announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after briefly reopening it to commercial traffic yesterday. The president…
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Away from the Strait of Hormuz, the ceasefire appeasing the war’s second front in Lebanon has entered its second day today. But Phil Abou Zeid, a journalist in Beirut, says he feels the truce “is fragile”. Thousands of people in Lebanon started heading towards the Israeli-occupied south for their homes, despite warnings from Israel not…
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