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The Houthi insurgents of Yemen, possibly the last combat-effective Iranian proxy force in the Middle East, are threatening to continue missile attacks against Israel after a devastating Israeli airstrike on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. Israel launched strikes against Houthi port facilities on Sunday after the Houthis attacked a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier ship called Magic Seas. It was the first Houthi pirate attack against a civilian vessel in the Red Sea this year. The Houthis hit the Magic Seas with small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades, missiles, and bomb-laden drone boats. The ship’s armed security team fought back as…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom marked six months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires on January 7 by holding a press event in Pasadena that started late — like much else related to the rebuilding effort. Generally, cleanup work by federal government agencies — hazardous waste removal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the debris removal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — has been ahead of schedule. Most of what state and local governments have been responsible for doing, however, has been late. Newsom boasted that the debris removal process has been “the fastest … in modern history.” He…

Mismanagement escalated the risk of water rationing amid rising demand and supply shortages, a minister has said The UK has been pushed to the brink of water rationing due to “years of mismanagement” of resources and insufficient infrastructure, the country’s environment minister has warned.In an interview with The i Paper published on Monday, Steve Reed said the country was faced with adopting measures often seen in drought-hit Mediterranean nations.”The public, by and large, were not aware that at the time of the last general election, this country was looking at water rationing within ten years,” Reed said, speaking one year…

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Hey, we all live in this house. It’s called the United States of America. This is our house.And if we’re giving our full allegiance to another foreign country that doesn’t pay our taxes, that won’t pay our debt, that didn’t come to defend our southern border when it was being invaded for four years straight… When their Prime Minister, Netanyahu, was the first to congratulate Joe Biden on becoming President of the United States — he was the first foreign leader to do so. Tucker Carlson: A country with longstanding military ties to China. Yes, the one…

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report Monday warning that power outages could increase one hundredfold by 2030 due to increased energy demands and insufficient additions of firm generating capacity. The “Report on Strengthening US Grid Reliability and Security” fulfills a directive from President Trump’s April 2025 executive order and outlines a uniform methodology for identifying at-risk regions and guiding emergency federal intervention. The report warns that plant retirements, delays in approving infrastructure investments, and rapid demand growth from AI and manufacturing are putting the nation’s grid at risk of widespread reliability issues. “This report affirms what we…

The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day. Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said the fires sweeping through Latakia have “forced hundreds of families to flee their homes, while vast tracts of agricultural land and vital infrastructure have been destroyed.” Abdelmoua said U.N. personnel are “conducting urgent assessments to determine the scale of the disaster and to identify the most immediate humanitarian needs.” Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh said the fires have wiped out at least 10,000 hectares of forest,…

The Great Trade Reversal: Trump’s Tariffs Are Gaining Fans in Academic Economists President Trump has long believed that America’s economic leverage has been systematically squandered by its own ruling class. For this he has been accused—by economists, editorial boards, and the entirety of Davos—of misunderstanding trade. But the latest word from the economics profession is… not so fast. A new CESifo working paper, blandly titled “Making America Great Again? The Economic Impacts of Liberation Day Tariffs,” lands with all the drama of a footnote—until you read what it actually says. If the U.S. can impose tariffs without sparking retaliation, it…

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass canceled an appearance at an event to mark the six-month anniversary of the Palisades Fire to show up at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in an attempt to stop it. Bass had been scheduled to appear with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), and other officials to mark the anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton Fires. But she decided to protest ICE instead. The mayor’s absence was not explained at the event; she was, an official said, attending an “emergent event.” That turned out to be an immigration raid. Under Bass,…

A bipartisan group of senators will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday as part of his multi-day swing through Washington. The Senate meeting, first reported by POLITICO, will include Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, as well as a host of other Republican and Democratic senators, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose the private gathering. Netanyahu is set to make the rounds elsewhere on Capitol Hill Tuesday. He’s also scheduled to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson in the morning. A spokesperson for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn’t respond to questions about…

Photo courtesy of Xinhua   The consensus among America’s intelligence and defense establishments is that China represents the most comprehensive threat to U.S. economic and national security interests. The 2025 Annual Threat Assessment from the U.S. Intelligence Community identifies China as presenting “the most comprehensive and robust military threat to U.S.” forces, while the FBI has declared that “the counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States.” The Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2025 assessment flags China as “the…