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The middle-aged Pennsylvania couple had lived together for more than a decade, buying a home together and sharing other assets. They never got married. It didn’t matter, they thought. But after he died of cancer recently, leaving her his entire estate, it did matter. A lot. Pennsylvania is one of a handful of states that still imposes an inheritance tax–a tax on transfers from a person who has died to the people who inherit, with rates based on the category of recipient. Transfers to spouses, but not to unmarried partners, are exempt. Pennsylvania subjected everything she was left to inheritance…

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of several Iranian politicians vying for influence following the elimination of “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei, disparaged American Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as a “failed TV host” in commentary on Friday following a successful visit by President Donald Trump to Iranian ally China. The comments – apparently intended for an American audience given the use of terms such as “cosplay” and “LARP” – also occur as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a summit of BRICS ministers in India. BRICS is an anti-American coalition named for its top countries – Brazil, Russia, India,…

Special agents with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrested a man in Washington state this week on federal charges for throwing a coconut-sized rock at an endangered monk seal’s head in Hawaii last week. Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, a Washington state resident, was on vacation in Hawaii last week when he was reportedly recorded harassing the endangered animal. He surrendered to special agents in Seattle on Wednesday on charges of “harassing and attempting to harass a protected animal,” per the Associated Press (AP). The state Department of Land and Natural Resources investigated a report last week of a man…

President Trump is the champion of American greatness, American companies, and American energy. Now he has a historic opportunity to land the plane in Bulgaria to secure lucrative energy trade deals and lock in strategic partnerships for generations to come. Bulgarian leaders and businesses are hungry for exactly this kind of engagement and prosperity. They are not looking for lectures or sleepy bureaucrats; they want decisiveness and President Trump’s ambassadors are decisive, and in this case, billions are at stake. The American LNG Opportunity: Thirty Billion Cubic Meters Between Turkey and Greece, the United States and its partners have assembled…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” Democratic strategist James Carville claimed the gas price increase was “100% attributable” to President Donald Trump. Host Ari Melber said, “I wanted to show you some of the Republicans that are now joining Democrats, at least in claiming they want to they want to stand up on the war. It’s late to be clear, but Murkowski, Collins and Rand Paul, who has made noise before, to be fair, and the Senate Democrats, at least saying they want to back this resolution to end the war. What do you see there and does that matter…

A year-long inquiry by the federal authorities has uncovered “illegal” admissions practices that favor Black and Hispanic applicants The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused the Yale School of Medicine of illegally discriminating against White and Asian applicants, following a year-long inquiry into its admissions practices.The investigation comes as the administration of President Donald Trump has intensified scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at federally funded institutions over the past year. The authorities have argued that universities which receive taxpayer money must comply with federal anti-discrimination laws.According to the DOJ, US medical schools in particular “use substantial…

Federal authorities charged an Iran-backed Iraqi militia commander accused of orchestrating a sweeping retaliation campaign targeting Americans and Jews, alleging he coordinated nearly 20 attacks abroad before authorities disrupted a plot targeting a prominent Manhattan synagogue and Jewish institutions in California and Arizona. Federal authorities alleged in a criminal complaint unsealed Friday that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi — described as a senior commander within Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iraqi terrorist organization backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — spent months coordinating attacks against American, Israeli, and Jewish targets as part of a broader retaliation campaign launched following the…

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” former FBI Director James Comey doubled down on his amateur psychological analysis of Donald Trump, saying for the second day in a row that “something’s off” with the president. Host Kasie Hunt said, “You’ve said in recent interviews that the president doesn’t seem okay and that there’s something wrong with the man. Is there something specific that leads you to say that?” Comey said, “Well, mostly the 2 a.m. social media posting of of craziness, of other people’s work, of himself as Jesus. All these sorts of things is is not okay. I mean, I’ve always thought…

The Russian president’s trip will come just days after Trump’s meeting with Xi yielded no progress on key issues Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to China on May 19 and 20, the Kremlin has said.The Russian president has been invited to the country by his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, it said in a statement on Saturday.During the trip, Putin and Xi are expected to discuss bilateral relations, ways to further deepen strategic interaction between Moscow and Beijing, as well as exchange views on key international and regional issues, the statement read.The talks are set to conclude…

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” President Donald Trump said that he wants the status quo with China and Taiwan to remain and if Taiwan went independent, China “probably would do something pretty harsh, and then they would be met harshly and bad things will happen.” He also said that Taiwan is angling for independence “because they want to get into a war” and both sides should cool things down. He also stated that he’s holding on approving weapons sales to Taiwan “and it depends on China. It depends. It’s a very…