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U.S. airstrikes reportedly struck bridges, railroads, and an airport in southern Iran on Thursday, the sixth night of renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran. Iranian state media said the U.S. targets included six bridges in Hormozgan province, a railway junction station in Bandar Abbas, an airport in Iranshahr, and a maritime control tower in the port city of Chabahar. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) did not provide a full list of targets on Friday, but did confirm some individual strikes, such as the Chabahar control tower – which CENTCOM described as “part of a maritime surveillance network along Iran’s…

A Paramount shareholder has sued father-son duo Larry and David Ellison, alleging that they forged an “illegal” deal with President Trump to obtain approval for the studio’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. Filed Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court, the lawsuit aims to block the studio’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery while seeking “unspecified monetary damages,” per Variety, charging that the Ellisons promised “illegal private benefits to President Trump in order to remove federal regulatory barriers.” Per the lawsuit, the Ellisons’ side deal with Trump included “the opportunity to improperly funnel cash” to to the president by settling his legal claims against CNN, as…

Officials have issued an air-quality health alert after smoke blanketed New York and New Jersey US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke, which has blanketed much of the northeastern US just days before the World Cup final in New Jersey.Trump accused Canada on Friday of failing to manage its forests and allowing “filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air” to cross the border.“We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, claiming that the pollution is costing the US…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Don Lemon, who couldn’t even hold on to his job at CNN, was recently asked if he has political ambitions and he claimed that lots of people keep asking him if he is running for president. He then goes on to say that he thinks he would make a good president. He sure has a highly developed sense of self-importance, doesn’t he? Wouldn’t it be worth it just to see other Democrats demolish him on a debate stage? FOX News reports: Don Lemon reveals he’s ‘totally serious’ about considering a presidential run Former CNN host Don…

The government of the Philippines on Thursday lodged a formal diplomatic protest with China over an AI-generated video published by Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as monkeys. The Philippine government condemned the Chinese-made video as racist, unacceptable, and dehumanizing over its portrayal of Philippine nationals, demanding its immediate takedown. Last week, the Chinese state propaganda newspaper China Daily published an AI-generated video depicting a monkey wearing Filipino national dress. In the video, the monkey is guided by an “American” and “Japanese” hand to sing an English karaoke song related to South China Sea waters that the Chinese communist regime falsely claims…

WASHINGTON—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday gave her first press briefing since returning from maternity leave, announcing that President Donald Trump’s address to the nation at 9:00 p.m. ET will center on protecting the integrity of American elections. Reports circulating ahead of the briefing suggested Trump would focus on information that has come to light regarding the election in 2020 during the speech, with CBS News reporting, citing anonymous sources, that it will concern “previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections.” At the top of the briefing, Leavitt said that the speech will center “on protecting the…

Critics say the move creates a new way for US President Donald Trump to cash-in on his office US President Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social will start selling investors early access to posts from prominent accounts, most likely including his own, the holding company has announced.Critics argue that the move could create an unprecedented new way for the president to profit from his office, given his family controls Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the platform’s publicly traded corporate parent.The move was announced on Thursday, when TMTG unveiled Truth API, a business-to-business data feed providing “real-time access to posts…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Gavin Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently appeared on MNOW and things got a little tricky for her when the host asked her if the federal investigation of her husband actually began under President Joe Biden, which it did. Suddenly, there was a lot of uh… uhh… uhh… happening on the screen. She quickly tried to pivot to Trump, but it just didn’t work. It came off as rather awkward. The New York Post reported: Jennifer Siebel Newsom calls DOJ probe ‘fishing expedition’ in awkward interview Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, called…

Director Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is shaping up to become the biggest triumph of an already triumphant career. This would be an impressive accomplishment. Especially in the immediate aftermath of winning Best Picture, Best Director, and almost a billion dollars in box office dollars for 2023’s Oppenheimer. While the numbers could change, as of right now, The Odyssey is earning Nolan his highest scores (96 percent fresh) from Rotten Tomato critics. Further, this could be Nolan’s biggest opening weekend outside of his Dark Knight trilogy. Oppenheimer collected $82 million domestic in its debut. The Odyssey is projected to edge close to…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) fired U.S. Attorney for western Washington State Roger Rogoff Wednesday less than an hour after he was unanimously appointed by the district’s 17 federal judges. Rogoff told the Associated Press that the Trump administration emailed him shortly after he was sworn in at 8:00 a.m. in downtown Seattle, informing him of his termination. He was still in the lobby of the U.S. attorney’s office at the time, The Hill reported. President Donald Trump had named former immigration judge Charles Neil Floyd as interim U.S. attorney for the district in October. After Floyd’s 120-day stint in…