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The Senate is aiming to leave town Friday for a five-week recess. They’ve got to finish a mountain of work first. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday night the chamber is hoping to pass a stopgap funding bill as well a long-stalled Russia sanctions bill Friday. They are also set to confirm dozens of nominees and — Republicans hope —Todd Blanche as attorney general if he can win the support of Sens. Lisa Murkowski or Bill Cassidy. Thune indicated Blanche’s fate was still uncertain and that leaders were “still working to get the final vote.” Republicans will also hold…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. During a conversation about the rise of the DSA on NewsNation, Chris Cuomo tried to play dumb, asking Bill O’Reilly, ‘Who’s a communist?’ O’Reilly schooled him and you can read and watch their exchange below. This is an important moment to remember. From now until November, there will be numerous exchanges like this one, where a liberal media type will completely downplay the DSA, their goals, and their own words. Multiple high ranking members of the DSA are on camera saying that communism is the ultimate goal of their movement. Transcript via NewsBusters: CHRIS CUOMO: Look,…

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said on Wednesday that Iran and Oman have reached the “final stages” of a deal for mutual control of the Strait of Hormuz after two months of negotiations. Baqaei hinted that not even such a deal would prevent Iran from launching terrorist strikes on civilian vessels. According to Baqaei, Iran and Oman have “agreed upon geographic coordinates for navigation routes in the Strait of Hormuz.” A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Thursday, June 11, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP) After rejecting Oman’s proposals last week, Tehran reportedly…

North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went on MS NOW Thursday to launch a book tour, calling Trump supporters “sycophants, spineless, and weirdos” while offering praise for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.  In an appearance on Morning Joe, Tillis said he was proud to “stick a fork” in the 1776 Fund, which was part of a settlement President Trump’s lawyers reached with the Internal Revenue Service after a contractor leaked tax returns to news organizations.  He defended his support of Blanche following his and Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) opposition in the Senate Judiciary Committee before finally moving the nomination forward…

New Zealand’s capital has seen freezing temperatures and the first snowfall in 15 years t Rare snowfall sent New Zealanders onto city streets with skis and snowboards on Wednesday after an Antarctic cold snap swept across the country, bringing snow, hail, and freezing temperatures. Europeans, meanwhile, continue to reel from record temperatures amid a prolonged heatwave.Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, recorded its first significant snow and sleet for the first time in 15 years. Videos showed office workers gathering at windows and stepping outside to watch the snowfall.In Dunedin, near the southeastern tip of New Zealand’s South Island, videos posted online…

Sharif Ahmadzai. Pic: Instagram/force1.shop The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is pulling a film that presents the harrowing journey of an Afghan teenager to Europe after the man featured in it was accused of the killing of a Scottish aid worker whose body was found inside a suitcase. Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, was ordered jailed pending trial by a Greek court on Thursday in the death of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, a 38-year-old psychotherapist and volunteer aid worker from Scotland. Elisabeth-Jane Ross traveled to Greece with a heart full of compassion, volunteering to help the very migrant communities that…

Israeli forces resumed military operations in southern Lebanon, allegedly against the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, on Thursday after minimal progress in talks with the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced two of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, and four other injured, by an explosive device. The bomb detonated after the IDF troops entered a building in the town of Majdal Zoun to destroy “Hezbollah infrastructure.” The IDF subsequently began conducting strikes against Hezbollah positions and issued its first evacuation order for Lebanese civilians in over a month. WATCH — Trump: Syria Should Take Care of…

A poll published on Wednesday by the Venezuelan firm Meganálisis found that a majority of the nation’s citizens are “confused” and “concerned” over President Donald Trump’s support of the socialist regime led by Delcy Rodríguez. Meganálisis’s latest study is the first published by the firm since the devastating double earthquake that struck Venezuela on June 24. According to the most recent update disclosed by the Venezuelan socialist regime, the earthquakes left 6,125 dead and nearly 61,000 injured. Meganálisis explained that the survey was conducted between July 18 and 28 and has a margin of error of 2.84 percent. WATCH — U.S. Rescue Workers…

Dhaka says New Delhi allowing Sheikh Hasina’s media address is detrimental to bilateral relations The Bangladeshi government has reacted angrily after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a virtual media press conference in India, describing it as “detrimental to the development of harmonious bilateral relations.”“This interaction by Sheikh Hasina on the Indian soil stands as an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh and a grievous insult to the martyrs of the July Revolution,” the country’s Foreign Ministry posted on X.The 78-year-old Hasina, who faces the death penalty in her home country, was defiant on Wednesday, saying: “I was forced away…

Neighbors in an East St. Louis, Illinois, community, told police they saw a knife-wielding teen dressed in a creepy clown costume going door-to-door on Monday night before a body was reported in the roadway. Doorbell camera caught the crazy-eyed teen dressed in a black and red clown costume, a mask and glasses. “I have a gift for you,” the unidentified teen says before he walks away. Later Monday evening, police received a call about a body in the roadway. Police discovered a deceased victim, later identified as 78-year-old John Wesley Allen Sr. Allen was stabbed multiple times. The teen was…