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Beijing’s significant oil imports mean an attack on Tehran can be used as an indirect means of containment The prospect of a war against Iran is often discussed as a regional contingency tied to the Gulf, Israel, and the architecture of deterrence in the Middle East. Yet the deeper logic that makes the Iranian situation persistently explosive is global rather than purely regional.Iran sits where energy markets, maritime chokepoints, sanctions enforcement, and competing connectivity projects overlap, and that overlap intersects directly with the strategic competition between the United States and China. In this sense, the possibility of a military escalation…

British police suddenly arrested former ambassador to the United States, European Commissioner, and Labour grandee Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct because they believed he was about to flee to the Caribbean, a report states. Lord Mandelson has denied that he was planning to skip the country and seek refuge in the Caribbean, suspicions of which are now reported to have triggered his arrest this week, and has even claimed to be the victim of a conspiracy against him. According to a statement from Mandelson’s lawyer, he had already agreed to interview by appointment with police officers weeks hence, but officers…

President Trump said in his State of the Union address that Americans without access to a workplace retirement plan would be able to invest through a federal-style option similar to the Thrift Savings Plan used by federal workers, and that the government would match contributions up to $1,000 per year. The plan would be available for “forgotten American workers, great people, the people that built our country, access to the same type of retirement plan offered to every federal worker,” Trump said.  “We will match your contribution with up to $1,000 each year as we ensure that all Americans can…

At the State of the Union on Tuesday, President Donald Trump demanded the end of schools implementing gender secrecy policies to “transition” confused young people without parental knowledge or consent. The 45th and 47th president called for the end of gender secrecy policies after telling the story of one of his address guests, Sage Blair. Blair was taken from her parents at the age of 14 after school officials in Virginia allegedly tried to secretly transition her into identifying as male. Blair’s mother, Michele, who was also a guest at the address, sued her daughter’s school district in 2023, alleging the…

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he believes Rep. Tony Gonzales’ primary election, now six days away, will be a referendum on the serious sexual harassment allegations plaguing the Texas Republican. “I’ve said to him publicly and privately, he’s got to address that directly and head on with his constituents,” Johnson told reporters. “There’s a primary there in less than a week, these things will play out.” Gonzales has been accused of having an affair with a staffer and pressuring her for sexually explicit photos. That staffer later died by suicide. While Johnson and fellow House GOP leaders have not pulled…

The US president focused on the economy, tariffs, border security, and foreign policy in a record-long address US President Donald Trump has delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, using the primetime speech to defend his administration’s record and outline political and economic priorities ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.The address on Tuesday, the first State of the Union of Trump’s second term, ran for around 1 hour and 49 minutes, making it the longest such speech in modern history.Framing his remarks around the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Trump said…

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, slamming the war as “a stain on our collective conscience” with a peace deal needed that will be brokered and monitored by the increasingly sidelined globalist organization. Reuters reports in remarks for a session of the United Nations Security Council to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Guterres commended the efforts of the United States and others to end the war, but said concrete measures were needed to de-escalate and create space for diplomacy. Guterres said, “We have witnessed the cascading consequences of this blatant violation of…

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump touted a long list of his administration’s accomplishments to begin his State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday. Trump first zoomed in on the southern border. “After four years in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders, totally unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history by far,” he said. “In the past nine months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States, but we will always allow people to come in legally, people that will love our country and will work…

During CNN’s State of the Union coverage on Tuesday, CNN host Abby Phillip argued that President Donald Trump’s non-economic message “is highly divisive. You’re talking about culture war stuff, trans children and what he claims to be forced sex changes in schools.” Phillip began by saying, “I thought President Trump actually delivered a higher energy speech than, I think, even his speech last year. He was much more engaged. And I think part of that was because they had planned this speech to be an interactive experience between him and the audience. There were things for him to announce, surprises,…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed near a highway in western Turkey early Wednesday, killing its pilot, officials and media reports said. Radio and radar contact with the jet was lost shortly after midnight after it took off from the 9th Main Jet Base in Balikesir province, according to a defense ministry statement. Search and rescue operations were immediately launched, the ministry said, adding that the wreckage was soon located and the pilot had been “martyred.” The aircraft went down near a section of the Istanbul-Izmir highway, scattering debris across a wide area, Hurriyet…