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“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday announced that she sent a letter to King Charles III requesting the release of the nation’s frozen gold reserves in the U.K. Rodríguez claimed that the gold will be used for the “recovery” of Venezuela following June’s two devastating earthquakes. The ruling socialists have tried to “rescue” the gold for the past eight years after the bank froze the assets and prevented Nicolás Maduro from illegitimately taking control of them. WATCH — U.S. Rescue Workers Pull Crying Infant from Venezuelan Earthquake Rubble: For more than 40 years, Venezuela has housed dozens of tonnes of gold…
Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Moment,” former CIA Director Leon Panetta said President Donald Trump was hiding something about switching planes for his flight back from the NATO Summit in Turkey. Partial transcript as follows: PANETTA: You know, I’ve always been concerned about security issues with this kind of plane that’s built by another country, regardless of the fact that that country, we may have good relations with that country. The fact is that for from a security point of view, you have got to be concerned that there are going to be efforts to try to gather intelligence. And…
The Strait of Hormuz disruption is set to trigger the first annual decline in crude consumption since Covid-19, the energy watchdog says Global oil demand is on track to post its first annual decline since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Iran war has severely disrupted Middle Eastern oil production and exports, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The Middle East conflict, triggered by the US-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran in late February, has slashed Gulf oil production and exports, prompting the largest-ever emergency stock release by IEA member countries. While exports have gradually resumed, production and inventories remain below…
Former Utah County Attorney David Leavitt has outrun accusations of an illegal adoption and ritualistic child abuse after attorneys within US Homeland Security Investigations shuttered an investigation into his actions. In an exclusive interview with The Last American Vagabond, a former Homeland Security Investigations analyst reveals how he was targeted by the US government for pursuing an investigation into a powerful Utah politician following a controversial adoption of a Native American baby. The analyst said that he and his colleague were sidelined after attempting to subpoena the Mormon Church’s internal hotline for reporting sexual abuse as part of their investigation. The…
Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI technology to subsidiaries of Chinese tech giants that appear on a Pentagon blacklist, revealing a significant loophole in America’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s AI development. The Financial Times reports that OpenAI and Google confirmed that they have been providing AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, which the U.S. government has accused of working with China’s military. While these sales are technically legal under current regulations, the revelations have intensified demands for stricter U.S. oversight of AI model exports, similar to existing restrictions on semiconductor chips…
An Argentine flight school pilot jumped out of a plane and to his death while midair on Saturday, leaving his student to land the aircraft by herself. “You know what you have to do, carry on,” flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo told a 22-year-old named Rosario before taking off his headset and seatbelt, opening the door, and jumping out of the plane, the student said, according to a report by CNN World. The 42-year-old flight pilot was later found dead in Toledo, Argentina, the country’s public prosecutor announced on Tuesday. Eduardo Álvarez — a director at the Flying Parrot Córdoba flying school where Bertazzo…
The taxpayer-funded NPR published an article Wednesday explaining how passport applicants can avoid receiving a commemorative passport featuring President Donald Trump’s image. The special passport, released to mark America’s 250th anniversary, became available Monday at the Washington Passport Agency. It can only be obtained in person and by appointment. Among those seeking the new design was Alabama resident John Hall, who told NPR he drove to Washington in his “MAGA red” Hyundai hoping to get one because he is a supporter of Trump and wanted the commemorative passport. He was unable to secure an appointment before returning home and said he…
President Donald Trump said Friday he would not sign Congress’ much-awaited bipartisan housing affordability legislation — protesting lawmakers’ inaction on his preferred elections bill, the SAVE America Act. The House formally transmitted the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to Trump last week, setting in motion a 10-day period after which the bill would be enacted into law absent any action from the president. Trump did not indicate plans to veto the legislation, which is expected to become law at midnight between Friday and Saturday. “I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and…
The production rollout will likely face nearly impossible technological and security challenges, multiple experts argue President Donald Trump has told Vladimir Zelensky that the US is willing to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missile interceptors – one of the few weapons in Kiev’s foreign-sourced arsenal capable of shooting down state-of-the art Russian missiles.“We’ll give them the right to make Patriots,” Trump said, seated beside Zelensky at the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, on Wednesday. “This way he can’t complain that we’re not giving him enough. I said, ‘Make them yourself,’” Trump added. He called the undertaking complex but voiced hope…
The Chinese Foreign Ministry lamented the resurgence of violence between Iran and the United States on Wednesday, urging both countries to “follow through on their memorandum of understanding” and “avoid resorting to force.” China regularly condemns America for alleged belligerence on the geopolitical stage; the Foreign Ministry choosing to demand equal respect for their current peace agreement from Washington and Tehran is notable, however. Beijing referred to the hostilities as a matter that its close ally and prominent oil supplier Iran was equally responsible for rather than blaming the United States exclusively. Speaking to reporters during her regular briefing, Foreign…