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Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Vice President JD Vance discussed the Trump administration’s role in the development of artificial intelligence. Host Martha MacCallum said, “One piece this week said this is going to be like Covid if we that we didn’t see the early tea leaves and realize how bad it was. Is this the responsibility of the federal government of the White House to be out in front on this? And are you at all concerned that you’re going to look back on this and say, we should have done more?” Vance said, “Well, we have some of…
The stats and the strategy behind the biggest US military buildup in the region in decades suggest conflict could be inevitable US President Donald Trump has sent an unprecedented air and naval force to the Persian Gulf in a bid to cow Iran into submission. But Tehran isn’t blinking, and Trump may be backing himself into a situation where war with Iran may be unavoidable.As American and Iranian representatives met in Geneva on Tuesday, a steady stream of US refueling aircraft, electronic warfare planes, and fighter jets crossed the Atlantic, stopping at bases in the UK and Germany en route…
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general declared the United States is “finished” and claimed that even deploying America’s entire aircraft carrier fleet against Iran “won’t be able to do a damn thing” as U.S. and Iranian officials concluded a second round of nuclear talks in Geneva Tuesday under the shadow of an expanding American military buildup across the Middle East. General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, a senior adviser to the IRGC’s commander-in-chief, made the remarks last Wednesday in comments to an Iranian state-affiliated news agency, according to a translation released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). “Even…
The European Commission (EC) announced an investigation on Tuesday into the Chinese “fast fashion” shopping application Shein over a variety of potential violations, including allegedly “addictive” interfaces to abuse customers and the sale of “childlike” sex dolls on the site. The French newspaper Le Monde explained on Tuesday that French police were reportedly behind the initial complaint that led to the EC investigation, highlighting the sale on the app of sex dolls with the likeness of children. The investigation will reportedly be conducted under the Digital Services Act (DSA), a European Union law to curtail illicit online content. Shein, which…
President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro became unwitting stars in several Carnival parade festivities this year. Every year, Hispanic nations mark Carnival, a four-day period of parades and festivities intrinsically tied to the Catholic faith that always begin on the Friday before Ash Wednesday and ends on the Tuesday before the Catholic holiday. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting and reflection in anticipation of Holy Week and Easter. Brazil holds the world’s largest and most elaborate Carnival parades in the world. This year’s Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro began on…
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida, the home of the chaotic 2000 presidential recount, may enact tough new proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting currently at the center of an ongoing debate in Congress. As part of the effort, the Sunshine State may also forever banish recounts from its election processes and switch to a new “vote validation” system that would aim to check all ballots after they are cast. The move is a top priority of Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, who has been pushing for the idea for the past two years. The state House and Senate are divided over whether…
Washington did not agree to adhere to the New START limitations after its expiration, a senior official has confirmed The US and Russia have not agreed to informally adhere to New START nuclear reduction treaty limitations, a senior State Department official has confirmed.The cornerstone strategic arms control agreement officially expired on February 5. Moscow reached out to Washington on renewing the treaty yet received no formal response. US President Donald Trump has since denounced the agreement as a “badly negotiated deal” and said a “new, improved, and modernized” version should be negotiated instead.No “gentlemen’s agreement” is in place between Washington…
Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president for a visit was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters. Reading by Tim Foley: Australian authorities were fully aware that inviting Israel’s president for a visit was going to ignite unrest and furious opposition. They invited him anyway, and sent in the police to assault the protesters. I saw a video of two cops pinning a kid in a keffiyeh face down on the ground and proceeding to punch him over and over again long after he’d been subdued.…
A spokesman for imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that Khan has been denied hospital care and treatment from his personal doctor, leading to an 85-percent loss of vision in his right eye from a blood clot. Khan spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Sky News that a “fully equipped ambulance” was sent on Sunday to the Adiala prison where Khan is being held, but Khan should have been taken to “an appropriate hospital with the appropriate equipment.” Bukhari said all information from the prison pertaining to Khan’s health is mere “hearsay,” because the authorities will not allow…
The Manufacturing Boom the Wall Street Journal Missed A Wall Street Journal headline this week declared, “U.S. Manufacturing Is in Retreat and Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping.” But the actual data released this week by the Federal Reserve and the Commerce Department tell a dramatically different story, one of rising output, climbing demand, and surging business investment. Manufacturing is not in retreat. It’s booming. Industrial output hit an all-time high in November and then broke that record in December. The disconnect between the WSJ’s narrative and the Fed’s numbers reveals a fundamental confusion about how to measure manufacturing health in a…