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President Donald Trump declared Monday that “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran” and blasted the “FAKE NEWS.” Trump took to Truth Social, emphasizing that his “lifelong opinion” that Iran cannot attain a nuclear weapon and Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel led him to launch Operation Epic Fury. “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did. I watch and read the FAKE NEWS Pundits and Polls in total disbelief,” Trump wrote. He continued: 90% of…

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said President Donald Trump was preparing to implement a draft for his military operation in Iran. Co-host Sara Haines said, “Even Venezuela was so swift. I don’t think he really thought through what next was I thought he could get. I think he thinks he could get an award just for knocking out the bad guy. And then that was the end of this?  He is not ready because no matter how far he goes, it’s only firing up this hornet’s nest he has kicked, and it’s going to continue to get worse.” Co-host…

The oil price is just the tip of the iceberg that could cause major problems across the globe The surge in oil prices in light of the war on Iran has grabbed most of the headlines. For many observers, the severity of the crisis is measurable in the daily changes in the Brent ticker. Some analysts have also begun pointing to emerging stress in fertilizer markets. But beneath these familiar markers, several less visible – and in some cases more systemic – signals are now flashing red.RT takes a look at the ominous signs that don’t always show up in the news. Naphtha ​Naphtha,…

The killing of Ayatollah Khamenei has made talks between Washington and Tehran impossible, James Webb said in an interview with Going Underground Israel has destroyed any chance of success in US-Iran talks by pushing Washington to kill Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to former senior foreign policy adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marine Corps veteran James Webb. In an exclusive interview with Afshin Rattansi’s ‘Going Underground’ on RT, Webb argued that Khamenei’s killing on February 28 – the first day of the US-Israeli campaign – was “indicative of the Israeli planning cycle” and ran counter to how…

If there is a mantra among progressive American political and media elites, it would be “our democracy,” usually preceded by what they believe to be a threat from the Right. For example, progressives deemed the recent reversal of Roe “a threat to our democracy” because it removed laws regulating abortion from Supreme Court jurisdiction and returned the issue to democratically elected legislatures. It would seem inconsistent to invoke the democratic electoral process to deal with a contentious issue like abortion, but progressives are nothing if not inconsistent. But even in challenging logic on political issues, progressives at least try to stick to the language of…

“That man couldn’t lie straight in bed”, thundered Reform UK MP Lee Anderson of the Prime Minister before being excluded from the chamber for using unparliamentary language during questions over the Mandelson-Epstein scandal. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer came to the House of Commons on Monday to explain how the scandal around his appointment of Peter Mandelson, the Labour grandee who was a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as ambassador to Washington D.C., wasn’t his fault, and faced a barrage of questions from members. While many attacked Sir Keir on his inconsistency and refusal to take meaningful responsibility for…

Massive funding for military buildup raises corruption risks, the head of watchdog OLAF warns The billions of euros slated by the EU for the build up of weapons factories and procurement of military hardware are a “magnet for the criminals,” according to a senior anti-fraud official.The EU’s defense industry has issues with “manipulation with public tenders, blown-up prices, clientelism [and] corruption,” European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) Director-General Petr Klement said as quoted by The Financial Times on Monday.Brussels is pushing for a rapid military build up financed through borrowing some €150 billion ($176 billion) in preparation for a hypothetical war with…

Verizon CEO is taking an unusually candid approach to discussing AI’s potential to disrupt the American workforce, setting himself apart from many of his corporate peers. The Wall Street Journal reports that Dan Schulman, who became CEO of Verizon in October, has made waves in the business community with his frank assessments of how artificial intelligence could reshape employment in the coming years. Unlike many corporate leaders who emphasize the technology’s benefits while downplaying workforce concerns, Schulman has been direct about the challenges ahead. In his first months leading the telecommunications giant, Schulman has made bold predictions about AI’s impact on…

WASHINGTON—Podcaster Joe Rogan joined President Donald Trump on Saturday for the signing of an executive order to, as the president said, fast-track “access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs.” Trump signed the order, Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness in the Oval Office while flanked by Rogan, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, and others. “I’m pleased to announce historic reforms to dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs,”…

Canada’s historical overdependence on the US has put it at a disadvantage, Mark Carney has said, adding that the “good old days” are gone Canada’s historical overdependence on the US has put it in a vulnerable position and Ottawa should now adopt a more diversified approach to trade, Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated.The US is Canada’s largest trading partner, accounting for 72% of its exports in 2025, according to Scotiabank.However, relations between Ottawa and Washington have noticeably soured since Donald Trump assumed office last January, with the US president slapping hefty tariffs on the neighboring nation and routinely referring…