Author: Press Room

Twenty-three Brazilian soccer players have found themselves in hot water with their league and, potentially, with law enforcement, after a wild melee during a soccer final game led to nearly two dozen red cards. The match between Cruzeiro and Atletico Mineiro featured notable names, including former national team player Hulk. “We need to acknowledge our mistakes and learn from them,” Hulk wrote on Instagram Monday. “What happened yesterday does not represent the values that soccer should embody. Rivalry is part of the sport, but respect must always prevail over any emotion.” The fisticuffs and kickicuffs began after Cruzeiro midfielder Christian…

At least 14 people were shot, six of them fatally, during the weekend in Democrat-run Chicago, Illinois. CBS News reported that the weekend’s first fatal shooting was a double homicide Saturday night which left two women, ages 68 and 71, deceased. Police found the bodies “in the 10400 block of South Peoria Street” about 10:50 p.m. Saturday and both had gunshot wounds to the chest. A 75-year-old man was subsequently arrested in connection with the incident. At 8:05 a.m. Sunday a 25-year-old man “in a home in the 2100 block of South Trumbull Avenue” was shot and fatally wounded following an…

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are growing increasingly vocal in denouncing Iran for its wanton attacks on their cities and oil infrastructure, although they have yet to commit to aggressive military action against Tehran. Bahrain submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday condemning Iran for its “egregious attacks” against itself and fellow Gulf Arab states, and demanding Iran “immediately and unconditionally” end its “provocations and threats to neighboring countries.” Speaking for the rest of the GCC, Bahrain called Iran’s missile and drone strikes…

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith says he has made his final decision on whether to run for president in 2028. The sports talker has been hinting at a possible run for the White House as a Democrat for at least two years. But now he says he is out for 2028. Smith revealed his final decision on the Hang Out with Sean Hannity podcast, which will go live on Tuesday, after Hannity said he doubted Smith will make a run for the Democrat nomination. The ESPN talker then admitted that 2028 is probably out for him. “I don’t think I’m…

President Donald Trump’s demand that Congress pass an expanded version of the SAVE America Act is creating headaches for both chambers. The president told House Republicans on Monday the sweeping GOP elections overhaul bill — with several key add-ons — should be their “No. 1 priority.” It’s upending their plans to discuss other premidterms priorities during the retreat Tuesday — and raising eyebrows among some senators back in Washington. — How it’s playing in Doral: The House has passed two versions of the GOP elections bill already, but now the president wants to tack on limits to mail voting, a ban…

The US president has attempted to quell fears that the military operation he launched will exacerbate the global energy crisis The surge in oil prices will not stop the US from waging its war on Iran, President Donald Trump has said, after Brent shot past $100 per barrel on Sunday, marking the biggest daily gain since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.In response to the US and Israeli airstrikes, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and struck tankers attempting to cross the waterway, which serves as a route for around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. Iraq,…

The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said on Sunday that it conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” against a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing the “six male narco-terrorists” on board. SOUTHCOM said the vessel was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” and was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific” while “engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” “No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the SOUTHCOM statement added. The strike was directed by SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan and conducted by Joint Task Force Southern Spear, the anti-drug operation formally launched by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in November 2025. The…

Downing Street plays down the possibility of the government deploying one of Britain’s two aircraft carriers to assist the defence of allies and British citizens in the Middle East, over a week after military strikes against Iran began. Ten days into Operation Epic Fury and the United Kingdom still hasn’t deployed a warship to the Middle East, with air warfare destroyer HMS Dragon still days away from even leaving Britain, and the government now rubbishing the notion of sending an aircraft carrier. While Downing Street spokesmen were happy to encourage speculation over the weekend on a potential deployment of HMS…

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it targeted commanders from the Quds Force, the elite foreign espionage unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with airstrikes on Beirut. “The IDF conducted a precise strike targeting key commanders in the IRGC’s Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps who operated in Beirut,” said a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday. “The commanders of the Quds ​Force’s Lebanon Corps operated to advance terror attacks against the state of Israel and its civilians, while operating simultaneously for the IRGC in Iran,” the statement said. “The Lebanon Corp connects the Hezbollah terrorist…

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts that President Donald Trump was “sending people in to lose their lives” in the Iran conflict. Discussing the leader of Iran, Goldberg said, “You don’t know who’s coming in.” Co-host Ana Navarro said, “He thinks it’s all going to be like Venezuela where he got the vice president.” Goldberg said, “It’s not.” Navarro continued, “But that was a kleptocracy. This is a theocracy. These people believe this stuff deeply. It’s a completely different ball of wax.” Goldberg said, “Listen, basically, we are sending people in to lose their lives. Because…