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In a preview of an interview that will air Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said yelling at President Donald Trump during Wednesday’s GOP luncheon accomplished his mission of getting a briefing on the negotiations in Iran. Host Margaret Brennan said, “You wanted to get the details on the diplomacy. Correct. Okay. Because on Wednesday, you and President Trump had that angry exchange, raised voices, you said, along with other Senate Republicans, in this closed-door meeting. He berated you for that vote you had taken previously to try to stop the war. You said you won’t…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Democratic U.S. House nominee and New York State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez responded to a question on if the party’s tent is big enough for her and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Israel by saying that Democratic voters “don’t want to see our tax dollars going to fund a genocide, apartheid occupation.” Valdez said, “[I]f the Democratic Party is willing to stand for Medicare for all, is willing to fight for abolishing ICE, and bringing them — the billions, trillions of dollars we spend on forever wars back into our communities, then that’s the Democratic…

Still blue waters, abundant waterfowl, promenading tourists and barely a whiff of mildew — that is the vision President Donald Trump has struggled to turn into reality this month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. But that has long been the reality just a mile-and-a-half down the National Mall, where another reflecting pool floats just under Capitol Hill — and under the radar — without a scummy green film floating on top. As the algae-tinged drama has played out at the Lincoln Memorial, little attention has been paid to its sister pond which is slightly smaller, more obscure and managed…

Slovakia will not support the proposed €70 billion NATO-backed package for Kiev, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to do “everything” possible to ensure his country does not take part in the latest NATO-backed initiative to finance arms for Ukraine.Speaking to students on Wednesday, Fico – who survived an assassination attempt by a pro-Ukraine activist – said Slovakia would oppose a proposed €70 billion ($80 billion) loan package at the bloc’s upcoming summit in Türkiye.“I am following the preparations for the NATO summit in Ankara with great concern… and I keep hearing that…

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry is reportedly looking at ways to bring more female soldiers into its reserves, increasing the number of troops that could be quickly called up in the event of a Chinese invasion. The Defense Ministry hopes the Taiwanese legislature will approve amendments that would put female reservists on the same footing as men, especially female soldiers who have only recently been discharged from duty. Taiwan launched a pilot program for female reservists in 2023. Defense Minister Wellington Koo told lawmakers on Wednesday that only 79 women have completed voluntary reserve training since the program began. Only ten…

The estate of the late Canadian singer Leonard Cohen moved quickly when informed his totemic anthem ‘Hallelujah’ was on the set list for Wednesday night’s celebration launch for the Great American State Fair. It simply pointed out any such usage at the Washington,DC, gathering was “not authorized.” Freedom 250 announced back in April the Great American State Fair would be held on the National Mall in Washington, DC, from June 25 to July 10. Breitbart News’s Nick Gilbertson reported the event would feature “a unique event every day” and that “all of the U.S. states and territories” would be represented. At press…

The Society for Civil Rights has called out the right-wing Alternative for Germany for its tough stance on immigration and alleged efforts to erode democratic processes A left-liberal German NGO has made a case for declaring the country’s largest populist party unconstitutional. The Society for Civil Rights argues that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s platform and rhetoric regarding immigration, citizenship, and minority groups constitute sufficient grounds to ban it under the country’s strict post-war democratic laws.The AfD, which advocates for tougher immigration laws and opposes Germany’s support for Ukraine, came in second at 20% in last year’s federal elections.…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked a Singapore-flagged commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing the United Nations to temporarily pause its evacuation operation and raising fresh questions about Iran’s commitment to keeping the critical waterway open. Multiple U.S. officials later told news outlets that the cargo ship Ever Lovely had been struck by an Iranian one-way attack drone and that the vessel’s approach pattern appeared to indicate a deliberate strike. The reported attack came hours after Iran warned that vessels using routes through the strait that had not been approved by Tehran were “extremely dangerous…

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold was arrested Wednesday in connection to a kidnapping and robbery in Florida. The cornerback faces felony charges, officials said, with Arnold’s management denying all allegations. The 23-year-old is accused of being the “primary conspirator” before three men in their late teens were held at gunpoint, battered and pistol-whipped in February in Tampa, the city’s police department said in a statement as reported by AP. Some of the victims’ belongings were stolen, police alleged. Arnold is facing four counts of a weapon-related charge and four more counts of a charge related to kidnapping, harming or terrorizing, according…

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill on Wednesday designed to keep future Democrat presidential administrations from weaponizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to target pro-lifers who pray and peacefully demonstrate outside of abortion clinics. The bill is called the “Saving FACE Act of 2026,” and would “remove criminal penalties for obstructing access to abortion services” from the FACE Act, Breitbart News first learned. Ogles introduced the bill on the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned the constitutional right to abortion invented 50 years ago under Roe v. Wade, and sent the…