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The US president hinted at possible military action during his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ inaugural speech US President Donald Trump has set a ten-day deadline for Iran to reach a nuclear deal with Washington, saying that failure to comply could trigger decisive measures. The warning comes as the US accelerated its troop buildup in the Middle East.Speaking at the inaugural meeting of his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ on Thursday, Trump said negotiations with Tehran were “good” but historically difficult, and reiterated that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon.”“We have to make a meaningful deal. Otherwise, bad things happen,” he said.…
President Trump moved hours after the Supreme Court struck down his emergency tariffs to invoke a separate trade authority, imposing an import surcharge on most goods that takes effect February 24. He initially set the rate at ten percent, then raised it the next day to fifteen percent—the maximum allowed under the statute—saying in a social media post that the increase followed a “thorough, detailed, and complete review” of the court’s ruling. Sweeping exemptions, many of them familiar from the prior tariff regime, covering energy, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, critical minerals and other major categories mean the levy will fall on…
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) said that Congress needs to make changes to the IEEPA statute and said that “the fentanyl manufacturing that is on the Mexican side of our border is still a very big problem.” Stutzman said, “I do think that, we, as Congress, we should take a deep look at the IEEPA statute and say there is a point in time when I think the president does look at what the emergency is — and there are several of them that I think could be argued — that we do have…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of King Charles III, has been released by UK police after nearly 12 hours of questioning following his arrest on Thursday. He remains under investigation on suspicion of misconduct in public office.Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles last year over his past friendship with disgraced US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.According to the BBC, the former prince is the first senior royal to be arrested in modern history.Andrew was arrested at his temporary home at the King’s private residence in Sandringham, Norfolk, at around 8 AM. Police conducted searches at Wood Farm on the…
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee responded to a question on if Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program by saying that they are “continuing to try to enrich uranium. They haven’t given up on it” and “they are building up, at an alarming rate, their ballistic missile capacity. That’s not a defensive posture.” Huckabee said, “The talks continue. We hope that they could be successful. But successful means that Iran’s got to give up their nuclear aspirations, they have to stop enriching uranium. The president has been so…
Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago that is supposed to open this year is reportedly costing taxpayers more and more money. There have been surging public infrastructure costs for the project the former president said would be a “gift” to the city, Fox News reported on Saturday. However, taxpayers are stuck with the bill and “no government agency can provide an accounting of the total public cost, despite months of queries and FOIA requests,” the outlet said. Obama vowed in the beginning to privately fund the project via donations to his foundation, according to Fox. But building the…
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer (D) said that as far as people in this state are concerned, “it’s hard for ICE to operate anywhere in our state without it creating some crisis, and, in fact, making Delawareans less safe, simply by wearing that uniform now, because of things that have happened in Minnesota and other areas across the country, it’s creating a lack of safety.” Host Greta Brawner asked, “How do each of you assess the recent immigration enforcement operations across the country, Gov. Meyer?” Meyer answered, “Listen, as far as Delawareans are concerned, ICE has…
Jack Lopresti has posted a photo of himself next to a military banner with an SS-linked rune A former Conservative Party member of the British parliament has announced that he has joined Ukraine’s Azov Brigade. The unit was formed in 2014 by far-right activists and football hooligans and was subsequently incorporated into Ukraine’s National Guard. Azov’s first commander was white supremacist Andrey Biletsky. Many of the unit’s members hold ultranationalist views and have neo-Nazi tattoos.Jack Lopresti, who represented the constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke in Gloucestershire between 2010 and 2024, posted a photo on X on Thursday that shows him standing…
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Aircraft Operations Division drone pilot detected three illegal immigrants moments after they crossed the Rio Grande early Thursday, guiding troopers and Border Patrol agents to the group. The female migrant was found wearing six colored wristbands on each wrist — a cartel method for tagging migrants by payment level and assigned crossing point — as she traveled with a three‑year‑old child. DPS spokesman, Lt. Chris Olivarez, posted a video on social media showing imagery from an Aircraft Operations Division drone that shows a group of migrants forming up to cross the Rio Grande…
President Trump’s new tariffs were imposed under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows temporary import restrictions when the United States faces “fundamental international payments problems,” including a “large and serious” balance-of-payments deficit. The term is not commonly used outside economic policy circles, but it refers broadly to a country’s financial relationship with the rest of the world. The balance of payments is a comprehensive record of all economic transactions between a nation and foreign countries. It includes trade in goods and services, income from overseas investments, cross-border financial flows such as purchases of stocks and bonds,…