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The Trump administration on Tuesday reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemical sales after Tehran reportedly attacked three vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. The Treasury Department revoked a sanctions waiver issued on June 21 that had temporarily allowed transactions involving Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, and petrochemicals. Under the new guidance, companies have until July 17 to wind down transactions previously authorized under the waiver. The original authorization had been set to remain in effect through Aug. 21. The waiver was issued as part of a ceasefire memorandum of understanding (MOU) reached between the United States and Iran following…
Audio from a dispatch referring to a health issue at Mitch McConnell’s home has fueled questions over whether he will return to his duties Emergency dispatch audio referring to a “cardiac arrest” at US Senator Mitch McConnell’s Washington home has raised new questions about the political future of the former Republican leader, according to media reports. McConnell, 84, is a Republican senator from Kentucky who has served in the Senate since 1985. He was the longest-serving Senate party leader in US history, stepping down from the post in February 2024 following a series of public health episodes. The recordings, first…
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz were struck by projectiles on Tuesday – an apparent outburst of violence from Iran after days of funeral services for slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that included numerous calls for President Donald Trump to be assassinated. According to UKMTO, the first ship was attacked off the coast of Oman and caught fire after it was hit by an unidentified projectile. The second sustained “structural damage” after likewise being hit by an unspecified weapon, while the third suffered minor damage from a drone attack. As of Tuesday afternoon,…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that he opposes the sale of F-35s to Turkey and said that the minute “any nation goes and moves against Israel, then, I, absolutely, will change my view and would not provide them the kind of technology that we’re able to provide.”Host Greta Van Susteren asked, “The president of the United States has indicated he’s going to sell F-35s to Turkey, which Prime Minister Netanyahu is not in favor of. And Israel has a military edge because it has F-35s. What’s your view on whether we should…
The Israeli leader has urged the US president not to sell the fighter jets to Ankara US President Donald Trump has rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call not to sell F-35 fighter jets to Türkiye.Netanyahu has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of destabilizing the Middle East, as Ankara has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of Israel’s military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon.Trump, who arrived in Türkiye for a NATO summit on Tuesday, said he would consider selling the fighter jets to the US ally.“I have no concerns about anything. I mean, he’s a leader of…
Two explosions were heard in Syria’s capital city of Damascus on Tuesday shortly before Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was scheduled to meet with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron. According to the Syrian Interior Ministry, the explosions were bomb attacks that injured at least 18 people, including four police officers. One of the bombs was detonated near the Ministry of Tourism, while the other was near the Four Seasons Hotel, where Macron reportedly stayed during his visit. The Interior Ministry said the hotel bomb was planted “outside the security zone designated for the French President’s residence,” and posed no “direct threat…
Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” network anchor Jake Tapper said the women who accused Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault were disappointed with the milder terms The New York Times used in its news story. Tapper said, “One of the reasons why she says she was kind of caught in this toxic relationship with with Graham Platner when she dated him in 2013, 2014 is because of his PTSD, which he has spoken about and because of other issues surrounding PTSD, and she felt a sense of obligation to stick with him. She also said that…
An all-out war would bring an end to NATO, Dmitry Trenin writes in an op-ed for RT The belligerent stance of European NATO members risks triggering an all-out war with Russia that could spell the end of the bloc, Dmitry Trenin, president of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), wrote in an op-ed for RT.Trenin argued that European elites are seeking “Russia’s destruction as a major power,” rather than simply deterrence, as during the Cold War. They are using the Ukraine conflict as a convenient opportunity, he said.“The European NATO leaders’ enormous deficit of modern strategic culture – unsurprising after…
NATO would be wise to welcome Ukraine as a member of the alliance and should hurry to send more missiles to Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Ankara Summit on Tuesday. World leaders have arrived in Ankara, Turkey, for the two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organisation summit, including U.S. President Donald Trump who flew from Washington with both Air Force One aircraft, disembarking from the new red-white-and-blue refurbished Boeing 747-8 on Tuesday afternoon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was one of the first world leaders to address the summit and spoke at the NATO Defence Industry Forum after his personal jet touched down,…
IRS has opened an online portal for Kwong Covid-era claims.gettyThe IRS has added an online filing option for some taxpayers seeking refunds tied to the Kwong court decision, but the window to act is short.The IRS added an option on its mobile-friendly forms page allowing individual taxpayers to electronically file Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement, for protective refund claims related to Kwong v. United States. The new online option is limited to individual taxpayers filing Form 843 electronically for Kwong-related claims involving fully paid penalties and interest. Business taxpayers must still file Form 843 on paper,…