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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered rare papyrus scrolls approximately 3,000 years old, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiques. The eight papyrus scrolls have been found along a “cache of colorful coffins of Amun chanters,” dating back to the Third Intermediate Period, which ranged from 1070 B.C. to 664 B.C. The archaeologists discovered the scrolls during an exploration in the Qurna area of Luxor’s West Bank, by the tomb of Seneb. Amun chanters were singers dedicated to the god Amun. “The most common title is ‘Chanter(s) of Amun,’ opening new avenues for studying the class of chanters and singers during that…

Florida Republican Rep. Maria Salazar’s migration bill is a high-stakes attack by business groups on the wages of her party’s populist-minded voters. “Here’s what matters most,” Salazar said in a poll-tested, talking-point response to populist criticism from Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX): It costs ZERO taxpayer dollars. Reduces the deficit. Invests $70 BILLION into our [employers’] workforce. “It’s really simple” for business lobbyists, Gill told a radio show: They want cheap labor …They want illegal aliens in the country. Because for them, that is bigger profit margins whenever you suppress American wages, or whenever you’re able to replace more expensive American workers…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) said that he fears that “the Iranians, quite frankly, are not ready to conclude this war.” And also dubbed the war a “war of choice” that is President Donald Trump’s war. Krishnamoorthi said that “this war of choice is disastrous, it’s illegal, it’s unconstitutional. It needs to come to an end. And the start is this truce.” He added, “[M]y biggest concern is this, which is that it takes two sides to come to an agreement, and the Iranians, quite frankly, are not ready to conclude this war. I…

ScheerPost Staff In a stark and unsettling conversation on The Chris Hedges Report, journalist Chris Hedges sits down with retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson to confront a question now hanging over Washington’s war planning: Is the United States preparing to send ground forces into Iran? The interview arrives at a moment when the American-Israeli war on Iran has already burned through massive military resources, destabilized global markets, and failed to produce anything resembling a clear strategic victory. More than a month into the conflict, the central warning from Wilkerson is blunt: if Washington commits troops on Iranian soil, the result could be a military disaster on a scale…

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The governments of Iran and Saudi Arabia confirmed on Thursday that their respective foreign ministers held a phone conversation the night before, the first known direct contact between the two countries since Iran began a sustained bombing campaign against Saudi Arabia and its allies in March. Iran has engaged in a sustained missile and drone bombing campaign against its Gulf neighbors since February 28, when President Donald Trump announced a military operation to eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten its neighbors. That initiative, Operation Epic Fury, resulted in the deaths of dozens of senior Iranian officials, including dictator Ali Khamenei, and…

President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday against charging fees on tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, writing on Truth Social: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” The statement follows reports that Iranian authorities and forces linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have demanded up to approximately $2 million from large tankers for safe passage through the narrow 22-mile waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean. Some payments have reportedly been discussed or…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) discussed Iran and said that “my biggest fear is that the rhetoric that Donald Trump uses, the actions that he takes, could actually provoke them to take preemptive action, such as maybe a terrorist attack on American soil or against American interests elsewhere or using ballistic missiles.” Krishnamoorthi said, “I think that the fact that the president did not take escalatory actions, military actions after those maniacal tweets that he put out, means that we’re, hopefully, in the direction of non-escalation, which is something. I’d like to see…

The Justice Department has argued that Pam Bondi no longer has to appear before Congress while lawmakers threaten contempt charges Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week, will not be required to testify about her handling of the investigation into late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Justice Department (DOJ) has announced.In a letter explaining the decision, the DOJ argued that Bondi was summoned to appear before Congress in her official capacity – a role she no longer holds – rendering the demand invalid. However, lawmakers from both parties have insisted…

The world avoided Iran having its own “North Korea moment” where endless diplomacy and talks took so long it gave Pyongyang time to build a nuclear bomb, and the world is safer now than it was five weeks ago, Mark Rutte said. The world is “absolutely” safer now than it was five weeks ago because the United States took the initiative to “degrade” Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities the Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte said on Wednesday after meetings with President Donald Trump. Speaking to CNN, the former Dutch Prime Minister turned alliance chief acknowledged that President Trump…