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On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) discussed the war in Iran and said that “however we can end this, I don’t know how we come out in a better situation than we were before this war started.” And “The idea that the American military, as good as it is, is going to be able to bomb Iran into subjugation, I think, we found, is not true. … So, if bombing isn’t going to get us there, if the only way we are going to accomplish the president’s goals is to put thousands of…

The Chinese state newspaper Global Times published an article on Tuesday celebrating that Chinese manufacturers were dominating the market for FIFA World Cup branded products, from soccer balls to team jerseys. The FIFA World Cup is one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events, occurring every four years. This year’s contest is scheduled to begin in June and is hosted by all three mainland North American states; the final game will be held in New Jersey. The Chinese national team did not qualify to compete for the World Cup and, despite China’s illustrious record at the Olympics and other international…

Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated John Cornyn, a roughly 23-year Senate incumbent, in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, advancing to face Democrat James Talarico in November after opening a roughly 25-point lead. Associated Press called the race at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, estimating 49 percent of the vote had been counted. At the time of the call, Paxton led Cornyn 62.5 percent to 37.5 percent, with 505,741 votes to Cornyn’s 303,276. Paxton’s victory comes one week after President Donald Trump gave him his “Complete and Total Endorsement,” calling him “The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas,” “an…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said that with Iran, “we may end up back where we were under Obama by having an inspection regime, but no ability to really get the enriched uranium out. But I will take that.” Warner said, “Donald Trump’s war of choice needs to come to an end. We are more than 80 days in. He’s not accomplished any of the goals, from regime change, to getting the enriched uranium, to getting rid of their missiles, or Lord knows the Strait of Hormuz was not a problem before the war…

California Democrats running for governor are promising to protect migrant semi-truck drivers from English proficiency tests on the nation’s highways, even after being shown a video of a migrant truck driver who could not understand road signs. During a debate in April, former Biden administration Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra said he would “push back on the Trump administration” regarding migrant truck drivers being given English proficiency tests. “I would definitely push back on the Trump administration on, again, a reckless policy,” Becerra answered in response to being asked if the California Highway Patrol (CHP) should…

A Tbilisi court has handed down seven- and ten-year prison terms over military-grade explosives smuggled through Türkiye A Georgian court has jailed two Ukrainian nationals for smuggling military-grade explosives into the country.The men were sentenced to seven and ten years respectively after being convicted by the Tbilisi City Court of illegally acquiring, storing, transporting, and selling hexogen as well as smuggling the explosive material into Georgia.In September 2025, Georgian security services discovered 2.4 kg of hexogen – known as RDX and described by the authorities as a “high-powered explosive stronger than TNT” – hidden inside a Mercedes-Benz truck with Ukrainian…

Kevin Hart is still backing fellow comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who fell under attack over his joke about George Floyd during Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart a few weeks ago. “Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience,” Hart said during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, adding, “But our audience that’s watching the roast, if you’re watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why the racial humor is on the table.” “I wasn’t shocked,” Hart continued. “That’s what they do. It happens every year when they do a…

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said every day President Donald Trump’s military operations in Iran go on, “we get weaker, they get stronger.” Co-host Joy Behar said, “So over the weekend, Trump sent mixed signals about a potential deal with Iran, saying that a deal was largely negotiated and that the Strait of Hormuz would be open, but also launching new strikes in southern Iran at the same time. So, do you think that we are closer to ending this war? And what has the United States exactly gotten out of all of this?” Murphy said,…

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said the so-called MAGA movement was a “divisive, hateful community.” Murphy said, “It’s not enough to be just against Trump. And this is, frankly, getting us to what this book is about. I want the Democratic Party to really speak to where the people of this country are emotionally right now. Trump, frankly, has done a better job than Democrats of speaking to people about the way they feel powerless today, the way they feel lonely and adrift. MAGA, whether you like it or not. It is a place where people…

Washington will reportedly make fewer jets, warships, and drones available to the bloc’s European members The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.Delivered by senior Pentagon adviser Alexander Velez-Green at a confidential NATO meeting in Brussels last week, the message from Washington marks the latest step in US President Donald Trump’s slow disengagement from Europe.Trump has reportedly drawn up a “naughty and nice” list of NATO members based on their support for his policies, and earlier this…