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Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he did not regret supporting former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) after he dropped out when a former girlfriend made accusations of sexual assault. Host Margaret Brennan asked, “Yesterday, 600 Maine primary delegates replaced scandal-ridden Grand Platner with Troy Jackson. He’s a logger. He’s a progressive. He had been allied with Platner before he called on him to wake out. In the wake of those sexual assault allegations. I’m wondering, with 100 days out, can Jackson play catch-up here?” Sanders said, “I think he can. I think what…

Thousands of US troops could storm Iran’s nuclear sites to seize enriched uranium, according to New York Post The Pentagon is contemplating what could become “the most sophisticated operation in military history”  to seize Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, the New York Post reported on Saturday, citing sources.A source familiar with the matter told the outlet that the plan would send thousands of ground troops to storm heavily fortified nuclear sites, with a small team of elite commandos tasked with the actual retrieval.The exact whereabouts of Iran’s enriched uranium – which could be key to creating nuclear weapons – are…

Ambassador Mike Waltz was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about the pause on the strikes on Iran. Waltz explained that the military has been greatly strengthened since President Trump resumed office. He explained that President Trump is readily prepared with the military to continue striking Iran when it becomes necessary. “We are in a pause in these nightly strikes we have been doing with respect to Iran,” Bream said. “What is the timeline for deciding whether we resume?” Bream asked. “The President said we are locked and loaded. Even more assets are going into theatre,…

Recently installed British Prime Minister Andy Burnham ruled out calling an early election as opponents question the legitimacy of his administration. In his first major interview since ascending to the top political post in the United Kingdom on Monday, Prime Minister Burnham attempted to defend his position, which he only gained due to a Westminster palace coup to oust his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer, following the Labour Party’s disastrous performance in the local elections in May. While the self-described socialist was not elected in the 2024 election and therefore did not run on the general election manifesto upon which the…

Montage from X social media screengrabs upscaled by Grok AI The bull went above and beyond. Hollywood Golden Age icon Marlene Dietrich once said: ‘Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring’. But last week, a raging taurus brought mayhem to the bullring in a small Colombian town. Spectators were sent running in a panic after the beast leapt over the barriers into the stands, seriously injuring four people and giving the others more than they bargained for. ESPANTOSO VIDEO Toro enfurecido se lanza sobre las gradas del público durante una corrida…

At least four rifles seized in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas during cartel arrests are allegedly linked to the U.S. Department of State. A report by Mexico’s El Debate revealed that the rifles were part of various weapons seized during several cartel raids since late 2004. The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office is investigating the seizure, claiming the weapons are linked to the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service. The report does not reveal if the weapons were stolen or lost. The first seizure took place during the Biden administration in Nuevo Padilla in October 2024, the second one in…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on Friday that it issued an alert to financial institutions about fraudsters creating schemes to target Federal Student Aid programs. FinCEN said fraud rings will use stolen and fraudulent identities to create “ghost students,” as well as other tactics, to enroll in colleges and universities and steal student aid funds. The agency said the schemes result in losses to the federal student aid programs and can even disenfranchise real students by making it harder for them to enroll in classes because of the fraudulently enrolled fake students. “Every dollar…

Iran has warned countries in the region and beyond against providing support for US aggression Iran has urged countries worldwide against aiding the US in the war against the country, warning that any support for the aggression will make them legitimate targets for retaliation.The US and Iran have been trading tit-for-tat strikes for the past two weeks following the collapse of a tentative ceasefire earlier this month. The Pentagon has been largely focused on targets across southern and central Iran, while Tehran has attacked US military installations across the region. The renewed hostilities have disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait…

Credit: White House Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, recently released diary entries, Tony’s Diary Package, from former White House COVID advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci that show a bizarre, yet characteristic, obsession with fame, even as the death toll from the pandemic grew. The diaries were public as part of the committee’s ongoing oversight investigation. Senator Paul shared a series of statments X about the diary and the release, “My investigation uncovered that Anthony Fauci kept a diary. What he wrote privately and what he told the country are two different stories. Today I’m releasing…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early on Sunday, setting off fires and wounding at least three civilians, while attacks on other parts of Ukraine later killed at least two people, local officials reported. The strikes come as Ukraine’s successful drone attacks have stalled the Russian army’s advances in an expanded campaign inside Russia that has been causing fuel shortages and piling pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin. In Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, Kremlin-installed authorities said a Ukrainian drone strike had killed four civilians in the city of Horlivka. According to Ivan Prikhodko, the city’s Russian-appointed mayor, the…