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Nikolay Patrushev, assistant to the president of the Russian Federation, has a stark assessment of the Iran war as it begins to ripple far beyond the Middle East. With shipping disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets under strain, and maritime security deteriorating, the consequences are already being felt across global supply chains.In an interview with Kommersant special correspondent Elena Chernenko, Patrushev outlines how the conflict is reshaping trade routes, testing alliances, and accelerating a broader reordering of the global economy.Q: Kevin Hassett, the US president’s economic adviser, recently announced that oil tankers are once again passing through the…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is set to criticize Vice President JD Vance in Middletown, Ohio, framing his speech around Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Beshear is scheduled to speak Saturday evening in Vance’s hometown at a Butler County Democratic Party event. According to prepared excerpts first reported by Politico, Beshear plans to argue: “[Vance] wrote an entire book that trafficked in tired stereotypes about the proud people of my state. Calling the people who mined the coal that powered the Industrial Revolution and two world wars lazy. Saying that addiction is the fault of people struggling — and not the opioid…

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said that Democrats are “going to hold firm” on the DHS shutdown “and Republicans will be held accountable.” Co-host Michael Steele asked, “[A]re you going to hold the line and keep this administration on the point that ICE is out of control, you’re prepared to give you everything else, you’re — you want to talk TSA, here’s the bill and the money, you want to talk about other national security interests because we’re right now at war, here’s the bill and the money. But ICE, on our streets,…

Former chief of the FBI and ex-special counsel in the probe into alleged Trump-Russia ties, Robert Mueller, has passed away US President Donald Trump has gloated over the death of Robert Mueller, a key figure behind the Russiagate probe, stating he will no longer be able to “hurt innocent people.” Mueller, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013, passed away on Saturday, aged 81. Between 2017 and 2019, he was a special counsel overseeing the probe into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and related issues, including alleged ties between Trump and Moscow.Shortly…

The wife of New York City’s Democrat socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani reportedly glorified terrorists on X and Tumblr several years ago when she was living in the Middle East, according to screenshots from the Washington Free Beacon. The outlet said Wednesday it reviewed the accounts and located posts reportedly from 28-year-old Rama Duwaji. One image showed the Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled of the terrorist group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is “revered by terrorists and their allies as the first woman to hijack a plane,” the outlet said. Duwaji allegedly used the N-word in one…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker stated that officials and federal agents in the current administration who, according to him, violated the law should face potential criminal or civil prosecution. During an interview with New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Pritzker was asked, “What does a project 2029 agenda look like for you?” and responded: I don’t think you can speak of it in shorthand, but I’ll just say a couple of things that I think are absolutely necessary. One is we’ve got to restore the rule of law, and that means holding people accountable who’ve broken the law. Talking about this…

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send federal immigration agents to airports across the country on Monday if Democrats don’t agree to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, now approaching five weeks. “If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country,” he wrote. “Illegal Immigrants who…

Iranian state media published an undated video of the alleged “supreme leader” of the country, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, showing the son of the late ayatollah allegedly engaging a “religious science” class. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which published the video on its English-language social media platforms, did not offer context for the video, such as when it was filmed or the occasion. The quality of the video appears inferior to that of modern film technology, suggesting it may be several years old, but is edited in a way that indicates it was part of a professional production — not…

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) tells voters he will lower high energy costs if he becomes governor, but he has reportedly raked in mountains of cash from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). The candidate, who has vowed to “stop massive utility price hikes,” took in more than $113,000 from PG&E employees via “his congressional campaign and PAC,” the New York Post reported Friday. The outlet also said PG&E is the state’s biggest provider. According to the Post, the utility company has raised rates over 100 percent in ten years and also has felony convictions. In his social media advertisements,…

Friday on CNN’s “OutFront,” former White House special counsel Ty Cobb said President Donald Trump was leading the country “straight into an abyss that we’ll never see America again.” Cobb said, “I think, you know what happened with Trump’s statement about I have more power now is, it’s refreshing to see him acknowledging his, authoritarian bent. And that’s clearly what he did. He feels more powerful, but he truthfully doesn’t have any more powerful, any more power. The Constitution, limits, presidential power to the extent that, Congress has a spine. And if the courts can enforce it. But, you know,…