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On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) said that leaving the enriched uranium in Iran isn’t a win “as long as this regime is still in power.” “And if the IRGC and the ayatollah are still in power in Iran, it will always be a problem,” and said that if President Donald Trump “is comfortable with a new person that’s taking power, then that is a new leadership in Iran.” Co-host John Berman asked, “On the nuclear threat, all kinds of watchdogs say Iran’s got about 400 kilograms of enriched uranium, nuclear material, buried in Isfahan.…

A federal judge on Tuesday tossed an agreement from President Donald Trump’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that would have created an exemption to the Johnson Amendment and allowed churches to endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking their tax-exempt status. In response, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS are planning to develop additional guidance for churches and religious organizations on the application of the Johnson Amendment, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. “Religious liberty is foundational to our Constitution, and the freedom to practice one’s faith openly and in community is central to the American story as…

When the first US and Israeli missiles hit Iran more than a month ago, an oil price of $150 per barrel was considered a doomsday prediction. But the price of physical Brent crude is already a hair’s breadth from $150, while the futures price hasn’t caught up yet.The Brent front-month futures price – which serves as a barometer for 80% of the world’s crude oil – has sat above $100 per barrel for several weeks. Rising and falling as US President Donald Trump changes the war’s aims and end date, it closed above $109 on Thursday, already higher than at…

American officials have confirmed the loss of an F-15 jet, with a rescue and retrieval operation underway, according to Axios The Iranian military has shot down a US F-35 fight jet over its territory, local media outlets, including the Tasnim news agency, have claimed. American officials confirmed the loss of an F-15 jet and claimed that one pilot has been rescued.Photos and videos purporting to show the jet’s crash site, including pictures of the debris and an ejected pilot seat have been released. The images show what appears to be a tail fin and other parts of the aircraft with…

Medical information belonging to over 3.4 million patients was stolen in cyberattack targeting the healthcare technology company known as TriZetto. TriZetto, which assists healthcare providers across the United States in verifying insurance eligibility and processing coverage checks before patients receive treatment, is owned by the technology firm Cognizant, Kurt the “CyberGuy” Knutsson wrote for Fox News on Friday. The company supports healthcare operations via more than 875,000 providers; therefore, it is at a greater risk of being targeted by cybercriminals who are looking to steal data because it is considered valuable. “TriZetto said hackers accessed insurance eligibility transaction reports stored…

On Thursday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) said that Iran “had gotten to a very dangerous percentage” with enriched uranium and “they are no longer in a position to enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles.” Landsman said, “It’s clear now that the regime was enriching uranium underground. They had gotten to a very dangerous percentage. I think everyone agrees with that. And we had destroyed those facilities, but there’s enriched uranium still in those facilities. The Iranian regime, then, was building up a missile shield around those facilities, and we have destroyed that missile shield.…

The disgusting scandal revolving around Bryon Noem’s indefensible behavior just got even more disgusting. A young woman who makes a living debasing herself and her “clients” via webcam revealed that Bryon Noem, husband of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and father to three children, paid up to $25 a minute (which adds up to $1500 an hour) to have her debase and dominate him: [Lydia] Love, who is a performer in what is known online as “femdom”, or female domination, alleged that Bryon Noem, 56, would “perform” for her on the website Camsoda, where she said he…

Over 100 international law scholars say the US-Israeli war may violate the UN Charter, while Doomsday Clock chief calls the conflict “idiotic” More than 100 US-based international law experts have warned that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, citing violations of the UN Charter, attacks on civilian infrastructure, and alarming rhetoric from senior officials.In an open letter published on Thursday by the Just Security policy journal, scholars from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and other institutions stated that the unprovoked US-Israeli campaign against Iran which began in late February is “a clear violation of the United Nations Charter.”They also…

On Thursday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) stated that the operation in Iran has been executed “successfully, in terms of the overall objective, which was to destroy the weapons shield that was being built up, the rockets, the missiles, the launchers, the ships to protect the enrichment facilities, that has been destroyed.” Co-host Robin Young asked, “So, Rep. Landsman, briefly, did you think President Trump succeeded in making a case to the country last night?” Landsman answered, “No. … He has made things so much more difficult for the military and the folks on the…

A Western-owned merchant vessel has openly transited the Hormuz Strait for the first time since the beginning of the war in Iran, raising questions over whether the owners paid the $2 million ‘Tehran Tax’. Maltese-flagged, French-owned container ship the Kribi crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, departing the Persian Gulf, states publisher L’Agence France Presse. The medium-sized container ship did so with its radio-broadcasting transponder (AIS) turned on, and in doing do was the first Western owned or operated cargo ship to openly pass Iran since the beginning of March, the very early days of the joint U.S.-Israeli…