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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is opposed to Democrat Maine U.S. Senate potential candidate Nirav Shah, who is hoping to replace scandal-ridden Graham Platner after he withdrew from the race. On Thursday Duckworth pointed to Shah’s handing of a deadly disease outbreak that affected veterans when he was leader of the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Hill reported Friday. “Maine deserves better than someone who put his public image before the safety of our Veterans. Too many of our heroes lost their lives under Nirav Shah’s watch as Illinois Public Health Director. I called for his resignation then, and I…

Tehran earlier announced an indefinite closure of the Strait of the Hormuz in response to another American strike Iran will not allow the US to violate the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with impunity, Tehran’s top negotiator Mohammad Ghalibaf has said.On Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to all shipping until the US ends its “illegal interventions” in the region. The move follows the third wave of American strikes against Iran this week.Tehran allowed traffic through the key waterway, which accounts for some 20% global crude trade, as…

Colombian forward Jáminton Campaz has reportedly gone into hiding after receiving death threats following Colombia’s World Cup exit, skipping his team’s flight home as concerns over his safety escalated. The 26-year-old became the target of online abuse after missing a clear chance in extra time during Colombia’s Round of 16 loss to Switzerland on Tuesday. The match went to a penalty shootout, where Switzerland prevailed 4-3 to eliminate Colombia. In a message posted on Instagram, Campaz appealed for calm as the threats intensified. “My Colombia, please let us never lose sight of respect,” Campaz wrote in Spanish on Instagram on…

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart said that while Graham Platner shouldn’t have enjoyed support from Democrats as long as he did, the time it took for him to lose support doesn’t fundamentally undercut character arguments by Democrats “because we’re talking about one guy over a history of candidates where Democrats didn’t put those — the considerations they gave to Graham Platner into work.” Co-host Geoff Bennett asked, “Democrats, for years, had pointed at Donald Trump and made the argument that character matters. Does the fact that so many Democrats were willing to stick with Graham Platner,…

Furious Broadway veteran and Disney’s Agatha All Along star Patti LuPone has lashed out at Turkey and Egypt as both Muslim-majority countries lined up to close their waters to a LGBTQQIAAP2S+ cruise ship “full of gay men” she would be performing for. CNN confirmed Friday that Egyptian authorities did not allow Virgin Voyages’ cruise ship Scarlet Lady and its 2,000 gay passengers to enter its waters. Rich Campbell, the president and CEO of Atlantis Events, told the outlet, “We had full approval and they denied us clearance at the 11th hour.” The Hollywood Reporter notes Patti LuPone took to Instagram on July 2 to…

HONG KONG (AP) – Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world´s biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared with the same period a year ago, according to company data released over the past week. For the first half of this year, they all reported a more than 20% year-on-year drop in China. The falling China sales have squeezed their overall profits and in some cases offset gains from other regions. This also…

CNN clarified that political commentator Scott Jennings’ claims that he spoke to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for almost 20 minutes “reflects his experience and is not CNN reporting.” In a statement to the Daily Beast, a spokesperson for CNN pointed out that Jennings “is not a full-time employee or journalist” with CNN. The statement comes as Jennings and other people have claimed that they’ve engaged in conversations with McConnell regarding several topics as rumors began to surface that the Kentucky senator might be “brain dead.” McConnell is reported to have been hospitalized since being admitted to the hospital on June…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel had “lost one of its greatest friends” as he led an outpouring of tributes from across Israel’s political spectrum following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He applauded the longtime South Carolina lawmaker as one of the Jewish state’s staunchest allies in Washington. Graham died Saturday at the age of 71 following what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness.” Alongside President Donald Trump’s tribute, Israeli leaders from the governing coalition and opposition praised the veteran senator’s decades-long support for Israel, his repeated visits following Hamas’s October…

Friday, during an appearance on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued that the rise of so-called Democratic Socialists would have implications on the global stage. According to the Arkansas Republican, the communist Chinese saw these American candidates as “ideological fellow travelers.” “Senator, I’m sure you suspected that this was in the offing,” host Laura Ingraham said. “It doesn’t shock me at all that communist China believes it will have a friend in these new socialists.” Cotton replied, “No, Laura, it doesn’t shock me either. And we shouldn’t be surprised that socialists in America and socialists in China get…

Those affected by the mysterious malaise have received almost $3 million in compensation, according to the Pentagon The US government has made its first payments to American personnel affected by the unexplained health condition known as ‘Havana Syndrome,’ the Pentagon has said.The victims of the mysterious malaise have already received almost $3 million in compensation under the Havana Act of 2021, the Department of War said in a statement on Friday.The department’s “commitment to mitigating non-kinetic threats remains absolute,” the statement read. The Pentagon will continue to improve care for those affected by ‘Havana Syndrome’ and “adapt to a dynamic…