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US Central Command said the latest round of attacks was aimed at securing maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz The US carried out strikes in southern Iran for the second night in a row on Thursday after President Donald Trump said the fragile ceasefire was effectively over.Hostilities resumed after the US and its Arab allies in the region blamed Iran for attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.In a statement on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces were “conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait…
After meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he intends to remove Syria from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. “I think I will. Why wouldn’t I? He’s done a great job,” Trump responded when reporters asked if Syria could be stricken from the list. Trump said Syria has become “very stable” under Sharaa’s leadership and “we’re proud of that.” Trump also suggested Syria “could help with Hezbollah,” the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group that has attacked Israel from both Lebanese and Syrian soil.…
KISS bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons praised the America during a recent concert performance and contrasted illegal border crossings with his own experience of becoming a U.S. citizen — legally. “This is the greatest country,” the “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” singer proclaimed. “In case you don’t know it, you are blessed. You are living in the greatest fucking country on the planet. And that’s called USA,” Simmons told the crowd during his solo performance at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, according to a report by The Mosh Network. Speaking directly to concertgoers between songs, Simmons added, “I wanna tell you why I…
Troy Jackson, a progressive former candidate for governor who was an ally of Graham Platner during his campaign, formally launched a bid to succeed him on Wednesday evening. “I’ve been fighting for that movement my whole life — and I’m sure as hell not backing down now, when this fight is needed most,” Jackson said on X. A logger who hails from the far-northern part of the state, Jackson has deep ties to organized labor and was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during his run for governor. Jackson’s statement Wednesday evening was a formality; he had already filed exploratory…
Tehran’s top diplomat denounced the US president’s “derogatory language” during a new round of tensions Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has hit back at US President Donald Trump after he called Iran’s leadership “scum” and “violent people.”The spat came as the US resumed strikes in Iran in the most serious flare-up of hostilities since the countries signed a preliminary peace framework last month.“Addressing the Civilized and Courageous Nation of Iran with derogatory language does not diminish its Greatness,” Araghchi wrote on X on Wednesday evening.“Iranians are known for their civility, culture, and strong moral values. We do not answer vulgarity…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Miami, Florida intercepted 22 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride at an air cargo warehouse near Miami International Airport. The officers are part of a special operation targeting narcotics smuggling activity during the FIFA World Cup 2026. The officers making the seizure of approximately $1.5 million in cocaine hydrochloride are part of CBP’s Operation Striker Shield, one of several teams conducting heightened inspections and enforcement operations during the FIFA World Cup 2026, the world’s biggest and most prestigious international football (soccer) tournament. Held every four years, the World Cup 2026 draws millions of international…
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner could be the victim of a “political hit job” after a rape allegation from 2021 surfaced. Co-host Sara Haines said, “Congresswoman we were talking before you came out about Graham Platner and the very serious allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman back in 2021, an allegation he denied. More and more prominent Democrats are calling on him to end his campaign, should he?” Greene said, “You know, I don’t know anything about his policies. I just started learning about him yesterday when I saw this…
President Donald Trump told reporters that the firestorm engulfing Maine oysterman Graham Platner is “really a question of whether you believe the woman” who accused him of sexual assault. The remark, made to reporters on Air Force One on Wednesday, was among the president’s first public comments on the Democratic Senate nominee since POLITICO’s report this week that a woman who Platner dated said he forced her to have sex with him five years ago — which he has denied. Platner has lost significant support across the Democratic Party since the article published. He is expected to speak Wednesday as…
Ukraine won’t be able to complain that America and the West aren’t giving it enough advanced defensive interceptor missiles because they’ll be allowed to make their own domestically, President Donald Trump sensationally revealed at the NATO summit in Turkey. The United States government will grant Ukraine a license to build the Patriot Missile, an active component of the world-class surface-to-air missile interceptor system, one of the few ways to prevent a ballistic missile strike. Ballistic missiles are particularly difficult to intercept because they are propelled into space before returning to Earth, plummeting at enormous speed towards their targets. The plan to…
Trump border czar Tom Homan says that Democrats’ sanctuary city policies are shielding thousands of illegal migrant truckers amid a federal crackdown. Homan said that the Department of Homeland Security and Trump Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy are doing a great job rooting out and cancelling the CDLs that states had given to illegals during the Biden years, but he noted the task is mostly being performed among red states while blue states are actively preventing federal officials from having access to state DMV databases. “We’ve removed thousands of aliens with CDLs, we’re working very closely with many states. DHS…