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Senior Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei claimed on Sunday that Iran still controls the Strait of Hormuz, and will soon announce a new “restricted area” in the Persian Gulf that ships will only be allowed to pass through with permission from Tehran. The U.S. military made surprising announcements in August that most of Iran’s sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz had been removed, and millions of barrels of oil were now moving through the strait under U.S. Navy protection. Some estimates showed traffic levels returning to half, or even two-thirds, of their prewar level. Iran has been desperately trying…

Younger workers who are not college graduates are seeing one of their lowest unemployment rates in recent history, according to a Burning Glass Institute analysis reported by the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night that the analysis shows an extremely strong job market for those between 22 and 34 years of age without diplomas from a higher education institution. The historically low unemployment rate among this demographic, which rivals lows since 2003, breaks with the rates of unemployment among college-educated peers in the same age window, per the analysis: Now, though, just as job hunters without degrees are…

North Carolina Democrat Gov. Josh Stein ordered state flags to be flown at half-mast through Sept. 10 in honor of Gloria Steinem. The leftist feminist died last Wednesday aged 92. “Flags across North Carolina will be at half staff through September 10 in honor of Gloria Steinem. Steinem was a powerhouse journalist and advocate for freedom and equality. Her work inspired so many and helped women in the United States and across the world make real strides,” Stein wrote on his official X account announcing the decision. Steinem rose to prominence for her pro-abortion work among a number of other leftist…

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani appears on ABC’s “This Week” on June 28. Credit: ABC Screenshot New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani published a tweet today, claiming that the first Labor Day parade in the city was led by Democratic Socialists. Other Twitter/X users dragged the mayor over the claim. Have you noticed that members of the DSA always talk about workers and the working class, as if that is who makes up their movement? It’s a total lie. Breitbart News reports: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Roasted for Celebrating ‘Democratic Socialists’ on Labor Day New York City’s socialist Muslim Mayor Zohran…

A senior U.S. official said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is “fully open and under U.S. Navy control,” directly challenging Iran’s threat to impose a new maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf as Tehran seeks to reassert leverage over the strategic waterway. The official told Al Jazeera that the assessment followed a months-long U.S. Navy operation to clear Iranian mines from the strait, adding that Washington expects shipping traffic to increase and remains satisfied with the amount of oil and gas currently moving through the waterway. The declaration came after Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s powerful Supreme National…

President Donald Trump posted a map on his Truth Social account Sunday renaming the state of New Mexico to New America. The post, one of over 30 made in less than an hour, showed a map of the southwestern state with the word “Mexico” crossed out and replaced with “America,” according to the New York Post. The potential rebrand of the state is the latest in which President Trump seeks to use “America” in more official names. Soon after taking office in January 2025, the Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of America. The new name honored American greatness, he…

Back-channel exchanges continue via mediators despite Washington’s “repeated violations,” a political source in Tehran has told RT Iran has conveyed its conditions to the US through intermediaries after Washington recently sent new proposals to Tehran, a political source in the Iranian capital has told RT.The reported contacts come amid renewed regional efforts to revive diplomacy after last week’s flare-up, when the US carried out several rounds of strikes on Iran and Tehran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on American military facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.“Following the halt of negotiations resulting from US breaches of commitments and its repeated failures…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas appeared on FOX News over the weekend and spoke about the practice of birthright tourism, where women from foreign countries come to the U.S. to give birth just so that their child will be an American citizen. He suggests that this happens more than 26,000 times every year, a stunning figure. He also explains that there are people who actually sell services to people who want to do this and suggests that there needs to be jail time for those people. Towards the end of the segment, Gill talks a little…

During a portion of an interview with “PBS NewsHour” released on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued that there isn’t a divide in the Democratic Party over Israel and “even if you don’t think it’s genocide, that it’s been a moral catastrophe how things have been conducted. And I think the vast majority of us also agree about the atrocities on October 7” “though there are aspects of rhetoric from some candidates that, clearly, are in the spectrum of concern that are legitimate.” Co-host Amna Nawaz asked, “I do want to ask about the issue of Israel, as well, though,…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said Monday that Turkey is “not our friend” after the Treasury Department sanctioned a Turkish bank accused of helping Iran move money overseas. Scott made the remark while reposting Treasury’s announcement on X. The department accused Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries of handling tens of millions of dollars for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF). “Turkey is NOT OUR FRIEND. Just this past week, @SecScottBessent had to crack down on them for actively funding Iranian terrorists who are killing our servicemen and women,” Scott wrote. “This is about keeping our country and our families safe.…