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Beijing has barred seven EU-based entities from receiving Chinese dual-use goods, citing their involvement in arms trade with Taiwan.The companies listed by China’s Commerce Ministry on Friday include German radar manufacturer Hensoldt, Belgian firearms producers FN Browning Group and its subsidiary FN Herstal, as well as four Czech entities: Omnipol, Excalibur Army, SpaceKnow, and the Czech Aeronautical Research and Testing Institute.Dual-use items are goods that can serve both civilian and military purposes, including drone components and high-purity rare earth materials. China has increasingly relied on export controls to restrict access to such goods for nations it considers military threats, including…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted legislation to once again extend the decree of martial law, which as part of a suite of wartime powers has the impact of suspending elections, banning opposition parties, and shutting down media organisations. According to state-run outlet Ukrinform, President Zelensky has submitted bills to the Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament in Kyiv, this week for the extension of martial law and the general mobilisation, which empower the government to conduct large-scale conscription of manpower and other resources to fight the war against Russia. The current martial law decree will remain in effect until May 4th, and…

Monday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” host Nicolle Wallace said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric was “some of the most vitriolic things.” Wallace said, “Some of the stuff is like at two and three in the morning, 12:30. 12:38 a.m. and 2:45 a.m. seem to be when some of the most vitriolic things, like charging former President Obama with felonies, occur. He’s called for the death of Liz Cheney, Mark Milley. I mean, I just want to be really careful in these moments. I mean, when Melissa Hortman and her husband and their golden retriever were murdered, I just don’t remember a…

When Bernie Sanders moved last April to block a U.S. arms sale to Israel, only 14 Democratic senators joined the Vermont independent. What a difference a year makes: When Sanders objected to another Israeli arms sale this month, 39 other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus joined him — a sea change that has raised eyebrows from Washington to Jerusalem. In a recent interview, Sanders reflected on the sudden and massive shift, one that has some observers saying he — not Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has voted to support the arms sales — is leading Senate Democrats on…

The US will not allow Tehran to control the critical chokepoint, the secretary of state has said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Iran of using the Strait of Hormuz as an “economic nuclear weapon,” stressing that Washington will not accept the reopening of the waterway on Tehran’s terms or postponing talks on its nuclear program.According to Axios and several other outlets, Iran has passed a new offer to Washington, which includes a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, while deferring nuclear negotiations to a later stage.Speaking on Fox News on Monday, Rubio…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) attacked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for criticizing Democrats for their violent rhetoric after a shooting took place in the vicinity of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. During a press conference on Monday, Jeffries labeled Leavitt a “stone-cold liar,” and accused her of reading “talking points” and being critical of words Democrats had said. “I know you said you stand by your comment, but at the same time you have been a subject of threats as well, so, with respect to this comment about maximum warfare, even if…

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions against one of China’s “teapot refineries,” run by a company called Hengli Petrochemical in the port city of Dalian, for buying Iranian oil. “China-based independent teapot refineries continue to play a vital role in sustaining Iran’s oil economy, and Hengli is one of Iran’s largest customers for crude oil and other petroleum products, having purchased billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian petroleum,” said the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). “Additionally, OFAC is targeting approximately 40 shipping firms and vessels that operate as part of Iran’s shadow fleet, whose transportation…

A study from the Wall Street Journal shows that anti-government violence hit a 30-year high in 2025, a trend that has held into 2026. Analyzing U.S. terrorism incidents compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies between 1994 and 2025, the study found that “domestic attacks and plots against the U.S. government are at their highest levels since at least 1994,” with attacks from the “extreme left” edging out over the extreme right. “For the first time in 20 years, they are coming from extremists on the left in greater numbers than the right, the center’s data shows,” it…

The planners of the monarch’s visit to the White House reportedly want to avoid potentially “humiliating” incidents UK officials have pushed to bar journalists from a meeting between King Charles III and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, out of concern over potentially embarrassing incidents, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing people involved in planning the monarch’s trip to Washington.According to the newspaper, the White House agreed that the meeting between the two leaders should be held off camera to avoid what it described as “potential humiliation.” Trump and Charles will pose for photographs but will not be…

A watchdog group released a pair of reports exposing how teachers’ unions across the United States have funneled more than $1 billion into left-wing political causes over the past decade.  Research from Defending Education reveals that national teachers’ unions alone appear to have poured approximately $669 million toward left-wing causes, PACs, organizations, and campaigns since 2015, Fox News first reported. When including state and local affiliates, the figure skyrockets to more than $1 billion in total political spending.  The report tracks political spending from the two largest teachers’ unions in the U.S., the National Education Association (NEA) and the American…