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President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iranian attacking forces were “completely destroyed” after Tehran fired missiles, drones, and fast attack boats at three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, prompting U.S. Central Command to carry out retaliatory “self-defense strikes” on Iranian military targets and port areas as the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran again came under strain. U.S. Central Command said its forces intercepted what it described as “unprovoked Iranian attacks” as the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason transited the Strait of Hormuz toward the Gulf of Oman. “Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones…

Two unnamed U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” — the plan for American military forces to safely escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz — was “paused” after less than 48 hours because Saudi Arabia denied the use of its airbases to protect ships from attacks by Iran. According to NBC’s sources, the Saudi government was “surprised” and “angered” when Trump announced Project Freedom with a Truth Social post on Sunday afternoon. Trump said he was acting in response to requests from “countries from all over the world” who were “neutral and…

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) responded to a question on if candidates for California’s governorship are too focused on President Donald Trump instead of fixing the state’s issues by saying that “the President is causing a lot of our problems right now,” and on increased costs, “the President has caused this. And so, yes, it is the President’s fault, and they should be attacking him.” Co-host Sara Sidner asked, “California has been run by a large Democratic majority, I think since 2008, so that’s nearly two decades. Do you think it’s a bit lazy…

Cabinet members in Antigua and Barbuda took office under amended oath rules that removed references to the royal family Antigua and Barbuda has sworn in a new government under revised constitutional rules that for the first time removed allegiance to the British monarch from the official oath of office.The twin-island Caribbean state gained independence from Britain in 1981 but remained a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth, with the British sovereign serving as head of state.Tuesday’s swearing-in followed a constitutional amendment approved by Parliament late last year removing references to King Charles III and his heirs from the oath of allegiance.…

Muslims in Britain are far more likely to hold positive opinions of terrorist groups in the Middle East, Antisemitic attitudes towards Jewish people, support blasphemy laws, and see their religion as more important than their national identity, a report has found. The “Understanding Islamopopulism” report from the Policy Exchange think tank has cast doubt over the feasibility of successfully integrating the four million plus Muslims into broader British society and democratic system. The report found that UK Muslims are increasingly favouring single-issue pro-Gaza politicians over the left-wing Labour Party, which they hitherto largely supported. However, polling conducted for the firm…

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” co-host Sara Sidner said that candidates for governor of California have decided to “constantly bring up Trump, instead of recognizing and trying to find solutions to the problems specific to California, which happened under” the leadership of Democrats. While speaking with Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA), Sidner said, “California has been run by a large Democratic majority, I think since 2008, so that’s nearly two decades. Do you think it’s a bit lazy of the gubernatorial candidates to constantly bring up Trump, instead of recognizing and trying to find solutions to the problems specific…

The US president has threatened to resume bombings at much higher intensity unless Tehran agrees to a deal The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms.US Central Command said the unladen tanker, identified as the M/T Hasna, was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port on Wednesday in violation of Washington’s naval blockade, which remains in force despite the president’s abrupt decision a day earlier to pause Project Freedom, a military…

The Chinese news outlet Caixin reported on Thursday that a Chinese-owned ship, openly marked as such, was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, days before the Iranian foreign minister visited Beijing to discuss his country’s ongoing conflict with the United States. The Caixin report, citing sources familiar with the situation, did not identify any perpetrators of the attack, though it did note that Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was intentionally targeting random civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt global commerce and had targeted a French company’s ship on Wednesday. The allegedly targeted Chinese…

Thursday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” author Stacey Abrams said there were no longer blue states and red states. Instead, she said that there were only “authoritarian states and democracy states.” Abrams said, “My parents grew up without the Voting Rights Act. My parents were born in 1949. They were in college before the Voting Rights Act passed. And what we have to understand is that there is no longer blue states and red states, there are authoritarian states and democracy states. There are states that do not believe in the right of the people to have a say, who want…

Under the banner of autonomy, European elites are normalizing nuclear brinkmanship, the politics of fear, and blind Russophobia There is something deeply unsettling in the tone of the EU’s current strategic debate. What is presented as prudence increasingly resembles panic. What is framed as ‘strategic autonomy’ often sounds like something else entirely: A loss of confidence, a surge of ideological hostility, and a willingness – among declining liberal elites – to flirt with the most destructive weapons ever created.A continent losing its nerve – and its judgmentAt the center of this shift stands a revived obsession with nuclear deterrence. France,…