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Reports from France suggest it too is having problems with dwindling costly stockpiles Senior French officials reportedly met last week to discuss an escalating shortage of air-to-air missiles being rapidly expended to intercept Iranian kamikaze drones over the United Arab Emirates.While US President Donald Trump claims the Pentagon has an “unlimited” stockpile to pursue regime change in Tehran for as long as it takes, mounting evidence suggests Iran’s retaliation will grow more devastating over time.Why are the French running out of missiles?Like many US allies, France declined to join the Israeli-American bombing campaign against Iran and is only conducting ‘defensive’…

The economic impact of the 1994 free trade deal with Mexico chopped a year off many Americans’ lives, according to a report in the New York Times. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) boosted Wall Street by sending millions of U.S. jobs to lower-wage workers in Mexico. The civic cost is described in a new study titled ‘Trading Goods for Lives: NAFTA’s Mortality Impacts and Implications.” “In the first 15 years of NAFTA, about 3 percent of 45-year-old men lost a year of their remaining life expectancy as a result of the trade deal,” hte newspaper reported, adding: The researchers saw…

Republican candidate Rodney Anderson defeated his Democrat opponent Ana Coca in a runoff election for a city council seat in Grand Prairie, Texas, in a county previously won by former Vice President Kamala Harris. According to election results for the Grand Prairie Special Runoff election in Dallas County, Anderson received 1,445 votes, or 56.36 percent of the vote, while Coca received 1,119 votes, or 43.64 percent. The city of Grand Prairie is located in three counties: Dallas County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County, according to the city’s website: Areas of the city of Grand Prairie are located within Dallas County,…

Australia and Japan have rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for warships to be sent to secure the Strait of Hormuz, confirming Monday they do not plan to join military operations in the contested zone. France and the UK have already ruled out a naval contribution to the region. Australian Transport Minister Catherine King told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that Canberra had no plans to deploy naval vessels to the strait. Such an operation “is not among the contributions that Australia is planning at the moment,” she made clear. In Tokyo, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi told parliament…

Two former campaign managers for former President Barack Obama warned that the Democratic Party is a mess ahead of the 2028 presidential election, due to not knowing what they stand for. Jim Messina explained to Axios that while Democrats are planning to rely on voters’ frustrations with President Donald Trump and his administration to pick up additional seats in the upcoming midterm elections, that is not enough to win the presidency. Meanwhile, David Plouffe warned that Democrats are not ready to win “in what are now red states in neutral and even challenging environments.” “The midterms are going to be…

The Ukrainian leader will “never” reopen the Druzhba pipeline, the Slovak prime minister has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.He has rebuked the EU for its reluctance to exert sufficient pressure on Kiev to unlock oil supplies despite having ample opportunity to do so.Ukraine shut down the key Soviet-era pipeline in late January, claiming the halt was due to damage by a Russian drone strike. Moscow, however, has denied targeting it, with…

Actor Javier Bardem exclaimed “Free Palestine” when presenting during the Oscars telecast on Sunday night, a cause he has championed since Israel’s incursion into Gaza since the October 7 terrorist attack. “No to war, and free Palestine” Bardem exclaimed in an unscripted moment before he launched into his speech to present Best International Feature. Bardem became an active supporter of the Palestinian cause following Israel’s incursion into Gaza after the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. In September of last year, for instance, Bardem said he would not work with any company supporting Israel during its war in Gaza. If you…

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said there was no “imminent threat” to the United States or Israel that prompted the military action in Iran. Warner said, “There was no imminent threat to the United States and I don’t believe there was even an imminent threat to Israel from Iran. Over a period of time particularity with the ballistic missile capability Israel would be more under threat.” He added, “The decision to go to war in this case was a choice by President Trump and as I was racing through, I won’t go through the whole…

The US president has accused outlets of spreading AI-generated propaganda allegedly fabricated by Tehran US President Donald Trump has threatened media organizations with treason charges, accusing them of knowingly colluding with Iran to cast doubt on Washington’s decisive “victory.”In a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump alleged that “fake news” outlets had been spreading false information supposedly fabricated by Iran using artificial intelligence.“The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets,” Trump wrote.Trump claimed that Tehran has circulated fabricated footage showing…

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel presented at the Oscars on Sunday night where he bashed CBS for canceling Stephen Colbert’s show during the Paramount-Skydance merger. Jimmy Kimmel took his subtle jab at CBS while presenting Best Documentary. “We hear a lot about courage at shows like this but telling a story that could get you killed for telling it is real courage. As you know there are some countries whose leaders don’t support free speech. I’m not at liberty to say which. Let’s just leave it at North Korea and CBS,” he said. Last year, CBS announced the cancelation of Stephen…