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Steve Sweeney and his cameraman, Ali Rida, narrowly survived a missile strike last month while filming on the ground in southern Lebanon American journalist Tucker Carlson has said an Israeli strike targeting RT correspondent Steve Sweeney in Lebanon was an “attempted assassination,” as he spoke with the reporter about the attack and his work in conflict zones.Sweeney and his cameraman, Ali Rida Sbeity, were injured last month when an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at their filming position near the Al-Qasmiya Bridge in southern Lebanon, close to a local army base. The crew, who were wearing clearly marked press gear,…
Foreign Minister of Spain José Manuel Albares on Thursday announced the “immediate” reopening of its embassy in Iran — a move that, according to the minister, seeks to “offer” Madrid’s help in peace talks between the U.S. and Iran through the ongoing two-week ceasefire period. “Given the new situation and the fact that we have two weeks ahead of us, I have instructed the ambassador to Tehran to return, to resume his duties, and to reopen the Spanish Embassy in Tehran, so that we can contribute in every way possible — including from Iran’s capital — to this effort for peace,”…
The Price of Peace May Be a Persian Gulf Oil Toll Welcome back to Friday! This is our toll-free selection of news items from the past seven days that we thought deserved more attention. This week, the war almost escalated into the destruction of an ancient civilization; but instead it turned into an argument about toll collection. Progress and peace! War Is Over if You Want It The U.S. and Iran agreed to a ceasefire this week. It was almost immediately declared a failure by the legacy media and the Democrats. What’s more, many declared that Iran had somehow won…
Several key arrests have been made by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) divisions across the country in recent weeks, including fraudsters and drug traffickers, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a weekly internal update. Walking through some of the key victories, Patel highlighted a few arrests made and outcomes in court that he believes bode well for the American people. FBI Houston, for example, arrested 10 individuals as part of Operation Spring Cleaning, all on allegations of “trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs, and firearms near Houston’s Clinton Park neighborhood.” “On Tuesday, FBI Charlotte arrested a former Army employee for…
Illegal logging, huge decommissioning costs and even ecological damage plague the supposedly ‘green’ generators They may appear to be innocuous – even elegant – on the landscape as they collect power from the currents, but wind turbines have their own set of problems that environmentalists wish to ignore due to their eco-virtue-signaling.As environmentalists look at a sprawling field of wind turbines as ‘good for the environment’ – unlike giant smokestacks on the horizon emitting noxious greenhouse gases into the air – the dangers inherent to wind energy are mostly invisible from a distance. Take a closer look, however, and it becomes…
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that “Khamenei Jr., unlike his father, actually wants to build nuclear weapons.” And stated that “Iran had almost 60% enriched uranium because of Trump” ending the Iran nuclear deal. Khanna said, “Well, he’s achieved nothing. And, as you put it, he’s destroyed one of the greatest diplomatic achievements that Obama and John Kerry had. They had gotten 97% of the enriched uranium out of Iran. Then, Donald Trump came in in 2018, he ripped the deal up. Then Iran had almost 60% enriched uranium because of…
The state of Tennessee is taking action where Congress has failed by voting to put a tax on U.S. dollars wired by migrants to other countries. The bill (HB2502/SB2166) filed by Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Republican Sen. Bo Watson would place a $10-per-transaction fee on money transfers going out of the country, or a two percent fee on amounts exceeding $500, according to Tennessee Outlook. The bill would exclude banks and corporate transfers and focus on personal transactions conducted at retail outlets, currency exchanges, and Western Union transfers. The new tax could generate $183 million in new state…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized enough fentanyl to kill 19 million Americans in 2026 alone, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed in his weekly internal update. The Trump administration has made the drug war one of its top priorities in the second term as the flow of fentanyl quadrupled into American communities under former President Joe Biden’s watch. According to Patel, year to date, the FBI has seized 250 kgs of fentanyl — over 551 lbs. That is enough to kill 19 million Americans. The FBI director also spoke about results of their work against cartels and traffickers…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlined a growing list of Democratic lawmakers called on Rep. Eric Swalwell Friday to withdraw his campaign for California governor amid allegations of sexual misconduct. “This extremely sensitive matter must be appropriately investigated with full transparency and accountability,” Pelosi said in a statement. “As I discussed with Congressman Swalwell, it is clear that is best done outside of a gubernatorial campaign.” In a joint statement with other elected House Democratic leaders, Jeffries called for a “swift investigation” as well as the end of his pending campaign. “This is unacceptable of…
Beijing will spare no effort to promote peaceful relations across the Taiwan Strait, the Chinese president has said China’s President Xi Jinping met with the head of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), on Friday and stressed that no global changes would stop “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” including its people across the Taiwan Strait.Taiwan de facto became a self-governed territory after Chinese nationalist forces lost in the civil war against the communists and fled there in 1949. Beijing considers the island an inalienable part of its territory under the One China principle, which the overwhelming majority of…