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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday it intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, although other missiles and drones got through and hit warehouses and a school in the capital of Kyiv. It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine said it had downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles and have pummeled the country in Moscow’s 4-year-old full-scale invasion. Ukrainian air defenses likely used the U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile system that is the most effective way of countering ballistic…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is replacing his proposed 20 percent reimbursement fee on cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz with trade and investment deals involving Gulf states, while maintaining a blockade on ships traveling to or from Iranian ports or carrying Iranian cargo. “Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social, crediting Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, and American service members. Trump said the Strait of…
Colorado is a prime example of what can happen to a state that loses its roots and allows leftists to slowly take over, Republican Wyoming gubernatorial candidate Megan Degenfelder explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily. The Trump-endorsed candidate spoke about the neighboring state and explained that she wants to preserve Wyoming and keep it from turning into Colorado. “What happened? Give us the history of Colorado, how they went so far left,” host Mike Slater asked. “How long do you have, right?” Degenfelder joked, explaining that the shift in Colorado happened ever so slowly. “You know, I think…
Vice President JD Vance plans to meet with House Republicans Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol, according to two people granted anonymity to describe the plans ahead of a public announcement. Vance postponed earlier plans to address a Tuesday morning House GOP conference meeting, instead traveling to Texas to tape an episode of the Joe Rogan podcast. His planned visit Wednesday comes as Republican leaders seek to rally support behind a new $80 billion party-line effort to fund the Pentagon, deliver aid to farmers and enact parts of the controversial elections bill pushed by President Donald Trump. Rep. Lisa McClain of…
UNESCO data suggest a new global reversal: as gadget-raised children come of age, school participation is no longer rising In many countries around the world, the number of children not attending school is rising. UNESCO has already recorded this alarming trend, and it demands an explanation.UNESCO regularly collects and publishes information on progress toward one of the key Sustainable Development Goals: the universal inclusion of school-age children in primary and secondary education. In recent years, negative developments in this sphere were often linked by experts to the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. But the latest Global Education Monitoring Report 2026…
A Clinton-appointed U.S. District Judge in Florida ordered the immediate release of Maikel Guerra Morales, an illegal migrant convicted for the 2003 hijacking of a passenger plane, and set him free on American streets. Prior to his release, Guerra Morales was under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, pending deportation proceedings, after he finished serving his 22-year prison sentence in December. Maikel Guerra Morales is one of six Cuban nationals convicted in December 2003 for their role in the March 19, 2003, hijacking of a commercial flight in Nueva Gerona, Cuba. At the time, witnesses reportedly testified that the hijackers…
A CPI Report for the Record Books The June inflation report was even better than it looks. Don’t get us wrong. The headline figure was glorious. The consumer price index fell by 0.4 percent for the month, the biggest decline since the big dips in March and April of 2020, when the economy was reeling from the pandemic shutdown. Prior to that, you have to go all the way back to January of 2015, when the CPI fell 0.7 percent. Not surprisingly, gasoline prices played a big role in each of those declines. The pandemic triggered a global collapse in…
Today is Monday, July 13, 2026, the second anniversary of the failed assassination attempt on President Donald Trump during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. As he was delivering his remarks, shots were fired and Trump instinctively reached up to touch his ear that, unbeknownst to him at the moment, had been grazed by a bullet. Members of the U.S. Secret Service rushed onto the stage, shielded the president, and rushed him offstage as the crowd tried to take cover in the chaos. People were screaming and as the agents lifted President Trump to his feet, he…
Former special counsel Jack Smith obtained text messages that 44 members of Congress sent to senior White House officials during the final weeks of President Donald Trump’s first term, Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley revealed Tuesday. The latest exchanges were part of a trove of materials that the National Archives turned over to Smith’s team following a subpoena for White House records stretching from Oct. 2020 to Jan. 2021. Smith’s top deputies received the materials in August 2023, just weeks after securing a grand jury indictment against Trump — and, according to internal emails Grassley released Tuesday, indicated they were…
The Hungarian Parliament, controlled by the recently elected Prime Minister Péter Magyar, adopted a constitutional amendment to oust President Tamas Sulyok over his ties to former leader Viktor Orbán. Magyar’s purge of the Hungarian state continued this week as he moves to cement his grip on power in Budapest. While former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán long came in for criticism for an allegedly illiberal governing style, the new wave of changes seem to go far further in cracking down what is now the opposition. On Monday, the Magyar-controlled parliament backed the 17th amendment of the Fundamental Law, which will require…