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Hakeem Jeffries wants “affordability” to be House Democrats’ primary legislative pitch heading into the midterms. But not all his members agree it should be “H.R. 1” if they win back the majority. Other top Democrats interviewed this week said they hoped the party would prioritize other issues in a signature bill to kick off their return to power, including voting rights, anti-corruption measures and rolling back Trump initiatives. “We must secure and guarantee the right to vote and to have free and fair elections because that is the basic premise of democratic society,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Judiciary Committee…

The statement by Likud came after the US president said he wasn’t sure the Israeli leader should be seeking another term Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will run for office again in the election later this year, his Likud party has announced.On Tuesday, ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl claimed that US President Donald Trump told him he was not sure if Netanyahu should seek another term. “He’s had an amazing career. Does he want to continue?” the president said as cited by Karl.According to the journalist, Trump described Netanyahu as “a wartime prime minister” and insisted that…

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates claimed Wednesday disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attempted to use information about his personal life — including his multiple marriage infidelities — to blackmail him, copies of his first closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee detail. He also claimed no knowledge of any of Epstein’s actions and refuted any and all other accusations he was somehow complicit in the late paedophiles actions. Documents from the Epstein files, released by the U.S. Department of Justice, included email exchanges between Epstein and Gates along with photographs of the smiling billionaire willingly joining events attended by the financier.…

A total of seven men have now been sentenced to prison for their roles in the violent protests that broke out in Southampton last week in the wake of the killing of Henry Nowak. Earlier this month, footage was released by the Hampshire Constabulary documenting some of the final moments in the life of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who was murdered with a traditional Sikh blade by 23-year-old Vikrum Digwa. The footage, which was published in the wake of the murder trial, showed Nowak on the ground, meekly telling police officers that he could not breathe and that he had been…

President Donald Trump told Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst on Wednesday that Iranian officials directly contacted Trump and asked the United States to halt its ongoing bombing campaign against Iran. Yingst said the president discussed the bombing campaign, negotiations with Tehran, and the possibility of additional military action if Iran rejects a proposed agreement. Yingst added that Trump said Iran sought an end to the strikes while U.S. forces continued targeting military infrastructure. According to Yingst, the United States fired 49 Tomahawk missiles at targets inside Iran, including locations approximately 40 miles outside Tehran. Trump also said U.S. fighter jets were…

Moscow’s representative in Italy, Alexey Paramonov, on Wednesday lashed out against the Italian government, accusing it of blaming Russia for all the world’s problems when “the facts bear witness to the exact opposite.” Italian outlets reported that Russian Ambassador Paramonov delivered a harsh speech highly critical of the Italian government and the European Union at Villa Abamelek, the official residence of the Russian ambassadors in Rome, during the official reception for June 12’s Russia Day national holiday. Paramonov, without directly mentioning any government official, alluded to the Quirinal Palace and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. He complained that the Italian government “constantly” accuses Russia for…

Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed a study that found smartphones were contributing to a lower birth rate. Marlow said, “I want some more anti smartphone bigotry. The AFP is a big article out today 0n a study revealing that smartphones are reducing the birth rate.” The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, broadcasts coast to coast on weekdays from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern on the Salem Radio Network stations. You can listen to the radio show online here. The show also airs at 9 p.m. Eastern on the Salem TV news channel.…

Wednesday, on CNN’s “The Source,” former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called President Donald Trump a “traitor.” Greene said, “I’ll also never forget the text message he sent me when I told him that my son’s life was being threatened because he was calling me a traitor because I fought to release the Epstein files where he told me that I deserved it. And so this doesn’t shock me that his team was paralyzed.” She added, “These people are absolutely absurd. They don’t deserve the American people’s trust. As a matter of fact, we should consider them as, they should…

Hakeem Jeffries made clear this week “affordability” is House Democrats’ primary focus as the minority leader launched an effort to turn the party’s cost-of-living message into actual legislation ahead of the November midterms. One problem: not all Democrats agree affordability is Job 1. Multiple top lawmakers interviewed this week said they hope an incoming House Democratic majority would prioritize other issues — ranging from voting rights to anti-corruption measures to simply rolling back Trump administration initiatives — in the party’s signature bill, traditionally designated “H.R. 1.” Even as new inflation figures showed prices rising at the highest annual rate since…

The Venezuelan socialist regime on Tuesday deployed Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) troops to one of the nation’s most important mining regions, seeking to regain control of the area from criminal organizations as the regime scrambles to reopen the nation’s ravaged mining sector to foreign investment. Local and international outlets reported that the military operation — which has not been confirmed by any official state media at press time — occurred in the southern half of Bolívar state. The Venezuelan outlet Tal Cual reported that the yet-to-be disclosed military operation involved the movement of troops and helicopters around Bolívar, the town of Las Claritas,…