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Democrat Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation to backfill funding to abortion giant Planned Parenthood as the organization deals with losing Medicaid and Medicare funding under President Donald Trump. Kotek and other state Democrats gathered at a Portland Planned Parenthood last Wednesday to celebrate three new laws that enable abortions, sex changes, and vaccines as congressional Republicans continue their efforts to keep the abortion organization from receiving federal taxpayer dollars, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported. Kotek signed House Bill 4127, which backfills funding to Planned Parenthood to make up for funds it has lost since July 2025 when President Trump…
Monday on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) expressed his skepticism that Chinese President Xi Jinping would be helpful in resolving the Iran conflict, especially regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Scott told host Maria Bartiromo that he anticipated President Donald Trump would have to “bomb the daylights out of Iran” to achieve the objective. “Well, first off, President Trump is busting his butt,” Scott said. “Does he want the Strait of Hormuz closed — no. But does he want us to get killed by a nuclear weapon — absolutely not. So, he’s doing the right thing by making sure…
The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros is on high alert after the murder of a Mexican federal officer who was assigned to the building’s security detail. While Mexico’s government is trying to downplay the murder as a traffic incident, U.S. consular officials are actively investigating to determine if there is a direct threat to any U.S. personnel, as the incident appears to have been a targeted attack. The murder happened Sunday morning, when an SUV struck a Mexican police patrol that was assigned to the federal protection unit. The vehicle then sped off, and the federal unit chased them. A second…
As war spreads and old institutions stall, Beijing is emerging as the key venue for crisis diplomacy and great-power talks By William Jones, a special commentator for CGTN, is a former Washington bureau chief for Executive Intelligence Review News Service and a non-resident fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial StudiesAfter US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China, Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive on May 19 to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Given the flurry of visits by foreign leaders to Beijing this year, it is clear that Beijing has become the place to go to for…
The Kremlin announced on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, less than a week after President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Xi. The Kremlin made the announcement less than 24 hours after Trump returned home to the United States from his meeting with Xi. The Russian government claimed the close timing of the meetings was coincidental, and Putin’s trip was intended to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship, signed by Putin with Xi’s predecessor Jiang Zemin on July 16, 2001.…
Authorities in central Mexico are investigating the brutal murder of ten victims, including a 20-month-old child, at the hands of cartel gunmen. Authorities in Mexico claim the mass killing was in response to a family having forced one of the gunmen into a drug rehab center, from which he escaped. The mass killing took place on Sunday, early morning, at a ranch near the city of Tehuitzingo, Puebla. According to initial reports from Mexico’s Excelsior, the attack took place when a group of gunmen pulled up to the ranch and began to tie up and kill several members of one family…
Pakistan sent a squadron of jet fighters, an air-defense system, and about 8,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to honor a mutual defense pact between the two countries during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report on Monday. “The deployment, the full scale of which is reported here for the first time, was confirmed by three security officials and two government sources, all of whom described it as a substantial, combat-capable force intended to support Saudi Arabia’s military if the kingdom comes under further attack,” Reuters wrote. This seems like a delicate point, since Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia without…
President Donald Trump holds an event to address health care affordability on Monday, May 18. The president has pushed a number of initiatives to help Americans with health care costs, from negotiating most-favored nation status with pharmaceutical companies to putting price caps on medications. Earlier Monday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin held a roundtable discussing a number of topics: Read the full article here
Tehran has allegedly put forward the idea as part of its latest peace proposal to the US, Al Hadath has claimed Iran is allegedly ready to hand over its highly enriched uranium stockpile to Russia, the Saudi news broadcaster Al Hadath has reported. The idea was floated as part of the latest peace proposal Tehran sent to the US via Pakistan, the outlet said on Monday, citing a leaked document it had obtained.Indirect talks between the two sides mediated by Islamabad have been stalled since a ceasefire was established in early April. It followed a month of hostilities initiated by…
President Donald Trump revealed that he had been asked by the leaders of several countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on a planned U.S. military attack of Iran. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared that Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had asked the United States to hold off on the attack on Iran that was scheduled for Tuesday. Trump noted that the request came in light of “serious negotiations” which were taking place.…