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Monday on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued Iranian efforts to shut down the Strait of Hormuz were ineffective and that the United States had control of the strait. According to Bessent, Iran’s navy had been wiped out, thus the threat to ship traffic was a “band of pirates.” “Let’s start with the top-line headline that’s happening right now,” Fox News host Bill Hemmer said. “Two U.S.-flagged merchant ships have gone through the Hormuz Strait. What can you tell us about where we are today as we begin a new week in the blockade?” Bessent replied, “Yes. So,…

The federal government paid out more than $338,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment on behalf of House members or their offices since 2004 — far more than had been previously known — according to Rep. Nancy Mace and a person granted anonymity to describe data provided to the House Oversight Committee. The panel subpoenaed the information detailing the government payouts after a March committee vote, seeking a full accounting of secret payouts made before the settlements were ended in 2018. Some of the payments have been previously reported, but not all. Mace (R-S.C.) released a list of offices that…

The legal battle over presidential authority has intensified as Democrats force a war powers vote and some Republicans break ranks US lawmakers have intensified efforts to strip President Donald Trump of the authority to continue the Iran war launched by the US and Israel in February, after the 60-day deadline for military operations without congressional approval expired on May 1.Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the president must obtain congressional approval within 60 days of introducing troops into a conflict or terminate their use, with a possible additional 30-day period to withdraw the troops.Despite a ceasefire which has been in…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed a report this weekend that they had “operated” on a convent in Southern Lebanon, claiming that the jihadist terrorist organization Hezbollah had used the compound to which it belonged to attack Israel and that the building did not have overt religious symbols on it. The confirmation followed reports this weekend, which the IDF denied, that they had “bulldozed” the convent. Locals reported that the convent had not been operational for some time due to evacuations made necessary by Israel’s ongoing and expanding occupation of southern Lebanon. The Israeli government announced an operation in Lebanon…

President Donald Trump holds a small business summit at the White House on Monday, May 4. The event kicks off National Small Business Week and will feature a myriad of accomplishments the Trump administration has made to benefit small businesses. More than 130 small business owners from across the country have been invited to the event to hear from the president. Read the full article here

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Soaring energy costs are squeezing the bloc’s industry and pushing it further behind global rivals, Pierre Wunsch has warned The EU is “not competitive” against global rivals as high energy costs weigh on the bloc’s industry, Belgian’s central bank governor, Pierre Wunsch, has warned. In an interview with the Financial Times published on Monday, Wunsch said the EU’s energy‑intensive sectors are under mounting pressure, as the bloc struggles to keep production going amid persistently higher power costs following the Covid pandemic, the Ukraine conflict, and the US-Israeli war on Iran. According to Wunsch, the EU is failing to adjust to a new…

A vehicle drove through busy shopping street in central Leipzig, killing and injuring several people, according to local media At least two people have been killed and several others injured after a car drove into a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig, local media reported on Monday.The incident reportedly took place on Grimmaische Strasse, a central shopping street linking key landmarks with the city’s market square.Local broadcaster Radio Leipzig reported that a damaged Volkswagen SUV was seen speeding through a pedestrian zone, with a person on top of the vehicle.Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung confirmed the preliminary death toll,…

The brightest stars in Hollywood, music, sports and style will hit the red carpet Monday for the Met Gala, the extravagant Manhattan charity ball that this year spotlights the intersection between fashion and art. The A-listers invited to New York’s biggest social event of the year have been asked to dress for the theme “Fashion is Art,” which dovetails with the exhibit “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. But for the fashionistas, the Met Gala — traditionally held on the first Monday in May — is simply one of the world’s top red carpets with blinding…

Two people have died and others are in life-threatening condition after a car was driven at “high speed” through a crowd in the city of Leipzig. Emergency services declared a mass casualty incident in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon after a car was driven “at high speed” through a pedestrianised city-centre area. Two people are confirmed dead and several more, likely dozens, are injured, two of them critically, after being struck by the driver’s vehicle. A suspect, said to be the driver, has been arrested. German daily newspaper Die Welt reports a police source stating the suspect is…