Author: Press Room
The Oman-hosted negotiations come as President Donald Trump threatened strikes on the Islamic Republic Iran and the US are set to hold a new round of nuclear talks in Oman later this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said. Tensions between the two nations escalated amid Washington’s military buildup in the Middle East and sharp diplomatic disagreements over Tehran’s nuclear program.Araghchi announced the talks in a post on X on Wednesday, saying they were scheduled to begin at about 10 AM on Friday in Muscat, while thanking “our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.”While the minister did not…
Three separate attacks this week have left untold dead – at least 162 and counting – in Kwara state, western Nigeria, many of the victims reportedly Muslims slaughtered by an Islamic State offshoot for failing to accept its jihadist ideology. The attacks occurred in addition to other documented assaults by jihadists in multiple states in the north and center of the country this week. They also followed the confirmation on Tuesday by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) that a “small team” of American military officers had been deployed to Nigeria to aid in the fight against terrorism. President Donald Trump declared…
Consumer sentiment unexpectedly rose for the third consecutive month in early February, according to the University of Michigan’s preliminary assessment of the household sector. The index of consumer sentiment rose to 57.3, upending expectations that the index would retreat after the prior months’ unexpected rise. The improvement was driven by better views of current economic conditions, with the index climbing 5.2 percent to 58.3. The gauge of expected conditions slipped slightly from 57.0 to 56.6. This is the highest reading for the University of Michigan’s index since August of 2025. The index has climbed 12.5 percent since the recent low…
President Donald Trump has officially endorsed Mark Teixeira, a former Major League Baseball player who spent 14 seasons with teams including the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, in the race for Texas’ 21st Congressional District. Teixeira launched his campaign in August 2025 following Rep. Chip Roy’s decision not to seek reelection. Roy is instead running for Texas attorney general. Since entering the race, Teixeira has emphasized a platform rooted in border security, energy independence, Second Amendment protections, and opposing “radical woke indoctrination.” A longtime Texas resident and lifelong conservative, Teixeira pledged to “defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas…
Obsessed with tinkering with policy to lower prices, Europe fails to consider the system-level costs of transitioning to more expensive energy Across the European Union, factories are closing or quietly scaling back production. Chemical plants, steel mills, fertilizer producers – the most energy-intensive segments of the economy – are either relocating abroad or shutting down altogether. This is no temporary setback. Europe has not emerged from the energy crisis of 2022 and it won’t anytime soon. What is most alarming about this predicament is that Europe’s leadership is unable to grasp what is happening to it.Policymakers are not oblivious to the…
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the US and Russia to reach an agreement to limit arsenals The expiration of the New START nuclear reduction treaty between Russia and the US is “a grave moment for international peace and security,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.The strategic arms control treaty officially expired on February 5, and Moscow has not received any formal response from the US about renewing it, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.For the first time in over 50 years, the two largest nuclear powers have no limits on their arsenals, the statement by Guterres read. Fewer safeguards…
Democrats in the Colorado House and Senate introduced legislation this week to ban the 3D printing of firearms and firearm parts. The Colorado State Shooting Association posted to X: The bill, HB26-1144, goes so far as to ban the possession the “digital instructions” needed to carry out said printing. The text of the bill makes clear the focus is to prohibit “Possessing, in circumstances that indicate intent to manufacture a firearm or firearm component in violation of state law or intent to distribute, digital instructions that may be used to program a 3-dimensional printer or a computer numerical control (CNC) milling…
It’s not unusual for athletes to spare no effort to put themselves into position to win, but this might be taking it a bit too far. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that it is investigating allegations that male ski jumpers at this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy might have injected hyaluronic acid into their penises in hopes of gaining a competitive advantage. How might that help an athlete in a ski jump contest? According to the German publication, Bild, which first reported the controversy in January, suggests athletes are artificially enlarging their penises before official body measurements to obtain…
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) responded to Border Czar Tom Homan saying that drawdowns of agents in Minnesota depend on cooperation from state and local officials by stating that “this was never about what Minnesota was doing. It was never about sanctuary cities or fraud or immigration.” And “we’re following the law. I think even the word cooperation is a little misleading, because what we’re doing is following what the law requires and has always required.” Co-host Leila Fadel asked, “Now, the White House Border Czar, Tom Homan, continues to put the…
More than 120 people have been killed in Washington’s “war on drugs” since September, according to media estimates American forces have carried out another strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people, the US Southern Command has said.In a statement posted on Friday, the body said the operation was conducted a day prior at the direction of its commander, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, and targeted a vessel “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.” It did not provide details on which group it belonged to.The command claimed, citing intelligence data, that the boat was moving along “known…