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The Iranian Islamist regime debuted a billboard in the heart of Tehran this weekend with images of destroyed fighter jets on an aircraft carrier forming an American flag, threatening the destruction of the U.S. military. The billboard featured the slogan, “If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind,” according to the British Sky News agency. The red and white stripes of the American flag are made with ocean waves under the aircraft carrier streaked in what appears to be blood. The billboard follows over a month of widespread protests in the country against the decades-old regime, demanding an end…

NEW YORK (AP) — With a winter storm blanketing a large swath of the country, Hollywood had its quietest weekend of the year at the box office. The Amazon MGM sci-fi thriller “Mercy” dethroned “Avatar: Fire and Ash” from the No. 1 spot with $11.2 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Some 250 theaters were forced to close, from Texas to Maine, according to data firm Comsore. More than 140 million Americans were under winter storm warnings, depressing moviegoing. But the weekend was never going to be a blockbuster one, anyway. “Mercy,” a $60 million thriller starring…

During a Saturday press conference Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara indicated the man shot and killed by a federal agent was “a lawful gun owners with a permit to carry.” C-SPAN aired video of O’Hara talking and that video was subsequently posted by Midas Touch’s digital editor. In the video, O’Hara explains that the deceased man’s “only interaction with law enforcement was for traffic tickets.” He added, “We believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.” Breitbart News reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a statement saying the armed man who was shot…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will testify March 3 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to an aide for Chair Chuck Grassley. Grassley has been haggling for weeks to schedule Noem’s testimony as part of his panel’s regular oversight of DHS. But her high-profile appearance will likely be dominated by senators’ questions regarding the agency’s immigration enforcement tactics following two fatal shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis in the past month. Some GOP senators — including Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who is a member on the committee — have called for an independent investigation into the latest shooting…

The trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi has been “productive,” a White House official told NBC The three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US in Abu Dhabi will continue on Saturday, multiple media outlets have reported.The sides met in a trilateral format for the first time since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine erupted in February 2022. No official statements were issued after the first day of talks concluded.“Nobody is walking away from the table,” a person familiar with the matter told the Russian news agency TASS.A White House official separately told NBC News that the talks had been “productive.”The…

Booz Allen is a government and military consulting company that provides management, technology and engineering services to public and private sector organizations and nonprofits. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe Treasury Department announced it is canceling all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton (often simply called Booz Allen) for failing to protect sensitive taxpayer information. Treasury cited the massive IRS data breach carried out by former Booz Allen employee Charles Edward Littlejohn. The department said it is terminating 31 contracts, totaling about $4.8 million in annual spending and roughly $21 million in total obligations. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent framed the move…

Trump threatens the EU with more tariffs. The EU has reacted in kind.EU to Halt Trade Deal with Trump The EPP is in favour of the EU–U.S. trade deal, but given Donald Trump’s threats regarding Greenland, approval is not possible at this stage. The 0% tariffs on U.S. products must be put on hold. #EuropeanUnity— Manfred Weber (@ManfredWeber) January 17, 2026 Yesterday, I commented Trump Hits European Nations With Tariffs Until Deal Reached to Buy Greenland If you need another reason IEEPA tariffs are idiocy, you have one. Here’s the full blown reaction.Bloomberg reports EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Over…

Russia’s ambassador to Caracas, Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, on Sunday said that he believes Venezuela’s deposed socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro was “betrayed,” allowing U.S. forces to capture him and his wife, Cilia Flores. According to the diplomat, the capture of the Venezuelan dictator was allegedly possible thanks to negligence and the “collaboration” of Venezuelan officials with U.S. intelligence. The ambassador further claimed that Russia “knows the names of these betrayers who have fled Venezuela.” The Russian news outlet Tass reported that Melik-Bagdasarov levied the claims during an interview with the local television network Rossiya 24. During the interview, the diplomat asserted that Maduro…

Orders for durable goods increased in November, boosted by orders for capital goods and aircraft. Orders rose 5.3 percent in November, the Commerce Department said Monday in a report delayed by last year’s government shutdown. This was far in excess of the three percent increase expected. Core capital goods orders, a proxy for business investment that excludes aircraft and military equipment, increased by 0.7 percent. That beat expectations and followed the October increase of 0.5 percent. New orders for computer equipment rose 3.8 percent compared with the prior month, and orders for communications equipment rose 4.8 percent. Orders for electrical…

Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino held a press conference in which he stressed, “We will not allow violence against our law enforcement officers.” The presser aired live on FOX News, and Bovino emphasized the need for “state and local help–state and local law enforcement–to help us coordinate to get violent criminals off the streets.” He added, “Mayor Frey and [Minneapolis Police] Chief O’Hara, just a few minutes ago, did the opposite of that by omitting the fact that the suspect had a gun and magazines full of ammunition. In what looks like a situation where…an individual wanted to do maximum…