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Friday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) said the American people will not approve of the military conflict in Iran going on for more than 90 days. Co-host Boris Sanchez said, “The US is sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East, as we just noted to Iran has now also begun collecting some of the tolls or profiting receiving some of the profit from the tolls that it put on the strait. Which side do you think can sustain longer? Do you think the US blockade will last long enough to pressure Tehran into concessions, or do…

Nitrous oxide can cause severe injury, paralysis and even death. So why is it easier to get for teenagers than energy drinks or cigarettes? Welcome to America’s next public health crisis that is being underwritten by big business and ignored by the US government.Nitrous oxide has been around for many decades and used in a variety of products, including in whipped cream canisters, and car engines to give them an extra power boost. It is also popularly known as ‘laughing gas’ which dentists administer to their patients for pain relief. Only lately has nitrous oxide, marketed under the name of…

Teddy Roosevelt would be so pleased if he could see the world today, with a US military presence virtually everywhere on the planet. The current savagery with Iran is only the headline conflict—having displaced the proxy missions in Ukraine and Gaza—but many more are quietly underway or waiting in the wings. No declaration of war, of course, since declarations require Congress to act in accordance with a set of rules nobody can agree on. In war, according to Sun Tzu, if the goal is victory, the only rule is winning as quickly as possible. But in a world governed by bankers and politicians, too much haste…

King Charles III is expected to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Manhattan next week, where New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is also anticipated to be among the officials present, according to Politico. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29 in downtown Manhattan during the king’s visit to the United States, Politico reported, citing two sources familiar with the plans. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and other New York government officials are also expected to attend. “The mayor will not…

Ricaurte Vásquez, the Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), said Thursday that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has led to a surge in traffic through the Panama Canal. The Panamanian newspaper La Prensa reported that traffic through the Panama Canal has increased over the past weeks to the point that on some days it has reached its maximum operational number of crossings allowed of 40 vessels per day. La Prensa noted that global supply chains of fuels such as petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that were normally sent from the Persian Gulf to…

President Donald Trump addressed concerns about potential insider trading in global betting markets after being asked on Thursday about suspected wagering tied to the Iran conflict, following a case involving a U.S. Special Forces soldier accused of using classified information to bet on a raid targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump responded to a reporter’s question in the Oval Office about insider trading and global betting markets tied to the Iran conflict. He stated: Well, you know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino. And you look at what’s going on all over the world, in Europe…

The Justice Department says it will also streamline internal processes to “expedite death penalty cases” The US will re-adopt the use of firing squads, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation for executing criminals convicted of the worst federal offenses, the Justice Department said in a statement on Friday.The department said it is “readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration,” expanding it to include “additional manners of execution,” and “streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases.”After returning to office last January, Trump said he would direct the DOJ to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty to protect Americans from…

The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday announced an investigation into the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) over allegations of discrimination against Jewish students.  ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said it received reports that some NYCDOE employees have formed a group called “NYC Educators for Palestine.” OCR said the reports allege that the group has organized several teaching seminars about “Palestine, Zionism, and Resistance” and has taught children as young as five about “contemporary and historical Palestinian resistance,” and that Zionists are “genocidal white supremacists.” The group is also accused of supporting the federally designated terrorist organization…

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday announced an agreement with the European Union to coordinate trade policies to ensure more resiliency in securing critical minerals. “The United States and the European Union share a commitment to addressing the non-market policies and practices that have distorted critical minerals supply chains,” Greer said in a statement: We will explore how trade measures, such as border-adjusted price floors, can strengthen our domestic critical minerals industries and the downstream sectors critical to our industrial competitiveness. I thank EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič for his commitment to securing transatlantic trade in critical minerals.…

Two Democrat-appointed judges have struck down President Donald Trump’s border restrictions against asylum seekers, prompting applause from open-borders advocates in the ACLU and the Democratic Party. “We conclude that the [immigration law’s] text, structure, and history make clear… Congress did not intend to grant the Executive the expansive removal authority it asserts,” says the split opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court, but it is not clear if Trump’s January 2025 curbs will remain active for many months before the Supreme Court’s eventual decision. A Trump-nominated judge,…