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The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon introduced an amendment to a reauthorization of a key spy authority that would require FBI agents to seek approval from a special court any time they want to use Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to obtain Americans’ communications data. The proposal from Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut was unveiled just moments before the House Rules Committee gaveled in to a hearing to tee up floor consideration of an 18-month extension of Section 702, which is due to expire April 20 without congressional action. Speaker Mike Johnson…
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged Tuesday that next week’s special session on mid-decade redistricting may not kick off on its scheduled April 20 start date — but he contended the Legislature will pass a new map on congressional redistricting in the next “couple of weeks.” “It’s possible you could do a little tweak, but you can’t really push it very far,” said the Republican governor on the session’s timing during a bill signing ceremony held near the Tallahassee airport. DeSantis sidestepped questions, however, on whether he would give lawmakers a proposed map to work with once the session…
For the Australian right, Ben Roberts-Smith is a beacon of virtue. For the left, he is a murderer. Both will use him as a culture-war grunt Last week Ben Roberts-Smith, Australia’s most highly decorated war hero, was arrested by federal police and charged with having committed war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.Roberts-Smith has been charged with being complicit in the murder of five unarmed Afghan civilians – allegedly killing two himself and ordering soldiers under his command to kill the other three (a practice apparently known in the military as “blooding the rookie”).The charges have been brought under…
Globally we have entered into an age of unprecedented social engineering and psychological warfare. In this blog we will explore some of the modern history and methodology behind how we got to this point in the human story and what we can do to mentally defend ourselves and intelligently fight back. Understanding Learned Helplessness In 1967 a team of psychologists from the University of Pennsylvania conducted research on dogs to gauge their responses to unpredictable and unavoidable electric shocks. They created three groups: Group A could stop shocks by pressing a panel. Group B Received shocks but had no control or escape.…
American multinational energy corporation Chevron on Monday signed asset swap agreements with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA to expand oil production in the country’s Orinoco Belt, where the world’s largest accumulation of heavy and extra-heavy crude oil is located. The agreements were signed on Monday evening during a ceremony hosted by “acting President” Delcy Rodríguez at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. U.S. Ambassador Laura Dogu, who was present at the event, detailed on social media that Kyle Haustveit, Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO), was also present at the signing ceremony.…
Tuesday was the first full day of the U.S. blockade of Iran and the first day after the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz was open to international shipping. According to ship tracking data, at least eight ships passed through the strait, which remains far below its pre-war level of about 130 ships per day. Two sanctioned tankers linked to China appear to have changed their minds about challenging the United States Navy and reversed course. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said over 10,000 American sailors, airmen, and Marines are involved in the blockade, working from over a dozen warships.…
The number of migrants approved for citizenship dropped by roughly 50 percent amid the pro-America review process set by Donald Trump’s agents at the Department of Homeland Security. The reduced inflow of migrants will pressure companies to raise wages and increase investment in productivity-boosting workplace technology. The decline will also cut housing costs, helping Americans to get married and raise kids. There were big fluctuations in applications for naturalization during 2025, yet overall, there was a steep drop in citizenship requests compared to 2024, which was Biden’s final year in office, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and…
Senate Republicans are still backing President Donald Trump on the war against Iran, dismissing Democrats’ latest war powers push as political theater that has nothing to do with national security. The support gives the White House more time to search for an end to the six-week-old conflict, but also risks tying the entire GOP to the unpopular war. But Republican lawmakers say the repeated Democratic objections to military intervention in Iran ignore the success of the operations so far. “It’s just exhausting,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) told reporters Tuesday. “Doing a war powers resolution just undermines the president. I don’t…
The economy is forecast to expand 1.1% this year on higher energy prices due to Middle East disruptions The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its growth outlook for Russia, citing higher commodity prices, while warning that the Middle East war is weighing on the global economy. In its latest World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, the IMF said Russia’s GDP is now expected to expand by 1.1% in 2026, marking an upward revision of 0.3 percentage points compared to its January estimate. The adjustment was driven by “higher commodity prices,” the report said, adding “the momentum” is expected to continue…
RT examines the US president’s threats, shifting claims of success, and erratic messaging as the conflict escalates There is rarely a day when US President Donald Trump does not command attention on social media, with posts ranging from attacks on public figures to sweeping claims about his own achievements. The same tone has carried into his handling of the war on Iran, where he has repeatedly insisted that US actions have weakened Tehran and decisively shifted the conflict in Washington’s favor.Those assertions have come under closer scrutiny after Trump announced a US naval blockade of Iranian ports following the collapse…