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On Monday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) said that with the war in Iran, “there are serious questions about what exactly the strategy is. We’ve seen this sort of whiplash back and forth.” Host Jim Sciutto asked, “I wonder what your read is of the administration’s, the president’s strategy in Iran, because, for weeks, they have been saying that the U.S. can, in effect, beat Iran into submission, and that, ultimately, the president has said, Iran actually really wants to talk. But every day, the war continues, Iran keeps striking targets. It’s now killed three…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) responded to a question on if Iran should be punished for the recent deaths of American troops by declaring that “the blame for those 18 servicemembers’ deaths lays at the feet of the president of the United States.” Co-host Wolf Blitzer asked, “As someone who has fought and sacrificed so much for our country during your time serving with the U.S. military in Iraq, how are you reflecting on this loss of American life, and should the U.S. punish Iran right now for those deaths, as President Trump is…

The House passed a government funding bill Tuesday night that would extend funding for all federal operations through the midterm elections — a move made months ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a shutdown. The 220-205 vote was largely along party lines, with Speaker Mike Johnson managing to keep his extremely narrow majority mostly together to advance legislation that would fund the government through Dec. 4. Top House Republicans hope moving the funding measure so early in the process will put Democrats on defense in the impending government spending fight, before voters head to the polls this fall.…

New York City’s democratic-socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, plans to transfer ownership away from “bad landlords.” Photo courtesy of the New York City government. Landlords in New York City are sounding the alarm about new policies being put in place by Zohran Mamdani and his team which they say is crushing the American dream. Even before Mamdani took office, members of his inner circle began to make their plans clear. They want the city to take over buildings from private owners and they’re using unfair policies to do it. By freezing the rent and then adding requirements that put a further…

Russia expelled two Italian military attachés on Monday in retaliation for Rome’s recent expulsion of two Moscow representatives accused of spying on the Italian government. The Italian and Russian governments have been at the center of a new diplomatic spat that began earlier this month when the Italian government expelled Russian military attachés Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev and Mikhail Vasilyevich Astakhov from Italy. The Russian officials were accused of allegedly overseeing an espionage network against Italy from within the Russian embassy. The accusations stemmed from an investigation that led to the arrest of two former Italian intelligence officers that leaked classified information to the…

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Trump administration is deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Democrat-led California and Minnesota over high-risk claims flagged in a crackdown on fraud. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding back roughly $867.5 million from California and $199 million from Minnesota, HHS said in a news release. The department stressed the money is being deferred, not cut, and that both states can recover it by documenting that the claims meet federal Medicaid requirements. “States that receive federal Medicaid funding must demonstrate…

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee blocked efforts from Democrats to add immigration enforcement guardrails to a marquee border bill, as the Department of Homeland Security faces new scrutiny after immigration officers shot and killed two people this month. Fifteen Republicans and Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, an independent who continues to caucus with Republicans, voted to advance the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, a sweeping immigration bill championed by some of the most conservative members of the House Republican conference. Republicans hailed the bill — a similar version of which advanced in the House in 2023 but failed to…

The US president has invoked an obscure law never tested in court to impose the new duties   US President Donald Trump has slapped 50% tariffs on a broad range of Canadian imports, citing what he called Ottawa’s “unequal treatment” of American cars, dairy products, and alcohol.Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs was partly struck down by the US Supreme Court earlier this year. He invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose the new duties. The tariffs will take effect in 30 days and apply even to goods covered by the US-Mexico-Canada free…

Screenshot President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the US will attack Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, where Israeli intelligence claims that Iran has been rebuilding their nuclear program since last fall.  “We’ll be hitting that area very, probably pretty soon. And there’s not a thing they can do about it, and there’s not a thing they can do about it,” Trump said, noting that “normally I wouldn’t say that.” “If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we’ll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily,” he added. Trump previously threatened, “We’re going…

The U.S. completed its 10th straight night of attacks on Iran military assets as dawn broke Tuesday morning, taking one more step to “further degrade” the Islamic dictatorship’s ability to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The precision strikes followed U.S. President Donald Trump vowing to punish Iran for the deaths of U.S. soldiers, as Breitbart News reported. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X the latest strikes had hit Iranian “military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems.” “American forces remain postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression toward civilian…