WSJ: “Fight Over Hormuz Boils Down to One Poorly Worded Clause in Trump’s Deal”
A reason for the struggle to control the Strait of Hormuz is in the Memorandum of Understanding that briefly ended the Iran War. ...
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U.S., Iran Trade More Blows; CENTCOM Targets 90-plus Sites in Iran; Iran Attacks Kuwait, Jordan
Iran and the United States traded blows again yesterday in yet another escalation of the war U.S. President Donald Trump began on Israel’s behalf. ...
Clinton Judge Gives Judge Who Helped Illegal Alien Escape Feds Small Fine, No Prison Time
Hannah Dugan, who aided and abetted the escape of a violent illegal alien from her courthouse, won’t spend a day in jail. Why? Because she helped “the poor.” ...
U.S. Hits Iran; Trump Pronounces MOU Dead, Says More Attacks Tonight; Iran Warns American Allies
U.S. forces struck more than 80 targets in Iran yesterday to retaliate for what appeared to be Iran’s attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. ...
Kentucky Governor Wants McConnell Health Update
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear asked Mitch McConnell to update Kentuckians and the rest of America about his health. ...
CNN’s Jennings, GOP Senators: McConnell Alive and Discussing Policy
After journalists said Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was “brain dead,” a top GOP strategist said he spoke to him on the phone. ...
Unconfirmed Reports: Mitch McConnell Brain Dead After Three Weeks in Hospital
GOP Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky suffered “cardiac arrest” three weeks ago and is still hospitalized. But two independent journalists have reported that the 84-year-old senator — long in failing...
GOP Rep. Nehls: Affordability? I’m Having Lobster Tails and Rib Eyes
Representative Troy Nehls gave the Democrats a soundbite that will be seen in advertisements before November’s mid-term elections. ...
Carlson, MTG Begin Planning for a Third Party
Podcaster Tucker Carlson and former GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene have bolted the establishment GOP, and say it’s time for a third party. ...
Omar Linked to Somali Charged in $250M “Feeding Our Future” Fraud Scheme
Far-left Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota faces renewed scrutiny about her role in the Feeding Our Future food-fraud scandal centered in her Somali-dominated district. ...
House OKs Res to Publish Sexual Abusers and Harassers Along With Payouts — $18M Since 1997
The U.S. House passed a resolution yesterday requiring the chamber’s Ethics Committee to release the names of members for whom taxpayers coughed up settlements for sex-harassment claims. ...
Massie Introduces Resolution to Honor USS Liberty Crew, Declassify All Records.
America First GOP Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced a resolution today honoring the crew of the USS Liberty, which Israel attacked 59 years ago as the ship patrolled...
House Rules Committee Rejects Effort to Stop U.S.-Israeli Military Integration
The House Rules Committee rejected an amendment to delete a section of the 2027 NDAA that would entwine the U.S. and Israeli militaries. ...
Minneapolis Repeals Law Banning Bathhouses That Passed to Stop Spread of AIDS.
The Minneapolis, Minnesota, city council passed a law that repealed the nearly 40-year-old ban on adult bathhouses. Passed during the height of the AIDS epidemic, the law was repealed,...
Trump Says U.S.-Iran to Meet in Doha. Iran Says It Will Not Meet With U.S. Negotiators
The United States says its delegation will meet with Iranian negotiators in Doha to discuss the cease fire. Iran says not so. ...
Israel-Lebanon Sign U.S.-brokered Peace “Framework”
Israel and Lebanon inked a peace deal on Friday brokered by the United States. The 14-point “trilateral framework” affirms the right of each nation to exist and gives the...
Iran Hits U.S. Bases, State Media Says Iran Must Obtain Nukes as Trump Threatens Annihilation
As Iran and the United States traded blows this weekend, Iranian media said the country had no choice but to build a nuclear weapon. ...
Iran Attacks Bahrain, Hits Tanker in Strait
Iran hit Bahrain with drone strikes today along with a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz to retaliate against a U.S. airstrike against drone and missile storage facilities on...
U.S. Strikes Drone Storage Facility in Iran After Drone Attack on Commercial Ship. Attack Ongoing.
Following a threat from President Trump, U.S. forces struck coastal targets in Iran today, accusing Iran of violating the ceasefire. ...
Former Nat Security Advisor Bolton Pleads Guilty to Violating Espionage Act. Fined $2M-plus.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty today to violating the Espionage Act for transmitting classified information. ...