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Iran Says It’s Collecting Tolls for Ships Transiting Strait of Hormuz, Senate Republicans Defeat Iran War Powers Resolution for Fifth Time, Pentagon Fires Navy Secretary John Phelan After Clashes with Hegseth, Despite Ceasefire, Israel Kills 5 in Lebanon, Including Journalist Amal Khalil, FBI Launched Probe of New York Times ReporterContinue Reading

As the country hurtles toward a potentially record-setting fire season, a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to drastically resize and restructure the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would effectively eviscerate key research and protections for the nation’s public lands, according to a new report released today by PublicContinue Reading

The Senate on Wednesday rejected another bid to rein in President Traitor 47’s ability to use further military force against Iran, marking the fifth failed attempt by Democrats to curb The Traitor’s war powers since the start of the conflict in late February. The resolution was defeated in a voteContinue Reading

The Texas governor threatened to withhold $114 million in public safety funds ahead of this summer’s soccer World Cup matches., Read MoreContinue Reading

The then-Homeland Security Secretary was dining at a restaurant with her family, under the protection of Secret Service agents, when her Gucci handbag was stolen., Read MoreContinue Reading

On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders voted to accept Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion bid to acquire the news and entertainment company. The merger of these two companies would create a media colossus with CBS, CNN, HBO, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures — among other major media propertiesContinue Reading

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have raised fuel costs and caused shortages of key fertilizers around the world, wreaking havoc on the agricultural industry. Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, says the effects couldContinue Reading

The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall. A number of lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billion have raised alarm over people connectedContinue Reading

The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, publicly committed to releasing an autopsy on the 2024 defeat but has refused to do so. Supporters of the activist organization RootsAction, which released its own autopsy more than four months ago, are now flooding top DNC officials’ email accounts withContinue Reading