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(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square)  The average U.S. gallon of gas neared $4 on Wednesday as California closed in on $6, with prices fueled by the uncertainty around the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. With no clear end in sight for the Iran conflict that has killed nearly 3,000 people across...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A United States Air Force pilot suffered shrapnel wounds when a US F-35 fighter jet was struck while flying over Iran last week, Air and Space Forces Magazine has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. US Central Command (CENTCOM) hasn’t shared any details about the incident...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the Pentagon prepares for potential ground operations in Iran, The Intercept reported Tuesday, citing two US government officials. The New York Times...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Better late than never, perhaps. More than five years after the Justice Department announced that it had foiled a purported militia conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, liberal talk show host John Oliver is admitting what many in conservative media have been saying all along:...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) While the issue of men in women’s sports has been front and center due to pushback against the transgender movement, the reverse may also be a problem, according to some Major League Baseball fans. No females have yet made their way onto MLB teams, but critics...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A Brazilian legislator last week mocked one of LGBT activists’ core arguments in favor of transgenderism with a simple demonstration during a state assembly session in São Paulo. Faviana Bolsonaro, a 32-year-old female member of the country’s right-leaning Liberal Party, took the dais on Wednesday to...

(José Niño, Headline USA) An individual claiming responsibility for a major cyberattack says they breached a nationwide law enforcement tip platform and absconded with over 8 million confidential submissions from anonymous informants, according to a report by Reuters.  The hacker, going by the moniker "Internet Yiff Machine," declared in a...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As conflict in Iran escalates, Middle Eastern refineries have been hit and the Strait of Hormuz remains compromised, and oil futures hit $120 a barrel. Physical cargos of crude from Oman and the UAE have already hit $150 a barrel for May delivery. Prices at...

(Headline USA) Democratic senators pressed the U.S. government’s top intelligence official at annual worldwide threats hearings Wednesday about the war with Iran, including whether she had advised President Donald Trump that Tehran was likely to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the...

(Headline USA) Police in a small town at the southern end of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia said they were responding to a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic, and at least one person was airlifted to the hospital. Jasper police were sent to the VA...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. House Oversight Committee will call several members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet to testify as part of its investigation into the Department of Justice’s handling of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is fighting for his political life against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a heated runoff, and he is turning to evangelical pastors for support. Three of those pastors, however, signed onto a pro-amnesty organization that receives funding from George and...