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Unearthed DOJ Files Implicate Hunter Biden in Potential Sex Trafficking Violations

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released internal DOJ files appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s disgraced son, Hunter Biden, in alleged prostitution-related activity, corroborating accusations raised years earlier by Senate Republicans. The files, obtained Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, showed Hunter exchanging text...

Trump Confirms Gas Tax Suspension Push as Prices Hit $4.52

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he wants to temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, with Republican lawmakers in both chambers announcing plans to introduce legislation hours later, but key details including duration, cost offset, and a phase-back trigger remain undefined. "I think it's...

Trump Says Iranian Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and “very weak,” according to President Donald Trump. The president commented Monday during an event in the Oval Office following Iran's rejection of a peace deal proposal over the weekend, which he called a “piece of garbage”...

Remains of US Soldier Who Went Missing During Military Exercises in Morocco have been Recovered

(Headline USA) The remains of a U.S. soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the army said Sunday. Military teams were still searching for a second missing soldier. The remains were those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.,...

Trump: Iran’s Response to US Proposal Is ‘Totally Unacceptable’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s response to the latest US proposal to reach a deal was “totally unacceptable,” signaling that the two sides are still not close to reaching a deal. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like...

Netanyahu Says Iran War Is ‘Not Over’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the US-Israeli war against Iran is “not over,” pointing to the fact that Iran still has its stockpile of enriched uranium and maintains its ballistic missile program. “I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over,” Netanyahu...

Rubio Defends New US Sanctions on Cuba, Targeting Military-Run Conglomerate GAESA

(Headline USA) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday defended the Trump administration's decision to slap new sanctions on Cuba, the largest of which is against Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., a business conglomerate operated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. In addition to GAESA and its leader, the...

U.S. Farmers Struggling with High Price of Fuel, Fertilizer as Bankruptcies Rise

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As Congress continues working on the long-overdue federal farm bill, American farmers entering planting season are facing a grim financial landscape. Due to the U.S.-Iran conflict and the Trump administration’s tariffs, American farmers are getting slapped with higher operational costs, which not only raise the...

Iran Warns the US Against Attacks on its Oil Tankers and Other Ships but Ceasefire Appears to Hold

(Headline USA) Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding. Iranian state TV...

US Bombs Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US bombed Iranian ports on Thursday, an attack that will likely plunge the region back into full-scale war. Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin first reported that the US was behind strikes on a port in Iran’s Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian port...

French Prosecutors Seek Charges Against Elon Musk and X Over Child Sexual Abuse Images

(Headline USA) French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform's artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris public prosecutor's office said Wednesday it has opened an...

4 People Convicted of Conspiracy in US Trial Tied to 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President

(Headline USA) A Florida jury on Friday convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose death led to extraordinary turmoil in the Caribbean nation. South Florida served as a central location for planning and financing the plot to oust Moïse and replace him...
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