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US Starts Bombing Iran After Trump’s Threats

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command announced on Wednesday night that it began launching airstrikes against Iran, hours after President Donald Trump threatened a response to an Iranian missile attack on a US base in Jordan. CENTCOM described the attacks as a “powerful response” to the attack in Jordan, though...

Michigan House Republicans Release Records on Benson’s SPLC Ties

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Michigan House Republicans say newly obtained records show Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson maintained ties to the recently indicted Southern Poverty Law Center after taking office. The records come amid ongoing scrutiny of Benson's relationship with the organization following a federal indictment announced in...

Trump Floats Withdrawing Blanche’s AG Nomination

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) President Donald Trump on Thursday floated temporarily pulling Todd Blanche's nomination to the attorney general post while a U.S. Senate committee struggles to advance him. The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to hold a vote on Blanche's nomination Thursday morning. However, Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas,...

Paramount Skydance Agrees to Delay Merger Until June 2027

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Plans to unite Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery into a film and television giant are on ice following a flurry of antitrust lawsuits. Paramount Skydance recently announced that it will delay closing its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to as late as...

School Shooter’s Father Sentenced to Prison

(Headline USA) A man who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Colin Gray’s sentencing comes days after his son, Colt Gray, was sentenced to life in prison without...

Sen. Fetterman Accuses News Site of being ‘Pro-Hamas’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., attacked a left-leaning reporter who was questioning his support for Israel during a brief exchange at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Fetterman, who has been rumored to be considering a switch to the GOP, did not allow questions from Julian Andreone, a Capitol...

Ohio Rep. Accused of Beating Wife

(José Niño, Headline USA) Republicans face an unexpected threat in northeast Ohio, where a bitter feud between two of the state's most prominent conservatives now shadows a seat the party long treated as secure. The New York Times reported that domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, have...

Man Gets 6-Month Sentence for Ramming Car into Jewish Group’s Headquarters

(Headline USA) A man was sentenced Wednesday to six months and a week behind bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, the Jewish institution in New York where his lawyer said he'd been trying to win acceptance as he struggled with psychological issues. Dan Sohail, 36,...

Investigation Revealed ‘Devastating’ Reports of Sexual Misconduct at School Supported by Epstein

(Headline USA) Two people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein, a major donor, according to an investigation that also uncovered dozens of allegations spanning decades against nearly 50 other people. Interlochen Center for the Arts operates a summer camp...

Data Centers Warn of National Security Threat if Centers Don’t Develop

(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) The executive vice president of a coalition advocating for data center development says reversing course on incentives in Illinois could have “detrimental” economic consequences. Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker told the Aspen Climate Summit he reversed course on offering tax exemptions to data centers to...

Lindsey Graham Returns Home One Last Time for His Funeral in South Carolina

(Headline USA) Sen. Lindsey Graham returned for the last time Wednesday to South Carolina, where powerful friends remembered him as someone who never stopped working for the state he loved. After Graham was eulogized Tuesday in the nation's capital as an indefatigable dealmaker by the president, vice president and others,...

Netanyahu Describes Meeting With Trump as ‘One of the Best Conversations’ They Have Ever Had

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) After meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the Iran war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the talks as “one of the best conversations” he’s ever had with the US president. “It was a meeting with full cooperation, with mutual support, with...
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