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Surging U.S. Diesel Prices Stoke Concerns Over Inflation

U.S. diesel prices have risen almost 38% in the 20 days since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran…

TPUSA Chapter Cuts Ties with National Organization, Citing Exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s Legacy

(José Niño, Headline USA) The University of Arkansas chapter of Turning Point USA has reportedly voted to sever ties with the national organization and rebrand as Young American Revival . https://twitter.com/swordtruth/status/2033932677544550451?s=46 Chapter president Dino Fantegrossi, who had been involved with the organization for ten semesters and held leadership roles for five of...

DOJ Accused of Blocking DEA’s Drug Investigation into Epstein

(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of personally intervening to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing documents related to a secret drug trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced on social media that...

NYC Moves to Strip Adams of Legal Representation

(Chris Wade, The Center Square)  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving to strip his predecessor, Eric Adams, of city-funded legal representation to defend him against a sexual harassment lawsuit. In a court filing Tuesday, the city's Law Department requested to withdraw from representing Adams in a lawsuit alleging...

Senators Grill Mullin on DHS Nomination, Past Comments

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. senators exchanged sharp, personal barbs Wednesday with Markwayne Mullin, nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  U.S. Sen. Mullin, R-Okla., was nominated by President Donald Trump to lead DHS after President Donald Trump removed Kristi Noem from the position.  Sen. Rand Paul,...

JD Vance Remains Republicans’ Top Pick for 2028

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Vice President JD Vance remains the favored candidate among Republicans and right-leaning independents for the next presidential primary, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved up in a new The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll. The poll surveyed 952 Republicans and 225 independents who lean...

US Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions as Trump Seeks to Boost World Oil Supply During Iran War

(Headline USA)  U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war. The Treasury issued a broad authorization...

Winds, Blizzards and Triple-Digit Heat Put Over Half of the US in the Path of Extreme Weather

(Headline USA) From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling into the East Coast, chaotic weather on Monday put more than half the nation’s population in the path of extreme cfonditions. Airport delays and cancellations piled up in some of the nation’s...

Gabbard Deflects When Asked on Capitol Hill About Intelligence She’d Offered Trump Before Iran War

(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...

Trump: I Believe I’ll Have the Honor of Taking Cuba

(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) President Donald Trump told reporters that he believes he will take Cuba. Washington has cut the island off from fuel imports, causing a blackout.  “I do believe I’ll be…having the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor,” Trump said on Monday. “Whether I free it,...

Report: US Presses Syria to Invade Lebanon to Fight Hezbollah

(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) The US-Israeli war against Iran is already expanding into Lebanon with an Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon, but Reuters is now reporting that the Trump Administration is keen to drag Syria into the conflict as well, encouraging its Islamist government to invade Lebanon and fight...

Trump Says NATO ‘Making a Very Foolish Mistake’ for Not Joining War Against Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized the US’s NATO allies, saying they were “making a very foolish mistake” for not entering the US-Israeli war against Iran, as his calls for other countries to send warships to open the Strait of Hormuz have been rejected. “NATO is making...
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