Trump, Hemisphere Allies Pledge To Mobilize Military Force Against Drug Cartels
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Oil Prices Surge as Middle East Conflict Halts Most Strait of Hormuz Traffic
Trump administration officials admit prices are higher than they would like but predict they will come back down within ‘weeks, not months.’
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Japan’s Takaichi Likely To Avoid Supporting American-Israeli War Against Iran
Japan, importing oil from all Persian Gulf nations, is reluctant to join in breaking the Iranian blockade on shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Menu Features Wings — Not Breasts or Thighs — for Hawks’ Strip Club Tribute
The controversial NBA promotion tied to a popular hip-hop club is fast becoming a hot ticket in Atlanta.
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|Florida Senate Advances Bill To Let State Leaders Designate Groups as Terrorists After Federal Judge Blocks Effort by DeSantis
Though the federal government has never designated CAIR as a terrorist organization, Florida lawmakers want to give the state’s executive the authority to brand organizations as terror tied.
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|Mayor Mamdani’s Wife Liked Posts Cheering on Hamas’s October 7 Massacre: Report
One post contained stills from livestreamed footage of the attack.
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Trump, Once a Harsh Critic, Schmoozes With Yankees Legend A-Rod
The former Yankee slugger had a front-row seat for this week’s White House ceremony honoring Lionel Messi and Inter Miami.
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Virginia Legislature Advances Bill That Prevents Schools From Teaching Students January 6 Was Peaceful
The bill requires schools to teach students that the riot was an ‘unprecedented, violent attack.’
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Are Americans ‘Morally Bad’? Most Seem To Think So, New Survey Finds
In a Pew Research study, America was the only country among 25 surveyed where a majority of respondents said their fellow citizens lack good morals.
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One Week In, Will Trump and Netanyahu Have Time To Finish Reshaping the Mideast and the World?
‘Khamenei said once that if the leadership is hit, anyone with a weapon would be authorized to shoot as they see fit — and that’s happening now,’ an Iran watcher tells the Sun.
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|State Department Says Charter Flights Are Evacuating Hundreds of Americans Stranded in Middle East
The Trump administration is defending its efforts to get Americans home from the war zone.
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|For Iran, Diversity Could Spell Secession
Outside a Persian core there are a welter of non-Persian minorities who could emerge and cripple Iran.
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Iran’s Ally Hezbollah Is Pummeled in Lebanon While the Houthis Sit on Their Hands in Yemen
Riyadh officials sent warnings to Houthi leaders that if they join the war, the Saudis will hit them hard, a Western diplomat tells the Sun.
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300,000 Flee Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Increases Attacks Against Israel
The IDF, meanwhile, continued to pound Hezbollah across Lebanon.
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Mossad, CIA Worked With Iranian Kurds ‘For Months’, Source Says
An Iranian-Kurdish source told New York Sun that Iranian Kurds residing in northern Iraq are preparing to cross the border to confront the Iranian regime.
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Newsom Says He’d Meet With Socialist Twitch Streamer Who Believes America ‘Deserved 9/11’
Hasan Piker has also said Hamas is ‘a thousand times better’ than Israel.
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Congressional Democrats Demand Investigation Into Alleged Spying by Homeland Security Using Data From Popular Phone Apps
An internal document shows Customs and Border Protection bought online advertising data to be able to track people’s precise movements over time.
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Anthropic CEO Apologizes to Administration Over Leaked Memo Even as the Company Prepares Court Challenge Following Ouster From Pentagon
Dario Amodei says it was wrong to write a ‘casual’ memo to venting about the Trump administration declaring Anthropic a supply chain risk.
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|Congressman Accused of Sexually Harassing Aide Who Later Set Herself on Fire Abandons Re-Election Campaign
Top House Republicans said in a statement Thursday that he should step aside.
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|Deluge of Public Feedback Blasts ‘Ugly’ White House Ballroom Plan
An overwhelming majority of the 32,000 public comments to the planning commission tasked with approving the design were against Trump’s massive project.
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The Trump administration is expected to appeal a court order to start issuing refunds.
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|Retail Gas Prices Skyrocket Across America at Fastest Pace Since 2022 Amid Conflict With Iran
Some cities are seeing 60-cent increases in gas compared to the previous week.
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Trump Formally Names Kevin Warsh To Head Federal Reserve, but Nomination Faces Uncertain Future
A key Republican says he will withhold his support until after the Justice Department resolves an investigation into current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
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Trump To ‘Cut Off All Trade’ With Spain After It Rejects Use of Its Military Bases for Attacks on Iran
Spain says it is blocking America from launching attacks on Iran from its military bases.
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Indiana School District Settles Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Former Teacher Required To Use Students’ Preferred Pronouns
A lawyer for the former teacher says schools ‘should learn that refusing to accommodate religious employees can be illegal and expensive.’
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Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks California Rules Preventing Schools From Telling Parents About Their Children’s Gender Transitions
A lawyer for the plaintiffs says the ruling is a ‘watershed moment for parental rights in America.’
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Jewish Groups Sue California, Charging ‘Unchecked Antisemitism’ in State’s Public School System
The plaintiffs say the state board of education is ‘aware’ of incidents of antisemitism, but has not taken steps to address it.
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One of the 47th president’s handpicked prosecutors, Lindsey Halligan, is now facing allegations of misconduct.
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