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The US Navy's counter-Houthi mission will not be enough on its own to stop the Iran-backed rebels from attacking vulnerable merchant ships, the admiral overseeing operations in the Middle East said this week.Vice Adm. George Wikoff, the commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, said that it will take more than force and firepower to deal with the Houthis. Rather, Washington and its allies must come up with an alternative way to apply pressure on the group."The solution is not going to come at the end of a weapon system," Wikoff said Wednesday at an event hosted by the Center...

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No one is talking about how Biden climbed onto the jet after the Americans already got off. Did he think he was getting on Air Force One?

Judge Guy Kearl KC sums up the crimes committed by Jordan Plain, the laws he broke, sentencing him to 8 months in prison "You joined with a pro EDL group chanting and gesticulating in the direction of a counter protest demonstrating against racism" "Your actions were captured on CCTV.. Climbing on a barrier.. Making monkey noises and gestures towards the counter protesters.. You said they looked like monkeys.. You rubbed your lips and shouted rubber lips.. You were standing alongside and others making similar comments" "You then got down from the barrier and imitated the way Muslim people pray, in...

BEIRUT, Aug 9 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a car deep inside Lebanon killed a senior figure from Palestinian armed group Hamas on Friday evening, a Hamas source and two other security sources told Reuters. The strike, on the southern edges of the Lebanese port city of Sidon some 60 kilometres (nearly 40 miles) from the frontier, killed Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official who works in the nearby refugee camp for Palestinians, Ain al-Hilweh. His bodyguard was critically wounded, the three sources said. The Israeli military has been carrying out strikes against members of Hamas, allied Lebanese armed...

An investigation into the crash of a US Marine Corps V-22 Osprey finding major flaws... The Biden Administration lifting a ban on sale of US offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia... Kamala Harris saying 'now is the time' for a ceasefire deal in Gaza... Tim Walz 'misspoke' when he spoke of handling weapons in war... Russian authorities announcing counterterrorism measures in three regions bordering Ukraine... US Central Command reporting destruction of drones over the Red Sea and... A US military base in northeastern Syria attacked... Thousands of Palestinians fleeing the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis... Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...

1. Trump & Harris agree to Sept. 10 Debate, ABC Confirms, after Harris declined two other dates, including one with Fox News. 2. Majority of Americans oppose aid to Ukraine and believe the country can not beat Russia. 3. Virginia Governor issues executive order requiring paper ballots. 4. Maduro has blocked access to the 𝕏 Platform in Venezuela. 5. Two XY chromosome (male) boxers to compete for WOMEN'S Olympic boxing championship. 6. Kamala Harris VP pick, Tim Walz, facing major allegations of stolen valor and abandoning his military battalion. 7. Elon Musk says Kamala Harris is 'quite literally a Communist'....

Emergency trucks pulled up to the White House gates on Friday evening. Multiple entrances to the White House were blocked off, according to NBC News reporter Selina Wang. The Secret Service told NBC: “It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item.” No other details about the ‘suspicious item’ were provided. VIDEO: Emergency trucks just pulled up outside the White House gates Multiple entrances to the White House have been blocked off Update from U.S. Secret Service: "It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item." Biden is in DE. Harris in AZ pic.twitter.com/Pe72uPPRFW — Selina Wang (@selinawangtv)...

Last year the Republican-controlled state government in Florida passed legislation requiring its public universities to do what are called “post-tenure reviews” on all their tenured professors every five years, as part of an effort to eliminate what Governor Ron DeSantis called “deadweight” and “unproductive tenured faculty.” The bill not only limited the ability of professors to protest termination decisions, it was also aimed at eliminating “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs across the board. At the University of Florida the first round of tenure review has now produced some startling numbers, literally proving DeSantis’ claims. The report said that, out of...

Vice President Kamala Harris is behind former President Donald Trump in both a recent national poll and one conducted in the key swing state of Georgia. A CNBC/All-America Economic survey of 1,001 U.S. adults shows that Harris is 2 points behind her Republican rival in the 2024 election (48 percent to 46). The results are within the margin of error, and Trump's lead is unchanged from the previous poll in July when President Joe Biden was still in the race (45 percent to 43).Elsewhere, an AARP Research survey of 1,254 likely voters in Georgia showed that Trump is beating Harris...

The doctor who ran against Democratic vice president pick Tim Walz in the Minnesota gubernatorial race two years ago warned voters that the white-haired National Guard veteran is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” – and even had some advice for JD Vance. “He comes across as everyone’s favorite uncle and jovial but the fact is he can be a pitbull when he needs to be,” Dr. Scott Jensen told The Post of Walz, who was tapped this week as Kamala Harris’ running mate for the November presidential election.

Vice President Harris told protesters who interrupted her campaign rally in Phoenix that the time is now for a cease-fire deal to get done in the war between Israel and Gaza. A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators shouted out “free, free Palestine” during Harris’s Arizona event, the second time this week she has been interrupted by individuals upset about the war in Gaza. “Hold on. Here’s the thing: we are all in here together. I’m told an extraordinary number of folks who are here together because we love our country,” Harris said. “We’re here to fight for our democracy, which includes...

The disorder in Britain began after three girls, ages 6, 7 and 9, were stabbed to death as they took part in a Taylor Swift-themed dance party. In the immediate aftermath, locals in Southport were shocked, angry and looking for someone to blame. In the UK, as in America, the authorities do not just release information about suspects and culprits. They “manage” the release. In Britain, as in America, if there is believed to be a racial component to a crime, the authorities are even more careful about what information comes out. But the British public, like Americans, are used...

Former national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday that former President Trump has trouble differentiating between fact and fiction. “Look, Trump can’t tell the difference between what’s true and what’s false,” Bolton said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins.” “It’s not that he lies a lot, because to lie, you have to do it consciously. He just can’t tell the difference.”

London's Metropolitan Police chief warned that officials will not only be cracking down on British citizens for commentary on the riots in the U.K., but on American citizens as well. "We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told Sky News. Riots have broken out across the United Kingdom in recent days over false rumors spread online that an asylum seeker was responsible for a mass stabbing at...

Patrick Rooney, Founder of Old School (Natural Health / Success / Freedom) interviews Richard Emmons, Publisher and Editor of the Oregon Eagle, about the homeless crisis in Grants Pass, Oregon, which recently won a Supreme Court case, allowing them to regulate overnight camping. The interview is far-ranging, dealing with the background that led to the crisis, the reasons a homeless problem exists, the challenges of solving the issue in a blue state, what Grants Pass City Council has decided to do about it, and most importantly, how drugs have made the current situation almost untenable. https://oregoneagle.com/ Oregon Eagle (Facebook) https://oldschoolus.com...

Speaking from the Oval Office last month as he explained his decision not to seek re-election, President Biden boasted about his accomplishments. One of them, he suggested, was presiding over an era of peace.“I’m the first president in this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world,” Mr. Biden declared to the nation.But while America is no longer waging a large-scale ground war like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, for much of his tenure Mr. Biden has seemed like a wartime leader.Since pulling the last American troops out of...

BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz's superior officer in the National Guard tells CNN that Walz knew he was going to be deployed to Iraq six months before he decided to retire. He also says Walz promised he would deploy and went back on his word and abandoned his men.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan approved a request Friday from special counsel Jack Smith to delay the next steps in the government’s election interference case against former President Trump. Smith cited deliberations over how to factor in the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling between the government and Trump’s representation. This comes after Chutkan asked both sides to prepare a joint status report, which was originally due Friday. “Although those consultations are well underway, the Government has not finalized its position on the most appropriate schedule for the parties to brief issues related to the decision,” the special counsel’s office said. “The...

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