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Russian hardliners are pushing President Vladimir Putin to formally declare war on Ukraine, saying his "special military operation" against the neighboring country is not enough, particularly after Ukraine's surprise attack on Moscow's air bases. "Like every thinking patriot, I took it as a personal tragedy," one Russian official commented about the Ukrainians' "Operation Spider Web" attacks, with another high-ranking official describing the mood in the Kremlin as "shock and outrage," reports The Telegraph on Wednesday. The conflict, now in its fourth year after Russia invaded Ukraine, has never been officially declared as a war, despite the loss of property and...

A former Coast Guard Lieutenant and Antifa sharpshooter arrested and charged for threatening to kill President Trump has been released from prison and ordered home detention. According to an affidavit, Pete Stinson posted the threats against President Trump to X and BlueSky between 2020 and 2025. Stinson used a series of code names for Trump including “the orange,” “orange mf,” “orange thug,” “Krasnov,” “tfg,” “one ear,” or an orange emoji. Stinson’s most recent threat against President Trump was posted last week.

“Shots fired!” shouted Gen Michael Kurilla moments before charging towards the sound of gunfire to save two junior officers.Weaving through the rubble-strewn alleyways of war-torn Mosul, Iraq, the then-lieutenant colonel was pursuing a group of terrorist suspects when three more shots rang out.Taking bullets to the arm and both legs, one snapping his femur in half, he “performed a judo roll” and carried on firing his rifle, witnesses say. As the gunfire continued, he covered his troops and reeled off orders while bleeding on the concrete floor.Nearly 20 years later, Gen Kurilla, who was awarded a Bronze Star for valour...

🔥 Giorgia Meloni just gave Macron the eye roll of the century at the G7. You can’t fake that kind of disgust — she’s FED UP with globalist clowns like him. This is what happens when a real leader shows up in a room full of puppets. The world needs more Melonis — and another Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: A Biden-era decision could potentially keep a convicted murderer from being deported from the United States, at least while a key legal battle plays out in court. Fox News rode along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles, the center of recent anti-ICE civil unrest, and the agency arrested Salvadoran national Alexander Alfredo Palacios Guevara, who not only has the murder conviction, but also two counts of attempted murder dating back to 1994, an HSI source said. The man told Fox News, "I have CAT, I have CAT," which turned out to be a...

According to the latest Fox News poll, conducted between June 13-16 among 1,003 registered voters, 73 percent think Iran poses a real threat to the U.S., a 13-point increase from six years ago. That includes a majority of Democrats (69 percent), Republicans (82 percent), and Independents (62 percent), and those numbers are up since 2019 (by 12, 17, and 4 points respectively), says Fox News. The latest J.L. Partners poll, conducted between June 16-17 among 1,039 registered voters, shows similar levels of support. According to the poll, Americans overwhelmingly see Iran as a serious threat: 73 percent say Iran having...

The head of the federal agency responsible for overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to resign if the central bank did not cut rates that day. In a Wednesday post on social media, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte accused Powell of refusing to do his job by not cutting interest rates at President Trump’s request. Both the Fed and FHFA are independent federal agencies charged with overseeing critically important parts of the U.S. financial system. Congress designed those agencies to be immune from the political pressures exhibited by both...

The researchers, from the cybersecurity firm Cybernews, initially found a database containing 184 million records sitting unprotected on a web server last month. However, as they delved deeper, they realized that this was just one of many unsecured databases full of private information. Further investigation revealed an additional 29 datasets, each containing tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records. In total, the researchers uncovered a staggering 16 billion records, making this one of the biggest stolen login discoveries of all time. What sets this breach apart from others is the freshness and organization of the data. The researchers emphasized...

"Former Congressman Gaetz says that if the world is concerned about secret nuclear weapons programs in the Middle East, it should start with Israel. Gaetz suggests that if Israel wants Iran to denuclearize, Israel should denuclearize as well." ...

I’ll keep this short and sweet so I can get this out faster to you. As headline says, 16,000,000,000 passwords have been leaked. Most likely the biggest password leak in history. It would probably be a good idea to change your passwords. If you have Google, maybe start there and change your Google password, since a lot of people have numerous saved passwords to bank accounts, social media accounts, email, etc, all under Google. Forbes: Update, June 19, 2025: This story, originally published on June 18, has been updated with comments from the founders of Keeper Security regarding the 16...

President Donald Trump blasted Fox News Thursday after the network released a new poll showing that just over half of Americans approve of his handling of border security. The survey found that a 53% majority approve of Trump's handling of the southern border, while 46% disapprove. On immigration, 46% approve of the president's policies, while 53% disapprove, according to the poll. "The Crooked FoxNews Polls got the Election WRONG, I won by much more than they said I would, and have been biased against me for years," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "They are always wrong and negative....

As US President Donald Trump mulls striking Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night. According to the New York Post, the E-4B Nightwatch - a plane designed to protect the Secretary of Defence and other national security officials and keep the government operating in the time of nuclear war - was spotted by flight trackers. The aircraft departed from Bossier City, Louisiana, on Tuesday evening and landed in Maryland around 4 hours later, after a long, winding route. What is a "doomsday plane"? A "doomsday plane" is...

A recent Oregon Court of Appeals ruling blew a gaping hole in the state police crime lab’s long-standing technique of matching a suspect’s gun to shell casings left behind at a crime scene. The court found that a forensic examiner relied on “subjective judgment” based on training and experience – not objective scientific methodology – when linking shell casings in a 2018 Portland shooting to a Taurus handgun.The decision threatens an untold number of similar prosecutions across that state that have relied on ballistic comparisons. It already has left prosecutors scrambling to adjust trial tactics while defense attorneys hope the...

The Social Security program is nine years away from insolvency, the Social Security Board of Trustees said Wednesday. This forecast moved up one year since 2024’s annual report, which projected the program to deplete its funding by 2035. Now that projection date is set at 2034. Medicare’s hospital trust fund will fall short in 2033, when it will only be able to cover 89% of scheduled benefits. This date moved up three years since last year’s report, according to the Medicare Board of Trustees. “As in prior years, we found that the Social Security and Medicare programs both continue to...

A tense discussion over the motivations of Trump supporters saw “Squad” Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) sink to new lows, making remarks that has critics calling out her “nutty” denunciation of fellow Americans she looks down on. All supporters of President Donald Trump should seek help, Crockett said on Wednesday, because they are “mentally ill.” The politically incorrect comment came while the Texas lawmaker appeared as a guest on Katie Couric’s “Next Question” podcast. “We’ve got a mental health crisis in this country because everyone, no matter how you affiliate yourself, should be against Trump, period. This is not partisan for...

The editorial director of Antiwar.com is challenging Israel’s claims that Iran was mere days away from acquiring nuclear weapons. Scott Horton, who also is director of the Libertarian Institute, said those assertions haven’t been confirmed by other nations, including the United States. “What they had all along is a latent nuclear deterrent — it’s the same as Germany, Japan or Brazil, where they had shown they perfected the fuel cycle, they know how to make nuclear weapons fuel, but they’re not making it,” Horton told “On Balance” host Leland Vittert on Friday, a day after Israel launched military strikes against...

Star Trek: Soviet edition PART 2. TNG era this time.

Isaiah Esquire danced his way through the Oregon House of Representatives on Wednesday to the sounds of Aretha Franklin, followed closely by fellow Black drag performer Aqua Flora, who held a pride flag aloft as they sashayed down the chamber’s center aisle. “Normally, colleagues, we don’t applaud during performances,” Speaker Pro Tempore David Gomberg, a Democrat from Otis, told the chamber after the lawmakers gave the performers a standing ovation for their lip sync. “But there are times when I think exceptions are appropriate.” Esquire and Flora were featured performers in the House the day before Juneteenth, exemplifying the artistry...

Breitbart News @BreitbartNews The Oregon State Legislature opens its session with a drag show for Pride Month 11:25 AM · Jun 19, 2025

Iran’s inventory of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs)—missiles with a range of under 1,000 kilometers (621 miles)—has included both liquid- and solid-fueled missiles. According to a 2019 report by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Iran’s liquid-fueled Shahab-1, Shahab-2, and Qiam-1 SRBMs are based on technology from Soviet-era Scud missiles. In the early 2000s, Iran began testing the first iteration of the Fateh family of SRBMs, the Fateh-110. The Fateh-110 and its successor, the Fateh-313, are solid-fueled SRBMs with estimated ranges of up to 300 and 500 kilometers, respectively, according to the 2020 NASIC report.Iran’s medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs)—those with a...