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WASHINGTON — A new report by the Pentagon’s Inspector General has outlined the costs of Operation Epic Fury. Among them: “hundreds” of buildings and “dozens” of aircraft left damaged or destroyed, over 400 servicemembers wounded and the expenditure of $22 billion in munitions that has left “strategic inventory shortfalls” for the US military. The report, released today, provides the clearest accounting of the materiel damage that has occurred to US military assets since the start of the conflict with Iran. The report only covers from the launch of military activities on Feb. 28 to June 30, meaning that damage totals...

New Hampshire has emerged as a surprise battleground for control of the Senate ahead of the midterms, complicating Democratic hopes of flipping the chamber. The nonpartisan election analysis site Cook Political Report changed its rating of the race to succeed retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) from “Lean Democratic” to “Toss Up.” The shift is a rare positive development for Republicans as evidence mounts that Democrats are positioned for major victories in the midterms, including polls showing a sizable advantage over Republicans. An August poll from the University of New Hampshire found Republican John E. Sununu leading four-term Rep. Chris Pappas...

Two distinct laws passed in Nazi Germany in September 1935 are known collectively as the Nuremberg Laws: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. These laws embodied many of the racial theories underpinning Nazi ideology. They would provide the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany. Adolf Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws on September 15, 1935. Germany’s parliament (the Reichstag), then made up entirely of Nazi representatives, passed the laws. Antisemitism was of central importance to the Nazi Party, so Hitler had called parliament into a special session...

Yemen is taking Houthi forces, Saudi Arabia is teaming up with Israel against Iran and Iran's proxy, and street clashes continue to spread to central and northern Iran.

A content creator says shaving her bikini line left her fighting for her life after an infected ingrown hair developed into sepsis. Christy Collins initially thought she had nothing more than a painful boil after noticing a small lump on her bikini line in August.

Arch Manning dug himself into a hole. The Longhorns quarterback is facing some heavy pressure following his reaction to the AI video of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe that stemmed from a viral clip of the coach blowing off a postgame interview with the ESPN star after Texas' stunning comeback win over No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. When asked whether he saw any AI edits after the game, Manning said: "I've seen a few AI edits and stuff, but that's about it. I saw AI edits of Sark's interview," which sparked laughter in the press conference room. "Have y'all...

Hundreds of Jews stood on the Temple Mount before dawn on the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, and by the time they left, something had happened there that Rabbi Josh Wander believes had not happened in thousands of years: the shofar sounded on the Mount together with the silver Temple trumpets. Wander was there for both days of the holiday, and described what he saw in an interview with Rabbi Aharon Sokol on the podcast Parsha Inspired, an account independently corroborated by police statements and other eyewitnesses. A Shabbat exception, revived Any year Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat...

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced articles of impeachment Tuesday against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for high crimes and misdemeanors. This comes just days after reports surfaced about Congressional Democrats laying the groundwork for Hegseth’s impeachment if they retake the House of Representatives this November. “Mr. Speaker … I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows,” Massie began.

There’s trouble brewing beneath the GLP-1 buzz. As Americans embrace blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy in record numbers, providers are warning of a troubling ripple effect: patients sliding back into restrictive eating disorders — and others developing them for the first time. “I think there should be a button that you have to click saying ‘I am consciously making a choice that could really harm my health,’” Dr. Zoe Ross-Nash, a licensed clinical psychologist, told The Post. “Like on cigarette boxes, it says, ‘This could cause cancer.’ OK, well, this [drug] could cause an eating disorder.” The solemn...

The key to slowing deadly brain tumors could be right on our plates. Gliomas are a group of tumors that develop in the brain or spinal cord and can range from slow-growing — like the one Busy Philipps was diagnosed with this year — to highly aggressive, like the ones John McCain, Beau Biden and Sophie Kinsella had. New research from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health may have found a way to slow down the growth of these tumors — and it could come down to what people eat. A study published Tuesday found that high-grade...

Assisted suicide is legal in several countries, including Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland, as well as parts of the US, although eligibility rules vary. UK lawmakers on Friday rejected legislation that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the House of Commons, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was rejected by 286 votes to 270. The outcome marked a notable reversal from last year, when an almost identical bill passed with a majority of 23 votes. The bill would have allowed...

A colonoscopy in February 2025 was meant to lead to a routine follow-up. Eighteen months on, a patient in Cádiz says that appointment still doesn’t exist, and neither does any record of the procedure that was supposed to trigger it. A colonoscopy, then months of silence In November 2024, a patient at Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real in Cádiz was referred to the Digestivo (digestive medicine) department, and a colonoscopy was prescribed. It was carried out on February 5, 2025, according to consumer group FACUA Cádiz. The patient then asked for the follow-up review about a week later, but more...

Explanation: There was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy, France. But soon, it was not only the Moon. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon -- the planet Venus far in the distance. Captured in the single featured exposure, both appeared to show a crescent phase. The Moon's crescent was quite slight -- with only about 10 percent of its face illuminated by the Sun. In contrast, Venus's crescent was more full -- showing about 25 percent...

"Trump said the center will close immediately, and that renovations will not begin unless and until a higher court reverses the decision to remove his name from the facility’s official name."

Monrovia, Liberia — None of the deported men and women placed in a three-story hotel in a remote, coastal area of this West African country are Liberian citizens. Many are not even from Africa. Instead, they hail from countries throughout Latin America — including Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela — as well as other African countries, like Cameroon and Eritrea. They were deported to Liberia, Africa's oldest republic, last month by U.S. immigration officials as part of an intensifying tactic in President Trump's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration: sending some deportees to far-flung places where they have no ties....

Nixon laments the injustice of having to pay her own fair share as she campaigns on raising taxes on the wealthyFlorida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon, an avowed Democratic Socialist who owns two homes and raked in at least $270,000 from her jobs and investments last year—in addition to her husband's unpublished income—is lamenting the injustice of having to pay taxes on her outsized income. Nixon's income, which she detailed in financial disclosures, includes rent from one of her properties, her income as a state representative, her earnings from a Miami consulting firm, and her salary as the director of...

A nonpartisan congressional watchdog estimates war with Iran is costing up to $3 billion a month WASHINGTON—The Pentagon spent some $38 billion in its first few months of the war with Iran and will need at least five years to replace the missile interceptors it expended trying to defend U.S. troops and bases, according to a nonpartisan congressional watchdog. The Congressional Budget Office also estimates that the war is likely to cost an additional $2 billion to $3 billion a month. The assessment comes as President Trump is trying to determine next steps in the war. Iran hasn’t agreed to...

CELEBRATING EVIL: Sick celebration of "Palestinian" Islamic Oct 7 atrocious attacks@MEMRIReports MEMRI@MEMRIReports Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank Celebrate on October 7, Hand Out Sweets, Fire Guns in the Air, following Hamas's Invasion and Massacre in the Gaza Envelope #Palestinians #Hamas #Gaza #Israel. Oct 29, 2023 https://x.com/MEMRIReports/status/1718530441412551030 'Your son killed Jews!' Hamas terrorist celebrates killing Israelis in phone call to parents. by KRISTINA WATROBSKI | The National Desk. WCIV. Tue, October 24, 2023 at 3:09 PM https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/your-son-killed-jews-hamas-terrorist-celebrates-killing-israelis-in-phone-call-to-parents-israel-palestine-gaza-terrorism-invasion-middle-east-conflict The Evil Ideas Behind October 7. Mike Cosper. The Hamas attacks in Israel have a grotesque ideological history and deserve unflinching moral...

WOAH 🚨 An addiction recovery center in Minnesota accused of stealing millions with fake Medicaid billing has just been exposed to have another account with $25 MILLION They’ve used our stolen tax money to buy: - 3 Minnesota homes - $10.4 million in charges - $3.5 million on leather goods and luggage - $380k jewelry and watches - $150k clothing and shoes - One month of LV charges alone was $440,000 June 2024 spending alone included - $35k at Fendi - $57k at LV - $13k at Hermès - $64k private jet - $41k Airbnb And now a $25 million...

Our educated class is the class that lives furthest from the market economy. ast week I had some fun here with the economic nonsense of our DSA kiddies. For instance, DSA Wunderkind Mamdani proposed for New York City: - Free and fast city buses - Rent freeze - Free universal child care - Public groceries - Taxing the wealthy Today I propose that Adam Smith’s notion of the “invisible hand” is the economic equivalent of Albert Einstein’s E = mc2. Because Smith changed our understanding of the world in the same way that Einstein did. The idea that the point...