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In a stunning departure from decades of established US foreign policy, President Donald Trump revealed that a forthcoming peace agreement with Iran will likely allow the regime to retain its conventional ballistic missiles. Standing before reporters at the G7 meeting in France, the President argued that a complete ban is unrealistic because 'they got to have some.' 'What am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but they can't have them?' Trump said during the briefing. 'Missiles aren't the problem. They hurt a little location, but they don't blow up the planet.' A reporter...

A YouTuber has used Grok to predict how the upcoming 2028 US election will pan out in a detailed breakdown shared online, including the likely winner and which states they'll triumph in. Grok is Elon Musk's artificial intelligence bot, which is commonly used on his social media platform Twitter (or X, as it's now known). (snip) For the sake of the Grok results, the person behind the YouTube channel Election Time input Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Josh Shapiro, JB Pritzker, Cory Booker, and Tim Walz as potential candidates. (snip) Looking at the Republican side of things,...

A new report has revealed that key Republican lawmakers chose not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson during their investigation into the events of January 6, 2021, allegedly to avoid the exposure of compromising personal messages. Aides to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly discouraged efforts to call Hutchinson to testify, citing concerns that sexually explicit messages from certain lawmakers to Hutchinson could become public. The revelation comes as Johnson, who recently revived the GOP-led inquiry into the Capitol events, faces scrutiny over the direction and intent of the investigation. Johnson’s office also actively advised Rep. Barry Loudermilk...

Democrats on Capitol Hill called on Vice President Cheney yesterday to compensate hundreds of former Halliburton Co. employees who lost millions of dollars in pension payouts when Halliburton sold a subsidiary under Cheney's leadership. The employees of the former Halliburton subsidiary, Dresser-Rand, have received notices from Halliburton offering them payments that are on average $50,000 less than expected, according to an employee representative. The shortfall comes from Halliburton's decision not to continue to make pension fund contributions for the workers after the unit was sold to Ingersoll-Rand in February 2000. Ingersoll-Rand said Halliburton should compensate the workers for the shortfall,...