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On the "Verdict" podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Ben Ferguson that Democrats are likely to make impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth their first order of business when the House returns, predicting that the votes are already there to impeach him. --------snip-------------- BEN FERGUSON: Now, Senator, let's talk about what impeachment looks like outside of the president. You can hear Jeffries there. He's making it clear this is their bullseye. They want him gone. You said it takes a simple majority. That happens in the House. Then, what would happen next? Is it the same procedures as when they go...

US President Donald Trump said Ukraine would likely emerge from the war with Russia in a "little bit different shape," without specifying what changes he expected to the country's territory or borders. In an interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes, Trump was asked whether he expected the war to end with Ukraine remaining free and independent. "I think we're going to have it done, and I think it's going to happen, and they're going to end up with a little bit different shape [for] Ukraine," he replied.…..

RFU News — Strategic Geopolitics Today, the biggest news comes from the Russian Federation. In central Moscow, security forces carried out a massive coordinated crackdown and detained up to two hundred people. Security forces were detaining anyone they came across on the street, reportedly including minors. According to eyewitnesses, those detained were beaten and taken to police stations. Detainees reported being held for hours without water or access to toilets, while their phones were smashed. Minors were later released to parents, though parents initially faced barriers to entry at the stations, leading to confrontations. Officially, Moscow’s Interior Ministry described the...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has tied Berlin's approval of the 2028-2034 EU budget to a commitment from all member states to provide financial support to Ukraine in 2027 and beyond. Source: European Pravda, citing the Financial Times Details: In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz made Germany's support for the bloc's 2028-2034 budget conditional on all EU countries agreeing to fund Ukraine, which faces a €70 billion funding gap next year. Quote from Merz: "A collective commitment that all of us, without exception, will contribute fairly to closing [Ukraine's financing] gap is an essential prerequisite for resolving...

The young male voters who helped propel President Donald Trump back into the White House in 2024 delivered a devastating rebuke to Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, abandoning the GOP amid mounting frustration over the Iran War, economic struggles, and the growing perception that Washington has betrayed the America First agenda. New exit polling reveals a dramatic political reversal among younger Americans, particularly men under 45, who played a critical role in Trump’s historic comeback just two years ago. The collapse has raised serious questions about whether Republican leaders understood the coalition that elected Trump in the first place,...

First came the public suggestion that the Kraków gunman was fascinated by far-right ideologies. Then came explanations about preliminary theories and the need for further verification. Remarks made by Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński just hours after the deadly attack in Kraków quickly made international headlines. Meanwhile, material circulating online has raised questions about the perpetrator’s actual political sympathies, with some reports pointing in a very different ideological direction. One fundamental question remains: what evidence prompted the minister to associate the attacker with the far right so early in the investigation? (snip) His remarks quickly spread through domestic and international...

A gunman suspected of killing six people in central Krakow and his parents and sister at their home has died in hospital, Polish police say. The 24-year-old was injured after opening fire in central Krakow, the second largest city in Poland, on Saturday, and died early on Monday morning, police said. Armed officers raced to the scene and engaged in a gunfight with the suspect, who was shot within three minutes of the attack beginning, preventing a further massacre, officials said. Officials initially reported the gunman had apparently been inspired by "far-right ideologies", but have since said they are still...

This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on the 8th of November2026 0:00 👋 Intro — key events of November 8, 2026 0:16 🇵🇱 "Khalitza 26.2": 11 countries, 2,800 troops drill near Ukraine's border 1:22 🇷🇺 Russia: foreign troops in Ukraine = intervention and a legitimate target 2:17 🛡️ European peacekeepers would be authorized to return fire 2:45 ❓ Will the Coalition dare to cross the border? 6:27 🚩 Ukraine ordered to intensify attacks — "flag days" before the talks 7:31 💥 Both sides prepare massive strikes ahead of Abu Dhabi 8:02 🇬🇧 UK urges citizens to leave the...

This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on the 7th of November2026 0:00 👋 Intro — key events of the past 12 hours 0:13 🚨 US warning & Zelensky's statement: strike expected within 36 hours 1:06 📊 Overnight stats: 172 drones, 153 targets intercepted 2:06 🗺️ Strike map: up to 12 Iskanders and 12 Tsirkons target Kyiv's energy grid 2:53 🚀 Wave one: 8 Iskanders hit eastern Kyiv — air defense suppression 4:57 ⚡️ Wave two: 750kV "Kyivska" substation and Trypillia TPP hit, NASA confirms fire 7:09 💥 Wave three: 4 AM strikes on logistics and warehouses 8:00 🇷🇺...

Alyona’s waters broke in her hometown of Kramatorsk, 10km from the front line. The city has no functioning maternity ward, so an ambulance took her to Sloviansk, a short drive under a canopy of anti-drone netting. Complications then forced her to make an hours-long trip to Kharkiv, where on October 8th she gave birth to a son. That hospital had its dangers too: during air raids mothers and newborns are rushed to a bunker. But it was safer than Kramatorsk, where on the same day a Russian bomb killed 30 people.

Kyiv’s airstrikes have knocked 15 of Russia’s 38 major oil refineries out of operation — causing more than $23.2 billion in economic damage, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) agency said Thursday. Just 12 refineries are running at reduced capacity following the precision strikes, which wiped out nearly all of Moscow’s oil sector income from 2025, the HUR estimated. The agency specifically cited five facilities that were hit as of September, including the massive Ryazan Oil Refining Company, with those refineries accounting for 33% of Russia’s total volumes. The strikes have effectively cut Russia’s processing volumes by 55.4% compared to the beginning...

It was epochal and marks a new era in our political history. And for once everyone rushed to name clearly what happened. The morning after the 2026 midterm elections, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was searingly blunt. For the Republican Party it was “close to an extinction level event.” Its effects will “reverberate for the next decade or more.” “It was a Watergate-level repudiation,” said Ted Cruz, soon to be Texas’ lone Republican senator, on a podcast. Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee chairman in the first Trump term, told Fox News on Wednesday the election wasn’t only a Democratic wave, it...

Security guarantees for Ukraine and a new European security strategy were the main topics of meetings in Brussels on November 5 with representatives of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and NATO. Head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service Rustem Umerov said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Together with representatives of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and NATO, we discussed what security guarantees for Ukraine from the United States and other partners should look like, as well as a new European security strategy. We are continuing work on this track. We will share details...

About three-quarters of voters said the Iran war was a crucial factor in which candidate they supported in the 2026 midterm elections, according to an NBC exit poll. Among the 74% of voters who said the Iran war was a crucial factor, 62% voted Democrat and 35% voted Republican. ... In a CBS exit poll, most voters said the U.S. made the wrong decision to take that military action in Iran, including about a quarter of Republicans.

As global tensions reach boiling point, fears are never too far away that World War 3 could break out at any point. A major conflict is likely to bring conscription, the official term for when a country imposes mandatory military service on the public. The UK Government extended the age bracket for eligible call-ups to the Army Reserves earlier this year, and some Brits understood that to be a reaction to the current worldwide unrest. With Vladimir Putin and Russia warning that direct nuclear strikes are "reality" and "not a scare tactic", western leaders are on red alert. Experts are...

The Iran war, gas prices and Trump’s miscalculations led to one of the most decisive repudiations of an American president In mid-February, one of President Trump’s economic advisers arrived at the Oval Office with charts showing how the administration’s policies might be making America great again. Household income was up, particularly among low-income Americans. Retirement accounts were soaring. And the nation’s economic growth was even better than projected. “This is great stuff,” said Trump. He had completed his first year back in office, and his power seemed limitless. The president had complete control of Congress, U.S. business leaders were following...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview on Wednesday, said he hoped gains by Democrats in the US midterm elections would generate more help for Ukraine in its 4-1/2-year-long war with Russia. Zelenskiy ​told Germany's ZDF television he hoped the changes caused by Democrats taking control of ‌both chambers of Congress next year would be to Kyiv's advantage. "I am also grateful to the Republicans, but the Democrats speak very clearly about supporting Ukraine and providing assistance to Ukraine," Zelenskiy said in comments provided in ​German by ZDF before the interview was broadcast. "They speak about renewing the connection between...

On Monday, Pat Buchanan turned 88. I leave it to others who knew and worked with him to sing his praises; I have little new to add. I can say simply that his record speaks for itself. It is, however, my privilege to help run the magazine he founded. When in the Trump years you’ve run into conservatives in the under-50 DC set, they’ve always been enthusiastic about Pat and the idea of his magazine, even when they can’t tell you a single thing it’s published in the past year. People knew how much the Trump thing owed to our...

This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on the 3rd of November2026 0:00 — 👋 Intro: the biggest energy strike ever 1:54 — 🌉 Zatoka bridge: 18 missiles in 30 minutes 3:19 — 🛩️ Phase 1: drones across 20+ cities, Kyivska 750 kV hit 4:38 — 🚀 Phase 2: 29 ballistics — Iskanders, KN-23s, Tsirkons, Oniks 6:23 — 🔥 Ladyzhyn, Prydniprovska, Kaniv HPP, Kharkiv TPP-5, Zmiiv — all hit 9:17 — ✈️ Phase 3: synchronized bomber armada — 70 Kh-101s 12:15 — 🎯 The 6 a.m. encore: strike tailored by battle-damage recon 13:27 — 💣 Vinnytsia Oblast blacked out;...