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The month-long closure of a crucial waterway for the global energy supply has sparked warnings the world is heading for problems worse than those caused by the 1970s oil crisis. Lars Jensen, a shipping expert and former director at Maersk, told the BBC the impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran could be "substantially larger" than the economic chaos seen in the 1970s. His comments follow a warning from the director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, earlier this month that the world is "facing the greatest global energy security threat in history". "It is much bigger than what...

In near-daily briefings with top military officials at the White House, President Donald Trump has reviewed options that include sending American troops into Iran. The decision whether to go ahead is perhaps his most difficult of the war since US strikes began February 28. For many Trump allies in Washington, the deployment of thousands of US troops to the Middle East would mean the swift end of their public support for the war— and likely threaten the administration’s ability to deliver the hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental funding the White House will soon seek. But for Trump, fully...

Donald J. Trump Truth Social Post 06:29 PM EST 01.29.26 Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made, we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago. Further, Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through this very same certification process. If, for any reason, this situation...

Maurene Comey, the daughter of fired FBI Head Jim Comey, is keeping Epstein documents sealed. Roger Stone asks President Trump to release these filings. The Epstein case made headlines over the past week and it was not good for the DOJ, FBI or President Trump. It was a public relations disaster with many faithful shaking their heads and wondering what really is going on. .... Snip.... The second and more critical action that he recommends taking place, is for President Trump to direct his AG to instruct the DOJ in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to unseal and...