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Rubio: ‘Most of the World Assesses’ That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday was asked whether Israel has nuclear weapons and acknowledged that “most of the world assesses that they do,” but also reaffirmed the US policy of not acknowledging the existence of Israel’s nuclear stockpile and secret weapons program. Rubio made the comments when being questioned by…
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House Passes Bill To Give Ukraine Billions in Additional Military Aid as War Escalates
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to provide Ukraine with billions in additional military aid and increase sanctions on Russia, a move that comes as the more than four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating. The Ukraine Support Act passed in a vote of 226-195, with 18 Republicans…
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Markets Are Treating the Iran Conflict as a Shock, Not a Structural Change
(Money Metals News Service) In a wide-ranging conversation on the Money Metals Podcast, host Mike Maharrey sat down with Axel Merk, founder, president, and chief investment officer of Merk Investments, to discuss how investors should interpret the ongoing conflict involving Iran, what is driving gold prices, and why maintaining a disciplined investment process matters more…
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Trump Pardons Ex-Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office. Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison in 2023 for trades made while working as a consultant…
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Becerra Wins Democrat Nomination for California Governor
(Headline USA) Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to the general election for California governor Friday after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state and succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years in public office, including as state attorney general and U.S. health secretary, to argue…
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FBI Fires Analysts Who Drafted Controversial Anti-Catholic Memo
(Headline USA) Several FBI analysts who drafted a 2023 memo that cited Southern Poverty Law Center information to justify targeting “radical-traditionalist Catholics” as potential violent domestic extremists were fired Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of its director Kash Patel. The fired employees included four intelligence analysts and a…
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Sec. Hegseth Warns of a New Kind of Invasion on D-Day Anniversary
(Headline USA) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link illegal immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it. Hegseth, speaking at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in northwestern…
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Florida Sues OpenAI | Headline USA
(Merrilee Gasser, The Center Square) Florida became the first state this week to sue OpenAI. The civil complaint against OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman accuses the company of deceptive practices and harms to Floridians. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges Altman prioritized commercial gain and ignored warnings that OpenAI’s products could encourage self-harm and violence. Attorney…
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Constables Hope to Find Missing Children in Immigration Search Effort
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After months of Congress stalling on funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and administrative changes, Pennsylvania state constables who’ve signed agreements to support federal law enforcement and potentially thousands of missing noncitizen children are ready to get to work. On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed a $70 billion funding…
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Elon Musk to Become World’s 1st Trillionaire after SpaceX IPO
(Headline USA) SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world’s first trillionaire. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell 555.6 million shares…
