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Trump gives Iran 48 hours to reopen Strait of Hormuz
(The Center Square) – President Trump on Saturday gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz to oil cargo or "all hell will reign down." "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on social...
Iran abruptly cuts direct talks after Trump’s explosive ultimatum, report
Iran has reportedly slammed the door on direct communication with the United States following a fiery message from President Donald Trump. According to The Wall Street Journal, Tehran abruptly cut off direct talks after Trump issued a stark warning on Truth Social:...
Defying Senate, House GOP passes DHS funding stopgap
(The Center Square) – The Department of Homeland Security shutdown will continue into the weekend after House Republicans snubbed the Senate’s funding deal and passed their own funding stopgap instead. Rather than approve a dead-of-night compromise that Senate...
Rubio drops the hammer on doubters: ‘47 years of attacks — this president acts’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t just speak—he unloaded with blunt-force clarity that hit like a brick through a window. Let’s get one thing straight, Rubio said: don’t confuse Iran’s long-suffering citizens with the regime calling the shots. “What I'm talking...
Jasmine Crockett praises gun-wielding fugitive who ‘somehow’ made it on her security team
Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Monday that a fugitive killed days earlier by Dallas SWAT officers after he pulled a gun on them was indeed a member of her security team — adding it was “alarming” he had made the cut. The congresswoman posted a statement...
BS political cartoons of the week: Gavin Newsom did that
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Zuckerberg, tech titan CEOs can’t hide laughter after Trump spots CNN in the crowd
BS BULLETIN: President Donald Trump interrupted CNN’s Kristen Holmes as she questioned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about whether AI companies can safely police themselves. “CNN, fake news,” Trump said. “She’s fake news. CNN, the worst.” Mark Zuckerberg, David Sacks and...
America.gov chatbot sent back to orientation after taking every question literally
TOTAL BS! The Trump administration’s newly revamped America.gov website debuted Tuesday with a straightforward mission: make federal information easier for Americans to find. Its new AI assistant appears to have interpreted that assignment quite literally. The chatbot...
Venezuelan driver shot by ICE now faces 20 years — feds say he struck officer during escape
BS BULLETIN: Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, has been charged with assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer after an ICE encounter in Austin ended with him being shot. Prosecutors allege he struck one ICE officer with his side-view mirror, led agents on a...
MAHA summit highlights innovations reshaping American healthcare
(The Center Square) – The second Make America Healthy Again Summit brought together dozens of leading voices on the frontier of innovation in healthcare to tackle familiar MAHA priorities, including reversing the chronic disease epidemic and giving Americans...
Trump unveils AI-powered America.gov to streamline federal services
(The Center Square) – Artificial intelligence took center stage in Washington, D.C., with the unveiling of a streamlined government website utilizing the emerging technology, as President Donald Trump hosted the nation’s top tech leaders. Trump headlined the...
Newsom signs immigration bills to bolster state protections
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom early Tuesday signed several bills to protect California’s immigrants, crack down on private jails and prisons, and keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers out of the state’s police departments. The package...
