- Thursday October 8th, 2026
- "It Is Not A Question of Who Is Right Or Wrong But What Is Right Or Wrong That Counts."
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World & Nation
US Halts Microsoft's H-1B Status Amid Probe
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the administration is
suspending Microsoft's access to the permanent labor certification
program amid an ongoing investigation and called for scrutiny of nine
universities over their use of foreign researchers.
Vance accused Microsoft of using foreign workers to replace American
employees, saying the company laid off 6,000 U.S. workers last year
while benefiting from 6,300 H-1B visas and nearly 3,000 green cards.
"In other words, if you do the math for every worker that Microsoft
laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign
indentured servants," Vance said.
Iran threatens pre-emptive strikes as US questions who runs Tehran
Iran's army spokesman said on Wednesday that the armed forces were
prepared to carry out pre-emptive strikes in the war against the US, as
senior IRGC figures claimed tighter control over the Strait of Hormuz
and Washington questioned how much authority Iran's civilian leadership
actually holds.
"Should circumstances require it, we will conduct pre-emptive
operations down the line in order to prevent the enemy from committing
any act of aggression or intrusion," spokesman for Iran's regular army
Brigadier General Mohammad Akrami-Nia told the state-run IRNA news
agency.
IRGC officials separately said Hormuz was firmly in Tehran's hands, despite a parallel US naval blockade of the vital waterway.
"The Strait of Hormuz is closed and the armed forces have full control
over it, and this situation will continue until Iran's legitimate
demands are met," Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior IRGC
adviser, said in a media interview.
He claimed that some vessels were using small boats to smuggle oil through the strait to larger tankers.
Iran's Drone War Exposes US, NATO Vulnerabilities
Iran's continued use of inexpensive attack drones is exposing
significant vulnerabilities in American and NATO military defenses,
Politico reported Thursday.
The tactic has forced Western commanders to reconsider how they protect
strategic bases, deploy forces, and counter emerging threats.
Despite President Donald Trump's insistence that Iran's military has
been "completely destroyed" following eight months of U.S. and Israeli
attacks, Tehran's Shahed drones continue to disrupt American operations
across the Middle East and beyond.
Smoke reported at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia after Houthis claim attack
Multiple sources told Reuters on Thursday that smoke was
seen rising from an aircraft at King Khalid International Airport in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a reported Houthi attack.
The aircraft is believed to be empty, three people briefed on the matter said to Reuters.
Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki said in a
post on X that “We intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles
launched by the terrorist Houthi militia towards Riyadh.”
Pentagon Prepares for Possible Iran Strikes as Trump Weighs Action
The Pentagon has directed U.S. Central Command to complete preparations
for possible new military strikes against Iran as President Donald
Trump weighs whether to resume major combat operations, according to
U.S. officials.
No final decision or attack date has been set, but the preparations
come after weeks of increasingly direct warnings from Trump that the
United States could launch another major assault if Tehran does not
agree to Washington's demands.
Axios reported Wednesday that potential strikes could target Iranian
energy infrastructure, military facilities, and nuclear sites, with
U.S. and Israeli officials saying renewed combat could occur before the
Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections or Israel's Oct. 27 elections.
Mamdani reacts to backlash over his Oct. 7 actions, says as mayor, 'this is what I signed up for'
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down Thursday in accusing
Israel of waging a genocide in Gaza after being criticized over a
statement he released yesterday on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023,
attacks while also being called a "traitor" by anti-Israel protesters.
Mamdani, during the anniversary of the attacks on Wednesday, released a
statement saying three years ago, "on that day, Hamas killed more than
1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others.
"We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry
that unthinkable loss," Mamdani said. "The suffering did not begin nor
end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s
devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than
74,000 Palestinians — including more than 21,000 children," he
continued.
'Against all odds': Christa Pike conscious and talking after botched execution
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and talking in the
hospital following her botched execution, her attorneys announced on
Oct. 6.
"Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues
to receive critical medical care," her attorneys said in a statement.
"Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear
but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery."
They said that despite "severe damage" to Pike's arms, "she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed."
The attorneys expressed gratitude to the first responders and medical
team "who treated Christa like human and have provided exceptional care
to her." They added that they also wanted to thank "thousands from all
over the world who sent messages offering prayers and support for
Christa. "
Graphic footage shows Yemeni troops running over Houthi fighters in battle for Red Sea strait
Video posted by government forces in Yemen showed them driving armored
cars over opposing fighters as they recaptured areas around the vital
Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthis on Monday in a deadly new
phase of the fragmented country's war.
The videos gave a glimpse into the brutal closing stages of a pitched
battle for control of territory near the strait that the Houthis had
captured last month. The Houthi advance sent shockwaves through the oil
market and pushed up petrol and diesel prices worldwide.
Fighting continued near Bab el-Mandeb on Tuesday as Saudi-backed
government forces battled to consolidate Monday's counter-attack,
besieging Houthi fighters at a military camp near the strait and
pushing into hills to the east, Yemeni military sources said.
Zelenskyy makes statement after attack on ships near Bulgaria
Ukraine was not involved in the attack on civilian vessels off the
coast of Bulgaria. Russia carried out the strike using sea and aerial
drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
According to him, intelligence and security agencies are currently
working to establish all the circumstances surrounding Russia's attack
on civilian shipping.
"Two civilian vessels were attacked in Bulgarian waters overnight. One
sank, while the other sustained significant damage. We extend our
sympathy to all those affected," Zelenskyy said.
The president stressed that Ukrainian forces had not conducted any
operations in the area. He added that Russia's actions were a
deliberate attempt to make the western part of the Black Sea unsafe for
navigation.
Ex-NY prosecutor claims AG Letitia James pushed Trump probe despite investigators finding nothing: ‘What Tish wanted, Tish got’
A whistleblower in the state Attorney General’s Office was ordered to
dig up dirt on President Trump, even after a year-long probe found no
wrongdoing – because it was what AG Letitia James was demanding, he
told The Post.
Daniel Wiesenfeld, a prosecutor in the Investor Protection Bureau,
claimed he was told by Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe to keep trying to
make a case against Trump and his pals despite finding no evidence that
there was a crime.
“By June 2026, after several meetings, we had become exasperated,”
Wiesenfeld told The Post in an exclusive interview. “Shamiso told us,
in sum and substance, that she agreed with us and that if it were her
call, she would close the case – but that it was Tish’s call.
“Tish was the boss and what Tish wanted, Tish got,” he said. “So we had to keep going.”
Wiesenfeld has been at odds with his boss since August, when he blasted
out an email to more than 2,000 colleagues claiming he was being forced
to find dirt on Trump and his pals.
US slapping fresh sanctions on ‘unaccountable’ International Criminal Court
The State Department will impose “further sanctions” on the
International Criminal Court in response to its attempts to charge
American service members, according to a US official and an internal
memo reviewed by The Post.
The official said that diplomatic posts were receiving warnings
Thursday that “further ICC action” was imminent, while the memo cited
longstanding grievances with the US not being a signatory to the
court’s founding treaty.
“The ICC seeks to become the unaccountable global arbiter – positioning
itself above and beyond the nation state as a supranational judicial
arm of a globalist bureaucracy empowered to persecute American
servicemen and officials at will without authority and as an affront to
our sovereignty,” the memo stated.
“It must be clear, once and for all, that the ICC can pose no threat to those who did not accept its authority,” the memo added.
Hurricane Isaias live updates: Evacuation orders across Gulf Coast before rapidly strengthening storm’s landfall
Hurricane Isaias is quickly gaining strength Thursday as it barrels
toward the Gulf Coast, prompting evacuation orders for a growing list
of coastal cities in Florida and Alabama.
Forecasters warn the dangerous Category 1 hurricane is expected to
bring life-threatening storm surges, damaging winds, and heavy rain and
flooding when it makes landfall late Friday — and could intensify to a
Category 3 before then.
Hurricane Isaias is forecast to bring a life-threatening storm surge to
the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi when
it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday — surging to seven feet
in some areas.
A storm surge is an abnormal rise in water levels produced by a storm,
exceeding the expected astronomical tide, according to NOAA.
Miranda DevinThe far-left is pushing its most nonsensical anti-Trump hoax yet. It will only hurt Dems in the midterms
By Miranda Devine
The Democrats’ latest anti-Trump hoax is their most nonsensical, and
yet of course, their media handmaidens pretend to swallow it hook, line
and sinker.
The claim is that President Trump stood up at his rally in Nebraska on Monday and invited Iran to bomb LA and San Diego.
He actually said the opposite, as anyone honest with ears and a functioning brain knows.
He was talking about how a temporary rise in gas prices was “a small
price to pay” for stopping Iran from developing nuclear missiles that
could annihilate the cities of our allies in Europe and the Middle
East, and might one day even strike American cities.
Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce
By New York Post Editorial Board
Vladimir Putin is losing his brutal war on Ukraine; what will make him accept a truce?
Kyiv’s “Operation Vivaldi” keeps pounding away, driving Russian forces
back and liberating villages in the Donetsk region, erasing most of
Moscow’s (meager) gains of the last year.
The offensive has so far liberated nearly 68 square miles of territory
from Russian forces, taken 250-plus Russian prisoners and inflicted
2,000 casualties.
Even his hold on Crimea is weaker than it was.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s drones are striking deep inside Russia and
occupied Crimea, disrupting supplies to the front and slamming Putin’s
oil refineries.
