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Trump asks Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as Greece ambassador, White House confirms
The move came one day after Trump said 'we're not happy' about the former Donald Trump Jr fiance's conduct
The White House
has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece
amid mounting allegations involving her financial dealings, treatment
of embassy staff and relationships with foreign business interests.
"We have asked
Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset to the
team, and we wish her well," White House press secretary Katie Zacharia
announced Tuesday during her first-ever briefing to the press.
It is not clear
whether Guilfoyle lodged her official resignation, and when asked for
clarity, the White House referred Fox News Digital to the remarks from
the briefing.
Iran has a problem: The US military will do whatever it takes to blockade Iran and cripple Tehran’s economy
U.S. Fighter
Jet Strikes Cargo Ship As Iran Blockade Intensifies - The U.S. military
struck a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday,
October 10. Washington is stepping up efforts to prevent ships from
entering or leaving Iranian ports and to show Tehran that, as its
economy worsens, it won’t be able to force oil out of its ports,
through the Strait of Hormuz, and into international waters.
The operation
comes as new evidence suggests that vessels continue to attempt to
evade the American blockade, and as Iran intensifies its own attacks on
commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The latest
development comes only days after President Donald Trump announced that
he would not launch new military strikes against Iran before the
November 3 midterm elections.
The latest
operation, which saw an American fighter jet disable a Panama-flagged
cargo vessel, suggests that even as Washington rules out a return to
large-scale strikes, it will continue its existing maritime traffic
enforcement campaign to Iran’s disadvantage.
Iran says 'deeply concerned' over escalation between Houthis, Saudi Arabia
Iran says it is
“deeply concerned” by escalating attacks between Yemen’s Tehran-backed
Houthis and Saudi Arabia, after 14 people died in strikes on Riyadh’s
airport over the weekend.
“We are deeply
concerned about the developments taking place in the Arabian
Peninsula,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei tells a weekly
press conference, adding that Tehran is ready “to use our good offices
to help facilitate dialogue between the parties.”
Iran is the patron and chief backer of the Houthis.
Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into such a warzone captains are now paid $100,000 per month to risk their lives
Tanker Captains
Paid $100,000 Per Month to Brave Strait of Hormuz - Oil tanker captains
are being offered enormous salaries to sail through the Strait of
Hormuz as Iran steps up its attacks on commercial vessels and the
global market demands oil move out of the Gulf region at record pace.
Some captains now reportedly earn as much as $100,000 per month, plus
an additional $50,000 bonus for each journey through the waterway.
The massive
payments reflect just how dangerous commercial shipping has become
since the war began on February 28, and Iran tries to grind the global
economy to a halt by making it as dangerous as possible to move oil
through the Strait of Hormuz.
The result is a
market that increasingly incentivizes parties to move oil out of the
region by whatever means possible, and some crew members are reportedly
being pressured into voyages they would otherwise refuse.
Mike Johnson urges Trump to rethink livestreaming Nidal Hasan execution: ‘I wouldn’t be watching’
House Speaker
Mike Johnson encouraged President Trump Monday to reverse his decision
to livestream the planned execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal
Hasan by firing squad — adding that many of his fellow Republicans are
similarly squeamish about the idea.
“The concern
would be that you would create a video that then would be a recruiting
tool for future terrorists,” Johnson (R-La.) told CBS News. “We’ve got
to think through the policy implications of all that. I wouldn’t be
watching it if it was aired, but there’s a lot of opinions on that.”
Secretary of
War Pete Hegseth announced plans last week to make the execution of
Hasan available to the public, drawing bipartisan backlash.
But Vice President JD Vance told reporters that if Hasan’s execution was livestreamed, he was “not gonna be watching it.”
Peltola Raises $17 Million as Trump Heads to Alaska
Former Rep.
Mary Peltola raised $17 million over the past three months in her
campaign against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska as both parties
intensify their efforts in the competitive Senate race.
The $17 million
marks Peltola's largest quarterly fundraising haul of the campaign. Her
campaign said the total also set a third-quarter fundraising record for
an Alaska Senate candidate, Politico reported on Tuesday.
The news comes
as President Donald Trump is scheduled to head to Wasilla for a rally
later Tuesday, with Sullivan expected to attend, the senator's campaign
confirmed. Vice President JD Vance visited Alaska last week.
‘Cornell 7’ accuser sent roommate 3-letter text during alleged gang rape, newly released messages show
“Cornell 7”
accuser Jane Doe sent her roommate a three-letter text during the time
she alleges she was gang raped — which a lawyer for one of the accused
frat brothers cites as proof she wasn’t too wasted to consent.
Jane Doe’s
roommate texted her at 3:05 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2024, to ask her, “You
coming home tn [tonight]?” according to a screenshot shared by TMZ show.
“idk,” the accuser replied, using the three-letter abbreviation for “I don’t know.”
The text
appears to have been sent from Jane Doe’s phone in the middle of what
she later alleged was a drunken, ketamine-fuelled gang-rape in the Chi
Phi fraternity house on Cornell University’s Ithaca, New York, campus.
llhan Omar’s shady family history gives Trump plenty of reasons to probe her past
Much of Ilhan Omar’s family story is a black box, but we are presumably about to learn much more about it.
Federal
authorities raided her Washington, DC, residence Monday in what’s
reportedly a probe related to her immigration paperwork.
The congresswoman has alleged an effort to weaponize federal law enforcement and silence her.
The Trump
administration, which has repeatedly over-reached in pursuit of its
political opponents, doesn’t necessarily deserve the benefit of the
doubt, although questions have swirled around Omar’s background for
years.
She has always
responded with angry, uninformative dismissals, even when the
Minneapolis Star-Tribune — not exactly a right-wing news source — has
made inquiries.
The allegation that’s gotten the most attention is that Ilhan Omar married her brother.
Abdul El-Sayed's alleged family ties to Muslim Brotherhood surface after denying any link during NBC interview
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate told Kristen Welker his family had no ties to the group on 'Meet the Press'
Democratic
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing new scrutiny after
he denied that he or his family had any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
On Sunday's
"Meet the Press," NBC's Kristen Welker pressed El-Sayed whether he
could "set the record straight" on allegations that his family had
connections to the controversial Islamist group.
"No," El-Sayed replied.
However, according to his half-sister Eman Abdelhadi, their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
In another 2012
post, Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago, wrote: "My
family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the
political sphere poorly/destructively."
Metallica frontman James Hetfield blasts entertainers pushing political agendas at concerts
The musician's remarks come after Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's 'Loop Tour' over 'Free Palestine' statements
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is calling out performers who bring political agendas to the stage.
During
Metallica's show at the Las Vegas Sphere on Saturday night, the
63-year-old musician took a moment to express his gratitude to fans who
traveled to see the heavy metal band and blasted entertainers who turn
concerts into political platforms.
"I just gotta
say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence
you with their bulls---, OK?," Hetfield continued as the audience
clapped and cheered.
"We are here …
no bulls--- … we're here to forget about all the outside s---, OK?" he
added. "Metallica's agenda is love, energy and heavy music, baby!"
Trump: China and Russia Not Helping Iran 'at All'
President
Donald Trump said late Monday he did not believe that China and Russia
were helping Iran "at all," adding that Moscow and Beijing had "too
much to lose" if they enabled Tehran.
Trump said on Truth Social that he had seen comments from his critics and opponents that China and Russia were helping Iran.
"If they are,
it's at a very low level, but I don't believe they are at all. They
have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it
very fast," Trump wrote.
Trump said in
July he trusted China and Russia not to help Tehran in the Iran war,
but warned that if they did get involved "it would be very bad for
them."
Two troubled Senate races could spoil Democrats' blue-wave fantasy
Front-runners James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed face growing scrutiny as polls show narrow leads over rivals
By Liz Peek
The midterm
elections are three weeks away. In some states, voting has already
begun. Betting site Kalshi shows odds of 61% that Democrats will win
control of the Senate.
Recent developments in the Texas and Michigan races suggest keeping your money in your pocket.
As voters find
out more about front-runner Democrats James Talarico in Texas and Abdul
El-Sayed in Michigan, the polls are tightening. They say intimacy
breeds contempt; nowhere is this truer than in politics.
Radical wannabe rep Darializa Avila Chevalier just said the quiet part out loud about violent criminals
By New York Post Editorial Board
New York
radical congressional wannabe Darializa Avila Chevalier just said the
quiet part out loud: It doesn’t “matter” to her that illegal immigrant
and alleged gangbanger Oscar Belgal has a violent criminal record.
She wants him free to roam the streets and terrorize neighbors all the same.
Well, nuts to that: Belgal’s violent criminal record “matters” to normal New Yorkers. Enormously.
Does it matter that Belgal's has a violent criminal record?
They want thugs
like him gone, and they’re beyond grateful ICE agents are risking their
lives to boot these menaces from US soil — and keep Americans safe.
Alas, Chevalier
is not alone. Indeed, she’s giving voice to exactly the kind of scary
views of many on the far-left, from Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran
Mamdani on down — even if they don’t put it so honestly.
