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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Iran Receives Ceasefire Plan, Dismisses Diplomatic Efforts  Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran's defiance came as Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and Washington deployed paratroopers and more Marines to the region. Iranian state television’s English-language broadcaster, Press TV, quoted an anonymous official as saying Iran rejected America’s ceasefire proposal. Press TV’s report came after Pakistan transmitted the proposal to Iran.
Iran says it fired missiles at USS Abraham Lincoln as Israel targets Tehran  Iran said Wednesday it had fired cruise missiles in the direction of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, hours after Tehran’s military dismissed any talk of an agreement to end the war with the US. The semiofficial Fars News Agency, which has close ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed that the missile attack had “forc[ed] the American naval fleet to change position.” There was no immediate response from US Central Command (CENTCOM), which has taken to social media in the past to refute Iranian claims to have struck the Lincoln and other US assets. The carrier has been based in the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury, which will mark the conclusion of its fourth week Friday. Official: US Eyes Swift Mideast Return of Minesweepers Held Up in Singapore  The U.S. Navy hopes to expedite the return to the Persian Gulf of two ships refitted for minesweeping now undergoing maintenance in Singapore, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, as concerns mount over Iranian threats to mine the Strait of Hormuz. The official acknowledged the United States had "not a lot of options" in the Indian Ocean to maintain the two littoral combat ships based out of Bahrain, saying it hoped to minimize time spent laid up in Singapore, 3,915 miles away. The work would be completed as soon as possible to prepare the ships to get "back into the theater" where they were based, the official said, declining to provide a time frame and speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Israeli ambassador sounds missile siren at UN Security Council: 'You have 15 seconds'  Israel's Ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, sounded sirens to members of U.N. Security Council on Tuesday and activated a 15-second timer to illustrate the reality in which Israeli citizens live under rocket fire. Immediately afterwards, Ambassador Danon said: "When you hear this siren you have fifteen seconds to seek shelter…to decide which child to take first, whether to return for the others. Sometimes even that is not enough to reach a safe place." The alarm that sounded in the chamber immediately attracted the attention of those present, and some ambassadors paced in their seats during the countdown. Danon added: "We do not want to live under constant threat. We want a different future. A stable Middle East. A peaceful Middle East. Israel will not return to solutions that guarantee the next war. This time we will remove the threat from the root.” Supreme Court tosses $1B copyright verdict in record companies' battle over illegal internet downloads Internet providers cannot be held liable for copyright infringement committed by subscribers  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday that internet providers are not liable for copyright infringement by their users, delivering an opinion in Cox v. Sony and tossing a $1 billion verdict. "Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the opinion. "Accordingly, we reverse." The ruling marks a significant win for broadband providers facing pressure from copyright owners to police subscriber activity. Top Republican in North Carolina Senate concedes race decided by 23 votes Phil Berger, who was endorsed by Trump, concedes to Sheriff Sam Page despite outspending his opponent in Republican primary  Top Republican in the North Carolina Senate Phil Berger conceded his GOP primary race Tuesday after a second recount left him behind by a mere 23 votes, ending Berger’s long hold on the Triad-area seat and setting up a leadership shake-up in a key battleground state. "While this was a close race, the voters have spoken, and I congratulate Sheriff Page on his victory," Berger wrote in a statement Tuesday after the results of the second recount confirmed Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page won the District 26 race. Berger’s defeat is a major upset in North Carolina politics, particularly after President Donald Trump had endorsed him and fellow state Republicans had reportedly urged Page to end the primary challenge. Unofficial state election results showed Page with 13,135 to Berger's 13,112. Certain oil tankers are safely transiting the Strait of Hormuz — here’s how  Ships carrying Iranian oil are using secret codes to bypass Tehran’s blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a stunning report. This has allowed dozens of vessels — all tied to countries that still purchase Iran’s crude — to escape the perils of the shipping lane, while thousands of others remain stranded in the Persian Gulf. Tehran has effectively closed the strait as a result of the war — cutting off a passage that saw some 130 ships travel through it every day. Iran says ‘non-hostile’ ships can pass through Strait of Hormuz — as Trump teases major ‘prize’
Iran suspects Trump’s 15-point peace plan is another ruse, claims US is ‘negotiating with itself’: report UK will lead ‘Hormuz Coalition’ to reopen strait after Iran left behind deadly sea mines Airports in chaos as 460 unpaid TSA agents quit and call out sick amid DHS funding war  The Department of Homeland Security will tell Congress on Wednesday that a funding standoff that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to go without pay has caused delays at airports and is posing major security risks. Ha McNeill, the senior official at the Transportation Security Administration, will tell a House committee that 460 TSA officers have quit since the start of the current funding dispute after 1,110 quit during the 2025 shutdown. TSA is grappling with the spring break travel surge and experiencing about 5% higher travel volume than last year. Trump Expected to Skip CPAC for First Time in a Decade  For the first time in a decade, President Donald Trump reportedly has no plans to attend this week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). According to Time, a White House official said Trump currently has no travel scheduled for the annual gathering, which begins Wednesday at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The official noted the president's plans could still change at the last minute, Time added. Ted Cruz Criticizes FCC on Nexstar Merger, No Full Vote  Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sharply criticized the Federal Communications Commission over its approval of the $6.2 billion merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc., arguing the agency sidestepped proper procedure by failing to hold a full commission vote. The merger, approved just over a week ago, creates the largest television broadcaster in the United States. If not stopped in court, the liberal Nexstar will own 260 TV stations across 44 states — more stations than owned by NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX combined. Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to fuel the left’s dangerous and misleading agenda By Michael Goodwin
When the term “Trump Derangement Syndrome” was coined, the words carried a hint of gallows humor. But as time passed and insane behavior by the president’s opponents became widely embedded in key people and institutions, any whiff of humor faded into history. Especially during a time of war with a deadly, fanatical enemy, an irrational hatred of our commander-in-chief by powerful Americans is not a laughing matter. True cause of deadly LaGuardia plane crash horror is hiding in plain sight By Andrew Miller
Investigators probing Sunday’s horrific LaGuardia Airport crash say “multiple failures” — not a single air-traffic control error — are to blame for the tragic deaths of two Air Canada pilots and scores of passenger injuries. But perhaps the biggest such failure is one National Transportation Safety Board experts won’t examine. The Air Canada jet plowed into a fire truck heading to assist a disabled United Airlines plane that was out on the tarmac because no open gate was available for it at the terminal. Any transportation system that is overloaded clearly has fundamental problems. The 50 largest US airports are 82 years old on average, and only three major commercial airports have been built in the past half-century. |
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