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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Trump: 'Horrible' Supreme Court Ruling 'Big Loss' for US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the Supreme Court's rejection of mail ballot restrictions "a big loss for Republicans, and America itself." Trump sharply criticized the justices after the court Monday declined to allow his administration's new mail ballot rules to take effect ahead of November's midterm elections, leaving in place a lower-court injunction. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. "Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court," Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post, calling mail-in voting a "disaster" and alleging the ruling would make cheating easier for Democrats. "The Supreme Court has really let our Country down!" Trump added.
Stocks tumble after AI leaders warn that the industry should slow down Stock futures fell sharply Monday morning, led by tech stocks, after leading artificial intelligence CEOs called for a slowdown in the pace of developing the revolutionary technology. In early Monday morning trading, Nasdaq 100 futures slid by 1.5%, while S&P 500 futures tumbled 0.8%. Leading those losses were shares of technology companies. If the Nasdaq 100’s moves held through the remainder of the day’s trading session, it would be its worst day in about 6 weeks. Nvidia, the world’s most valuable public company, fell 3%. US Acknowledges Deploying Weapons in Space The United States has deployed weapons in space, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink acknowledged publicly for the first time. "We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action," Meink said Monday at the 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. The disclosure marked the first time a Pentagon official publicly acknowledged that the U.S. has deployed such a capability in Earth's orbit after years of concern about advances by China and Russia. Attempted Trump assassin Thomas Crooks used 'Bob Dole' alias before anonymous donor paid for cremation: docs An anonymous donor paid to have the Trump assassination attempt gunman's body cremated, FBI records show Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Pennsylvania man who killed a bystander and seriously wounded two others in a failed assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, had no friends as a teenager and used the alias "Bob Dole" while ordering suspicious packages before an anonymous donor paid for his body to be cremated, according to federal documents viewed by Fox News Digital. The records turned over to the Senate show Thomas’ actions were a surprise to his family, and his motive is still a mystery. Crooks, 20, typically collected packages addressed to the Dole alias before his father, who worked late, came home. He was shot and killed after opening fire at a Trump rally in July 2024. A family attorney told investigators that he had been cremated shortly thereafter — paid for by an anonymous donor, according to the documents. Could Iran’s regime collapse? Inside the Israeli assessment of Tehran’s future What is really happening behind the scenes in Tehran? How close is the collapse of the ayatollah regime, what is going through Mojtaba Khamenei’s mind, and why is Israel’s defense establishment on maximum alert? Throughout January and February, intelligence agencies closely monitored the Iranian regime’s harsh campaign of retaliation against protesters across the country. Reports collected by officials in Washington and Jerusalem documented arrests, severe torture, and a widespread pattern of citizens disappearing without a trace. Initially, Israeli and the United States had no plan to launch another operation after Operation Rising Lion. However, as reports emerged of mass killings carried out indiscriminately against men, women, children, and the elderly, Israel’s defense establishment delivered a firm message in closed forums: “The moment for another operation will come; it is inevitable.” Gulf states call off meeting with Iran, Houthis launch new attack on Saudi Arab states in the Gulf called off a meeting with Iran planned for Monday, while Yemen's Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia after fighting that has extended the Middle East war to another theatre and further jeopardised global oil supplies. The Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said they fired dozens of missiles and drones on Monday at a Saudi military airbase in Khamis Mushait, near the border, hitting aircraft hangars, radar systems, runways and ammunition depots. They described the attack as retaliation for hundreds of Saudi airstrikes on Yemen in recent days. Saudi authorities announced brief emergency alerts there and in three other southern cities which have previously come under Houthi fire. The Houthis launched a lightning advance last week in Yemen, culminating in the seizure of an island in the mouth of the Red Sea on Friday. A separate attack that day, which Riyadh blamed on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq, knocked out Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline, the main route for Middle East oil bypassing the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. Iran's regime came for teenage twins. Their fate offers a glimpse of Tehran's widening death campaign Taraneh Rahimi was sentenced to death and her sister Romina to 36 years in the 'Isfahan Shohada Square' case Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were 19, still in high school and living with their mother when masked men came for them in the middle of the night. According to their U.S.-based cousin, the twin sisters were dragged from their beds with bags placed over their heads about a month after they joined anti-regime protests in Isfahan. Their family was given no explanation and spent months searching courts, hospitals and government offices trying to determine where they had been taken. Four months later, their mother, Marzieh Nourmohammadi, was finally allowed to see them at Dowlatabad Prison. She barely recognized her daughters. Iranian twins Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were arrested after joining anti-regime protests in Isfahan, Iran. Taraneh has been sentenced to death, while Romina faces decades in prison. (HANA) Lindsay Clancy holdout juror’s brother reveals details about why he chose guilty: ‘Nothing to do with religion’ The holdout juror who sparked a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case did not allow his Catholic faith to override his judgment that the former nurse was guilty of murder, his brother revealed to The Post — as he said the family’s life has been turned up-side down. “I don’t think religion had anything to do with it,” the brother said, disputing claims online. The bombshell Clancy trial turned national attention to the juror, whom The Post is choosing not to name — with some labeling him a hero for refusing to find Clancy not guilty, and other jurors claiming he refused to follow the judge’s instructions about “reasonable doubt.” FBI Director Kash Patel Senate hearing live updates: Clashes over Epstein files, bureau boss’ leadership FBI Director Kash Patel is in the hot seat on Capitol Hill Tuesday for a grilling by the Senate Judiciary Committee over his leadership at the bureau. The hearing kicked off at 9 a.m. with fiery showdowns between Patel and Democrats on the panel, with its top Dem, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, calling Patel “the least qualified and most partisan FBI director in our nation’s history.” On the GOP side, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) praised Patel for the bureau’s efforts to tackle crime in Memphis, and others commended his “solid work.” Sen. Mazie Hirono accused FBI Director Kash Patel of getting very drunk on the job without giving him a chance to respond to the accusations during a long-winded rant against him. NATO jets shoot down drone in Lithuanian airspace as Russia grows 'increasingly reckless,' Rutte says Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons scrambled overnight and destroyed the drone, which officials say likely entered from Belarus Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons operating under NATO command scrambled overnight and shot down a drone over Lithuania, marking the first time a drone has been downed in the Baltic nation's airspace, officials said Tuesday. The incident came less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that strikes close to alliance territory would drive the 32-nation bloc to increase its support for Ukraine. The drone was destroyed near the village of Pratkūnai, about 60 miles northwest of the capital, Vilnius. Blanche Promises More 9/11 Files After Families Press Trump Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday that the Trump administration will release additional records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, while rejecting claims that documents are being withheld to protect Saudi Arabia or any other government. "There'll be more records coming out," Blanche told CBS News in an exclusive interview, adding that the administration is seeking answers for families who have continued to press for the release of additional records. "The one thing that we are not doing, we're not protecting people," Blanche said. "The reason that we're not releasing documents has nothing to do with protecting any government or any entity. It's just to protect, genuine classified [information]."
Newsom: Won't Run for President in 2028 if Harris Does California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris enters the race, saying a contest between the longtime California political allies would be a "waste of everyone's time." Newsom made the declaration Monday to CNN's Jake Tapper while the two were fly fishing in Montana's Bitterroot River as part of a wide-ranging interview about the governor's life, political career, and possible presidential ambitions. "I don't know if she runs, but we'll see," Newsom said. "I wouldn't run if she ran." Asked why, Newsom replied, "Of course not. Why would I? I wouldn't do that to her. I wouldn't do it to me." How Elon Musk can unlock a Russia-Ukraine energy truce — and help save lives By John Hardie and Mark Montgomery
Russia and Ukraine have “agreed” not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, President Donald Trump asserted Monday — perhaps aiming to accelerate a deal that reportedly remains under negotiation and which Moscow has previously resisted. While Kyiv quickly expressed readiness for an energy truce, the Kremlin has remained conspicuously silent. It’s not hard to guess why. Vladimir Putin knows that Ukraine, short on air defenses, is staring down the barrel of its hardest winter yet — and he wants to exploit that vulnerability. Spare us the AI apocalypse rhetoric. Let Congress decide what comes next Americans are not in the habit of agreeing with corporate titans who cry that 'Something must be done!' By Hugh Hewitt
Every morning brings a new warning about "artificial intelligence" (AI) along the lines of, "We are all going to die." By afternoon, or by the next day at the latest, comes the counter-warning: "Stand down. Nothing to see here." For those of us who need a YouTube video to start the dishwasher or to find the emergency lights on a rental car, the correct posture is difficult to guess. "Guess" is the operative word here, because if 0.01% of America understands the debate, I would be surprised. |
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