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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 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. |
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