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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Putin agrees to trilateral talks with Ukraine, US to end war Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to return to trilateral negotiations with the US and Ukraine to end its war, a Kremlin official told reporters Wednesday. Moscow’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that Putin said “in principle” peace talks will continue after Nov. 10, following a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday to weigh a proposal that laid out Kyiv’s security guarantees, economic recovery funds and other items, before heading to Russia to present the document to Putin. Ukraine’s Zelensky says he’d accept peace deal with Russia that ‘freezes’ front lines: ‘Real way to end war’
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff praises Putin as ‘humanitarian’ as Ukraine peace talks hang in the balance Trump: Hubbard's Release Not Part of Russia Swap Iran didn’t see this coming at all: The Strait of Hormuz could become redundant in just a few years The Strait of Hormuz could become "redundant" within five years as Gulf states develop alternative export routes, HSBC Chief Executive Georges Elhedery suggested on Tuesday. "Of course, we do wish and hope to see a resolution to the conflict... But Hormuz, probably in five years, may become redundant," he told the HSBC Future Forum in Dubai, Reuters quoted him as saying. The five-year timeframe aligns with a major investment in alternative ways to get Gulf exports to market. "We do see this region being able to recover and then continue growing. It will mean a lot of investment," Elhedery said. Iran says US has added clauses to its seven-day Hormuz plan Washington has accepted the terms of Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz but wants additional clauses, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said to state media on October 21. Tehran gave the plan to Washington through mediators in late September, the official said. It is modelled on the June US-Iran memorandum brokered in Islamabad, which appears to be still involved following a visit by the country's top intelligence chief to Tehran on October 21. That deal halted fighting on all fronts and opened a 60-day negotiating window. It unravelled within weeks in a dispute over shipping routes. US conditions now stand between Tehran and any reopening of the waterway, with oil above $110 a barrel and Pakistan's army chief on his fifth visit to Tehran since June. Italy unleashes military response to violent riots as France faces a reckoning of its own Italy is moving to deploy 500 troops with expanded police powers following a weekend of violent riots, taking a more direct military approach to public security than France, where weeks of unrest have prompted authorities to bolster their security response. Videos of unrest in France and Italy flooded social media on Saturday and Sunday, showing violent clashes between demonstrators and police amid burning buildings and looted storefronts. At multiple points during the chaos, police attempting to contain the violence were forced to retreat. In Paris, for instance, roughly a dozen officers confronted several hundred demonstrators but were unable to make arrests, using rubber-bullet launchers and grenades to keep advancing rioters at bay as they made a gradual retreat. Italian police in Milan, meanwhile, made a similar retreat as hundreds of young rioters threw explosive firecrackers, metal barriers and glass bottles at them in their attempt to occupy a public square. Macron blasts 'unacceptable and even stupid comments' that foreign leaders have made about riots French President Emmanuel Macron condemned world leaders Wednesday for making what he described as "stupid" comments about the protests in his country. "There was foreign manipulation of information which led to unacceptable and even stupid comments by many, including foreign leaders," Macron said, according to the AFP. Asked by a reporter if he was referring to Trump, Macron replied: “Among others.” Ohio governor’s race takes ugly turn with viral video featuring Acton’s mother A new viral video targeting Amy Acton is roiling the increasingly ugly Ohio governor’s race, where the Democrat is running against GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. The clip features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling the Democrat “a liar” and urging Ohioans to vote against her. It’s unclear who is behind the 60-second spot, which did not appear to have aired on television as of Tuesday afternoon. The video is contentious because of the background between Acton and her mother, whom Acton said she has not seen since she was 12 years old. Acton, a physician and former director of the Ohio Department of Health, described in a 2019 interview with The Vindicator an unstable childhood troubled by abuse, neglect and homelessness. She recounted abuse at the hands of her stepfather, which culminated in criminal charges and led to Acton’s break with her mother. Kim Jong Un’s sister issues stark threat on visit to border with South North Korea has vowed to make the country’s borders with South Korea “impregnable”, as the powerful sister of dictator Kim Jong Un threatened Seoul with an “overwhelming” military response to any perceived provocation. Kim Yo Jong, visited the border between the two countries alongside marshal Pak Jong-chon, a senior adviser to the North Korean military, where the two inspected work to fortify defences, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday. Ms Kim directed troops there to take “prompt and resolute action” in the face of any threat. The border visit came after the South Korean military vowed to take its own “decisive” action in response to North Korea’s provocations, after Pyongyang threatened to deploy additional tactical strike capability along its borders. Hamas terrorist who barbarically paraded Shani Louk’s half-naked body killed by IDF The Israeli Defense Forces took out the last Hamas operative involved in the kidnapping and murder of hostage Shani Louk during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. Tamer Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sabbagh, who was among the men caught on camera abducting Louk, 22, and parading her half-naked body around Gaza, was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, the IDF said. Al-Sabbagh was seen in the infamous Associated Press photo of Louk’s body as he sat right beside her as he and his fellow terror operatives howled in victory while driving off in a pickup truck during the terror attack. Todd Blanche says Ilhan Omar will be given one right Trump was denied during indictments Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is allowed to speak freely about the federal immigration fraud investigation against her – a privilege President Trump was not afforded during his legal woes, Attorney General Todd Blanche noted on the latest episode of “Pod Force One.” Blanche, who served as Trump’s personal lawyer when the president faced four criminal indictments during his 2024 campaign, couldn’t discuss the details of the ongoing case against Omar but drew a contrast between the Minnesota Democrat’s treatment and the various gag orders imposed on Trump. “To the extent that [Omar’s] commented on it, one of the things that she said is that we’re not going to keep her quiet, right? We’re not trying to keep her quiet,” Blanche told “Pod Force One” host Miranda Devine. “There’s no effort by the Department of Justice, unlike the last Department of Justice that worked very hard to keep President Trump quiet by getting gag orders and the like – that’s not what we’re doing,” the attorney general added. Ilhan Omar's daughters show up at scene of DC raid as rumors swirl about embattled rep's whereabouts Omar has not been seen publicly since the pre-dawn Homeland Security Investigations raid last week Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. has not been seen in public since a pre-dawn raid of her Washington, D.C. residence last week — but Fox News Digital spotted her daughters descending on the home in recent days. Isra Hirsi pulled black sedan into the driveway of the home under the cover of darkness Saturday night and stepped out of the vehicle carrying a bag with both hands. She walked directly into the front door of the same home that was swarmed by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents a week prior. "What's your problem?" Hirsi said to Fox News Digital after getting out of her car. Just two days later, a young teenage girl believed to be Omar's second daughter also was seen entering the home with a woman that appeared to be her caretaker. Interest payments on America’s $40 trillion debt eats up a huge piece of the budget — as deficit hits $2 trillion America’s credit card bills are coming due — and they’re getting steep. The federal deficit for the year hit $2 trillion — the highest since the depths of COVID-19, when the government way paying for infection controls and bailouts of workers and companies affected by the pandemic. But that’s not necessarily a reflection of government spending — the annual deficit includes $1.052 trillion in interest payments on America’s $40 trillion debt, according to US Treasury data for the 2026 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. A top economist warned that bond markets are growing wary of the cycle of borrowing — and raising America’s borrowing costs to follow suit, creating a “vicious cycle.” Judge Trump called a ‘lunatic’ abruptly backs off demand after showdown with DOJ No. 3 The Biden-appointed judge backed down after a seven-hour hearing in which Trump called her a 'crazed lunatic' on Truth Social A Biden-appointed judge embroiled in a fierce dispute with the Trump administration over the removal of hundreds of trees at a federally owned D. C. golf course reversed course during Monday's nearly seven-hour hearing. Judge Ana Reyes ended the nearly seven-hour hearing by backing away from her initial demand that Justice Department attorneys arguing the case put their names alongside Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr.’s Sunday filing. Reyes had invoked Rule 11, which requires attorneys to stand behind the factual basis of court filings and can subject them to sanctions for violations. "Late breaking news," Reyes said. "I'm going to withdraw request that DOJ refile yesterday's brief with identification of who signed it. we've all got better things to spend our time on." Trump: AI Centers Should Pay Communities Dividend President Donald Trump urged companies that build data centers to pay a "dividend" to people in the local community. In a Truth Social post Wednesday, Trump said developers of massive data centers powering America's artificial intelligence boom should negotiate financial agreements with local residents to win support for projects that have generated concerns about electricity costs and other issues. "If companies want to make their Data Centers popular, pay the community, and/or individuals within the community, a 'dividend,'" Trump wrote.
Vance Unveils Nearly $42 Million in SNAP Fraud Cases Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday a nationwide enforcement surge targeting more than 40 defendants in cases involving nearly $42 million in alleged or proven food assistance fraud. The coordinated effort involved the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Agriculture Department, USDA's Office of Inspector General, 13 U.S. attorneys' offices, and the Utah Attorney General's Office, according to documentation released by the federal government. Authorities conducted the enforcement actions between Sept. 1 and Oct. 21, pursuing schemes involving nearly $45 million in intended losses across SNAP and other agricultural assistance programs, according to the Justice Department. The actions included indictments, criminal complaints, guilty pleas, and sentencing. Russia Has Freed US Citizen Stephen Hubbard Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, in a deal completed during a visit by a top U.S. envoy. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call last week to free Stephen Hubbard, and that, unlike previous releases, his had not required the U.S. to give up anyone in return. “Welcome home, Stephen, it’s great to have you back,” Trump said. Hubbard, a 74-year-old former teacher from Michigan, was on his way home following a visit to St. Petersburg by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who also held talks with Putin about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. Gavin Newsom’s legislative minions just got a lesson in constitutional supremacy The court ruled the 'No Vigilantes Act' violated the Supremacy Clause by regulating federal immigration enforcement By Hans A. von Spakovsky
It is no surprise that a unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit just enjoined the blatantly unconstitutional attempt by the "No-Longer-So-Golden State" to impose restrictions on the ability of ICE and other federal agents to enforce federal immigration law. That panel was doing exactly what federal courts are supposed to do — uphold the U.S. Constitution. On October 14 in U.S. v. California, the court tossed the so-called "No Vigilantes Act" (NVA) onto the ash heap. This law was part of the state’s continuing effort to obstruct federal immigration enforcement, which has included relentless public attacks by the governor and state officials on federal agents just trying to do their job of enforcing the law. That includes noxious claims like Newsom likening them to the thuggish "secret police" of an "authoritarian" state. The NVA required any non-uniformed "federal law enforcement officer" operating in California to "visibly display identification" when carrying out federal law enforcement duties. A federal agent violating this requirement could be criminally prosecuted by the state. Dems betrayal of Israel fueled by Obama’s wrath toward the Jewish state By Michael Goodwin
When Barack Obama was president and feuding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while apologizing to Arab potentates about America’s history in the region, a friend offered an observation. To wit, that Obama was proving the truth of a deep suspicion among American conservatives that Democrats love Jews but secretly hate Israel. Time and milestone events have passed since then, but the evidence that my friend was onto something important continues to grow by leaps and bounds. And a reasonable explanation is that Obama made it acceptable and even a requirement for officials and candidates to condemn the Jewish state. His animus ran deep when he was in the White House, but didn’t stop when he left office a decade ago. |
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