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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 Xi Jinping state visit live updates: Trump flaunts US military might to Chinese president at high-stakes White House summit President Trump welcomed trade adversary Xi Jinping to the White House with a red carpet rollout Thursday, for a bilateral meeting and hot-ticket state dinner as part of the Chinese president’s first state visit to the US since 2015. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived shortly after 10 a.m. local time. Beijing has laid down “red lines” for the leaders’ discussion: four specific topics that Beijing wants Trump to avoid — while a Senate Republican foreign policy buff bashed the “lavish welcome” planned for the communist head of state, to feature a massive military flyover. In a rare gesture Wednesday evening, POTUS himself met Xi and his wife on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, first lady Melania Trump by his side, in what’s believed to be the first time since 1962 that a president has extended the honor to a non-pope.
Khamenei adviser says Iran may take war to Indian Ocean if Israel or US strikes again Major General Yahya Safavi, a former chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and current advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khameni, said Iran could expand the war to the Indian Ocean if the U.S. or Israel strikes Iran again. "Our armed forces are very intelligent in creating scenarios. Therefore, they have prepared their own plans for the worst-case scenarios so that if the Americans and the Zionists attack our national centers and interests again in any way, this time the war front will be wider," Safavi said, according to a translation of comments he made in a video posted to Iranian-affiliated media outlet Fars. "Now that it has expanded from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, this front may be expanded in response to the next stage of a possible war (and extend to the Indian Ocean or elsewhere," he said. Safavi also added that Iran is monitoring U.S. ship movements in the Mediterranean and Red Seas and in the Indian Ocean. IDF kills Hamas commander who had held seven Israeli hostages in Gaza tunnel The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that it had eliminated Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Awad, a Hamas commander who, according to the military, held seven hostages in a Gaza tunnel during the war. Awad, who was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza City area over the weekend, took part in holding hostages Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, Doron Steinbrecher, Naama Levy, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran and Eitan Mor, according to the military. Awad had recently planned terror attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, and also worked to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities “in systematic violation of the ceasefire,” the IDF said. “Prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance,” added the military. “IDF troops under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.” CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters turned away from White House hours after judge orders access restored Reporters for CNN, MS NOW and Politico were blocked from entering the White House complex Thursday morning, hours after a DC federal judge ruled President Trump’s ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In an eight-page order, US District Judge Tim Kelly told administration officials to immediately return reporters’ press passes that were confiscated Saturday and blocked enforcement of Trump’s ban for 14 days. However, an unidentified Politico journalist, CNN correspondent Betsy Klein and MS NOW reporter Laura Barrón-López were denied entry after presenting themselves at a Secret Service checkpoint. However, at least one CNN producer and one MS NOW producer were allowed inside the gates.
Biden-appointed judge hands Letitia James setback in latest Trump legal clash Biden-appointee Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled the claims by New York and 18 other states were moot New York Attorney General Letitia James’ legal battle against President Donald Trump over DOGE-linked access to sensitive Treasury systems ended Wednesday with a federal judge dismissing the lawsuit she spearheaded with 18 other states. The case stems from Trump’s January 2025 executive order establishing DOGE, which directed executive agencies to create DOGE teams and set July 4, 2026, as the termination date for the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization. James led a coalition – which included New York and 18 other states – that sued the following month after Treasury gave DOGE-affiliated employees access to Bureau of the Fiscal Service systems, which process federal payments and contain sensitive financial information. Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled that the "plaintiffs’ claims related to access by DOGE-affiliated employees to sensitive Treasury information are dismissed as moot," according to Wednesday’s order. Sen. Tim Scott: GOP Can Hold Senate Despite Toss-Ups National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., reportedly told colleagues the GOP can retain control of the upper chamber despite "a record number of toss-up races" in the midterms. Scott delivered the message during a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on Wednesday, with less than six weeks remaining before Election Day, according to Semafor. "We're in the fight for our lives with a record number of toss-up races," Scott told senators, sources confirmed to CBS News. Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, meaning Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take control. Sen. Grassley Pushes AI Whistleblower Bill Before Recess Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is making a push to pass legislation protecting artificial intelligence whistleblowers before senators leave Washington for the campaign season, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the effort. Grassley is privately checking with senators to determine whether anyone would object to moving the bipartisan AI Whistleblower Protection Act by unanimous consent, a fast-track procedure that allows the Senate to approve legislation without a recorded vote if no senator objects. A single objection would block the effort. Grassley may have only until the end of the week to secure agreement as senators prepare for an extended recess ahead of the November midterm elections, according to the two sources granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. Trump’s best bet to cool the Ukraine war and cut oil prices starts with Elon Musk By New Ysork Post Editorial Board
If President Donald Trump really wants a cease-fire in Ukraine, he’ll pressure Elon Musk to let Kyiv use his Starlink system over Russian territory. Under the current agreement, Ukraine can use the system — which provides indispensable internet access via satellites — only in Ukrainian territory. Kyiv wants permission to use it at least 125 miles over the border; Musk has been hesitant, saying he doesn’t want his company responsible for helping escalate the war. El-Sayed might have a problem with the Black vote in Michigan If the radical leftist cannot sell a traditional Democratic demographic stronghold, the race will be called early on election night for Mike Rogers By Hugh Hewitt
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has a problem with a large slice of the state’s Black electorate. It doesn’t like him. That matters in a state where the voting population is 14% Black. (About 2% of Michigan voters are of Arab descent. 1.4% are Jewish.) In the most recent Washington Post–Schar School poll, Sept. 10–14, only 67% of likely Black Michigan voters supported El-Sayed. A Fox News poll from a month earlier, taken Aug. 6–10, found that 75% of Black Michigan voters said they would vote for El-Sayed. That is a trend in the wrong direction for El-Sayed. |
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