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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 Hopeful Hormuz Strait Deal Will Be Done 'Today or Tomorrow' The United States was hopeful that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be done "today or tomorrow", a top U.S. official said Tuesday, hours after yet another cargo ship was hit in the vital waterway. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told broadcaster CNBC "there is a chance we may have a deal" in the coming hours, a day after President Donald Trump said the strait might reopen on Tuesday. Speaking from the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said Iran faced its "last chance before decapitation" while expressing optimism that diplomacy could produce an agreement.
Iran, Oman near deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz with both countries collecting ‘service fee’: report Iran and Oman are close to an agreement to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic that would see both countries collect a so-called “service fee” to cover environmental and security costs. The New York Times reported late Monday, citing Iranian and US officials familiar with the developing accord, that ships entering the strait from the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Oman would be required to take a route through Iranian territorial waters. Vessels exiting the strait from the Persian Gulf would take a route near Oman’s coast along the south side of the strait. Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed ongoing talks with Oman to establish what it called a “temporary” shipping route through the waterway, through which around one-fifth of the world’s oil traveled in peacetime. Bad bosses on Capitol Hill could face reckoning under new anonymous staffer review platform Capitol CNCT's 'The Scoop' verifies employment before publishing reviews for lawmakers to prevent 'political retribution' Former congressional staffer David Tennent explains Capitol CNCT's "The Scoop," a new verified online platform he created so Capitol Hill employees can anonymously rate and review the offices they work in and the lawmakers who run them. Capitol Hill staffers typically rely on private conversations and faceless social media accounts to identify toxic offices — but a new platform is offering a verified place to anonymously rate and review members of Congress and the workplaces they run. Capitol CNCT, a program designed to centralize resources for congressional staffers, launched on July 20 a new tool called "The Scoop," where verified staffers can share anonymous, but verified, reviews of the offices where they're employed. Ceuta migrant surge exposes Spain-Morocco tensions as Islamist groups reportedly seek to exploit border crisis Analyst says Islamists are exploiting the Ceuta crisis as investigators trace an online campaign behind the surge Thousands of migrants remained stranded in Spain’s North African city of Ceuta on Tuesday as the European Union offered emergency assistance to reinforce the enclave’s border and Spanish authorities investigated whether criminals or suspected jihadists used last week’s chaotic mass crossing to enter European territory. Approximately 72,000 people entered Ceuta from Morocco, and about 70,000 have since returned, Spanish officials said Tuesday, leaving roughly 2,000 people in the small territory. Reception facilities remained overwhelmed as authorities struggled to shelter hundreds of migrant minors and determine the status of those who remained. Local authorities were processing 862 migrant minors, who receive special protections under Spanish law and cannot be summarily returned. The Associated Press reported that children were begging for food or sleeping outside after the youth shelter became overwhelmed. Socialist insurgents eye Midwest gains as Dem civil war threatens must-hold Senate seat The power of President Donald Trump's endorsements in GOP primaries faces new tests Tuesday in key nomination battles The high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center on Tuesday in Michigan's primary. Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats' ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections. Also at stake as Michigan joins Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and Washington State in holding mid-summer primaries is President Donald Trump's immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nominating contests.
Socialist Mamdani launches new war on NYC business leaders — kicking them off mayor’s fund that backs city programs Mayor Zohran Mamdani has axed the advisors of a major nonprofit that channels private sector donations to fund city initiatives in his latest hostile act toward New York business leaders. Hizzoner thanked the dismissed advisory board members of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City for their service in a letter obtained by Bloomberg News. The fund also said in an email that its entire board would be disbanded – marking the first time in at least three mayoral administrations that all members were let go. Todd Blanche attorney general nomination clears Senate Judiciary Committee A Senate committee advanced acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday after Republican holdouts were satisfied that a nearly $1.8 billion Justice Department fund wouldn’t be resurrected to provide payouts to pardoned January 6th rioters or other victims of prosecution under the Biden administration. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to send Blanche’s confirmation to a full chamber vote. GOP Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) could schedule it as soon as this week before the chamber recesses until Sept. 14.
US Boosts CIA Presence in Cuba The Trump administration has increased U.S. intelligence operations in Cuba in recent months as it seeks to pressure the island's communist government into sweeping reforms or potentially its removal from power, according to two people familiar with the plans cited by Politico on Tuesday. One source told the outlet the U.S. has "recently sent spies and assets to Cuba," while a second described the move as increasing the CIA's "presence," though neither disclosed the scope of the effort or which intelligence agencies are involved because of the sensitivity of the operations. According to the report, the expanded intelligence activity could support a range of options, from increased efforts to recruit Cuban officials or citizens to cooperate with the United States to laying the groundwork for possible military action. Ukraine Accuses Russia of War Crime After Drone Hunts Market Vendor Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday accused Russia of committing a war crime after a video was released showing a drone chasing down and wounding a street vendor in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. Footage released by Ukrainian police shows the drone pursuing an unidentified man around a van being used as a street stand before exploding after he dives for cover behind the vehicle. Police said the vendor, a man in his 50s, survived but suffered shock and shrapnel injuries. Reuters verified the location using buildings, the road layout and vegetation that matched satellite and archive imagery. The exact date could not be independently confirmed, but Ukrainian police and Sybiha said the incident occurred on Tuesday.
Fauci’s legacy of lies paved the way for RFK Jr. and his conspiracy theories By Isaac Schorr
Opposite every outrageous pronouncement from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the long shadow of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the formerly canonized COVID-era hero who has already been stripped of his sainthood. The lifelong liberal conspiracy theorist who endorsed President Donald Trump to secure a job in his administration sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for an explosive interview on Sunday, just a few days after Fauci spent the entirety of a Senate Homeland Security Committee meeting pleading the Fifth Amendment. Yin and yang, but both incompetent and ruinous. Fauci’s sins are both too grave to exaggerate and too many to enumerate in full. President Trump’s triple bogey But he could still win the match By Hugh Hewitt
Pardon the extended analogy ahead, but as President Donald Trump is easily the best golfer among all presidents, it plays well. Don’t believe me about the best golfer assessment? Ask ChatGPT or any AI agent. It isn’t even remotely a close question. Having been a caddy since 1966, I’ve carried lots of clubs, raked plenty of traps and held many pins. "Pipeline Joe Day" was the best senior I’ve ever caddied for, and he earned his nickname among the golf gophers because he drove 16 or 17 out of 18 fairways or greens well into his 80s, but as he lost distance when he crossed over the octogenarian mark, the birdies mostly went away. Even the best short games among seniors can save par but won’t make many birdies. President Trump can routinely shave a stroke off of par on any given hole, and it wouldn’t surprise if there is an eagle or two every month of rounds. President Trump knows that the IRGC lies and that the IRGC cheats. He has said many times that the regime’s negotiators will spend hours talking about the nuclear program in closed meetings, and then immediately walk to the microphones and declare the nuclear program was not discussed at all in the same meetings. |
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