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Bessent warns Iran's outside backers to 'stay away' as Trump seeks to 'asphyxiate' Tehran's economy
Warning comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged support for the US adversary
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a stark warning to Iran's
global lifelines Wednesday, telling those still propping up Tehran to
"stay away" as the Trump administration moves to economically
"asphyxiate" the Islamic regime.
"We are telling friends and foes, do not deal with this evil regime," Bessent told "Fox & Friends."
"We know who you are, you know who you are, and if we have to, we will put you out of business."
The Treasury chief zeroed in on financial institutions and other
outside players helping keep Tehran afloat, pointing to the recent
sanctions against the Dubai branches of an Egyptian bank that he said
had provided more than $1.8 billion to the regime since 2025.
Russia Secretly Helps Iran With Supersonic Cruise Missiles
Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic
cruise missiles capable of threatening U.S. aircraft carriers and other
warships in the Middle East, the Financial Times reported.
The covert, multiyear program, code-named C430L, began in 2023 and
continued during Iran's war with the United States and Israel,
according to an FT investigation based on leaked Russian
correspondence, travel records, and military patents.
The program enlisted experienced Russian missile engineers to help
Tehran develop ramjet propulsion technology, which allows cruise
missiles to sustain speeds several times the speed of sound while
flying at relatively low altitudes.
Military experts told the FT that the technology is almost certainly
intended for anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles. Such weapons
would give U.S. and allied defenses less time to detect and intercept
an incoming attack.
Two supertankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz — as Iran president extends olive branch
A pair of supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck back-to-back by
projectiles while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz overnight,
maritime analysts said.
The tankers, each carrying 2 million barrels of crude from the Juaymah
terminal, were hit while sailing near the Omani coast, where Iran has
regularly attacked vessels that are bypassing its claim to the Strait,
according to the Kpler and Marist tracking firms.
“The near-simultaneous incidents represent a further escalation in the
threat environment within the Omani corridor,” Marist warned.
The Saudi Arabian-flagged Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) Sidr was the
first ship hit while attempting to make the crossing, with the
Liberian-flagged VLCC Senegal Prosperity hit just minutes later by
three projectiles, according to Marist.
Putin humiliated as his troops find a new way to surrender
Vladimir Putin’s troops are surrendering to drones.
The 73-year-old autocrat’s forces have been suffering in a meat grinder
of his making since 2022, as they try to take ground in a 30-mile-wide
kill zone jam-packed with mines and drones that runs the length of the
front line.
Last winter, some 100 Russians surrendered to drones, according to former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
Kyiv has deployed drones on land, at sea, and in the air. Long-range
missiles strike deep into Russian territory, while smaller first-person
quadcopters watch, harass, and attack troops on the front line.
“We see their anxiety, because the camera captures a lot. We see their
faces. We see how they breathe,” Mayak, the codename of a Ukrainian
drone operator in eastern Ukraine, told NBC News.
Much of the fighting falls to what are often believed to be minimally
trained troops, sent to break through Ukrainian lines at whatever
personal cost before more elite forces follow behind them.
Trump just got handed a number he cannot legally cross: The oil reserve is nearing its drawdown floor thanks to Iran war
How The U.S. Is Running Out Of Strategic Oil Options: With the world on
the brink of an oil supply crisis and the fighting over the Strait of
Hormuz looking like it won’t end any time soon, the United States is
rapidly approaching the limits of its primary method of containing the
problem. U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventories fell another 3.1
million barrels last week to 286.6 million barrels, according to
Department of Energy data released on Monday, August 31. It is the
lowest level since November 1982 and now leaves Washington with
substantially less crude than it had before the war with Iran began in
February. But importantly, those remaining supplies can’t all be used —
and even if they were, it would leave the U.S. more vulnerable than it
has been in decades, and in a particularly troubling geopolitical
environment.
Meanwhile, Brent crude climbed to around $92 per barrel Tuesday after
the United States and Iran exchanged fire for the first time in more
than a month, reviving fears that already-restricted Persian Gulf
exports could face another setback.
And while President Donald Trump says that a new oil agreement with
Venezuela will help fill the reserve, the barrels Washington needs will
not arrive quickly enough to solve its immediate problems.
Fed investigators met with Tish James whistleblower who claimed he was pushed to dig up dirt on Trump: sources
The whistleblower in Attorney General Letitia James’ office who said he
was ordered to dig up dirt on President Trump met with federal
prosecutors for “several hours” Tuesday, sources said.
Daniel Wiesenfeld, a former Brooklyn prosecutor and a lawyer in James’
office, had a lengthy sit-down with both criminal and civil attorneys
from the FBI and the US Department of Justice over his bombshell
claims, the sources told The Post.
The extent of the feds’ interest in the case is unclear.
Treasury Department’s crackdown reveals terror on college campuses — and rising threats of violence
When the US Treasury Department sanctioned the transnational
organization Masar Badil last week, Washington took a much-needed step
toward thwarting terrorist activity and recruitment here in the
homeland.
The pro-Palestine group was recognized as an arm of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist organization.
Yet Treasury’s designation stops there — without naming a single one of Masar Badil’s domestic affiliates.
Those affiliates, associated with college campuses in Minnesota, Oregon
and Washington state, have been vocal advocates for armed resistance
against “colonialism” — and in recent months their calls for
“resistance” have escalated into violence and intimidation.
One of the most active is Students United for Palestinian Equality and
Return at the University of Washington, which until recently was a
formally registered student organization.
Tiger Woods loses license for 5 years after copping DUI deal — as Vanessa Trump stands by him
Tiger Woods was suspended from driving for five years and handed a
small fine as he agreed to a plea deal Wednesday over his latest
rollover crash.
The four-time PGA Championship winner pleaded guilty to reckless
driving and refusal to submit to a lawful test in a deal that saw
prosecutors agreeing to drop DUI charges from the crash in March.
Wearing a dark blue suit and patterned blue tie, Woods, 50, looked
grim-faced but said nothing as he entered the court alongside his
girlfriend Vanessa Trump amid a throng of reporters.
In court, he spoke only to confirm that he had read the deal.
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump arriving at court.
Trump Invites Vulnerable GOP Lawmakers to WH Dinner
President Donald Trump has invited dozens of Republican lawmakers,
including House members facing competitive races, to dinner at the
White House on Wednesday as GOP leaders press his political operation
to deploy more of its roughly $400 million war chest ahead of the
November midterms.
The dinner is expected to be held in the White House Rose Garden and
will include a broader group of House Republicans and senators,
according to people familiar with the plans who spoke to Politico on
condition of anonymity to discuss the private event, the outlet
reported on Wednesday.
Among those invited are Reps. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., and Tom
Barrett, R-Mich., both of whom are running in competitive districts and
plan to attend.
Mom of crazed Times Square killer questions why cops couldn’t grab her as she lunged at them with knives
The mother of the crazed Queens woman who killed a new mom and
seriously wounded an elderly dad in a terrifying Times Square stabbing
spree is questioning why cops didn’t just “grab” her daughter rather
than fatally shoot her when she charged at them with knives.
Pamela Cisneros, 49, stabbed Erin Piacenti, 32, and Tak Kam, 68, Monday
afternoon before cell phone video showed her being surrounded by police
and threatening to kill them with a large knife in each hand.
Pamela Cisneros was shot and killed by the NYPD after stabbing two people, one fatally, in Times Square.
NYPD officers attempted to deploy tasers, but they were ineffective.
She then rushed at them while waving the knives, prompting two officers
to open fire, the dramatic footage shows.
Michael Goodwin: Jew hate is as fashionable as ever — look no further than Anna Wintour’s Met Gala disaster
By Michael Goodwin
The collapse of
the Met Gala’s outrageous plan to honor antisemitic fashion designer
John Galliano marks an important victory in a major battle. But there
is no sign that triumph is at hand in the larger war against the
explosion of Jew hatred in America and around the world.
On the contrary, the outbreaks are numerous and growing in boldness.
One of the
lessons of the Galliano affair is that many of the haters feel safe
enough these days to come out of the closet and publicly express their
loathing.
Wherever you
look, from politics to the media to the United Nations and now the
fashion world, the scourge is shockingly bold in its emergence.
Why SCOTUS-defying Obama judge must be impeached to protect elections
The Boston federal judge blocked the finalized election security rule days after the Supreme Court reversed her
By Mike Davis Fox News
President Donald Trump ordered his administration to come up with a
plan to secure America's elections. There was a well-defined set of
goals behind this order: verify citizenship, prosecute fraudsters, and
mail ballots only to verified Americans. Obama-appointed Boston Judge
Indira Talwani spent months trying to stop President Trump. The Supreme
Court slapped her down on Aug. 24. She defied the highest court the
very next day, putting a hold back in place on Trump’s election
integrity order. Her goal is obvious: Run out the clock and ensure
noncitizens illegally and criminally vote by mail for Democrats this
November. The only option left is to impeach Talwani.
Election integrity secures the survival of our Republic. Trump
understands this, so he ordered his Justice Department and Department
of Homeland Security to prosecute election fraudsters. He also ordered
the DOJ and DHS to work with the U. S. Postal Service to devise a plan
to mail ballots only to verified American citizens.
Trump instructed his administration to build citizen rolls to stop
noncitizens from illegally voting in federal elections. These
directives touch no one outside the executive branch. Only Americans
can vote in federal elections. Period.
Naturally, Democrats panicked. Twenty-three states and the District of
Columbia sued to stop the order. The League of Women Voters filed a
separate suit parroting the same theory. Talwani eagerly issued illegal
injunctions in both cases.
