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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation CIA Reportedly Warns Russia Preparing Drone Attacks Across Europe Intelligence agencies including the CIA are reportedly warning of possible sea-launched strikes against France, Spain, and Italy as European governments say Moscow is escalating its hybrid campaign against NATO. The CIA has reportedly warned European governments that Russia may be preparing drone attacks against targets in France, Spain, and Italy, potentially marking a dangerous expansion of Moscow's alleged campaign of sabotage and hybrid warfare beyond NATO's eastern flank. The warning was first reported by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and subsequently detailed by The Independent, which said several European governments had received information about possible Russian plans to escalate operations in Europe.
Ukraine agrees to full ceasefire and expects same from Russia: UN statement Ukraine has agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. UN member states have called on Russia to take the same step, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. "Since March 2025, Ukraine has agreed to a full, immediate, and unconditional ceasefire. We call on Russia to finally do the same as a necessary step towards meaningful diplomacy and negotiations leading to peace," said a joint statement signed by 51 UN member states. In addition, the UN called on Moscow to immediately return to Ukraine "all detained, forcibly transferred or deported Ukrainian civilians, including children." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that Russia has expressed interest in a ceasefire with Ukraine that would include a limited halt to mutual strikes on energy infrastructure. Trump revives Supreme Court immigration showdown after Hochul pardon torpedoed first case The dispute centers on whether criminal aliens facing deportation are entitled to bond hearings when custody drags on The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to revive a major immigration fight over whether criminal aliens can be held without bond throughout removal proceedings or are entitled to a hearing when their detention drags on. Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up Genalo v. D.C., reviving a constitutional fight the justices had been set to hear this term in Genalo v. Black before New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pardon rendered that case moot. At the center of the dispute is D.C., a Dominican national who is facing removal after a criminal history that includes drug trafficking and domestic violence charges. He had previously been removed from the United States on six occasions, according to ICE. Trump Continues Voter Data Push Despite Repeated Setbacks President Donald Trump is pressing forward with an unprecedented push for his administration to obtain sensitive voter data ahead of the US midterm elections, despite repeated losses in court, in a hunt for noncitizens illegally registered to vote, though there has been no evidence of widespread fraud of this kind. Responding to a legal challenge to a key element of Trump's plans, Justice Department lawyers are set to ask a federal judge in Maryland on Friday not to block the Department of Homeland Security from creating lists of US citizens who are eligible to vote. Trump's fellow Republicans are fighting to keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterms. Greenbelt, Maryland-based US District Judge Paula Xinis is holding a hearing in a lawsuit by privacy advocates seeking to block the department's plans to implement an executive order Trump signed in March. The order directed DHS to create the citizen lists using data housed throughout the federal government and share them with state election officials. Under the order, state officials could face criminal prosecution if ineligible people are found to have voted in their states.
Yemen tells UN that Houthi rebels' moves on key strait threaten global economy Yemen's internationally recognized government pressed world leaders anew Thursday for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, saying that their new perch along one of the world's busiest waterways presents an international economic risk. The Houthis — who have controlled Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and much of the country's north for over a decade — stormed down Yemen's coast this month and seized the crucial port city of Mokha and key Red Sea islands. That gives them better surveillance of ships passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the sea's southern end. About 12% of the world’s trade usually passes through the waterway. The rebels have declared a blockade on Saudi shipping. While asserting there's no other threat to commercial shipping on the Red Sea, they have warned other nations not to get involved. But the vice president of the internationally recognized government council urged world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly not to trust the Houthis' assurances — and to see a bigger picture in the strife around the strait. Netanyahu Praises Trump's 'Bold Leadership' at UN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump's "bold leadership" in a speech before the United Nations on Thursday, crediting the president and the United States with playing a decisive role alongside Israel in confronting Iran and crippling its military and nuclear capabilities. Speaking before the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu portrayed the U.S.-Israel partnership as essential to stopping what he described as an existential danger posed by Tehran. "In this battle against the barbarians, we've had no greater partner than President Trump," Netanyahu said. "I thank him. I thank him for his bold leadership."
Canada PM Mark Carney confirms he’s prepped for US invasion: ‘Would be irresponsible not to’ Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed in an interview this week that his government had prepared for the possibility of the US launching an invasion of Canada amid ongoing trade tensions. “I think you have a responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk,” Carney told the New York Times in an interview Wednesday while in town for the United Nations General Assembly. “That’s just risk management. That’s not a base case, but it would be irresponsible not to.” The 61-year-old, a former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, spoke one week after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada an associate member of the 27-nation bloc, a move President Trump suggested could be a “hostile act.” Mike Lee explodes on voting error that 'keeps happening' as huge number of noncitizens found on rolls The Utah senator says current laws against noncitizen voting are 'rendered difficult and essentially impossible to enforce' Firebrand conservative Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, slammed both Democrats and Republicans who have resisted passage of the SAVE America Act after a report found that 30,000 noncitizens were "mistakenly" registered to vote in states across the country since 2000. Reuters reported on Wednesday that more than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens have been added to U.S. voter rolls since 2000. The outlet attributed the erroneous registrations to "software glitches and clerical errors" and said that its review suggested "inadvertent bureaucratic failures, rather than organized efforts to register immigrants illegally." The outlet said that this raised "questions about whether legislative efforts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration would eliminate the issue." However, while speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Lee, who introduced the SAVE America Act earlier this year, said that "even though we have laws that prohibit things like noncitizen voting, those laws have been rendered difficult and essentially impossible to enforce." "That thing that they claim never happens, voter fraud or noncitizen voting, just keeps happening over and over and over again," he railed. Iranian president blames US for Middle East conflict while denying nuclear ambitions, offers to dilute uranium Masoud Pezeshkian also addressed secondary sanctions, Hormuz and the breakdown in US-Iran negotiations on 'Special Report' Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian flatly denied Thursday that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb while claiming Iran is willing to submit its nuclear program for international inspection, blaming Washington for the nearly seven-month war in the Middle East and accusing it of blocking diplomacy. Asked point-blank during an exclusive interview on Fox News’ "Special Report," "Do you want a nuclear bomb or not?" Pezeshkian firmly rejected the premise. "Not at all. Not at all. Our martyred, esteemed supreme leader had announced several times that, from a religious decree, it is unholy. It is illegal," he told Bret Baier, referencing religious edicts issued against weapons of mass destruction. The Iranian leader's public denial came amid long-term international scrutiny of Iran’s nuclear program and its enrichment of uranium to levels well beyond those typically used for civilian nuclear power. Former Democratic fundraiser pulls back curtain on party practices for raising money Lindy Li, a former Democratic fundraiser who switched her party affiliation over unheeded warning signs of President Joe Biden’s decline in the 2024 election, believes the party badly misallocated its fundraising, misled donors and rewarded party operatives who propped up Biden’s image. "It was: ‘maintain this very obvious lie in return for access,’" Li recalled in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, referring to assertions that Biden was not experiencing cognitive decline. "And whoever maintained, whoever was most strident in propounding that lie got the most access. And whoever subverted it or dared to ask questions would see their access quickly diminish." Liberal justice hammers Supreme Court for fast-tracking emergency docket cases Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warns emergency docket could become 'end run around the standard review process' Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ripped her colleagues for fast-tracking cases on the high court’s emergency docket, saying "it has been noticeably less restrained, especially with respect to pending cases that involve controversial matters." The emergency docket, sometimes known as the shadow or interim docket, allows parties to ask the Supreme Court to quickly intervene in lawsuits and temporarily pause lower court rulings. The process can take a couple of days, weeks or months, and is viewed as a much speedier, although temporary, way to secure court relief than when the court fully considers the merits of a case, which can include a long briefing schedule and oral arguments. "Why is it that one party should get a fast pass to the Supreme Court of the United States, when so many other parties are queued up, waiting patiently for the court’s attention?" Jackson said Thursday during a speech at the University of the District of Columbia’s law school, according to The Hill. Netanyahu entered a hostile environment — and met the moment with a speech that can only be called a success By Michael Goodwin
It is a given that many media and political descriptions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations will call it fiery and defiant. And so it was — and so it had to be. Both the content and the sometimes-harsh tone were essential if he was to capture the moment and the point of his appearance. Once again and always, Israel is in a fight for its existence, and finds itself being abandoned by former allies in Europe and increasingly isolated on the world stage. Given those circumstances, nobody of sane and fair mind could seriously expect the Jewish state’s leader to come to a hostile United Nations bearing a bouquet of olive branches. McLaughlin Poll: Danger As Voters Embrace Socialism The battle for Congress remains close, but our latest national survey contains a clear warning for Republicans: Democrats continue to lead on the generic congressional ballot, while the Republican advantage on the capitalism-versus-socialism question has narrowed sharply. Our national survey of 1,000 likely general-election voters, conducted Sept. 16–22, finds Democrats leading Republicans 48% to 43% on the generic congressional ballot, with 9% undecided. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrat: 48%
Republican: 43% Undecided: 9% But when voters are given an ideological and economic choice — “a Republican candidate who supports free-market capitalism” versus “a Democratic candidate who supports big-government socialism” — Republicans perform better. Greenland triumph is Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ in action — and it drives his haters crazy By Josh Hammer
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7.2 million. The deal was widely ridiculed: Critics called it “Seward’s Folly,” after secretary of state and lead negotiator William Seward. In hindsight, given the state’s immense natural resources and strategic location, it’s tough to think of Alaska as anything other than one of America’s most important territorial expansion since Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase. Yet many have still not learned their lesson about the Monroe Doctine, which warned foreign powers not to meddle with the United States in our hemisphere. |
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