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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 HERE) World & Nation US-brokered peace agreement with Israel ‘will not be implemented’ after Hezbollah rips up ‘humiliating’ deal: Lebanon  Lebanon vowed Monday that the US-brokered peace agreement with Israel “will not be implemented” — just days after Hezbollah ripped up the deal, declaring it “null and void” as well as “humiliating. Nabih Berri, the country’s parliament speaker and an ally of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group, delivered the stinging rebuke about the deal just three days after it was signed in Washington, DC. He said the US-brokered framework — which allows for the Israel Defense Forces to maintain a security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is removed from the area — is “10 times worse” than the May 17, 1983, agreement, the closest Beirut and Jerusalem have come to a peace arrangement. How US turned up the heat on Iran with Hormuz, Lebanon before ship strikes
Iran launches attacks on US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain: report Iran doubles down on control of Strait of Hormuz after weekend of violence — as shipping traffic plummets Israel Destroys Hezbollah Underground Infrastructure in Southern Lebanon  The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon, according to a joint statement by the Israeli prime minister and defense minister on Sunday. The U.S. was informed ahead of the attack, which targeted a 200-meter (656-ft)-long tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun, according to the statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. The Israeli statement said the tunnel contained hundreds of weapons and launchers.
Trump just struck Iran again — and warned that if Tehran doesn’t learn, the Islamic Republic will no longer exist  In response to Iranian strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a statement that could be interpreted as a nuclear threat. Writing on Truth Social, Trump criticized the regime in Tehran for violating the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), and warned that Iran may “no longer exist” if he follows through on his own military threats. “United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” Trump said. “It is very possible that they will never learn! There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” the president continued. The threat can be interpreted in several ways - and that’s probably by design. Trump Hails High Court Win on Executive Power  President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated what he called a landmark Supreme Court victory after the justices expanded presidential authority to remove leaders of independent federal agencies. "BIG WIN just moments ago at the Supreme Court, in the Slaughter Case, confirming Presidential Power in our Country to remove Executive Branch Officers and Agency Appointees, or Representatives, under Article II," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president called the 6-3 ruling "Historic and Unprecedented," adding that it was "one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers."
Supreme Court rules on mail-in ballots received after Election Day Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the 5-4 majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and three liberal justices  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted in elections even if they are received after Election Day. The court was split 5-4 on the ruling, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett writing the majority opinion. She was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Barrett's opinion held that Election Day, in the context of federal law, set a deadline for when voters must make a choice regarding their preferred candidate. Relevant laws, however, impose no standard for when ballots must be received to be considered valid. A U.S. Supreme Court police officer stands watch outside of the Supreme Court building on June 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration asked the court to intervene and stay a lower court ruling blocking it from deploying National Guard troops to the city of Chicago. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal of 2022 E Jean Carroll defamation case  The Supreme Court has denied President Donald Trump's appeal of the $5 million jury finding in the 2022 defamation case brought against him by the writer E. Jean Carroll. The denial means the judgment against Trump stands and that he will have to pay it. A New York jury in 2023 awarded Carroll $5 million in damages after it found Trump liable for sexually abusing her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the mid-1990s, and for defaming her in 2022 when he denied the allegations. Trump asked the Supreme Court to intervene, arguing the judge in the case should not have allowed the jury to view an excerpt from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump is heard describing lewd behavior that he downplayed as "locker room talk." DOJ launches grand jury probe into Marxist mogul Neville Roy Singham's funding of leftist groups Grand jury has issued subpoenas in DOJ investigation led by US Attorney James Clayton in Southern District of New York  A federal grand jury is investigating alleged financial crimes by Neville Roy Singham, the China-based tech tycoon whose fortune has funded a sprawling network of socialist, communist and Marxist organizations across the U.S. over the last decade. According to sources familiar with the matter, the grand jury in Manhattan has issued subpoenas as part of a probe launched by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York, one of the country's most powerful districts for federal prosecutions. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the investigation as the Trump administration seeks to crack down on fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes in the multibillion-dollar nonprofit industry. The grand jury action follows a Fox News Digital investigation published in mid-March, documenting how Singham pumped $285 million from his base in Shanghai into a Goldman Sachs philanthropy fund and two shell corporations that then fed the money into a constellation of nonprofit organizations, media operations and activist groups pushing sectarian division, identity politics and support for socialist politicians. Newsom under fire as California gas tax hike sends pump prices even higher Lawmakers cite AAA data showing California's average gas price is $1.65 above the national average  California motorists are set to pay even more at the pump starting Wednesday as another gas tax increase takes effect, prompting some of the state's Republican lawmakers to warn that added costs will further squeeze residents already shouldering some of the highest fuel prices in the nation. California’s GOP congressional delegation, led by Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., to suspend the planned 2.2-cent-per-gallon hike, which would raise the state's excise gas tax to 63.4 cents per gallon. The lawmakers say that figure doesn't include the state's sales tax and other local fees, bringing the total surcharge burden to about $1.15 per gallon at California pumps. Gas Prices Coming Down Fast  President Donald Trump on Monday touted falling gasoline prices and declining crude oil costs, saying the trend reflects the success of his administration's policies following the U.S.-led effort to eliminate Iran's nuclear capabilities. "GAS PRICES COMING DOWN, FAST!" Trump wrote Monday morning on Truth Social. "REPORT ANY ABUSES AT RETAIL LEVEL!!!" In a second post, the president pointed to the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil. "WTI CRUDE - $69, and heading down," Trump wrote. "This is less than it was prior to the start of the Denuclearization of Iran!" Trump has repeatedly argued that decisive U.S. military action against Iran's nuclear program, followed by a diplomatic agreement aimed at stabilizing the region, would ultimately ease concerns over global energy supplies rather than drive prices higher. Schumer, Jeffries & Co. need to get real about the enemy to the left By New York Post Editorial Board
Whatever they say in public, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer need to admit the Democratic establishment has been empowering the radicals' rise. Democratic socialists, high on their victories last Tuesday, are already calling out House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul; the hard left’s hatred for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was already well-established. So when will they get serious about fighting back? One election night DSA crowd shouted, “You’re next” when Jeffries (D-NY) showed his face; NYC DSA chief Gustavo Gordillo told the New York Times that Hochul “knows we’re coming for her.” Lefty candidates across the country talk of ousting Jeffries and Schumer (D-NY) from leadership, while regular Democrats wonder if they have what it takes to beat back the radicals. Yet Jeffries says the DSA’s march won’t “reshape who we are” as Democrats; Schumer falls back on “We’re going to stop Trump” as if the hard-lefties can’t say the same, but loud Biden-era rules are putting wokeness over science and shutting down museum displays By Elizabeth Weiss
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, even a flute can now be treated as human remains, as it indicated in a peculiar notice in the Federal Register last week. The Met announced that a decorated bone flute — long identified as animal bone — had been reclassified as the remains of a Native American. Excavated near Malibu, Calif., the flute came to the Met through Nelson Rockefeller’s collection in 1979. Until 2024, the object was understood to be animal bone. Then a museum consultation with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians produced a startling new finding: The flute was made from human bone. |
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