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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 Strikes Tankers Tied to Iran Revolutionary Guard The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. Following the latest American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said. U.S. Central Command said it had no information to offer about the strikes on the Jordanian airbase. The latest strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach by President Donald Trump as he struggles to bring an end to the war.
CENTCOM says Iran failed to hit US Navy destroyers as American forces destroy 10 Iranian tankers U.S. Central Command on Wednesday rejected claims by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it struck two U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Middle East, saying no American warship was hit. “This is completely FALSE,” CENTCOM said in a post on X responding to the Iranian claim. “No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed,” CENTCOM said. The IRGC claimed Wednesday that it attacked 10 ships — including two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers — attempting to cross what it called a “prohibited and unsafe” area of the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. Iran declares capture of US submarine near the Strait of Hormuz in major escalation An unmanned underwater United States military submarine was captured Tuesday by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy near the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian media. The IRGC Navy announced that it seized the underwater vehicle "as a prize of war" through a complex intelligence and operational action at "dawn" on Tuesday. The move comes days after the IRGC announced that it targeted three U.S.-linked oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, as the rogue Middle Eastern nation issued a bloodthirsty revenge promise. "In the special grace of Almighty God, the IRGC Navy forces trapped one of the most modern, smart and unmanned submarines of the terrorist U.S. Army at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz during a complex intelligence and operational action at dawn today," the IRGC Navy said in a statement on Tuesday. It comes after Trump was pictured being stuffed in something terrifying in a chilling new Iran billboard. The IRGC Navy described the U.S. military submarine, added to the U.S. Navy fleet in 2025, as being equipped with some of the world's latest technology. Earlier in the week, the U.S. Central Command confirmed the attack on Iranian tankers. Anthropic researcher abruptly quits, chillingly warns AI ‘could kill us all’ — and current team leader agrees A researcher for one of the largest and most valuable artificial intelligence companies has publicly quit — while raising the alarm that the technology “could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Jacob Coxon, who has performed pre-training research at Anthropic and OpenAI for the last three years, posted on a wildly viral X thread that “neither company is acting responsibly.” “They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,” he wrote late Tuesday, with others from the company backing his terrifying warning. Stunning numbers show how 9/11 rebuild turned Lower Manhattan into residential hotspot, doubling population to 70K Downtown Manhattan had a remarkable transformation from a financial services center into a vibrant “24-hour” residential hotspot in the 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an eye-opening new report found. The Lower Manhattan population around the reborn Ground Zero more than doubled to 70,761 residents in 2024 from 32,446 in 2001, according to the analysis issued Wednesday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Residential building space in the area that includes Wall Street and Tribeca increased during the rebuild by a staggering 30.8 million square feet, the report said. The scene at ground zero of the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 9/11 justice delayed: America remains in limbo with the undecided fates of GuantanamoHow a downtown Manhattan bar turned into a vibrant tribute to more than 7K first responders after 9/11Republicans Open First Midterm Convention in Dallas Republicans open their first national midterm convention Wednesday with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Cabinet officials, and congressional candidates gathering for a two-day event aimed at energizing voters ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. More than 100 speakers are scheduled to appear at the American Airlines Center, with programming focused on taxes, immigration, healthcare, the economy, and other Republican priorities. Unlike a presidential nominating convention, the gathering has no formal party business to conduct, reports The Wall Street Journal.
New York delegation gets shoved in the back at GOP midterm convention in downgrade from prime 2024 and 2016 seats New York is getting the backseat treatment at the GOP midterm convention this week, with its delegation being placed in the left rear corner of the arena, marking a significant downgrade from the 2016 and 2024 party gatherings. In the past, despite being a Democratic stronghold, New York seemingly benefited from being President Trump’s native state and nabbed prestigious convention seating. But this go-around, the Trump connection isn’t delivering that. Some New York Republicans in Dallas were surprised to hear of the rear seating, but tried to take the decision in stride. Amazon cargo jet pilot reportedly told wife, 'My career is over' shortly after deadly crash The Boeing 767 overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet before crashing into vehicles, killing five people After an Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport, killing five people, one of the pilots reportedly told his wife over the phone that his "career was over," according to a new report. Abraham Altamar told CBS News that he had witnessed the fiery wreck on Sunday while he was working in a nearby building. He did not identify which of the two pilots he spoke with. Altamar was on FaceTime with his wife when he said the pilot approached him. "He was, like, shaking and, and a little injured in his forehead and his hand," Altamar said. "I was like, 'Hey, you want me to call 911?' He's like, 'No, we already called them.'" Lindsay Clancy juror defends lone holdout, makes surprising admission about others on the panel A female juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has defended the lone male holdout – admitting that he “was not the only one that was unwilling to see things from the other side.” The woman, who spoke to WBZ-TV on condition of anonymity, served as juror No. 5 in the high-profile Massachusetts trial, which ended Friday in a hung jury with an 11-1 split. She said from the start of deliberations the majority of jurors – made up of nine women and three men – were trying to convince the lone holdout to change his vote. Kevin Reddington defends Lindsay Clancy’s ex Patrick against ‘horrific conspiracy allegations’: ‘Stop with the speculation’
‘Harsh’ Lindsay Clancy prosecution backfired, instead proving she was good mom who ‘snapped’: jurors Experts say Clancy's Trump pardon gambit may be aimed at something else entirely Three jurors break silence on what really deadlocked the Lindsay Clancy murder case Netanyahu to sue ‘Haaretz’ for defamation over claim UAE warned him prior to Oct. 7 massacre Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had instructed his lawyers to file a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz, journalist Shlomi Eldar and others over the newspaper’s claims that the United Arab Emirates had warned him ahead of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre. Netanyahu said reviews by the Prime Minister’s Office, National Security Council and military secretariat found no record of a conversation between him and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan from the beginning of September through Oct. 7, 2023. He also said entry records showed no visit by an Emirati representative who, according to Netanyahu, would have been required to facilitate such a call. Obama judge's peculiar Trump rebuke ignites fury over 'unprofessional' language: 'Embarrassment' DC Circuit panel ruled the agency likely violated federal tax privacy law by handing data to immigration enforcement Critics took aim Tuesday at a federal appeals court after a judge dismissed the IRS’ argument in an ICE data-sharing case as "weak sauce," drawing immediate backlash over the unusual language in the ruling. "That argument is ‘weak sauce’ where the district court has permitted the IRS to file any necessary notifications ‘under seal,’ thereby shielding any criminal investigative activity from disclosure," wrote D.C. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2013. "Weak sauce" is slang for something that falls flat and lacks substance. The lawsuit centers on whether the IRS violated federal tax-confidentiality law by sharing tens of thousands of taxpayer addresses with ICE after receiving requests for information on more than 1 million suspected illegal immigrants. The case was heard by a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel composed entirely of Obama appointees: Pillard, Patricia Millett and Robert Wilkins. Trump-Backed PAC Unleashes $47 Million Midterm Blitz A new PAC created by President Donald Trump's political operation on Tuesday and Wednesday reserved at least $47 million in advertisements to help Republicans in half a dozen key battleground races. The newly formed No Going Back PAC Inc. is financially backed by MAGA Inc., Trump's main super PAC, according to The New York Times, citing two people familiar with the spending plans. The reservations mark the most significant deployment yet of MAGA Inc.'s more than $400 million war chest as Republicans fight to retain their congressional majorities in November.
We cannot let the left rewrite what happened on 9/11 I was in New York City on 9/11 and I recall the horror of the buildings collapsing, knowing what it meant for those left inside By Liz Peek
As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, there are many in our country who want us to pretend that the greatest attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor never happened. They want us to look away from the Muslim terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and who drove another plane full of innocents to their deaths in a grassy Pennsylvania field. They want us to forget that on that day in 2001, Americans came under attack for reasons that few understood, from a far-away people who loathe our culture, our freedoms and our country. When Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., dismissively says, "Some people did something," she is trying to erase the truth. She wants us to forget who it was who purposefully killed 2,977 people who were going about their daily lives, unaware of the Saudi jihadis who schemed and plotted for years to cause as much death and suffering as possible to our great nation. Sorry, Ilhan — I remember. I remember my young daughters calling home terrified that the planes had hit their father's office, which was across the street from the Twin Towers. I remember my husband's colleagues witnessing the panicked souls jumping to their deaths from the towers, and the rain of ashes that blanketed the entire downtown area. He was in midtown at the time of the attack, but his co-workers were not so lucky, navigating the pitch-dark stairwells of the neighboring building and wading through the debris-darkened chaos. Some walked miles to our uptown apartment, stranded by the closure of the city's bridges and tunnels; they arrived frightened and exhausted, covered head to toe in ashes. Mamdani is twisting the law to socialist limits — and you’re his next target By Betsy McCaughey
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is abusing the apparatus of city government to crush landlords and seize their property, violating state law, the US Constitution and fundamental fairness. If you’re not a landlord, you may think this doesn’t affect you — but think again. Landlords are just the first: Anyone who owns anything is in this socialist mayor’s crosshairs. He ignores the limits of government power and his duty to govern for all the people. |
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