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Reporter’s summation of today’s episode from Frontline Africa news podcast: Five things you should take away from this episode. The number one thing is that this is now a four-front war. Iran from the east, Hezbollah from the north, the Houthis from Yemen in the south, the Iraqi militias hitting American targets across the Middle …
BREAKING: The Pentagon is developing military options for a "final blow" in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign, per Axios. US officials provide 4 "final blow" options: 1. Invading or blockading Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 26, 2026 US officials …
Iran now knows how big of a leverage the Hormuz is. It had never tested it before, now they know. This leaves Trump between a rock and a hard place. If he demands the peace now, it won’t be on the terms he wants. The other way is that he keeps escalating which erodes his …
kristen shaughnessy @kshaughnessy2 “Bank of America has a stark warning for stock investors” “The stock market may be just one bad day away from forcing Washington and Wall Street to act. That is the message Bank of America chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett sent to clients on Friday….. The four market thresholds to watch •S&P …
Iran is attacking four Gulf nations at the moment, as well as the U.S. diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan Hours ago they also bombed Tel Aviv And before that we had reports they are about to start mining the Strait of Hormuz For… https://t.co/wJAoguM2Up — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March …
Healthcare has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs Despite making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy and providing a much-needed set of crutches, the latest healthcare jobs data highlights just how wobbly the labor market is. Over 28,000 …
Security lines at airports across the country are stretching for hours after TSA operations were shut down by the Dems shutdown for several weeks. pic.twitter.com/5EbpXZImdS — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 8, 2026 🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE DELAYS AT AIRPORTS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES pic.twitter.com/NUYlGm4dmO — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) March 8, 2026 Airports across the United States were …
🇬🇧🇮🇷 Four people arrested in London by counter-terrorism police on suspicion of aiding Iran's foreign intelligence service. The alleged operation: surveillance of Jewish community locations and individuals across London. Source: NYT https://t.co/XZYwuIuK8g pic.twitter.com/XorGta7LWx — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 6, 2026 The men [A-D] were arrested on Friday, 6 March on suspicion of assisting a foreign …
Karoline Leavitt: "we had a very stupid and incompetent leader in this White House for four years who gave away many of our best weapons for nothing, for free, to another country very far away by the name of Ukraine." Honestly, the sheer heartlessness, ruthlessness, and cruelty… pic.twitter.com/RxP0rkcCGL — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) March 4, …
BREAKING: Iran says it has targeted US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln using 4 ballistic missiles. pic.twitter.com/TTY1zP4s2P — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 1, 2026 This is BIG move by Iran The IRGC has attacked the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles, according to its press service. If Iran decides …
BREAKING: The Cuban government just announced that they shot and killed four passengers on an American speedboat. pic.twitter.com/r99RqY38qi — George (@BehizyTweets) February 25, 2026 Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior has announced that its border patrol forces engaged in a shootout with a speedboat from the United States, killing four people. In a statement published on …
MORE – Cuban Border Guard Troops approached the vessel for identification, the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, resulting in the injury of the commander of the Cuban vessel. — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 25, 2026
Social Security numbers issued under Biden to illegals doubled every year, per Fox News. 2021: 270K2022: 590K2023: 964K2024: 2M — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) February 23, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, the figures align with SSA Enumeration Beyond Entry data from the DOGE audit: FY2021 ~270k, 2022 ~590k, 2023 ~964k, 2024 ~2.1M SSNs to noncitizens. They went to …
The national debt hit its most dangerous imbalance since WWII. Inflation opened up the throttle. Trump Tariffs got trumped by European refusal to play along. Kevin “the hatchet” Hassett got chopped. by David Haggith While we’re not yet facing the four horseman of the apocalypse, four ponies of the apocalypse have arrived. It’s a bad …
Auto giant Ford reported its worst quarterly earnings in four years on Tuesday, and a net loss of $8.2 billion for 2025, the largest yet since the 2008 recession. At least some of that is due to the $4.8 billion that the company’s electric vehicle division lost in 2025. Electric vehicle sales were battered, and …
Actor Timothy Busfield, widely known for his role as a reporter on “The West Wing,” was indicted by a New Mexico grand jury Friday on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child. More: https://t.co/sTkC4Gz0oy pic.twitter.com/Y8VvRZ0KpR — NewsNation (@NewsNation) February 6, 2026 Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of sexual contact with …
Governor Gavin Newsom’s $236M program for California’s mentally ill has helped just 22 people in four years: report https://t.co/6MNTcque85 pic.twitter.com/dh0ySpEcAt — California Post (@californiapost) January 27, 2026 California Governor Gavin Newsom’s $236 million program to help those with severe mental illness who bounce between homelessness and jail has helped a measly 22 people since the …
US LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT HITS FOUR-YEAR HIGH – FT — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) January 26, 2026 The unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in more than four years as the US labor market shows more signs of weakness heading into 2026. The national unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, according to Bureau of …
Source: FED – Treasury Securities Operational Details pic.twitter.com/5GeJMLE24D — Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) January 16, 2026 The New York Fed plans Treasury purchases totaling over $55B from Jan 15 to Feb 12, 2026, for reinvestment and reserve management—not officially QE. Past QE rounds were far larger (e.g., QE1: $1.25T). The claim is partially accurate but overstates the …
The US economy is in a hiring recession byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts What kind of jobs are available to someone with a BA in "Communication"? BA in Spanish is nice, if you are ordering in a restaurant. BFA in Dance might get you a boyfriend. Everybody and their dog is a journalist today. Can you weld? That …
The FBI has arrested four members of a radical group who were allegedly planning a terror plot across Los Angeles, as well as attacks on members of ICE. Officials took four alleged members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front into custody on Friday after plots of bombings, targeting at least five US companies across LA …
by Michael If your household is struggling to pay the bills right now, you are far from alone. The cost of just about everything that Americans regularly spend money on has been soaring, and as a result our standard of living has been steadily declining. Over the past couple of decades, our politicians borrowed and spent …
El Presidente is about to be liquidated. Yeah, we aren’t amassing all of these assets in the Caribbean to simply hit drug boats and disrupt the drug trade. pic.twitter.com/XANxokaz8Z — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) November 21, 2025 BREAKING🚨:U.S. B-52H BOMBERS GO DARK EN ROUTE TO CARIBBEAN Two U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic bombers took off from Minot …
US grocery prices have never been more expensive: The average cost of groceries for a family of 4 is now up to a record $1,030/month. This marks a +$280 increase since January 2017, when the average family spent $750 a month. In 2021-2022 alone, grocery costs surged by +$150. To put this differently, a family …
MAJOR POLICE UPDATE! MASS SHOOTING. WILLIE’S BAR. ST. HELENA ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA. 4 DEAD. 20 SHOT. SUSPECT ARRESTED. 27-Year-old Anferny Devon Freeman. Authorities have charged a man with murder in a mass shooting that killed four people and injured 15 more last month at a bar on a South Carolina island. Anferny Freeman, 27, was …
Nvidia's losses accelerate to -5% on the day, now down -16% since Monday's high. That marks a drop of -$800 BILLION since Monday byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts U.S. stocks rebounded from session lows on Friday as hope for an end to the monthlong government shutdown offset continued weakness in tech stocks. Still, all three major indexes snapped …
Russia, Europe and the US Intensify their War Cries by David Haggith The last couple of days sounded like Crimea River all along the western front of Russia as we were bombarded with wartime news. In short, Secretary of War Hegseth (as he now prefers to be called) has ordered an urgent and extremely rare, if not …
Excluding health care, the U.S. economy has lost more than 140,000 jobs over the last four months pic.twitter.com/l9HjcgqeEY — Matthew B (@boes_) September 5, 2025 Fox Business is coping hard with another bad Trump jobs report: "That 22,000 number — it's a weaker than expected number, and these revisions are pretty brutal … it's disappointing …
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan revealed that Russia no longer insists on controlling all four annexed Ukrainian regions. Instead, Moscow is now seeking to hold the current front line in Zaporizhzhia and retain 25–30% of Donetsk. Fidan also confirmed that strategic… pic.twitter.com/cfykYea2ll — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 29, 2025 “Now they have given up …
