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US Attacks Iran In Tit-For-Tat Strikes, Hits Airport, Railway Station, Bridges
US strikes overnight hit an airport and two bridges in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said Friday.
She Knew He Wasn't Real. One Woman's Romance Scam Story
She knew somewhere in the back of her mind that Donnie didn't exist. She also knew that before she hit the road again, in spite of all logic and months of warnings from everyone in her life, she'd send the money anyway.
US Announces Visa Curbs On Members Linked To "Far-Left Terrorist" Groups
The United States on Thursday launched a scathing attack on left-wing extremists, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling for global cooperation to fight a "new wave of this old evil."
SpaceX Starship Rocket Aborts Before Liftoff In 13th Flight Test Attempt
SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas on Thursday, postponing the mission by at least 24 hours with the company studying what likely caused the automated scrub.
US Immigrant Agent In Maine Shooting Has History Of Violent Behavior: Family
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, close relatives told.
Australia news live: mobile networks ‘not infallible’, Telstra boss tells Senate inquiry; Anton Enus to retire from SBS World News
Telstra outage hit ‘approximately 45%’ of calls and data, CEO tells Senate inquiryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has been called “un-Australian” over her appearance on a podcast with far-right UK activist, Tommy Robinson.The Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young told ABC RN Hanson must return to Australia and apologise.This is so appalling, and frankly, it’s unAustralian.To go overseas to hang out with a criminal thug … to be laughing on his show about multiculturalism back here in Australia – which are our communities, Australian citizens, and the people who make this country great, Pauline Hanson is the most unAustralian politician in the parliament, and she should come home, face the music, and apologise.I‘m not sure where Ms Hanson is getting her figures from, but they’ve never been provided to me as the minister for disability and the minister for the NDIS.I suspect they don’t exist.I’m loath to respond to a podcast between Ms Hanson and this convicted criminal, who frankly has been disowned by so many leading figures on the right. Continue reading...
Marines board tanker amid blockade of Iranian ports as US expands strikes with attacks on bridges
Boarding of M/T Wen Yao in Gulf of Oman comes as expanded airstrike campaign hits five bridges in southern IranAmerican forces boarded a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as part of the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military said.US Marines boarded the M/T Wen Yao “to ensure full compliance with the ongoing US naval blockade,” US Central Command (Centcom) said in a post on X. Continue reading...
How Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system
US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midtermsDonald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the groundwork for further destabilizing the electoral system before November’s midterm elections.In his address from the East Room at the White House, Trump attempted to give the impression that his administration had uncovered new bombshell findings about vulnerabilities in the US’s election system. China, he claimed, had illicitly acquired voter information on 220 million Americans (many states allow anyone to buy voter roll information; Trump did not say the means by which the nation acquired the data). He claimed that China interfered in other ways to undermine his 2020 campaign and that the information had been suppressed by intelligence officials. Continue reading...
US Forces Continue "Wave Of Strikes" Against Iran For 6th Consecutive Night
According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the attack was aimed at further degrading Iran's military capabilities, as Tehran poses a threat to commercial vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, which Washington claims.
Trump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’ as critics fear ploy to challenge midterm results
Opponents warn president’s address about 2020 election loss is a bid to sow confusion ahead of midterms that could deliver big losses for RepublicansDonald Trump accused China of interfering with the 2020 election in a primetime televised address that laid bare his continuing obsession with his defeat to Joe Biden, but which opponents warned was a smokescreen for him to meddle in the forthcoming congressional midterms.In a 25-minute speech on Thursday that had been hyped by Trump himself, the US president cast extraordinary doubts on the integrity of the US electoral process, saying it was “catastrophically” short of standards of fairness and trust, while vulnerable to trespassing by foreign powers. Continue reading...
Trump rehashes wide-ranging US election claims and releases heavily redacted documents in primetime address – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Trump makes unverified claims of ‘sinister election meddling’ in primetime addressSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has just started speaking from the East Room of the White House, in what is expected to be a speech on the 2020 election loss he still refuses to accept. The president has begun with a typical recitation of boasts about what he claims are his accomplishments.We have embedded live video above. Follow along for updates. Continue reading...
US TV networks split on broadcasting Trump’s election-focused speech
NBC and CNN stayed away from White House speech, while Fox News, MS Now, CBS and some ABC affiliates aired itThe US’s largest television stations split on whether to air Donald Trump’s White House address live on Thursday night, which was heavy on unproven accusations about the integrity of the 2020 election won by Joe Biden.While CNN, ABC and NBC chose not to air the speech live, CBS, Fox News and MS Now (formerly MSNBC) aired at least large portions of the speech live. ABC did not air the speech as a must-run broadcast, but some station affiliates – including the Washington DC station owned by right-leaning broadcaster Sinclair – chose to air the speech. Continue reading...
