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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) refused to acknowledge that there was not an "imminent" nuclear threat before President Donald Trump struck Iran by insisting that the word was too "subjective" to debate.During a Thursday interview on CNN, host Boris Sanchez noted that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had deflected a question about an imminent Iranian nuclear threat by arguing that only the president could define what "imminent" means."I'd say it's a persistent threat," Crenshaw dodged. "I mean, everyone's really getting hung up on the word imminent. And let's be clear about the word imminent. It's a subjective word.""Everyone's getting hung up on this, and I'm not sure why," he complained. "I don't view this conflict with Iran as just a rash decision by the president. I view it as something that was much more inevitable."Sanchez pointed out why Crenshaw, as a member of Congress, should be concerned with the definition of "imminent.""I guess, Congressman, part of the concern is that the president is only supposed to act unilaterally without input from Congress if there's going to be an imminent strike on Americans," the CNN host observed. "In other words, if there is an immediate danger to American lives, that's different than saying that Iran has a persistent threat or eventually may have the capacity to harm Americans on the mainland, no?""I don't think it's different at all," Crenshaw disagreed. "I think you phrased the same thing in two different ways.""What is imminent is the idea that you might have another North Korea," he added. "You're at a point in history where you either decide that you're not going to have another North Korea or you are. And right now, the only way to prevent that, the second North Korea, a madman with a bomb, is to use conventional means."U.S. law defines "imminent threat" as "the imminence of any natural, technological, or other occurrence which, in determination of a Federal Agency Head, because of its size or intent, seriously degrades or threatens the national security of the United States such that an emergency action would be impeded if the Federal Agency were to concurrently meet its historic preservation responsibilities under section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended."

UK’s bilateral aid to African countries, which funds areas such as schools and clinics, to be cut by almost £900m by 2028-29Some of the world’s poorest countries will lose out on UK aid that funds programmes such as schools and clinics, due to budget cuts set out by the foreign secretary.The UK’s bilateral aid to African countries will be reduced by almost £900m by 2028-29 – a 56% cut – as part of more than £6bn in cuts which are funding an increase in defence spending. Continue reading...

Right-wing author Brandon Weichert warned MAGA influencer Steve Bannon that President Donald Trump's war in Iran was "not going well."During a Thursday interview on the War Room podcast, Bannon insisted that the U.S. had to "win" the war, even though the goals were unclear."Regardless of how we got in here, and we can debate that, and I'm sure that even in the next couple days are coming up, we are where we are, we have to win, right?" Bannon told Weichert. "The President of the United States gave a very clear order out to the public, to the country, to everybody, that Iranian infrastructure, oil infrastructure was not to be hit. These gas fields were hit deliberately.""Now we're in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, all of it. And it's rattling, whether you like it or not, whether you support President Trump or not," he continued. "It's rattling the world's economy and President Trump's economic plan.""Clearly, there is a severe breakdown in communication not only between the U.S. and its purported allies in the region, but also between — within the administration itself," Weichert agreed. "And I would encourage everybody in the administration, get on the same page now. Because this is not — this is not going well. The American people do not understand what's going on.""Furthermore, whatever the Pentagon and Centcom and the intel community is saying publicly, behind the scenes, the Iranians are still popping these missiles off," he added. "And you asked about Israel. And I would just say that I don't think we have any idea who is running Israel right now. I have seen no confirmation as to whether or not Netanyahu is still alive or in command.""I have seen no confirmation that anyone has succeeded him. I've been hearing rumors from people.""Hang on!" Bannon interrupted, annoyed with rumors of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demise. "That can't be the internet slop that says he's an AI figure or anything like that. It's got to be more definitive.""It's a mess in Israel right now," Weichert said."Besides internet slop, why do you say that?" Bannon demanded. "Well, because the entire Israeli system seems to be in confusion," the author insisted. "There is clearly a problem right now. And then also you have these intelligence failures going on in Lebanon with Mossad, where they're blowing up targets that are clearly not military.""I think they're operating off of bad intelligence because Mossad's capabilities have been degraded."Before signing off, Weichert made it clear that he stood with Joe Kent, a former Trump intelligence official who resigned over the war in Iran."This show and me personally have been the biggest backer of Joe Kent," Bannon remarked.

A Brazilian law that seeks to shield minors from addictive, violent and pornographic online content took effect this week, with experts calling it a milestone in the protection of children and adolescents.