Tag: politics
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Trump says U.S. troops deaths ‘a shame’ but necessary to prevent Iranian nuke
President Donald Trump said that the deaths of U.S. troops in the war with Iran were “a shame” but portrayed it as a necessary sacrifice to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Trump said the two soldiers killed in Jordan on Friday gave their lives for a greater cause, speaking with the New York…
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Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon plan for testosterone screening
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered annual testosterone-deficiency screening for active-duty and reserve service members age 30 and older, which he says will help to maintain military readiness. But many medical professionals warn it might do nothing of the sort and instead could increase service members’ risk of infertility or other consequences if testosterone is…
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Another of Marx’s claims — his primary lead — was fake news | Dick Wadhams
Self-declared exorcist of demons and swashbuckling rescuer of 45,000 innocent women and children, Victor Marx narrowly won the Republican nomination for governor despite claiming he had a 44-point lead just weeks before the election. Marx received 39.9% while state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer won 39.4% and state Rep. Scott Bottoms was at 21%. Marx won by…
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Lawmaker says he was detained on West Bank
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Saturday suggested he was unlawfully detained in the West Bank, warning, “they made a huge mistake.” Khanna said in a post to X that he made a “trip to Palestine,” where he said he was detained by “Israeli settlers, brandishing American-made M4s.” He said that when the Israeli military arrived…
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U.S. launches fresh strikes after Iran attacks ship
WASHINGTON/DUBAI – The U.S. military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. A series of attacks between the U.S. and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of…
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Democrats call for probes into Trump crypto earnings
WASHINGTON • A group of high-ranking Senate Democrats Friday called on their Republican counterparts to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures pose national security risks. Democrats sharply criticized Trump’s recent financial disclosure showing he generated at least $1.4 billion from crypto ventures, and accused the president of engaging in corruption by unduly profiting off…
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Masked Patriot Front white nationalists stage July 4 march through DC
WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) – Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through parts of Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of the Independence Day festivities planned for the evening. The group posted on social media that it had arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and Reuters photographers saw…
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Tina Peters visits President Donald Trump in the White House
Tina Peters has reemerged on the political circuit following her release from prison — appearing over the weekend at a “Freedom Fest” in Castle Rock and then visiting the White House on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Peters “just came to the White House…
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Give Polis credit where credit is due | Eric Sondermann
It is an understatement to suggest that Gov. Jared Polis has had a tough couple of months. The bloom was already off the rose and Coloradans were paying far more attention to the choice of his replacement than they were to him. The June 30th Democratic primary will identify that near-certain successor and officially cement…
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Iran, US continue escalating attacks, recriminations over peace deal
CAIRO/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim deal signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war. Shortly after President Donald Trump warned the U.S. might “militarily complete the job”, Iran early on Sunday launched missiles…