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Harvey Weinstein is Going on Trial Again in a New York Rape Case
(Headline USA) After years of legal troubles and prison, Harvey Weinstein is again going on trial on a rape charge in New York City. Jury selection started Tuesday in the onetime movie mogul’s latest retrial, where jurors will weigh — for the third time — whether he raped hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a…
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Vance, Trump Not Budging on Iran Deal
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ball is in Iran’s court, and the U.S. holds all the cards, Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump argue after exhaustive talks with the Islamic Republic stalled. Vance, who just returned from a whirlwind trip to Pakistan after participating in talks with Iranian officials for 21 hours,…
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Disgraced Swalwell to Resign from Office as Gonzales Fallout Follows
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Eric Swalwell announced Monday that he will resign from Congress, just days after he was slapped with mounting accusations of sexual misconduct, including two instances of alleged sexual assault. Swalwell’s post on X stopped short of conceding the allegations, but instead framed the decision to resign as necessary amid growing bipartisan threats of…
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Netanyahu Says the Trump Administration Gives Him Reports on Iran Talks Every Day
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he spoke with Vice President JD Vance after the US-Iran talks in Pakistan and described the call as part of a daily report the Trump administration provides him. “I spoke yesterday with Vice President J.D. Vance. He called me from his plane on…
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Trump Says US Military Has Started Blockade on Iranian Ports as Iran Calls It ‘Piracy’
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US military has begun enforcing a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has denounced the move as “piracy.” US Central Command said the blockade will aim to impede the passage of all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports, including those in the…
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Record Armada of Tankers Bound for U.S. Gulf to Load Oil
(Alton Wallace, The Center Square) An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump said Saturday on social media that “massive numbers”…
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Man Accused in Molotov Cocktail Attack of OpenAI CEO’s Home Charged with Attempted Murder
(Headline USA) The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI’s purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday. Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an exterior gate…
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Efforts Underway for Second Round of US-Iran Talks as Strait of Hormuz Showdown Endures
(Headline USA) The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks. Though last week’s ceasefire appeared to hold, the showdown over the Strait…
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Nevadan Dems Ready to Sue if SAVE America Act Passes
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Nevada has prepared a lawsuit to combat the voter ID legislation Congress is considering, the Nevada secretary of state told The Center Square. Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar and other Democratic leaders in Nevada have spoken out against the potential law. They plan to sue the Trump administration if the…
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Fort Bragg Veteran Facing Espionage Charges
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Hearings are expected this week in the case of an Army veteran charged with violating the Espionage Act between 2022 and 2025 from her time spent with an elite Fort Bragg unit between 2010 and 2016. Courtney Williams, 40, shared classified information with a journalist, says the complaint from the…
