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Arming the Iranian Opposition Faied, Lindsey Graham Wants the U.S. to Do It Again to 'Turn the Tide of Battle'

The comments followed President Trump's claim that the US had previously sent guns to Iranian protesters through Kurdish fighters, but that the weapons had not reached their intended recipients

Rubio Plans Vatican Visit as Trump's Fight With Pope Leo Opens New Diplomatic Rift
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to travel to Vatican City this week for a meeting with Pope Leo XIV, a delicate diplomatic mission aimed at easing tensions after President Donald Trump's public attacks on the first American pontiff drew criticism across political and religious circles.
UAE Reports Iranian Drone Strike on Key Oil Port as Tensions Escalate in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's state media, however, cited an unnamed official saying Tehran had "no plans to target the UAE"
Obama Breaks His Silence on Trump's Publication of the Racist Video Depicting Him and Michelle Obama As Apes
Former President Barack Obama publicly rebuked current President Donald Trump after a racist AI-generated video depicting him and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes circulated on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social.

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Colombia's Petro Argues Lifting Cuba Embargo Would Trigger Political Change, Although 'Perhaps Not as Miami Cubans Want'

His comments follow a message he posted on Friday saying he did "not agree with a military aggression against Cuba because that is an aggression against Latin America"

A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz

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Competing Claims Over Alleged Missile Strike Add to US-Iran Tensions in Strait of Hormuz

A news outler widely regarded as closely aligned with the Iranian state first reported that two missiles struck a U.S. warship near Jask Island after ignoring warnings

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Trump Admin Intensifies DEI Crackdown, Citing Bias Against White Men and Christians: 'You Can't Do Half a Revolution'

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reportedly warned Fortune 500 companies it is actively investigating potential discrimination linked to DEI programs

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Trump Joked He Could Run Venezuela. New Poll Suggests The Honeymoon Is Over

President Donald Trump joked last month that he could run for president of Venezuela because, he claimed, his popularity there was higher than anyone else's. A new Venezuelan poll suggests that boast may already be aging badly. A late-April survey by the Venezuelan polling firm Meganálisis found that gratitude toward Trump has fallen.

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott Breaks With Trump and Marco Rubio on Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez: "She Is Despicable"

Sen. Rick Scott publicly broke with the Trump administration's Venezuela policy Saturday, rejecting Washington's recognition of Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela's leader and calling her "the head of a cartel" as opposition leader María Corina Machado urged Venezuelans around the world to mobilize for political prisoners.

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Who Is David Rivera, Ex-Florida Congressman Convicted in Foreign Lobbying Case and Longtime Rubio Ally

Former U.S. Representative David Rivera, a Republican from Florida and once a rising Miami political figure with close ties to Marco Rubio, was convicted Friday in federal court in Miami for his role in a covert $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration.

Barry CHristian Found Dead in Oklahoma investigation crime scene

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Crime Scene Investigators Search Area in Oklahoma Where Conservative Senate Candidate Barry Christian Was Found Dead After Two-Day Disappearance

The mystery surrounding the death of Barry Christian, a Republican candidate for the Oklahoma state Senate, shifted Friday from the politics of a missing candidate to the painstaking work of crime scene investigators trying to answer a more urgent question: what happened inside, or around, the gray Ram truck where his body was found in a remote wildlife area near Erick.

CNN Faces Calls To Fire Conservative Commentator Scott Jennings After F-Bomb Meltdown About the Iran War

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings is facing calls for disciplinary action after a live on-air clash with 23-year-old MeidasTouch reporter Adam Mockler ended with Jennings shouting an expletive during a tense debate over the U.S. war with Iran.

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Joe Biden Jumps Back Into Politics With High-Stakes Georgia Endorsement

Former president Joe Biden is stepping back into electoral politics, endorsing the ex-Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor in one of his most direct political moves since leaving the White House.

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New Poll Shows Iran War Reaching Iraq And Vietnam-Era Disapproval

Most Americans now say the United States made the wrong decision by using military force against Iran, a sharp warning sign for President Donald Trump as the war's economic and political costs deepen at home.

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AOC vs. Zohran Mamdani on the Met Gala: Two Democratic Socialists, Two Very Different Messages

Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may belong to the same ideological family, but the New York City politicians have made opposite decisions on how they want to treat the legendary Met Gala. They see it as two entirely different political theaters, as this year's edition is showing.

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Hillary Clinton Calls Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling "Overlooks Reality For a Self-Serving Right-Wing Fantasy"

Hillary Clinton accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of demolishing what remained of the Voting Rights Act, warning that Republican-led states are already moving to redraw congressional maps in ways that could dilute Black voting power.

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Trump Lifts Scotch Whisky Tariffs "In Honor Of The King And Queen"

President Donald Trump said he will remove tariffs and restrictions affecting Scotch whisky after King Charles III and Queen Camilla's visit to the United States, handing the UK a symbolic trade win and sending a direct message to the British government after months of pressure from Scotland's whisky industry.

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House Passes Bill To End Record DHS Shutdown; Immigration Enforcement Operations Left Out

The House voted on Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, putting an end to a record shutdown of the agency that had been in place since February 14.

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Mexican Politicians Rally Behind Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya: 'We Are Calm. Nothing Is Going to Happen'

In a letter, mayors from 18 of Sinaloa's 20 municipalities expressed their backing for the governor and called for any proceedings to be carried out in accordance with Mexican law.