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[ad_1] Recent U.S. intelligence reports raised alarms about Israel spying on American officials to gain insight into the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran War, according to separate reports from the New York Times and NBC News. The Times reported Saturday that U.S. intelligence offices discern an elevated threat of Israeli espionage operations targeting Steve Witkoff, the top American negotiator with Iran, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for policy, and Michael DiMino, one of Colby’s top deputies. Colby and DiMino are widely perceived to be part of an America First faction that is skeptical of military intervention…

[ad_1] The Iranian military said that it had launched ballistic missile strikes on Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait and also targeted the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, as a tenuous ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 60th day on Saturday. U.S. Central Command said on Friday evening U.S. Eastern Time that it had shot down four Iranian drones, adding that the drones “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.”  NBC News, citing current and former U.S. officials, reported Friday that the Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment of Israeli spying operations against the U.S.…

[ad_1] With the West boiling alive and systemic shocks hitting Europe and Australia, the concept of a backup plan has turned from a ‘nice-to-have’ into a survival necessity. But where do you go when you need freedom, sustainability, and a break from the chaos? Look around. The water is getting hotter every single day. We are staring down the barrel of potential fuel shortages that could cripple entire regions. This isn’t fear-mongering; it’s just reading the script they are following. When the trucks stop rolling, the shelves go empty, and the grid goes down, do you want to be stuck…

[ad_1] Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Gaza Flotilla Boats Get Their Resilience From Palestinians. Gaza flotilla boats have become like Palestinians.  They, like Palestinians, have been attacked, beaten, partially destroyed and thrown to the four winds by a brutal, violent Israeli government. Some of the 2026 Gaza flotilla boats were purposefully damaged so severely by Israeli military forces that they sank, like Palestinians who are under the genocidal rubble of endless criminal Israeli bombings. After two brutal interceptions in international waters in April and May 2026, many resilient Gaza flotilla boats have been found floating in a variety…

[ad_1] For most of this year, President Trump has proclaimed that street crime in Washington D.C. is virtually nonexistent. He assigns credit for this development, too – to himself for deployment National Guard on the streets of the nation’s capital after declaring last August that "out of control" crime in the capital was a national emergency. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Vali Kaleji for The Craddle On the eve of Armenia’s crucial parliamentary elections on 7 June, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a brief visit to Yerevan on 26 May, signed three highly significant agreements in a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. These included the “Framework Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America on Strategic Cooperation Concerning the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP),” the “Charter on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Armenia and the United States,” and the “Republic of Armenia–United States of America Framework For Securing of Supply in…

[ad_1] Until recently, American politics operated on a simple premise: Aspiring politicians must suck up to party bosses, run for local office, earn supporters, master policy details and only then earn a shot at higher office. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] ShotSpotter gunshot detection is being dropped by some cities despite claims it helps police respond faster and save lives in high-crime areas. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1]  Jamal Kanj for Middle East Monitor  “He’ll do whatever I want him to do,” Donald Trump declared recently about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The statement may be one of the most revealing statements Trump has ever made—not for what it says about Netanyahu, but for what it reveals about Trump’s psychology. It was intended as a display of strength. Instead, it exposed the opposite. Trump has built a political persona around hyperbole, self-aggrandizement, and declarations of superiority to cover up for an oversized inferiority complex, he only knows its extent. When he insists that Netanyahu is acting at his…

[ad_1] Mayor Zohran Mamdani needs to make some big changes before moving forward with the City Council’s well-intentioned but flawed effort to steer more distressed housing into the hands of nonprofit building managers. The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, part of a batch of bills vetoed by ex-mayor Eric Adams on his final day in office, has been reintroduced and will likely come up for a vote later this year – but it will need guardrails to keep swindlers and bunglers from making the city’s housing crisis even worse. [ad_2] Source link