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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky argued Sunday that the war with Iran has “weakened” the United States. “The U.S. has been significantly weakened by the war with Iran,” the congressman wrote in a Sunday post on X. “This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our men & women, inflated the … Read more

Lawyers predict ‘more suppression and no active investigations’ but victims’ groups determined to continue fight As Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer Todd Blanche appears poised for confirmation as attorney general, numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors have sounded the alarm that a US justice department helmed by him would derail their pursuit of justice. In a letter … Read more

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Chinese fast fashion giant Shein reported a $99m (£74.1m) net loss in its first quarter, after the removal of an import duty exemption in the US on small packages triggered a slowdown in sales. The figures were released as part of the company’s pre-IPO paperwork, … Read more

New tariffs, gas price rises, the deaths of thousands, insecurity … We’re living at the whim of one capricious, vain, easily bored man and his gang of stooges You would be forgiven, as the US and Iran traded strikes over the past few days, for thinking that it was only last month that the two … Read more

Newly released diary entries by Dr. Anthony Fauci offer an unfiltered look at what the nation’s top infectious disease expert really thought of the politicians, television personalities and celebrities who filled his orbit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., the diaries chronicle Fauci’s day-to-day role during the … Read more

Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat dome At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day. … Read more

Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman said Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., sought his endorsement for her Senate campaign while he was in intensive care following the June 2025 attempt on his life.

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and … Read more

Israeli prime minister says ICC’s war crime charges are ‘bogus’ and plans to be in New York for UN gathering this fall Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, is “fomenting hate” by calling the Israeli prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over Israel’s war in … Read more

Scott Gottlieb responds to report that company contacted the White House seeking to delay a recall announcement Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday that it was “not standard operating procedure” for Taylor Farms to ask the White House to intervene as the company prepared to announce a recall tied … Read more