Posts by Kevin Harson
Iran pulls out of naval exercise with China, Russia at last minute: Report
Iran was asked to withdraw from upcoming naval drills with China and Russia in South Africa, according to local media. South African outlet News24 reported that Iran will no longer take part in the “Will for Peace 2026” joint maritime drill involving BRICS countries alongside Russian, Chinese and Emirati warships. It comes amid mounting pressure…
Read MoreDonald Trump has “crossed” line of impeachable offenses, AOC says
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Monday night that President Donald Trump has “absolutely” committed impeachable offenses, arguing that the president has already crossed a clear constitutional line. “Personally, I think the criminality is quite clear to me individually,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters. “The hard part of impeachment is what in the litany of…
Read MoreEx-Navy SEAL planned to fire explosives at police at San Diego ‘No Kings’ rally
A former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of transporting fireworks across state lines with the intent to injure law enforcement at a “No Kings” protest in San Diego, authorities said. FBI agents found messages on Gregory Vandenberg’s phone indicating he was upset with President…
Read MoreHouse Democrats challenge new Homeland Security order limiting lawmaker visits to immigration facilities
WASHINGTON — Twelve House Democrats who last year sued the Trump administration over a policy limiting congressional oversight of immigrant detention facilities returned to federal court Monday to challenge a second, new policy imposing further limits on such unannounced visits. In December, those members of Congress won their lawsuit challenging a Department of Homeland Security policy from…
Read MoreRepublican senator calls for investigation into Donald Trump’s DOJ
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Read More‘We just want our lives back.’ Maduro’s gone, but what’s next for 8 million Venezuelans who fled?
MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States. All fled poverty and political repression in Venezuela. Hernández, a human rights activist and outspoken critic of the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, eventually left, too. Since 2022 she has lived…
Read MoreIran live: Regime claims “total control” as Trump warns on red line
U.S. President Donald Trump said that the regime in Iran is “starting to” cross his red line on killing protesters in his latest comments about the crisis on Sunday night, saying “there seem to be some people killed who aren’t supposed to be killed”. Trump had earlier threatened strikes against the regime if it kept…
Read MoreStephen A. Smith doubles down on calling ICE shooting in Minneapolis ‘completely justified’
Stephen A. Smith is arguably the most-well known sports commentator in the country. But the outspoken ESPN commentator’s perspective outside the sports arena has landed him in a firestorm. The furor is due to his pointed comments defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman driving away from him. Just…
Read MoreDeion Sanders has strong reaction to Shedeur Sanders’ rookie NFL season
It was a whirlwind rookie season for Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was selected in the fifth round out of Colorado after one of the more dramatic draft-weekend slides in recent memory. Sanders was projected for most of the offseason as a first-round pick but ultimately fell to Day 3. He still earned a…
Read MoreIran’s supreme leader vows to crack down on protesters, blames Trump
BEIRUT — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as “saboteurs” and insisting the Islamic Republic would “not back down,” even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing antigovernment demonstrations. Speaking before a crowd that periodically broke into chants of “Death to America,”…
Read MoreOwner adopts cream golden retriever, then has shock realization about DNA
After purchasing an English cream golden retriever, a couple started going down the “rabbit hole” and ended up questioning their decision. In a viral Reddit post shared on Monday under the username u/NapkinZhangy, the posters shared a picture of their 11-week-old puppy, with a caption that reads: “Did we make a mistake with our cream-colored Golden Retriever?” They explained in the post: “We recently adopted a new golden retriever…
Read MoreMiami makes college football history with CFP semis win vs Ole Miss
Trinidad Chambliss was a magic man in the desert Thursday night, but the Miami Hurricanes were too much to handle at the end as they booked their ticket home for the national championship in a little over a week’s time. In what will go down as one of the best games in the College Football…
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