There is a darkness settling over Cuba that is no longer metaphorical. On Monday, the island’s electrical grid failed completely — a “total disconnection,” in the clinical language of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Eleven million people lost power. It was not the first time. It will not be the last. The outage is the latest convulsion in a
There is something almost classical about what Washington did Friday. An act of statecraft that is also, in its way, a statement of belief. The State Department announced it will pay up to $10 million to any Iranian citizen who comes forward with information on the whereabouts of senior leaders in the Islamic Republic’s security apparatus. Those who help could
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He came back four times. Bairon Hernandez, 34, a Honduran national with at least 15 arrests on his record — aggravated assault, weapons possession, domestic violence, drug charges, obstruction — was deported from the United States four separate times. The last time was in 2020. He came back anyway. On Sunday, federal officials say, he walked into the Lexington Avenue
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War breaks out — and so do the court jesters. America’s late-night comedians responded to the outbreak of the Iran conflict with a week of disapproval and an even sharper imbalance in their punchlines. A new study from the Media Research Center found that 94 percent of the jokes about the war were aimed not at Iran but at the
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Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon podium Tuesday and said what commanders rarely say until they mean it: the enemy is losing, measurably, visibly, and on a timeline not of their choosing. Iran’s ballistic missile launches against neighboring states are down 90% since the operation began February 28. One-way drone strikes have fallen 83%. More than fifty Iranian ships have
Two men from Pennsylvania drove to New York City on a Saturday, brought homemade bombs to a protest outside Gracie Mansion, and threw them. They were not sophisticated actors. They were, by all accounts, young, angry, and radicalized by what they had been reading online. That is, in its own way, the most unsettling part of the story. “I can
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On the latest episode of The Word of the Lord, host Jeffrey Lord discusses Operation Epic Fury in the context of Iran’s history of attacks on Americans and American bases throughout the years. “The date: November 4th, 1979. The place: the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran. On that day, in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution that had overthrown the
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In an eight-minute phone call with Axios — his second recent conversation with the outlet on the administration’s war planning — President Trump made explicit what Washington had only implied: the U.S. intends to shape what comes next in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment,” Trump said, drawing a direct parallel to the administration’s role in Venezuela’s
Continue ReadingIn time of ancient gods, warlords and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power. The passion. The danger. Her courage will change the world.
Democrat Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of politically weaponizing religion by “rebuking” Democrats who support abortion, and the congressman suggested that these Catholic churches should
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