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The Hegseth‑led campaign in the Strait of Hormuz is not a discrete crisis but the culmination of a long‑running U.S.–Iran struggle over who controls the world’s most critical shipping chokepoint—and Operation Epic Fury marks the moment Washington decided to enforce that answer at gunpoint. Story Overview Under President Trump’s orders, Operation Epic Fury has combined massive air strikes with a global naval blockade to degrade Iran’s military and constrain its economy. CENTCOM’s third round of strikes followed an IRGC attack on the Cyprus‑flagged GFS Galaxy, which the U.S. calls a blatant violation of maritime agreements; Iran insists it fired only…

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The second Trump Administration is carrying out the President’s executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education.[REF] To manage that process, Education Department officials have entered into interagency agreements (IAAs) with other Cabinet-level agencies to share responsibility for certain federal education programs. Members of Congress are now advancing a series of proposals that would codify 10 of those agreements. If the Education Department were sunset, these bills would allow selected federal programs to continue under other agencies.These agreements and new legislative proposals do not change Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which provides taxpayer money to districts…

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“He can run, but he can’t hide.” That saying came into the American lexicon in 1946, when legendary boxer Joe Louis was talking strategy before a match with Billy Conn, who was known for his evasive style. Unfortunately for former Rhode Island anesthesiologist Ronald Fischer, he found out that you can elude the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a while, but they almost always track you down. He managed to avoid capture for two decades after he was charged with sex crimes, but on Thursday, the FBI announced that they had their man.🚨#BREAKING: After more…

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The late Ann Widdecombe, former Tory member of Parliament and prisons minister, was the politician the left loved to hate. Her views on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and the death penalty earned her the sobriquet “Doris Karloff.” That moniker followed her defense of handcuffing pregnant prisoners on the way to the maternity ward. The archetypal Anglican spinster, to use an appropriately outdated term, she converted to Catholicism after the Church of England synod voted to allow women to become priests. A Conservative MP for 23 years until 2010, she eventually left the Conservative Party in 2019 when she stood for the…

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Former “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens is preparing a scorched-earth memoir about CBS News even as parent company Paramount continues paying out the remaining years of his multimillion-dollar contract under a separation agreement that included a non-disparagement clause. The arrangement, which was reported by Puck News, has raised alarms inside Paramount and CBS, where executives and lawyers have discussed whether Owens’ book could violate the terms of his exit package. No formal legal action has been taken. A CBS News spokesperson declined to comment to The Post. Owens’ memoir will accuse former Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone of surrendering…

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China is reacting angrily to President Trump’s claims that it stole information about 220 million American voters during the 2020 election, dubbing them “groundless accusations.” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said the accusations were “entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China.” “We have no interest in interfering in U.S. elections and have never done so,” he said, as reported by wire services. Mr. Trump’s allegations put a chill on the thaw in U.S.-China relations since his May visit to Beijing, where he and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to build a constructive relationship committed to a new business-first framework…

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The State Department is considering requiring some green card applicants to hand over thousands of dollars in the Trump administration’s latest bid to ensure new arrivals to the US can support themselves. Some officials have floated making would-be legal permanent residents submit a $100,000 bond if applying at a US consulate overseas, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Others said the deposit amount could fluctuate depending on individual cases. New citizens take the Pledge of Allegiance during the naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Mass., Jan. 8, 2026. AFP via Getty Images Green card holders would likely be repaid…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump accused members of the U.S. intelligence community Thursday night of operating a “shadow government” to allegedly conceal evidence of China’s efforts to influence U.S. elections, seizing on newly declassified emails that he says reveal a bitter internal dispute about how Beijing’s activities should be characterized.Trump did not claim China changed votes or altered election results. Instead, he argued Beijing engaged in an influence campaign aimed at shaping U.S. public perceptions.Trump claimed intelligence officials kept significant reporting out of his presidential briefings and highlighted an email in which a National…

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During Thursday’s White House address, President Donald Trump indicated that the Department of Homeland Security has identified that 278,000 non-citizens are currently registered to vote in U.S. federal elections. The revelation came after Trump stated that the White House will, starting tonight, be unleashing hundreds of documents outline significant Chinese influence on U.S. elections, efforts from members of U.S. intelligence agencies and the Obama Administration to cover it up, and extensive pay-for-play get out the vote operations that benefitted Democrats in 2020. “According to the DHS review of state voter rolls and public records, they identified approximately 278,000 non-citizens who…

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