Finland has passed laws which lift a ban on nuclear weapons as it faces increased security concerns from Russia. The new bill allows the import, transport, supply and possession of nuclear arms in Finland for national defence. The government cited an unpredictable security environment' " and added that as of now, Finland won't host any nuclear weapons. A previous bill, the 1987 Nuclear Energy Act, prohibited any nuclear weapons on Finnish soil.
FBI Director Kash Patel prematurely announced details of an investigation into an alleged terror plot targeting last weekend's White House UFC event, sources told MS NOW on Tuesday. Ken Dilanian, the network's justice and intelligence correspondent, wrote on X that Patel's disclosure on social media compromised the sealed investigation because it came before another 10 suspects or so could be apprehended.
When Elon Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" took its chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy last year, it created bottlenecks that may have hampered the fight against the screwworm infestation currently menacing the southwest while making it much more expensive. The annual US Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending to combat the flesh-eating insects only amounted to about $15 million per year. But along with about $382 million aimed at combating animal-borne illnesses around the globe, it was terminated in March 2025 as part of DOGE's effort to root out what it described as government "waste." But now, with the pests bearing down on Texas and New Mexico, and at least 12 infections already identified in the US as of Tuesday, the Trump administration is spending at least $1 billion to fight the outbreak.
The Justice Department argued in a Mississippi federal court that Felon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, has the right to run dozens of noxious air polluting gas-burning turbines in the state despite not having permits for them.
Who the heck cares if poor People of Color suffer from toxic air pollution and higher utility costs?
Dummkopf Trumpf's family multibillion dollar crypto business will soon be allowed to operate like a bank, a decision that would give US companies and nefarious actors a new route to steer money to the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).
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Thanks to Islamophobic warmonger US Senator John Fetterman (D-Israel), the US Senate failed to advance the Iran War Powers Resolution, a measure that would have directed Dummkopf Trumpf to withdraw US forces from hostilities against Iran in a war being fought on behalf of Israel which has been bankrupting the US Treasury.
More foreign interference in the US body politic
This article argues that Trump's claimed Iran deal is vague, politically inflated, and dangerously built on Iran's unreliable promises while allowing him to take credit for easing a crisis his own actions helped create.
Getting back to the star of the show, on Monday morning Trump turned his attention to the July 4th celebrations centered around America's 250th anniversary.
And by doing so, he finally admitted the truth. Here is what he said on Truth Social yesterday.
"On July 4th at the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in beautiful and safe Washington DC, we are going to host the most spectacular Trump rally of them all, a tribute to America."
And I'm going to stop reading it right there because that is the key. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday that say plotters who harbored fringe conspiracy theories spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled. Investigators recovered high-powered firearms from several of the suspects and reviewed encrypted text messages between roughly 20 participants who shared detailed maps and aerial photographs of the area and discussed the need for a "safe house" and escape routes after the intended attack, the documents show. Read more
Six men were arrested on federal charges for an alleged double kidnapping and torture, which included a blowtorch, at a Margaritaville Resort in Hollywood, Fla. According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by NewsNation, one of the suspects, identified as 19-year-old Saul Alfonso Fajardo, asked the two victims if they wanted to smoke weed in Fajardo's car in the parking garage. All individuals agreed. After arriving at the car, a witness called the police to report multiple people had taken the two victims by gunpoint and placed them in two separate vehicles.
Soon, however, the producers ran into obstacles. Officials from the county Beaches and Harbors Department and the California Coastal Commission told them they couldn't park their trucks overnight, light fires or drive on the sand. "We're a lifeguard show," "Baywatch" co-creator Greg Bonann remembers saying. "What do you mean we can't drive a truck on the beach?" Suddenly the show was at risk of becoming the wrong kind of symbol: this one, a victim of California's tangle of regulations. No one in power " not Newsom or L.A. Mayor Karen Bass " wanted to read the headline about "Baywatch" bailing out of Los Angeles. When elected leaders were summoned to the Fox lot to smooth things over, the show held all the leverage. "After a while, you have to sit down with the right people and say, Guys, do we want to have this show here or not?'" Bonann says. Read more
Al Arabiya English, an arm of the Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya network, published what it called "a copy of the 14-point agreement expected to be signed on Friday between Washington and Tehran" on Tuesday afternoon that is sure to make waves amid widespread speculation about the Memorandum of Understanding agreed to by the Trump administration and Islamic Republic.
Joseph Garrett Duggar, who starred on the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting," was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl six years ago during a vacation in Florida.
WASHINGTON " Construction of Donald Trump's White House ballroom is projected to cost $600 million, significantly more than the president has previously said, with taxpayers covering more than half that amount, according to a new report from the Washington Post, which cited internal government documents. Read more
Two of the U.S. Department of Education's biggest responsibilities will shift to other federal agencies: safeguarding student civil rights and supervising programs for students with disabilities.
The moves to HHS and DOJ would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close, and it would leave the Education Department with a shrinking number of responsibilities.
After the 1993 Oslo Accords, a plan was devised for both Israel and Palestine to recognize each other and share the land between them. To make the State of Palestine viable, an elevated and secure corridor was suggested to connect the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Such a highway 20 miles in length, encased by a stainless steel fence and jointly patrolled by Israeli and Palestinian police, would have cost only a few billion dollars in the 1990s. Afterwards, Palestinians could have then provided the cheap labor for Israeli construction, farming, and industry, or remain in their own country, while Israelis would have finally enjoyed their own Jewish homeland without becoming the brutal militaristic state they have devolved into, with PTSD and suicides afflicting Israeli society.
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