Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ordered an investigation into the role played by two US officials in a counter-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua. read more
President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday it would've taken him just five months to end a war he refused to fight in. read more
Mark Carney says that after decades of partnership with the United States, close economic ties between the two countries have become a "weakness" that must be corrected. read more
The Israeli army has said it is investigating a soldier who was seen apparently striking a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces said they had determined that an image circulating on social media showing the incident was authentic. The image appears to show an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen off a cross. The sculpture is located in Debl, a Christian village in south Lebanon near the border with Israel. read more
[Trump personal attorney Todd] Blanche: "If he chooses to nominate somebody else and asks me to go do something else, I will say, 'Thank you very much. I love you, sir.'" read more
Hung Cao, the fabulist and nutter replacing Phelan, is a good fit for Trump's Down the Rabbit Hole War.*
* During his Senate campaign in 2023, Cao said "witchcraft" had taken over Monterey, California and he did not want that to happen to Virginia.[30][31] In the same interview, Cao also said "I'm African American because I grew up in Africa, too," referring to a few years spent in Niger as a child.[32]
On June 24, USA Today reported that Cao had claimed in campaign appearances that "I'm 100% disabled, you know, because just from being blown up in combat many times." But he had not received either the Purple Heart or the Navy's Combat Action Ribbon, both of which would normally have been awarded to someone injured by enemy action. Cao declined the newspaper's request for clarification about his injuries.[33]
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Trump's Cabinet is a "Cabinet" in the sense that the old Bronx Zoo Monkey House in high mating season was a "residence."