President Donald Trump published what appears to be an AI-generated video showing several explosions on Iran's Kharg Island, although Iranian sources did not indicate the island had been targeted by the U.S. military in renewed strikes over the weekend. "Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!," Trump said in a post to his Truth Social platform late Sunday. Kharg, sitting just 15 miles off the Iranian mainland, is crucial to Iran's already squeezed economy, accounting for 90 percent of Tehran's oil exports. The chief executive of the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company, Hamid Bovard, told Iranian media Trump's post was "laughable" and activity on Kharg Island was continuing as normal.
The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's viewpoints and attack those who scrutinize the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter and corroborating material. Those involved include Rob Maness, a retired Air Force colonel, and Kurt Schlichter, a retired Army colonel, people familiar with the matter said. Pentagon records reviewed by The Washington Post show that both have active official government email addresses as of this past week and are assigned to the office of Anthony Tata, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. read more
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America's grocery squeeze has thus far been most painfully felt in a few expensive categories, like beef, coffee and chocolate. Now, the forces pushing up food prices are starting to pile up: expensive grain, soaring fertilizer and fuel, plus unpredictable weather and raging wars. Why it matters: The next grocery price shock could hit much harder " and much wider. The big picture: Your grocery store is fed by a vast global supply chain, and pressures are building all along it. In a widely cited report earlier this month, J.P. Morgan analysts warned that global food inflation would hit 5% in the first half of 2027, nearly double what it was in the first half of 2026.
Masked Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team reporting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday. Three members of an NBC team were interviewing Aida Ahmed Abdullah and her family in the Palestinian town of Jalud, near Nablus, when the attack occurred. Abdullah said they had been driven out of their home by Israeli settlers, and the team was walking down a hill toward the house. A gray car with Israeli license plates then drove in reverse up the hill toward them, video of the incident shows. A masked man in a blue tracksuit, holding a stick, was leaning out of the rear passenger window as the vehicle approached. When the car stopped, at least four men in dark clothes and with their faces covered leaped out, hitting Abdullah and the crew with sticks and throwing rocks at them.
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