Iran’s nuclear capabilities crushed, but regime’s desire for the bomb may persist

President Donald Trump declared last week that Iran’s underground nuclear facilities bombed by the U.S. were “obliterated,” while adding the U.S. and Israeli strikes delivered “monumental damage to all nuclear sites in Iran.”  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed that message in a briefing, saying the “CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence…

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PolitiFact declares Zohran Mamdani is not a communist in fact-check of Trump

The fact-checking website PolitiFact defended Democratic New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani from President Donald Trump‘s claims he was a “communist” last week, saying the rejoinder was false. Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, effectively clinched the Democratic nomination for the 2025 mayoral race in New York last week in an upset over establishment favorite…

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Defund movement faces ‘absolute rejection’ as murders drop and police budgets climb: law enforcement group

Some major cities have spent recent years increasing support for their police and saw a drop in homicides, something one law enforcement group says indicates an “absolute rejection” of efforts to defund them. Cities such as Philadelphia, Denver, Minneapolis and New York City have increased their police budgets and have seen lower homicide rates in…

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Capitol Police arrest man who disrupted Senate debate on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’: ‘You people are awful’

A man was arrested by Capitol Police on Sunday after interrupting the Senate debate on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” shouting from the Senate Galleries that the lawmakers are “horrible.” Allen D. Rogers, of Florida, was arrested for unlawful conduct after he refused to obey officers’ orders to stop the disruption, according to police….

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