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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"So your support is telling me to stay in there until I'm murdered and keep fighting the broken system that can't be fixed...
Instead of listening to me tell all of you that it's broken far beyond repair more than you know, you throw rocks..."
That is part of the stark message from retiring Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia today.
She was being criticized for her decision to depart the US House after being called a 'traitor' by President Donald Trump.
Her critic Mike Cernovich an activist on the Right who makes documentaries and posts frequently on social media...
Marjorie Taylor Greene "X" Post
A panel of federal judges in North Carolina ruling in favor of a redrawn congressional map that could help Republicans gain one US House seat in next year's election.
Any appeals of the decision go to the US Supreme Court...The Hill USA
A DRONE ATTACK ON NORTHERN IRAQ TONIGHT TARGETING A NATURAL GAS COMPLEX
NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES TO POWER PLANTS IN KURDISTAN CUT OFF LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.
AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF THE ATTACK BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON WHO MAY BE BEHIND THE ATTACK...THE NEW ARAB
Late tonight explosions in the Odessa Region of Ukraine. Russian attacks underway...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...DD Geopolitics (Video Embed)
PRESIDENT TRUMP PROPOSING EXTENSION OF OPERATIONS FOR 11 COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES...THE HILL USA
(This Story Updated As Able)
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington DC this afternoon.
The shooting near a Metro Station in the vicinity of the White House.
10 to 15 shots fired in what is being called an 'ambush-style' attack.
A wounded suspect in custody according to police. The suspect shot four times.
News leaking out this evening is that the suspect is an Afghan national.
He was later identified as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal. He entered the United States in 2021...CBS News USA
BRITISH CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER RACHEL REEVES INTRODUCING A BUDGET THAT RAISES TAXES.
TAXES WILL RISE FOR THOSE WITH LOW AND MODERATE INCOMES.
INCOME TAX THRESHOLDS WILL BE FROZEN UNTIL 2031 MEANING PAY RAISES WILL BUMP PEOPLE INTO HIGHER TAX BRACKETS...BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 314.67 points or .67 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 189.10 points or .82 percent.
At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil 58 dollars 59 cents a barrel up 64 cents or 1.1 percent...
Marketwatch
The Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Eyal Zamir says Israel needs 'courageous transformative' leadership not a government that evades responsibility.
He spoke at a ceremony on the 52nd anniversary of the death of Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion.
His speech contrasted leadership that 'frightens' and 'stifles' with leadership that 'uplifts' and 'transforms'.
This is the latest in a series of developments after General Zamir unilaterally purged the military ranks of officers deemed to have failed their responsibilities over Hamas's brutal October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel.
His dispute with Defense Minister Israel Katz said to be the subject of mediation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...Times of Israel
IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF GUINEA-BISSAU A MILITARY COUP. IT CAME AS RESULTS OF LAST SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WERE EXPECTED TO BE ANNOUNCED.
THE COUNTRY'S INCUMBENT PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER ARREST WITH THE COUP LED BY COMMANDER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD...AL JAZEERA QATAR
In Atlanta a Georgia prosecutor opting to drop charges against President Trump and his supporters for questioning the 2020 presidential election results.
A judge formally dismissing the case which was described by the prosecutor as more a federal case than a state case...Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Limited Access)
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A DEADLY FIRE IN A RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE COMPLEX IN HONG KONG.
AT LEAST 44 KILLED INCLUDING A FIREFIGHTER. 15 OTHERS CRITICALLY INJURED.
LATEST INFORMATION PUTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INJURED AT 33.
PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED BY THE INFERNO WITH 279 PEOPLE MISSING.
CONDOLENCES FROM CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (VIDEO EMBED)
"We accept real negotiations, not artificial ones, and the outcome of any negotiations must not be predetermined"
The Chief of Iran's National Security Council Ali Larijani says his country is ready for 'real' talks with the US. regarding its nuclear program.
Larijani also rejecting any notion that the United States (President Trump) is the 'turning point of any global development.
He said that Iran is ready for a well-balanced deal taking both sides concerns into account.
Iran-US talks earlier this year were punctuated by a sudden Israeli attack on Iran on Friday June 13th that launched a 12-Day-War between Iran and Israel...Tass Russia
THE 'NEW YORK TIMES' REPORTING ON A SCHEME TO PROVIDE 'ALTERNATIVE SAFE COMMUNITIES' FOR PALESTINIANS IN ISRAELI CONTROLLED SECTIONS OF GAZA.
THE UNITED STATES SAID TO BE BEHIND THE PROPOSAL THAT COMES AS ISRAEL CONTINUES DEADLY ATTACKS ON HAMAS CONTROLLED AREAS OF GAZA.
THE ATTACKS GENERALLY OCCUR ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS IN THE UNITED STATES.
ONE RECENT ISRAELI ATTACK DURING WHAT IS OFFICIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA DEFENDED BY THE US AS 'SELF-DEFENSE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY
A Russian research ship said to have pointed lasers at a British military aircraft.
The incident happening as the "Yantar", believed to be a spy ship for Russia, was operating in waters near the UK earlier this month...USNI News
PRO-UKRAINE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BRIAN FITZPATRICK SPEAKING OUT FOLLOWING THE LEAK OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
FITZPATRICK SPEAKING OF 'RIDICULOUS SIDESHOWS' AND 'SECRET MEETINGS'.
HE IS URGING THAT US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO BE DIRECTLY INOVOLVED IN UKRAINE TALKS WITH RUSSIA...THE HILL USA
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THE MYSTERY OF THIS STORY HOW THE CONVERSATION WAS LEAKED IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHY?
IN NEW ZEALAND THE PRIME LENDING RATE (OFFICIAL CASH RATE) LOWERED TO 2.25 PERCENT.
THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND DROPPING THE RATE TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN THREE YEARS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND BLOG
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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