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Iran Announces First Hormuz Toll Fees Successfully Transferred To Central Bank President Trump has repeatedly said that Iran "better not" collect tolls from ships seeking to traverse the Hormuz Strait waterway, as both warring sides have initiated their own rival blockades of different sectors of the strait. Just last week, Trump had flatly rejected the possibility of Tehran imposing fees - reportedly $2 million or perhaps even more - when a reporter asked about the prospect of restrictions or tolls managed by Iran for strait passage. "Nope. No way. No. Nope," Trump...

'I Did Not Have Relations With That Man, Jeffrey Epstein': Bill Clinton Tries Ol' Lewinsky Trick On American Public Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told lawmakers that he had no clue about crimes carried out by Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender who visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times while Bill was president, before letting Clinton fly on the 'Lolita Express' dozens of times.  "I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton said in a statement prepared for a closed-door deposition in Chappaqua, New York. "I know...

A general strike has shut down most activity in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in response to a new Israeli law which allows for executions of Palestinian prisoners who are convicted of killing Israelis.  The strike, announced a day prior by the Fatah movement, has resulted in shops, banks, schools, universities, and numerous other […]