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Trump Threatens 'Unprecedented Military Consequences' As Iran Reportedly Starts Mining The Strait Of Hormuz Summary: CNN says the IRGC had already begun laying explosive mines in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Reuters: AS MANY AS 150 US TROOPS WOUNDED SO FAR IN IRAN WAR CBS says US intelligence has begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane Divergent signals flying between Tehran and Washington: Witkoff says Trump "always willing to talk" to Iran, the question is whether or not it is worth it. Trump-Putin spoke Monday,...

Voter ID Vindicated By Obama Judge It took seven years, one reversed injunction, and an Obama-appointed judge to settle what most Americans already believed: requiring a photo to vote is not a civil rights violation. This week, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs dropped a 134-page ruling upholding North Carolina's photo voter ID law and dismissing claims by the state NAACP and other left-wing civil rights organizations that Republicans designed the 2018 requirement to discriminate against black and Latino voters.  The decision is a huge victory for Republican legislative leaders, who have been...

Iran Outraged After Assassination Of Top Shia Cleric In Damascus Via The Cradle Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Sunday strongly condemned the assassination of a Syrian Shia religious cleric, describing it as a terrorist attack and "heinous crime." On Friday, Sayyid Farhan al-Mansour, Imam of the Sayyeda Zainab Shrine in the southern suburbs of Damascus, was assassinated after a hand grenade was thrown at his vehicle. Mansour was targeted by unknown assailants shortly after he finished leading Friday prayers and was leaving the shrine. Slain Shia cleric Sayyid Farhan al-Mansour Baghaei said that acts...