'Cautious Optimism' Amid Stalemated Pakistan Talks, Even As Iran FM Insists No Meeting Planned With US Side

The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier strike group has returned to the Middle East. The world’s largest aircraft carrier spent the last month in port after a laundry fire caused significant damage.  On Saturday, The Associated Press reported speaking with two defense officials who confirmed that Ford had returned to the battlefield. The Ford […]

DOJ Sues New Jersey Town Over Natural Gas Ban Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Morris Township in New Jersey over its ban on natural gas and other fossil fuels in newly constructed buildings, the department said in an April 1 statement. Blue flames from a gas stove at a home in Arlington, Va., on May 3, 2023. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The ban “drives up energy costs for everyday American consumers and weakens our Nation’s energy dominance,” the...

Amazon's Cloud Unit In Bahrain "Disrupted" By Iranian Strike Just one day after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened U.S. companies across the Middle East, the Financial Times reported late Tuesday morning that an IRGC strike had damaged Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure in Bahrain.  The FT cited Bahrain's interior ministry, which said civil defense teams were "extinguishing a fire in a facility of a company as a result of the Iranian aggression." Local authorities did not identify the company, disclose the type of air-delivered munition used, and/or provide further operational details about the strike. But according...