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Pentagon's 'Iron Gate' Operation: Washington Moves To Choke Off Iran's Overland Military Trade Despite the Iran war being very obviously deeply unpopular with the American public, Washington is seeking to tighten the noose on Tehran, particularly on the economic front.This weekend saw the Pentagon unveil details of a new initiative called "Task Force Iron Gate" - which will seek to target Iranian alternative trade routes amid the US naval mission to blockade its main ports via the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf waters. via Reuters The effort seeks to strangle Iran's...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, said a failure to appropriate $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget constitutes the “greatest threat” to US national security. Hegseth, joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, appeared before the Senate […]

FDA Raises Thyroid Tablet Recall To Most Serious Level Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Food and Drug Administration this week elevated a prescription thyroid medication recall to its most serious classification because the medication is too potent. Medications are stored on shelves at a pharmacy in Los Angeles on May 12, 2025. Eric Thayer/Getty ImagesSeveral weeks ago, Vitruvias Therapeutics said in a notice published by the FDA that it was voluntarily recalling one lot of thyroid tablets because the medication is "superpotent" and can "cause hyperthyroidism," or an...