House Rejects Bill To Renew Warrantless Spy Powers

India Rescues 24 Crewmembers From Stricken Tanker Off Oman After US Airstrike Update(1315ET): US Navy forces have announced a new Monday direction action operation in the Gulf of Oman. The US has cited that the vessel refused to respond to orders related to the blockade of Iranian naval ports. The ship attempted to sail to an Iranian port, in violation of the ongoing blockade. A CENTCOM statement indicated that the military "disabled Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran." "An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS...

UK COVID Inquiry Finds Lockdowns May Have Cost 1000s Of Lives Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The authoritarian COVID lockdowns and stay-at-home orders sold as life-saving measures have been unmasked once again as a deadly failure of big government overreach. A new UK Covid-19 Inquiry report has concluded that the relentless “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” messaging likely cost thousands of lives by convincing people they could not get access to health services. The inquiry, led by Baroness Hallett, slammed the slogan created by Cabinet Office officials without input from health leaders. It...

US Removes UN Gaza Rapporteur Francesca Albanese From Sanctions List Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a news conference during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 24, 2026. Denis Balibouse/Reuters The notice said Albanese, listed as Francesca Paola Albanese,...