Russia Hearing the European Clamor for War, Announces it is Ready

WSJ: UAE preparing to formally enter the war, the first Gulf state to become a combatant lobbying for a UN Security Council resolution authorising force to open the Strait of Hormuz. Emirati diplomats racing across Washington, Brussels and Tokyo. Abu Dhabi wants US troops to seize Abu Musa island. Dubai wants to mine-sweep for America. […]

US Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Hits Another All-Time Low Via Headline USA, The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 11 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released this week. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, and it’s long been considered the leading cause of preventable death. The preliminary findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were based on survey responses from more than 24,200 adults. In the survey, CDC officials defined current...

DOJ And Trump Ask Supreme Court To Review $83.3 Million Carroll Verdict Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on July 28 to intervene in the defamation dispute between President Donald Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll. The DOJ is arguing in the petition in United States v. Carroll that the federal government - not Trump personally - should be the defendant in the case that led to an $83.3 million verdict against Trump. At the same time, Trump’s private attorneys...