Trump Says ‘I Think We Will Keep’ Strait of Hormuz

Federal Court Rules For Woman Fired For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Kaiser Permanente wrongly fired an employee who declined to receive a COVID-19 vaccine because she gave proper notice to the company of her religious objection to COVID-19 vaccination, a federal appeals court has ruled. A COVID-19 vaccination in Illinois on Sept. 9, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images Mimi Weiss, who worked for Kaiser Permanente's The Permanente Medical Group for 20 years before being fired, "plausibly alleged that she provided notice of her religious conflict with the...

Pentagon, Intelligence Community Preparing For Renewed Strikes On Iran This Weekend: CBS CBS is reporting that the Trump administration, specifically the Pentagon - as well as intelligence community officials - are currently preparing for a new potential round of military strikes against Iran within the next three days. However, like with much of the latest speculation and reporting regarding what comes next in the Iran war, the report included the important caveat that nothing is ultimately confirmed or final: "No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon." Any new...

All Eyes Are On Belarus Ahead Of The US' Reported European Military Drawdown Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The potential pullback of some US forces from the Baltic States upon the completion of its force posture review could be followed by European NATO if Russia agrees to pull back some of its forces from Belarus in order to then establish partial buffers in the post-war European security architecture. NBC reported last week that the US is considering withdrawing up to half of its ~80,000 troops that are deployed to Europe along...