Vance Suggests Iran Conflict Could Drag Through Midterms, But At Least We're Not Calling It A War

Britain's Borrowing Outlook Darkens As Energy Shock Deepens Via City AM, The OBR says it underestimated the fiscal damage from the 2022 energy shock and will apply those lessons to the latest Middle East-driven price surge. Higher oil and gas prices could increase UK borrowing through debt interest, welfare payments, and pressure on departmental budgets. The Bank of England has warned that a severe energy shock could push inflation above 6% and force tighter monetary policy. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned that government borrowing is set to spike as a result of the Iran...

The reaction to Joe Kent’s principled, patriotic resignation from the Office of National Intelligence—and the numerous MAGA obituaries that appeared shortly thereafter—seem to share in common the idea that Donald Trump’s decision to go to war on behalf of Israel is both (a) surprising and (b) will cause a fissure within the Republican Party from […]

Iranian Woman Arrested In LA, Charged With Helping Iranian Regime Sell Drones Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal officials arrested an Iranian woman at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night for allegedly brokering weapons for the Iranian regime, officials said Sunday. (Left) Shamim Mafi is arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly trafficking arms on behalf of the Iranian regime, on April 18, 2026. (Right) Shamim Mafi. U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District Of California Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, California, is a...