NYTIMES (River Akira Davis) - In Qatar, Energy Sector Damage Is Severe, and the Way Back Will Be Long
Iranian strikes and a blockade have paralyzed Qatar’s gas engine, creating a technical bottleneck likely to stall exports for years.
NYTIMES (Ana Swanson) - What People in China Say of Trump
Residents in four Chinese cities described a mixture of amusement and anger, blaming U.S. tensions for a slowing economy and rising fuel prices.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Sam Faddis) - How the US ends up funding the Iranian Regime
Originally published by AND Magazine
We are at war with Iran. Meanwhile, we are supplying Iran with hard cash to keep it afloat. This is how it works. Ever since 2003, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been shipping pallets of cash to Iraq. Iraqi oil revenues are typically deposited into the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and in exchange, because Iraq’s economy is heavily cash-based, we send physical U.S. currency to the Central Bank of Iraq. We send a lot of cash, sometimes as much as $13 billion a year. Once in Iraq, a substantial portion of this money is diverted or smuggled into Iran, particularly through Iran-backed militias and informal networks. These pro-Iranian groups access the cash via auctions, banks, fake invoices, and prepaid debit card schemes. Once physical…Open
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - JD Vance Delivers a Brutally Honest Answer About 2028 Ambitions and Marco Rubio
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Dad speaks out after winning grandparents’ visitation rights case
Single father Scott Naso was sued by his late wife's parents for visitation rights with his daughter in a Rhode Island case that lasted two years.
ABCNEWS - US filings for jobless benefits hits 211,000 as the war in Iran drags on
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid rose last week but remains historically low despite the economic uncertainty caused by the war in Iran
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Comey comments on allegations of excessive drinking against Kash Patel: 'director gets no vacation'
Comey said he didn't know if the allegations against Patel are true, but he provided an anecdote from when he was director of the FBI to illustrate that the job is 24/7.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - U.K. Health Secretary Streeting resigns, may be planning to challenge Starmer
U.K. Health Secretary Wes Streeting is considered one of the few people who has the clout to mount a successful challenge against Starmer.
AMERICANTHINKER - When the government gets air-conditioning wrong
You’d think forcing landlords to install air-conditioning for their tenants must be a victory for the tenants, right? Nope!
NPR (Vanessa Romo) - As Trump visits Beijing, an LA-area mayor admits to acting as an agent for China
Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.
Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.Open