NEWSNATIONNOW (Elizabeth Vargas) - 4 out of 5 Ground Zero firefighters diagnosed with 9/11 illness: FDNY report
More than 9,500 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses since the attacks, compared with roughly 3,000 killed that day.
WASHINGTONPOST (Alec Dent, Dan Merica) - Ken Paxton and the politics of timepieces
Ken Paxton campaigned while wearing a very expensive watch, some political observers believe. Will it hurt his race?
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Trump, Venezuelan Oil, and National Security
RawPixel.com By William R. Hawkins The core attributes of any energy source are reliability, cost, and security. Gaining control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves advances each of those attributes for the benefit of America and Americans.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Can We Throw Off the Yoke of Government?
Author By Allan J. Feifer Government—and those who feed off it—slowly but inevitably become our masters.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy
ChatGPT for American Thinker By J.B. Shurk Our rights do not come from government.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - The German Blueprint for Wealth Redistribution
jozef szermentowski By Thomas Kolbe People are not sovereign when the sword of Damocles of arbitrary taxation hangs over them: once the state can seize assets at will, private property becomes borrowed possession -- and the citizen becomes a tax serf.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - U.S. Diesel Prices Hit Record High Of $5.85 On Average As Iran War Disrupts Flow Of Fuel
Because diesel is used for many freight and delivery networks, higher diesel prices mean higher transportation costs for a long list of everyday goods.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Ex-Air Force Secretary Reveals ‘Very Tough’ Reality Inside Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
Frank Kendall III summed up Pete Hegseth’s department with one damning word.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - ‘My Skin Is Crawling’: Critics Horrified By Trump’s ‘Disgraceful’ New Monument
Yet another one of the president’s pet projects is a step closer to reality.
AXIOS (Ben Geman) - The coming verdict on Trump's Strait of Hormuz strategy
The White House is at odds with some private sector analysts over how much oil is leaving the Strait of Hormuz — but it will take weeks until the picture of what's truly getting through becomes clear. Why it matters: How much oil exits the waterway sways the price of gasoline and other consumer products. - The White House is claiming success in forcing open the world's most important energy chokepoint, which handled 20 million barrels of crude and oil products each day before the Iran war. - The verdict could arrive as fall election campaigns near fever pitch. Driving the news: President Trump claimed yesterday that 18 million barrels per day are moving, saying via Truth Social that "Hormuz Volumes are BACK." - Energy Secretary…