The U.S. military destroyed two Iranian small boats Monday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps tried to steal a Navy drone patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The unusual incident shows how efforts to restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues direct confrontation with Iran . - The U.S. military initially didn't disclose the strike, and Iranian media presented it as a drone strike on "fishing boats." Driving the news: According to Iranian media , two fishing boats were struck Monday off the coast of the port city of Kargan and near Larak Island in Hormozgan province. - Ahmad Nafisi, the province's deputy governor for security affairs, attributed the strike to the U.S.…
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Bill Gates, the foundation’s chairman, has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The donation will invested in A.I. projects to bridge social inequalities.
A former intelligence agent for Saddam Hussein was caught in the Dearborn, Michigan area by Homeland Security Investigations. HSI Detroit agents arrested Raad Alanbagi on Saturday after linking him to senior service in Iraq’s intelligence apparatus under the former dictator. The arrest comes as President Trump’s administration has made the capture and removal of terrorists […] The post Trump’s HSI Nets a Saddam Hussein Intelligence Officer in Dearborn appeared first on StoneZone .
A former intelligence agent for Saddam Hussein was caught in the Dearborn, Michigan area by Homeland Security Investigations. HSI Detroit agents arrested Raad Alanbagi on Saturday after linking him to senior service in Iraq’s intelligence apparatus under the former dictator. The arrest comes as President Trump’s administration has made the capture and removal of terrorists a stated priority; DHS recently said ICE has arrested more than 2,100 known or suspected terrorists and deported more than 2,000 under Trump . HSI identified Alanbagi as an intelligence officer who served during the Saddam Hussein era. In its public statement the agency said : “HSI special agents arrested Raad Alanbagi after an HSI-led investigation uncovered…Open
The Biden-era pollution rules were designed to “suffocate our economy in order to protect the environment” with the intent to regulate the coal industry “out of existence." Source
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned would have had catastrophic consequences if allowed to take effect for this year’s midterms. In one of the most significant cases to appear on the court’s quick-turn docket in years, a majority of the justices blocked the procedure that would have given the US Postal Service the unprecedented power to withhold potentially millions of mail ballots. The decision is a significant loss for the president, who for years has railed against mail voting with false allegations of extensive fraud, while continuing to vote by mail himself. CNN senior…
