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President Donald Trump, 79, marked Memorial Day Monday with an early morning rampage on Truth Social, firing his first post at 6:15 a.m. labeling Democrats “Dumocrats” who “disrespect our Military.”
In Southern California, emergency crews are working nonstop to prevent a catastrophic explosion at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove, where a 34,000-gallon tank filled with methyl methacrylate – a volatile, toxic chemical used in plastics manufacturing – has been overheating and threatening to burst.
Just after 6 p.m. Saturday, a gunman opened fire on Secret Service agents at a checkpoint at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, just outside the White House.
The Pentagon released Friday a newly declassified infrared video showing an Air Force F-16 fighter jet shooting down an unidentified diamond-shaped object.
U.S.-Iran talks collapsed again. Iran’s Supreme Leader insisted the country’s uranium stockpile would not leave Iranian soil, while Tehran pushed ahead with a permanent Strait of Hormuz toll – up to $2 million per ship – blocking the path to a deal.
Replacement cost estimate: over $7 billion. Total war cost so far: ~$29 billion, per acting Pentagon CFO Jules Hurst III.
Eight-term Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie lost his GOP primary Tuesday to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein in what AdImpact calls the most expensive House primary in U.S. history – over $32.6 million in ad spending.
Two males aged 17 and 19 shot dead a security guard and two staff members outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, and then took their own lives in a nearby BMW.
Drones flew more than 500 km from Ukraine to reach Moscow’s outskirts overnight. Three civilians killed in the Khimki and Pogorelki villages.
Trump’s first visit to China since 2017 opened Thursday at the Great Hall of the People. Xi opened by asking whether the two powers could avoid the “Thucydides Trap” – the historical pattern where a rising power and a ruling power end up at war.
The Saudi Royal Air Force carried out unpublicized strikes on Iranian soil in late March – the first time Riyadh is known to have directly bombed Iran…
Iran’s counter-proposal, delivered through Pakistan, demands recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of all sanctions, the unfreezing of state assets, and war reparations. It says nothing about the nuclear program…
Urea – the white pellets that make plants grow faster – comes from Middle Eastern natural gas, shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Prices are up 50% since the war started.
