After a third consecutive night of U.S. military strikes on Iran, Tehran is hitting back hard. Bahrain's missile alert system went off for a third time, and Iran targeted two UAE-linked tankers, killing one person and wounding eight others. The region is on edge.
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NPR's Scott Horsley delivers a sobering fiscal update: the federal government is more than $1.3 trillion in the red with three months still left in the fiscal year [1] — Scott Horsley "Nine months into the fiscal year, the U.S. is more than $1.3 trillion in the red — and the interest bill alone has already surpassed $1 tri…" 02:07 . Tax collections are up, but spending is growing faster — a gap that shows no sign of closing. The starkest figure is the interest bill: paying the interest on accumulated federal debt has already cost more than $1 trillion this fiscal year alone, a sum that dwarfs nearly every line in the federal budget except Social Security [1] — Scott Horsley "Nine months into the fiscal year, the U.S. is more than $1.3 trillion in the red — and the interest bill alone has already surpassed $1 tri…" 02:07 . Adding to the fiscal pressure, the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the president's most sweeping import tariffs has created a massive refund liability. The Treasury Department has already paid out more than $80 billion to businesses and individuals who were charged tariffs the court later ruled illegal [2] — Scott Horsley "The Supreme Court struck down the president's sweeping import taxes, and now the government is footing an $80 billion refund bill. While th…" 02:37 . The administration is pushing to impose new tariffs to replace the lost revenue, but the financial damage from the old ones is still being reckoned with.
Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal government is more than $1.3 trillion in the red.
Just paying interest on accumulated federal debt has cost more than $1 trillion in the last nine months — more than nearly any other single government program except Social Security.
The Supreme Court struck down the president's sweeping import taxes, and now the government is footing an $80 billion refund bill. While the administration scrambles to impose new tariffs, the fiscal fallout from the old ones is still being tallied.
The Treasury Department has paid more than $80 billion in refunds for tariffs that were collected illegally after the Supreme Court struck them down.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court, calling it a threat to U.S. sovereignty.
After a tabloid savaged him for months over his broken engagement, Kierkegaard turned his personal humiliation into devastating philosophical critique. He argued that mass media creates a phantom 'public opinion,' incentivizes people to suppress their individuality, and produces the leveling effect — a culture where standing out is a liability.
Ten years ago, 90% of tech media coverage was relentlessly negative and Kalanick felt he couldn't speak freely. Today, the rise of independent podcasters and Elon Musk buying Twitter has fundamentally changed the game — and it's why he's finally willing to talk.
Kay Classman, 28, was arrested for repeatedly posing as a 16-year-old and enrolling in Bronx high schools across multiple districts. She wasn't a predator — just someone so sad and lonely she wanted her lost childhood back. That's somehow sadder.
Disney, Meta, and Paramount have collectively paid Trump roughly $60 million to settle what Galloway calls nuisance lawsuits — all routed to his presidential library. Newsrooms are folding. The White House is handpicking press pool participants. This is what the end of a free press looks like.
One cheap fake documentary made by a teenager in his mother's basement convinced 16% of Americans that 9/11 was an inside job. Social media didn't invent conspiracy — it just gave it a rocket engine.
A progressive organization with a stated mission to destroy Turning Point USA received millions from ActBlue and is now publicly pushing the narrative that TPUSA insiders and Israel murdered Charlie Kirk. Andrew Wilson traced the network of accounts all amplifying the same conspiracy in perfect unison.
The microphone-bomb theory fails on every physical front: no smoke, no ignition, mic on the wrong side of the wound. And the .30-06 rifle round used is extensively documented by the US Army — it does not always produce a through-and-through wound. Wilson argues this is a well-studied projectile with well-understood behavior.
Andrew Wilson publicly offered Candace Owens $300,000 to debate her theory that Israel and TPUSA murdered Charlie Kirk. She refused. He argues that flat-earthers will debate anyone, but Kirk conspiracy theorists won't defend their claims under scrutiny.
Erika Kirk became the CEO of TPUSA while grieving her husband's murder in public, and now faces tens of thousands accusing her of conspiring to kill him. Andrew Wilson calls it mind-boggling psychological torture. The sparklers at the memorial weren't suspicious — they were a grieving widow doing her best in an impossible situation.
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