The Friday Five – Mideast War Escalates
The US and UK struck about a dozen targets in Yemen Thursday night, retaliation for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. This threatens to turn the Israel-Hamas war into a regional one.
The US and UK struck about a dozen targets in Yemen Thursday night, retaliation for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. This threatens to turn the Israel-Hamas war into a regional one.
A wave of cold air described by one forecaster as “gobsmackingly bananas” is due to hit the US this weekend, raising questions about the energy grid in Texas which suffered from widespread blackouts during a cold snap in 2020.
The Georgia DA prosecuting Donald Trump allegedly hired her married lover to handle the case, while Attorney General Merrick Garland vows to prosecute everyone connected to J6—even if they weren’t at the US Capitol on that day.
Daily Caller reports that Customs and Border Protection last April drastically simplified the process for catching and releasing Chinese nationals crossing into the United States from Mexico illegally.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was in the ICU for three days last week before telling anyone in the White House—while his deputy was on vacation in Puerto Rico.
Cargo shipments are being routed away from the Red Sea because of the threat of missile attacks from Yemen, adding substantial time and cost to goods being shipped from Asia to Europe and North America.
Dr. Claudine Gay, under fire for antisemitism on campus and multiple examples of plagiarism in her published academic papers, stepped down as president of Harvard Tuesday, blaming the controversy on “racial animus.”
The Iranian destroyer Alborz entered the Red Sea Sunday, one day after US Navy helicopters destroyed three Yemeni patrol boats that had attacked a cargo ship.
War in Israel and Ukraine, government-sponsored censorship, a growing divide between East and West, and the Balkanization of the United States.
Reports from Israel claim Hamas drugged and abused child hostages. Meanwhile, Joe Biden offers to secure the border if Congress sends more money to Ukraine and the House votes to launch an impeachment inquiry.
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