Author: Carter Schroppe
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Trump orders Hegseth to ‘substantially reduce’ joint military operations with South Korea
President Donald Trump directed War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday to “substantially reduce” joint military operations the U.S. military conducts with South Korea. “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea,” Trump said, “I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate…
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McConnell says a fall led to hospitalization and he won’t return to Senate floor ‘quite yet’
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) broke weeks of silence about his health on Sunday, saying he was hospitalized last month after he “took a fall” and he doesn’t expect “to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.” In a statement addressed to his constituents, McConnell revealed it was a fall that landed him in…
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US launches additional strikes on Iran after Tehran expanded attacks in the Gulf
U.S. Central Command said Sunday afternoon it launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran attacked multiple Gulf states earlier Sunday and fired at vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “At 5 p.m. E.T today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial…
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US and Iran to cease strikes and discuss Strait of Hormuz this week: Report
Officials from the United States and Iran will meet in Qatar this week to discuss the Strait of Hormuz after agreeing to “halt strikes” following a weekend of intermittent fighting between the two countries. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday in Doha, will be held to allow the two sides “to work out their dispute over…