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President Trump watches the start of Operation Epic from Mar-a-Lago.
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US NewsWorld NewsOctober 8, 2026

Trump Draws a Line: No Iran Strikes Before Nov. 3, Blockade Stays

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump said Thursday the United States will not attack Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, while the naval blockade of Iranian ports stays in place. “We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social. “I want to make...

Rubio speaking at the Acropolis. -- Image: Screenshot from the @SecRubio X page.
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World NewsUS NewsOctober 8, 2026

Rubio at the Acropolis: The West Is at a Crossroads, and America Will Not Manage Its Decline (Video)

By Tommy Flynn

Secretary of State Marco Rubio used the hillside above the Acropolis on Wednesday to tell Europe that the West is at an inflection point and that the Trump administration intends to reclaim what he called the classical understanding of politics and statecraft. The speech was...

Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at a Sports Council announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 31, 2025.
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 4, 2026

Vance Chairs Unannounced Camp David Meeting on Iran and Yemen

By Tommy Flynn

Vice President JD Vance chaired an unannounced Camp David meeting Friday on the war with Iran and the Saudi-Houthi fight in Yemen, three U.S. officials told Axios. Accounts differ on whether President Donald Trump was in the room. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense...

FlyDubai Captain Smit Machchhar, who was injured in the attack, on right, an injured passenger and what appears to be a crew member on left. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RealBababanaras X page.
World NewsOctober 3, 2026

Flydubai Co-Pilot Named in Reports as Omani Who Had Been Grounded Over Extremist Material

By Tommy Flynn

Investigators have identified the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and trying to crash a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani citizen who had already been pulled from flying in Oman over extremist material, according to officials and people...

Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 2, 2026

Gulf Crude Exports Top a Pre-War Baseline as Iranian Loadings Stop

By Tommy Flynn

Gulf crude exports climbed back above a pre-war baseline in the final week of September, while Iranian loadings have effectively stopped, according to tanker-tracking data from Kpler. Kpler figures cited by CNBC and Gulf News put regional crude exports at about 16.5 million...

A gas station in Los Angeles shows a price of $8.99 for diesel.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsOctober 1, 2026

U.S. Tells France and Germany to Release Diesel Stocks or Face Export Ban

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration has told France and Germany to draw down emergency diesel stocks or face a possible U.S. ban on diesel exports. The warning, reported Thursday by Reuters from three people close to the talks, is aimed at record American diesel prices ahead of the Nov. 3...

Governor Ron DeSantis speaking with the media during his Presidential campaign
US NewsWorld NewsOctober 1, 2026

Florida Labels CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood Domestic Terrorist Groups

By Tommy Flynn

Florida’s Cabinet voted Tuesday to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood, and about 90 other groups as domestic terrorist organizations, expanding a foreign-terrorist label the state placed on CAIR and the Brotherhood last year. Gov. Ron...

FlyDubai Captain Smit Machchhar, who was injured in the attack, on right, an injured passenger and what appears to be a crew member on left. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RealBababanaras X page.
World NewsSeptember 30, 2026

Passengers Stop Omani Co-Pilot After He Stabs Captain, Tries to Bring Down Tel Aviv-Bound Jet

By Tommy Flynn

Israeli officials say an Omani co-pilot stabbed the Indian captain of a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flydubai jet Wednesday morning and tried to crash the aircraft with more than 170 people aboard. Passengers and extra crew overpowered him in the cockpit after the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged...

American military equipment was seen being removed from Iraq in video circulating on social media.
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 30, 2026

U.S. Completes Iraq Withdrawal as Iran-Backed Militias Keep Their Arms

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. military said Wednesday it has finished pulling the last American troops and equipment out of Iraq, closing the Iraq chapter of Operation Inherent Resolve after 12 years of the anti-ISIS campaign and more than two decades after the 2003 invasion. Pentagon spokesman Sean...

 Ambassador Mike Huckabee Meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in his Office on July 2, 2026. -- Image: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
US NewsWorld NewsSeptember 29, 2026

Huckabee: U.S. Will Break Ground on Permanent Jerusalem Embassy

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Sunday the United States will soon break ground at the Allenby Compound in southern Jerusalem for a permanent embassy complex, consolidating operations now spread across multiple sites. He made the announcement at a Sukkot reception...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines in July 2025.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsSeptember 28, 2026

Bessent: Iran’s Last Oil Cargoes to China Run Out in Two Weeks

By Tommy Flynn

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Iran will finish delivering the last barrels of oil still at sea to China within about two weeks and then have “nothing left to trade for anything.” He spoke on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Larry Kudlow. The same...

President Trump salutes as the Star-Spangled Banner is played after greeting Xi at his arrival. -- Image: Screenshot from the @RapidResponse47 X page.
Economy & BusinessWorld NewsSeptember 28, 2026

U.S. and China Publish Product Lists Under Planned $30 Billion Tariff Arrangement

By Tommy Flynn

The United States and China have published product lists tied to a planned approximately $30 billion tariff arrangement. The U.S. list of goods entering the country contains 77 entries, including fireworks, household products, sporting equipment, and toys, according to documents...