Summary

Per Axios: "U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give it his final approval."

Unconfirmed reports of Ayatollah denial of MOU.

Saudi state media reports Pakistan is seeking to convince Washington to allow transfer of Iran's highly enriched uranium to China (Al Hadath).

Iran launches ballistic missile on US base in Kuwait, which was reportedly intercepted by Kuwaiti forces.

Fresh launch is retaliation for prior evening's skirmish involving US intercepting Iranian drones, and targeting coastal launch location.

Stalled talks still stuck on nuclear issue: Iran insists it will keep its enriched uranium as a matter of national soveriegnty.

Two Minnesota Residents Arrested for $21 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested two Minnesota residents on charges of health care fraud after stealing more than $21 million from American taxpayers.

On May 21, HSI St. Paul reported the arrest of Shamso Ahmed Hassan and Hanaan Mursal Yusuf on the charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, EIGHT counts of health care fraud, and TWO counts of money laundering.

Hassan was a beneficial owner of Smart Therapy Center LLC and Star Autism Center LLC. She had enrolled as a provider of services for the Minnesota Early Intensive Development and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) Program, and was an employee and lead biller for Smart Therapy Center LLC, responsible for submitting claims to Medicaid.

Through both companies, the defendants carried out a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program of approximately $21.1 million by submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicaid. This scheme took place over the course of more than four years, from May of 2020 to December of 2024.

“These Minnesota residents have been accused of stealing more than $21 million from the American taxpayer,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “They now face charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, EIGHT counts of health care fraud, and TWO counts of money laundering. Their Medicaid fraud scheme started during the COVID pandemic and lasted for four years. ICE continues to zero in on the rampant fraud in Minnesota. Under Secretary Mullin, we will end the defrauding of the American people.”

Both women are United States citizens, with Hassan having been naturalized.

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/05/27/two-minnesota-residents-arrested-21-million-medicaid-fraud-scheme

Newsom Vows 100% Tax On Trump "Anti-Weaponization Fund" Payouts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that his administration will seek to impose a 100 percent tax on any California residents who receive money from President Donald Trump's newly created $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund.

“Anyone from California that receives any of those funds, we want to tax 100 percent of those proceeds,” Newsom said during a press conference.

“He pardoned all of those folks that were beating up cops and absolved them, providing them 1.776 billion dollars,” Newsom said. “So not only do you get a pardon, you get rewarded. That’s why this is needed.”

The fund was established as part of Trump’s settlement with the Department of Justice stemming from his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.

Trump has described the program as restitution for Americans harmed by what he called politically motivated government actions during the Biden administration.

Last week, Trump defended the fund as compensation for people “badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration.”

Democrats in several blue states are now attempting to block recipients from keeping any payouts tied to the program.

In New York, Democratic Assemblyman Alex Bores introduced legislation that would similarly impose a 100 percent tax on recipients of the fund.

State Sen. Mike Gianaris said Democrats in Albany are pushing to advance the measure before the legislative session ends next week.

“There’s widespread, bipartisan agreement that this is baldfaced corruption at its worst and if we have the ability in New York to combat it by ensuring that none of this money benefits anyone in our state’s borders, I’d expect there’d be widespread support for that idea,” Gianaris said.

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are also drafting similar legislation.

State Sen. Andrew Zwicker called the proposal “a brilliant counter move to Trump’s corruption.”

https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/28/newsom-vows-100-percent-tax-on-trump-anti-weaponization-fund-payouts/

Alina Fernandez, daughter of Fidel Castro, joins @KatiePavlichNN to discuss the challenges facing Cuba and respond to rumors that former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is her half-brother. MORE: https://tiny url.com/yc3rxk48

“For years, we’ve heard rumors that Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, could be your half-brother. What do you think about it?” she said.

“The only thing I can say is that his mother used to visit the country very often,” Fernandez responded with a wry smile.

“Well, that may be a tell then,” Pavlich responded. “I guess that’s a half-answer.”

“Yes,” said Fernandez.

“Do you plan to call him and maybe find out?” Pavlich followed up.

“No, no,” Fernandez said. “If he wants, he’s welcome but I won’t, I won’t. I think he keeps that to himself, and you have to respect that.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/2059480963353022902

Israel furious over inclusion on UN sexual violence list

West Jerusalem has denounced the move as a “blood libel” and severed ties with UN chief Antonio Guterres

The United Nations has added Israel to its list of parties accused of sexual violence in conflict zones, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said on Thursday, denouncing the move as a political attack and accusing the organization of spreading “blood libels.”

While the designation has not yet been formally announced by the organization, Israel’s official UN account said on X that the chief of staff to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had informed Danon of the decision “to place Israel and its security services on the UN’s blacklist regarding sexual violence in conflict zones – the same list as Hamas’s October 7 terrorists.”

Danon said on X that Israel had submitted evidence, documents, and detailed responses to every claim, and had invited UN representatives to examine the allegations on the ground, but that they “chose not to do so.”

In a video address, he described the decision to include Israel in the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) report as “outrageous,” accusing Guterres and his team of spreading “lies against Israel.”

“To put us and Hamas terrorists on the same list, that’s unacceptable,” he said, adding that Israel is “done with this Secretary General” and will be suspending relations with Guterres’ office.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has also decried the “shameful and absurd UN decision,” accusing the organization of “long-standing, institutionalized hostility toward Israel.” The ministry confirmed that West Jerusalem will sever all ties with Guterres’ office and will “wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed.”

The blacklist designation follows a series of sexual assault allegations against Israeli forces and prison authorities. The New York Times recently published a report detailing allegations of sexual violence by Israeli soldiers, settlers, interrogators, and prison guards against Palestinians.

Earlier this week, Australian activists detained during Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla also accused Israeli forces of rape, sexual assault, beatings, humiliation, and torture.

On Tuesday, the Canadian government demanded an independent investigation into Israel’s “appalling” treatment of the activists and said it had provided West Jerusalem with evidence of abuse against detainees, expecting “those responsible to be held accountable.”

Israel has denied the accusations, insisting it treats detainees appropriately.

https://www.rt.com/news/640700-israel-un-sexual-violence-blacklist/

UK Youth Unemployment Draining £168bn Annually as Bosses Hire 27 Foreigners for Every Young Brit.

A new report reveals the staggering economic and social costs of youth unemployment in the United Kingdom, including the impact of mass migration.

Twenty-seven young immigrants are hired for every one young British person, according to a bombshell report on youth unemployment in the United Kingdom.

British employers have hired 27 migrant workers from outside the European Union (EU) for every young British person, according to a government review led by Alan Milburn, a former Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) and Health Secretary. The report shows that mass migration is one of several causes of the United Kingdom’s growing youth employment crisis, specifically that young British people are being passed over for cheap foreign labor. The report also reveals that the nearly one million young people out of work and education are costing the country over £125 billion annually, and that if every presently inactive 18-24-year-old was in full-time work, Britain’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) would grow by an extra £38 billion. Fifty-eight percent of inactive young people have never had a job, even though 84 percent want employment or training, with the report highlighting a sharp decline in entry-level jobs. There are 1.6 million fewer low- and medium-skilled positions in the economy compared to 20 years ago, as well as a 35 percent fall in apprenticeships for 16-24-year-olds. Consequently, the number of people aged 16 to 24 who are “Not in Education, Employment, or Training,” commonly referred to as NEETs, has spiked to over one million, with set to increase to 1.25 million in five years’ time. Forty-eight percent of people claiming benefits at 16 to 24 years old are still claiming 15 years later, with the cost of benefits for the age group rising from £1.3 billion to £3.2 billion in just five years. All the while, just £1 is spent on employment support for every £25 spent on benefits.

“The first rung of the career ladder has thinned. For too many young people, it is now simply out of reach.” – Alan Milburn

🎯 IMPACT: The report suggests that there are fewer jobs in the economy for young people, and what few jobs still exist are taken by immigrants who typically work for less. The report calls for cross-party collaboration and systemic reforms to address the barriers preventing young people from entering the workforce. Proposed reforms include incentivizing employers to hire young British people, overhauling ineffective government programs in favor of employment support, and tackling social media-induced anxiety to prevent a “lost generation” of young workers.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/05/28/uk-youth-unemployment-draining-168bn-annually-as-bosses-hire-27-foreigners-for-every-young-brit/

How Western Intelligence Agencies Built the Global Jihadist Network

The naive story about terrorists hating freedom serves domestic propaganda purposes while obscuring a far darker truth: Western intelligence agencies have functioned as architects of mayhem, generating instability abroad in pursuit of American primacy.

Americans have been fed a comforting fairy tale about Islamic terrorism. Radical jihadists attack the West simply because they despise freedom, democracy, and the American way of life. This narrative flatters domestic audiences while conveniently obscuring a far more troubling reality. For decades, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel have armed, financed, tolerated, and tapped into Sunni Islamist extremists as geopolitical tools to destabilize rivals. The evidence spans multiple theaters and rests on declassified documents, congressional investigations, and credible investigative journalism.

The most thoroughly documented case is Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen from 1979 to 1992. In a 1998 interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski confirmed that the CIA began aiding mujahideen opponents of the pro-Soviet Kabul government six months before the Soviet invasion—a calculated provocation intended to draw Moscow into an unwinnable war. When asked if he regretted supporting Islamic fundamentalism that gave “arms and advice to future terrorists,” Brzezinski replied:

“What is more important in world history? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some agitated Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?”

Multiple intelligence agencies participated in this operation. MI6 ran covert operations supporting hardline commanders. Pakistan’s ISI served as the critical financial and logistical conduit—operating under the direction of Pakistani President Zia ul-Haq, who controlled ISI policy throughout the war. Saudi Arabia agreed to match CIA contributions dollar for dollar, a commitment secured when Brzezinski visited Riyadh in February 1980 and one that CIA officer Gust Avrakotos and congressman Charlie Wilson (D-TX) would fly to Riyadh to enforce whenever Saudi payments fell behind. Historian Steve Coll documented in Ghost Wars that Osama bin Laden informally cooperated with ISI-run guerrilla training camps on behalf of newly arrived Arab jihadists, with intimate connections to CIA-backed commander Jalaluddin Haqqani. The global jihadist network that became al-Qaeda grew directly from this infrastructure.

The Afghan theater was not an isolated experiment but the opening chapter of a longer story. The same networks it created spread rapidly to the next front. The Chechen insurgency of the 1990s was joined by Arab and Central Asian jihadists who had cut their teeth in Afghanistan. The most prominent was Ibn Khattab, a Saudi-born mujahideen veteran born in 1969 inʿAr’ar, Saudi Arabia, who left for the Afghan jihad at age 18 before entering Chechnya in 1995. Saudi-backed organizations funneled funds, and Gulf state charities developed during the Afghan jihad maintained, in some cases wittingly and in others not, support for al-Qaeda-affiliated groups throughout the decade. Several of the future 9/11 conspirators—including Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Ziad Jarrah, and Ramzi bin al-Shibh—originally sought to travel to Chechnya in 1999 before being redirected to al-Qaeda’s Afghan camps, per the 9/11 Commission.

While the Chechen theater illustrated how Western-cultivated networks could spiral beyond control, Washington was already running new variations of the same playbook elsewhere. Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s 2007 New Yorker article “The Redirection” documented that the W. Bush administration, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, launched covert operations to weaken Hezbollah and Iran by bolstering Sunni factions. According to Hersh’s intelligence sources, “a by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.”

Israel was running its own parallel operations against Iran during the same period. Foreign Policy magazine published a 2012 report by journalist Mark Perry drawn from CIA memoranda, describing how Israeli Mossad officers posed as CIA agents to recruit members of Jundallah, a Pakistan-based Sunni Salafi organization responsible for numerous bombings inside Iran. As one intelligence official told Perry:

“It’s amazing what the Israelis thought they could get away with. Their recruitment activities were nearly in the open.”

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/how-western-intelligence-agencies-built-the-global-jihadist-network/

Georgia Rep. Mike Collins Busted Padding Website With Fake Endorsements

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins is under fire from local officials for inaccurately listing some high-profile endorsements, the Daily Caller has learned.

Several Georgia sheriffs, commissioners, and local representatives have appeared on both Collins’ and Republican candidate Derek Dooley’s endorsement lists. Some of these discrepancies seem to be a simple change of heart, while some officials suggested the Collins campaign was intentionally inflating its roster of endorsements.

Wayne County Sheriff Chuck Moseley told the Caller that he asked the Collins campaign on two separate occasions to remove his endorsement from the website, but as of this writing, he has not yet been taken off the list.

“I’ve already talked to them twice. They’ve had their opportunity to correct it, and they hadn’t,” Moseley told the Caller.

Moseley told the Caller that he originally supported Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter, who was his congressional representative, and has since put his support behind GOP candidate Derek Dooley.

“I wouldn’t vote for [Collins] if he’s the only one running,” Moseley said.

In a separate instance, GOP Grady County Chair Jeff Jolly told the Caller he was at a campaign event with Dooley and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp when he approached Grady County Sheriff Earl Prince and Grady County Commissioner Sam Kines about their endorsements of Collins, only to find out neither had actually endorsed him.

“I talked to each of them in private, and I said, ‘Look, you do what you want to do, but for my own sake, I need to know why you endorsed Mike Collins,'” Jolly told the Caller. “Both of them looked at me funny, like, ‘What are you talking about?’ They didn’t know anything about it.”

Kines told the Caller that Collins’ campaign reached out to him over text earlier in the year inviting him to a campaign event, which he responded to with a “generic reply.” Beyond this interaction, Kines said he had never formally endorsed Collins despite being posted on his campaign account as a confirmed endorser in March.

“It’s just a generic reply, trying to be cordial, and I didn’t think nothing else about it,” Kines told the Caller.

“I was very surprised that it was publicly saying that I was endorsing Collins,” Kines added.

As of May, Kines was listed as a supporter on Dooley’s campaign account on X. Kines also confirmed to the Caller that he has one of Dooley’s campaign signs in his yard, saying, “He’s the leading one that I would vote for.”

Kines was posted on Collins’ campaign account as a confirmed endorser in March, but as of May, he has been listed as a supporter of Dooley on his campaign account on X.

Prince flat-out denied ever speaking to Collins or anyone on his campaign, despite previously being listed as an endorser on the campaign website. A social media post from Collins’ campaign account touting Prince’s endorsement is also still live on his page.

“I have never spoken to Mike Collins or any of his people,” Prince told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC). “My name was used without my permission, and I have no use for anybody that does business that way.”

Worth County Sheriff Don Whitaker was also previously listed as an endorsement on Collins’ campaign website despite having endorsed his opponent.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/28/georgia-officials-deny-endorsing-gop-senate-candidate-mike-collins-derek-dooley/

BETRAYAL OF MAHA: Trump Administration Argues in SCOTUS to Limit Religious Vaccine Exemptions

DOJ Brief Claims Medical Exemptions Are Required But Religious Ones Can Be Restricted — Tom Renz Calls It a “Horrific Betrayal” of Make America Healthy Again

The Trump administration has officially sided against healthcare workers seeking religious exemptions from vaccine mandates, filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that argues in favor of limiting federal protections.

The move is seen as a direct betrayal of the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement, which has championed individual sovereignty and medical freedom as core pillars of the America First agenda.

In a brief for the United States filed as amicus curiae, Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the petition for a writ of certiorari should be denied, effectively leaving New York's restrictive mandate in place.

The administration's filing suggests that while federal law requires religious accommodations, state laws like New York's Section 2.61 can serve as the basis for an employer's "undue-hardship defense."

"The unpublished decision below held only that granting the ‘sole’ accommodation that petitioners sought—a complete ‘religious exemption’ from Section 2.61 while continuing to work in their roles—would have imposed an undue hardship on petitioners’ employers in the form of penalties resulting from their noncompliance with Section 2.61."

This legal maneuvering has sent shockwaves through the conservative base, with many grassroots voters expressing disbelief that a Trump-led Department of Justice would argue to uphold a mandate that forced thousands of healthcare workers out of their jobs.

Critics argue the administration is prioritizing legal technicalities over the fundamental religious liberties of American citizens.

The filing notes that New York's now-repealed law "leaves room for religious accommodations short of complete exemptions," a distinction that many workers argue is a distinction without a difference.

For the MAHA movement, this legal stance feels like a calculated pivot toward the very institutional interests they were promised would be dismantled.

Will the Trump administration continue to back the mandates of the past, or will they stand with the workers who sacrificed everything for their faith?

https://www.nationalfile.com/article/betrayal-of-maha-trump-administration-argues-in-scotus-to-limit-religious-vaccine-exemptions

VETERANS EXPLOITED: Federal Court Rules Against ‘Veterans Guardian’ for Charging Illegal Fees

North Carolina Judge Slams Predatory Company for Raking in Hundreds of Millions from Veterans While Violating Federal Law

In a blow to the predatory "claim shark" industry, a federal court in North Carolina has ruled that Veterans Guardian, a prominent claims consulting company, has been operating in violation of federal law.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) announced the decision, confirming the company prepared and presented disability claims to the VA while charging illegal fees without mandatory accreditation.

"The evidence is undisputed that Guardian is not accredited, that on behalf of veterans it prepares claims forms, that in those forms it presents disability claims for decision by the VA, and that it charges fees for doing so," the court stated. "These actions violate federal law."

The ruling exposes the scale of exploitation, with class action filings alleging that Veterans Guardian collected more than $250 million from veterans by skirting the VA’s accreditation system.

For years, these companies have branded themselves as "consultants" to avoid oversight, but the court’s decision looks past marketing to the illegal conduct itself.

VFW General Counsel John Muckelbauer stated the ruling should serve as a "wake-up call" to the industry and to lawmakers pressured to legitimize these fee-charging entities.

The VFW is now calling on Congress and the VA to launch stronger enforcement actions against unaccredited actors who profit from the sacrifices of American veterans.

https://www.nationalfile.com/article/veterans-exploited-federal-court-rules-against-veterans-guardian-for-charging-illegal-fees

https://www.antiwar.com/

Trump says “Lindsey Graham is a nut job, disgrace, one of the dumbest human beings.” And now he is endorsing him…

The old insults (2016):During the 2016 Republican primary, Trump repeatedly tore into Lindsey Graham, calling him:

A “nut job”

A “disgrace”

“One of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever seen”

These quotes are well-documented from Trump rallies in South Carolina.

The current situation (2025–2026):

Trump has given Lindsey Graham his full endorsement for re-election in the 2026 Senate race. Graham filed for re-election earlier this year and has been one of Trump’s strongest allies in the Senate, especially on foreign policy issues like Iran. Trump has called him a loyal supporter and given him his “complete and total endorsement.”

This is a classic example of Trump’s pattern: he holds grudges but also forgives (or at least allies with) former critics when it becomes politically useful.

Politico on 2016 insults: https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/trump-lindsay-graham-insults-219374

Trump’s endorsement of Graham (2025): https://abcnews4.com/news/local/trump-endorses-sen-lindsey-graham-as-senator-eyes-2026-reelection-bid-donald-trump-lindsey-graham-reelection-wciv-abc-news-4-03-26-2025

Recent coverage of their alliance: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/lindsey-graham-interview-iran-00809951

https://citizenwatchreport.com/trump-says-lindsey-graham-is-a-nut-job-disgrace-one-of-the-dumbest-human-beings-and-now-he-is-endorsing-him/

Six Chinese ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Dressed in Camouflage Caught Trying to Sneak Across Texas Border on Private Ranch

Texas authorities have captured six Chinese nationals wearing full camouflage as they attempted to illegally cross the southern border and evade detection on a private ranch in Maverick County near Eagle Pass.

U.S. Border Patrol agents, working with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and K-9 units under Operation Lone Star, apprehended the group Tuesday night. The six Chinese nationals were part of a larger group of 12 illegal immigrants caught trying to slip through on private property.

Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez posted the details on X on Wednesday:

“In a second apprehension later that night, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 12 illegal immigrants on a private ranch in Maverick County, including six Special Interest Aliens (SIAs) from China, all dressed in camouflage.”

https://www.stationgossip.com/2026/05/six-chinese-special-interest-aliens.html

AI is supposed to save money… but in some cases is doing the exact opposite.

Nvidia VP: “For months our AI costs have been higher than human salaries.”

Startups now flexing about their massive token bills like it’s a status symbol.

https://x.com/vivek4real_/status/2058607634182537496/video/1

https://x.com/i/status/2058751912111899007

IDF strikes Beirut for first time in 3 weeks, as offensive in Lebanon intensifies

Target said to be head of an Iranian militia’s missile force; unclear if he was killed; other strikes hit over 135 targets; Lebanese authorities say 14 killed, including children

The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a strike in a suburb of Beirut on Thursday, the first time in three weeks that Israel has bombed the area of the Lebanese capital, amid an escalating conflict with the Hezbollah terror group.

The military did not immediately give any further details.

An Israeli security source said the target was Ali al-Husni, the head of the missile force in the Imam Hossein Division, an Iranian militia that operates alongside Hezbollah.

It was not immediately clear whether he had been killed in the strike. The IDF said it would provide further details later.

According to Lebanese media, the strike took place in Shuwayfat, just south of the Lebanese capital.

28, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a strike in a suburb of Beirut on Thursday, the first time in three weeks that Israel has bombed the area of the Lebanese capital, amid an escalating conflict with the Hezbollah terror group.

The military did not immediately give any further details.

An Israeli security source said the target was Ali al-Husni, the head of the missile force in the Imam Hossein Division, an Iranian militia that operates alongside Hezbollah.

It was not immediately clear whether he had been killed in the strike. The IDF said it would provide further details later.

According to Lebanese media, the strike took place in Shuwayfat, just south of the Lebanese capital.

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Images and videos from the suburb of Shuwayfat showed white smoke billowing from a residential neighborhood. The area is close to Beirut’s international airport.

It marked the first Israeli strike on Beirut since May 6. A strike that day killed the commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, Ahmed Ghaleb Balout.

Amid a fragile ceasefire in Iran, the IDF has mostly avoided striking the Lebanese capital at the request of the Trump administration. The US earlier this week approved Israeli plans to expand operations against Hezbollah, but warned Jerusalem against striking Beirut for fear that doing so could harm ongoing negotiations with Iran, Hebrew media , citing Israeli officials.

The strike came amid an escalation in southern Lebanon, where Israeli troops have crossed the Litani River over the past few days and issued a warning for residents to leave much of the area, in response to relentless deadly Hezbollah drone attacks on troops and northern Israel. A soldier was killed by a drone on Wednesday on the Israeli side of the border.

Over 135 Hezbollah targets were struck over the past day, the military said, with targets in southern Lebanon and the eastern Beqaa Valley, including rocket launch sites and a Hezbollah training camp. In Tyre, 15 Hezbollah infrastructure sites used to advance attacks were struck, according to the military.

The Israeli Air Force also struck and killed several Hezbollah operatives who were seen leaving a rocket-launching site used in an attack on troops, the IDF noted.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-beirut-for-first-time-in-3-weeks-as-offensive-in-lebanon-intensifies/

Senior Russian MP Says Russia Will Begin Targeting Underground Bunkers Used by Ukrainian Leadership in Kyiv

Russia has told the US and its European allies to evacuate personnel from the Ukrainian capital

A senior member of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday said that Russia is planning to escalate its attacks on Kyiv by targeting underground facilities and bunkers used by Ukrainian military commanders and leadership.

Russia has informed the US and its European allies to evacuate their personnel from the Ukrainian capital as Moscow is planning major strikes that it says are a response to the May 22 Ukrainian drone attack that hit a college in Starobelsk in the Luhansk Oblast, killing 21 people, and other strikes on civilians.

According to RT, Andrey Kartapolov, the head of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee, said that Russia’s “patience has run out” and that it will target “underground fortified [military] command and control centers” and bunkers used by Ukrainian security services and leadership.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said targets will include the facilities used to develop drones and “decision-making centers” in Kyiv. Kartapolov said that “decision-making centers” do not include the Ukrainian parliament or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office because Ukrainian MPs don’t control the military and because the Ukrainian leader is rarely in his office.

Writing in Responsible Statecraft, Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute, said that Russia will likely use its Oreshnik hypersonic missiles to target “the underground headquarters in Kyiv where US and European officers have been helping the Ukrainian armed forces to target Russia with missiles and drones.”

Lieven noted that Russia has so far refrained from targeting the headquarters despite Ukraine’s frequent attacks on Russian command centers due to concerns that Russia would likely kill US and other NATO soldiers and intelligence officers, which could lead to a major escalation from the West.

Russia has also likely refrained from taking the step as it has been involved in negotiations with the Trump administration to potentially end the war, but those talks appear to have hit a dead end, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that there are “no such talks occurring at this time.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/05/26/senior-russian-mp-says-russia-will-begin-targeting-underground-bunkers-used-by-ukrainian-leadership-in-kyiv/

Absolute bombshell. Tucker Carlson exposes terrifying footage of top US politicians explicitly demanding the total annihilation of Gaza.

They arrogantly brag about starving civilians and dropping nuclear bombs, openly declaring there are no innocent Palestinians. Pure evil!

https://twitter.com/i/status/2059812655410352453

The tech sector is cannibalizing its workforce to fund an AI arms race. FBI warns of rising “anti-tech extremism”

Over 134,000 tech workers have been fired in 2026 alone, a pace of destruction that makes the 2008 financial crisis layoffs look conservative by comparison.

Companies like Oracle and Meta are leading a scorched-earth restructuring, treating human capital as a disposable line item to offset the massive capital expenditures required for AI infrastructure.

This is the ultimate ‘debt-trap’ cycle: firms are borrowing or liquidating their most valuable assets their people to buy silicon and compute power for projects that have yet to show a profitable return.

The industry is effectively “AI-washing” its balance sheets, using the promise of future automation to trigger immediate stock buybacks and appease shareholders at the expense of long-term operational stability.

History is repeating the 2000 Dot-com bust, where companies gutted their infrastructure and institutional knowledge in a desperate scramble for the “next big thing,” only to find themselves hollowed out when the bubble inevitably corrected.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/the-tech-sector-is-cannibalizing-its-workforce-to-fund-an-ai-arms-race-that-most-companies-cannot-afford/

Absolute horror. Top journalist Tucker Carlson completely exposes the Zionist regime's genocidal intent.

He reveals Israeli officials explicitly called Palestinians subhuman animals and demanded innocent civilians be buried alive with bulldozers. Pure fascist terror!

https://x.com/i/status/2059811877085966491

CDC data shows babies born are now dying at a >50% excess rate — YEARS after mass mRNA vaccination of young women.

Mississippi declared a PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY over soaring infant deaths, now linked to transgenerational mRNA “vaccine” fatal adverse events.

The 30-year decline in infant mortality completely reversed immediately following the mRNA injection campaign in 2021. It hasn't gone down since.

Excess infant death causes mirror those observed in vaccinated adults, suggesting transfer of mRNA "vaccine" genetic material to offspring — which was just proven in a recent study.

A transgenerational crisis is here — children are dying who were never injected, but whose mothers were.

https://x.com/i/status/2059815328922615967

They KNEW This About Vitamin D (And Ignored It)

Vitamin D misinformation is everywhere! Learn why the vitamin D recommended dosage doesn’t align with actual science, how this vitamin D controversy started, and how much vitamin D you really need.

https://youtu.be/TZ0Dm6ULLAw

PBS FRONTLINE compiles a powerful highlight reel of Trump pledging "no new wars" on the campaign trail.

https://x.com/i/status/2059727483260268899

Deal Reportedly Reached With Iran But Trump Wont Sign It

Negotiators from the United States and Iran have reached a draft 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and begin talks on Iran’s nuclear program, but President Donald Trump has not yet given final approval, Axios reported on May 28 citing two American officials and a regional source involved in the mediation effort.

The American officials told the news website that the terms of the agreement were largely finalized by June 2, pending approval from senior leaders on both sides.

They added that Iranian negotiators later informed mediators they had secured the necessary approvals and were ready to sign, although the Islamic Republic has not publicly confirmed that account.

“The president relayed to the mediators that he wants a couple of days to think about it,” one of the officials told Axios after Trump was briefed on the details of the proposed agreement.

The memorandum would guarantee unrestricted commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and require Iran to remove naval mines from the strategic waterway within 30 days, the report said.

“This means no tolls and no harassment,” an American official explained.

The agreement also includes an Iranian commitment not to pursue a nuclear weapon and outlines negotiations over Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium and its enrichment activities. From its side, the U.S. will commit to discuss sanctions relief, the release of frozen Iranian assets and mechanisms to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries to Iran, according to the report.

Commenting on the report, an Israeli official told Channel 14 that neither Trump nor Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has yet approved such an agreement.

“As far as we know, the agreement has not been approved by President Trump nor by Mojtaba Khamenei. If there is any agreement, at the moment it is still at the lower levels,” the official said.

Axios report was further played down by a diplomat from one of the countries involved in the mediation process, who told The Times of Israel that the report mischaracterizes the state of negotiations.

The diplomat said that progress has been made and a mutual agreement on a memorandum is close, but final answers haven’t been given by either side and therefore, it would not be accurate to state that both sides’ negotiators have reached an agreement.

Overnight another clash was reported in the Persian Gulf, with U.S. strikes hitting the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas and the Islamic Republic targeting four vessels that attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz without coordination. An Iranian strike on Kuwait was reported later on in the day.

While an agreement appears to be more likely than ever, all is not yet done yet. The war could still resume, especially considering recent clashes, the hesitation from the direction of the Trump administration, and the clear Israeli desire to attack again.

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