Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Pete Hegseth has a rather brief message for Ukraine. “We wish the Ukrainians, obviously, success.” That's it. After years of American involvement and billions spent supporting Kyiv, the War Secretary is keeping Washington's message remarkably short. Writer: Oliver t.co/VFOZLzBSfD

🇾🇪🇸🇦 THREE BALLISTIC MISSILES slammed into a government security forces training camp in Yemen, leaving at least 58 DEAD, more than 200 INJURED, and 14 still missing. The Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack in Shabwa province, saying the camp was operated by Saudi forces. Reuters verified footage showing bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. The strike came as fighting intensifies near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping chokepoints, with Houthi attacks also targeting Saudi Arabia. Yemen's war is getting bloodier Source: NYP, Reuters / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth was asked whether he was disappointed that an execution wouldn't be livestreamed. “I fully support the president's approach.” That's a remarkable question to have to ask the American War Secretary. And an equally remarkable way to avoid answering it. Writer: Oliver t.co/eujlXpqQKp

🇺🇸 Another heartbreaking loss for the Kennedy family. Kyle Kennedy has died at just 42. The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy suffered a spinal cord injury in 2020 that left her paralyzed. She spent her final years raising her children, advocating for people with disabilities, and trying to hold on to the humor and determination her family remembers so fondly. Her father died in a skiing accident when she was just 13. Now her own two young sons have lost their mother. A terribly sad story. May she rest in peace. Source: NBC News / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Nearly 8 months after a school bombing in Iran reportedly killed 120 children, a reporter confronted Pete Hegseth about the attack His response? “There's still an investigation ongoing, and when it's time to release it, we will. Thank you.” Whatever the investigation finds, the public needs to know. Writer: Oliver t.co/7IU4Dv4OOF

🇺🇸 The U.S. Coast Guard caught a makeshift boat packed with 66 migrants between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic The boat was way overloaded, 63 of them got sent back, and 3 now face charges for trying to sneak into the U.S. again after being removed before. Just a few weeks ago, another migrant boat on the same route flipped after a machete fight broke out, and about a dozen people are still missing. That route is incredibly dangerous. Writer: Daniyal t.co/xYoQNIGpif

🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇳 Rubio laid out exactly why Pakistan stays on the U.S. call list. “It’s a country that possesses nuclear weapons.” Pakistan’s location is the other reason, and Rubio compared it to India still talking to Iran’s leaders. He said it’s a tough balance, but one that has to be part of U.S. foreign policy. Nukes and a prime spot on the map, still the best diplomatic insurance around. Writer: Daniyal t.co/cw5fZv61gM

🇺🇸 Ron Paul says Congress teaches you the rules almost immediately: Join the team, raise the money, play ball. Or get pushed aside. He remembers being offered committee influence and fundraising help during his first week, and says the message was obvious: the system would reward cooperation. Most politicians, in his view, don’t arrive corrupted. They get absorbed. Money, committee power, party pressure and the fear of becoming the next Thomas Massie gradually do the work. Paul’s broader point is harsher than just “Congress is broken.” He thinks political corruption and monetary corruption come from the same place: too much power concentrated in systems ordinary people stop questioning. And once that happens, the bill eventually shows up in debt, inflation and war. @RonPaul

🚨🇬🇧 Unprovoked attack in East London: Man punches Jewish woman in the head as she walks with a pram. 3 women were targeted and he's already been arrested. If you import the Third World, you get the consequences of the Third World. Writer: Samuel t.co/917BSbSw1F

🇺🇸 I asked Ron Paul a pretty cynical question: How many people in Congress actually care about the public, and how many are just there for themselves? His answer surprised me. He thinks most of them actually arrive with decent intentions. The problem, in his view, is the system they enter. Money, lobbying, political pressure and control over institutions gradually shape what politicians are willing to do. Paul’s point is almost painfully simple: We expect ordinary people not to lie, cheat, steal or kill. Then we create a government structure where power somehow makes those same rules negotiable. Maybe the problem isn’t that every politician is corrupt. Maybe the machine is just very good at teaching them how to become useful to it. @RonPaul

🇺🇸 Trump was asked about JD Vance saying he believes Trump will endorse him for the 2028 election. And Trump's answer was a little AWKWARD. “He's a very talented person, and he's a very good person, but we've literally... I don't think we've ever talked about it.” Trump then shifted straight to the midterms, saying they need to get through those first before seeing what happens. Writer: Sol t.co/QNp6TtfOdm

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel is warning of an October 7-style attack from the West Bank. But could the warning itself make things worse? I brought Shabbos Kestenbaum and Omar Baddar together after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned of a possible major attack from the West Bank ahead of Israel's elections. Their disagreement was intense. Omar argued that escalating settler violence and Israeli military operations are creating conditions for another explosion, and fears any Palestinian retaliation could become the justification for a much larger crackdown. Shabbos pushed back, pointing to armed Palestinian groups operating in the West Bank and arguing that Israel has every reason to take the threat seriously. But I challenged him on something specific. He cited an incident involving rocks thrown at a vehicle, injuring a pregnant woman, as evidence of the danger. That's a serious attack. But it's not October 7. And that's precisely what worries me. When officials start invoking October 7, the threshold for an extraordinary military response can become dangerously low. Both guests had plenty to say about who bears responsibility for decades of failed peace efforts. I kept coming back to what happens next. Because the West Bank is already tense enough without another incident becoming the spark for something far bigger. @ShabbosK @OmarBaddar

🇺🇸🇸🇴 Trump just suggested Dem Rep. Ilhan Omar could GO TO JAIL: “I think she's a sick, very dishonest person who hates our country.” He then went after her native Somalia, calling it “essentially not even a country, a real shithouse.” This comes as his administration investigates whether Omar obtained her U.S. citizenship through fraudulent immigration paperwork, including questions about her age. Writer: Sol t.co/uk4GK2PkeX

🇫🇷 CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, REJOICE! Key French Freemason Organization, the Grand Orient de France, has seen hundreds of internal documents leaked, including meeting minutes, budgets, and member contact details from a lodge. More than 9,000 pages spanning 2017-2026 are circulating, claimed by LunarisSec. The organization says its core systems were not compromised and has filed a complaint, but the source remains unknown, fueling theories. I just want to know when they will put them on a searchable, Google-like site similar to what they used for the JE-files. Source: Entrevue / Writer: Jamie

🇺🇸 Trump LOSES IT for THE THIRD TIME in one press conference “Wait, wait! Quiet! Quiet! You SICK person. I actually think there's something wrong with you.” The back-and-forth between Trump and the press has turned into a shouting match. I don't think this reporter was getting another question in. Writer: Oliver t.co/P12WqS6pc3

🇺🇸🇮🇷 In 2011, Ron Paul warned me that the biggest danger was a president overreacting and bombing Iran. 15 years later, I asked him about watching exactly that happen. His answer went much bigger than Iran. Paul sees war, monetary policy and the growth of government as part of the same long pattern: states promise security and prosperity, expand their power, weaken sound money, and eventually leave people with less liberty. What struck me is that he doesn’t really describe this as a prediction. More like history repeating itself because we keep ignoring the same incentives. His solution has barely changed either. Less faith in government power. More faith in individual liberty. @RonPaul

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Rubio just compared Iran’s attacks on shipping to Nazi Germany. “They are doing Nazi U-boat tactics.” He says Iran is openly admitting it targets commercial ships, something the world hasn’t seen since World War 2, and that everyone should be uniting to condemn it. Nazi references, the final boss of diplomatic insults. Writer: Daniyal t.co/Z4hH2CTntH

🇺🇸 Trump just went on a BRUTAL rant about Gov. Newsom, repeatedly claiming the man CAN'T READ: “There's something wrong with him.” Then, somehow, the conversation shifted to voter ID laws and people potentially going to jail for asking voters to prove their citizenship. Just another perfectly normal Trump press conference 🤣 Writer: Sol t.co/V95xhhcnNF

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's national security chief Mohsen Rezaei has drawn an exceptionally hard line. Not one gram of enriched uranium leaves Iran. No negotiations until America starts fulfilling Tehran's conditions. Here's the problem. Washington wants Iran's nuclear stockpile reduced. Tehran insists on keeping it, including material enriched to 60%, dangerously close to weapons-grade levels. Meanwhile, Iran is demanding sanctions relief, an end to the U.S. blockade and broader regional de-escalation before talks can resume. 8 months of war, billions in damage, and the two sides still can't agree on what needs to happen before they can even sit down. Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸 Trump has a new prediction for Ilhan Omar, and it’s a rough one. “They keep talking about deportation. She could go to jail.” Omar’s options keep getting worse by the week. Writer: Daniyal t.co/syKmXVsb8c

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Rubio doesn’t see a deal with Iran coming anytime soon. “Unfortunately, they don’t know how to make a deal and they’re controlled by radical Shia clerics.” He says the regime is driven by theology, which makes any deal really hard to pull off. That’s a rough sign for anyone hoping this war ends soon. Writer: Daniyal t.co/YA74jbjwaP

🇷🇺🇪🇺 Ben Hodges doesn’t think NATO is slowly being dragged into confrontation with Russia. He thinks the confrontation is already happening. Not as tanks crossing borders, but through drones, sabotage, disinformation and attacks that keep creeping closer to NATO territory. His concern is that Russia is becoming more willing to take risks because the West still hasn’t found a way to impose meaningful consequences. And shooting down the occasional drone, he argues, doesn’t solve that. Hodges wants a much harder response: frozen assets, seized shadow-fleet vessels, visa restrictions and shutting down Russian footholds used for pressure operations. His warning is simple: Every time the West leaves space through inaction, Russia gets a little more comfortable filling it. @general_ben

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump has HAD IT with Ukraine, and he's not hiding it anymore. He says America and Europe have spent fortunes on the war, Europe is exhausted, and Kyiv needs to make a deal before things get even worse. His argument is that Russia is simply too big to keep fighting indefinitely. But there's a difficult question underneath all this: What kind of peace can Ukraine actually accept without inviting another war? Trump wants the fighting to stop. Kyiv wants to know what happens the day after. Writer: Oliver t.co/1OK4HIRlof

🇮🇷🇺🇦 Iran says Ukraine has been secretly sending thousands of tiny drones into Iraq. An Iranian security source told Tasnim that Ukrainian teams have brought drones into several countries around Iran, including thousands into Iraqi Kurdistan. And Tehran says it knows which countries are hosting these teams, but isn't naming them just yet. Iran sees this as part of a bigger push by Europe and NATO against it and is now deciding how to respond. It also claims Ukraine attacked one of its ships in the Caspian Sea before, but Iran let that one slide. Given that all this is coming from an unnamed Iranian source, probably best to take it with a grain of salt. Source: Tasnim / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸 Trump is running out of patience with reporters again. “Hey! I don't know who the hell you are but you better be careful.” The White House press corps really is the only workplace where a routine question can turn into a personal feud in under 5 seconds. Writer: Oliver t.co/wmF3bImZ9V

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Rubio says sanctions on Russia hit a lot more than just Russia. “People don’t realize that sanctions come at a consequence because sanctions aren’t just on Russia, they are on anyone who does business with Russia.” He calls it a balancing act, one that’s always there. Trump already waived new penalties on Russia’s biggest oil buyers last week, so the balancing is well underway. Writer: Daniyal t.co/HqQS9KkpGz

🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽 Trump was asked whether cracking down on government fraud could help reduce the federal budget deficit next year. “Absolutely.” Then he started talking about trade deficits with Canada, Mexico, and the EU. The reporter meant the gap between what Washington spends and what it collects. Trump was talking about imports and exports. Two completely different deficits. Same word. Entirely different conversation. Writers: Sol, Oliver t.co/o7c1mjbxsv

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ben Hodges thinks Trump is deliberately squeezing Zelensky. Not through speeches. Through weapons, intelligence and support Ukraine actually needs. Asked whether delays involving Patriots, Starlink and intelligence are being used to pressure Kyiv into accepting a deal, Hodges was unequivocal: “That’s exactly what’s happening.” His fear is that Washington wants a settlement badly enough that Ukraine itself becomes secondary. Hodges points to talk of Trump, Putin and Xi discussing Ukraine without Ukraine at the table as the clearest warning sign. His comparison is brutal: Great powers carving up smaller countries as if we’re back in the 18th century. And if Europe can’t stop that, it may be the one left dealing with the consequences. @general_ben

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷 Netanyahu said he had discussed completing the elimination of Iran's regime with Trump, arguing that Hezbollah's defeat and peace with Lebanon would follow. He also boasted about destroying Hezbollah's infrastructure and transforming security along Israel's northern border. Apparently, the road to peace runs through a LOT MORE WAR. Writer: Sol t.co/AzgQR6p9hu

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇬🇱 Trump says Europe refused to help him. But apparently, there's a consolation prize. “But they were nice enough to give us Greenland, despite all the bad talk.” That's quite a sentence. After all the diplomatic drama over Greenland, Trump is now talking about it like the Europeans finally handed him the keys. Writer: Oliver t.co/A5oqvJdKxn