A federal judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from halting legal immigration and asylum applications from nearly 40 countries deemed “high-risk” by officials.
On Friday, Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island declared the Trump administration’s policies that ordered a halt on legal immigration from 39 high-risk countries and the Palestinian Authority.
FILE PHOTO – Israeli military tanks gather by the Israeli-Lebanon border. (is associated with: «Israel steps up ground operations in Lebanon»)
Lebanon’s president criticises Iran as Israel steps up attacks
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has accused Iran of “using Lebanon as a bargaining chip” in negotiations with the US as Israel’s deadly strikescontinue across the country despite a newly reached ceasefire deal.
The Israeli military also continues to order the forced displacement of residents in southern Lebanon, telling people in at least nine towns and villages to flee under threat of attack.
Iran’s navy says it fired missile and drone “warning shots” at US warships in the Gulf of Oman, accusing them of harassing marine traffic; CENTCOM rejects the claim, saying Iran did not “attack or fire” at US vessels.
Lebanon’s Nabih Berri, a powerful Shia politician who earlier this week said he could guarantee Hezbollah would abide by a ceasefire, has rejected the agreement, calling it “booby-trapped” in favour of Israel.
People started leaving a southern suburb of Beirut that is largely considered a Hezbollah stronghold.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will escalate strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, with both officials from the country and the U.S. saying the group continued to launch attacks.
Oil prices will drop after situation in Hormuz ‘straightened out’: Trump
Asked how many oil tankers his administration has gotten through the Strait of Hormuz, Trump has replied: “A lot.”
“I don’t want say how many, but a lot,” he told reporters.
The United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces conducted “self-defence” strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island and “defeated multiple” Iranian missiles and drones, as civilian vessels and regional allies Kuwait and Bahrain came under attack.
Kuwait’s military said air defence systems intercepted incoming drones and missiles, while Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said warning sirens were activated. Earlier, Iranian media reported that explosions were heard in the vicinity of Qeshm Island.
US President Donald Trump has hit back at reports that negotiations with Iran to end the war have stalled, saying that “conversations between us have been going on continuously”.
Israel continues its deadly bombing campaign in southern Lebanon a day after Trump said that Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, had agreed to call off planned attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbsAt least 3,468 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, with 10,577 injured, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports.
Iran says Kuwait and Bahrain ‘bear direct responsibility’ for US attacks
Iran said Kuwait and Bahrain bear “direct and clear responsibility” for the attacks, alleging their territory and facilities have been used to support US military operations against Iran.
UN says 1.4 million people in Lebanon in need of emergency aid
The UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) says at least 1.4 million people across Lebanon have been directly affected by Israeli attacks and are now in need of assistance.
Adviser to Iran’s supreme leader says Trump must end negotiations deadlock
These are the same people who withdrew from negotiations….
A military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, says negotiations with Washington to reach a peace deal “are at a deadlock”.
“The negotiations are at a deadlock and Trump must break this deadlock,” Mohsen Rezaei said in an interview with CNN in Tehran. “The ball is in Trump’s court.”
Children’s shows are promoting LGBTQ propaganda, wishing kids a “Happy Pride Month” on social media. “I don’t want these creepy perverts to wish me anything,” one X user proclaimed.
British Police have now published a fragment of bodycam footage showing the final moments of Henry Nowak’s life as he was handcuffed by an officer after being stabbed, with critics, including Reform UK figures, stating that it is “hard to escape” the conclusion that the video is evidence of racist policing against whites.
Hours after murderer Vickrum Digwa was handed a British-style life sentence with a minimum imprisonment of 21 years, and as demands for the release of police body camera footage from the critical final moments grew, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary chose late Monday night to publish a fragment of footage.
Showing just three minutes between officers arriving at the scene and the moment one officer realises stabbing victim Henry Nowak’s eyes have stopped moving before abruptly cutting off, the video had previously been shown to the jury during the murder trial but had not been seen publicly until now. Continue reading UK: racist policing against whites
France is descending into chaos as Muslim mobs take to the streets, burning everything in sight, chanting “Allah hu Akbar” and “Death to France,” and openly calling for Islamic Law.
This is the direct result of years of mass migration and failed integration. France gave them asylum and opportunity, now they’re torching the country that welcomed them. Europe is waking up too late.
President Trump is criticizing Pope Leo XIV for hosting Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at the Vatican.
“Someone should explain to the pope that the mayor of Chicago is useless,” Trump wrote after photos emerged of the meeting between the Chicago-born pope and the mayor.
Trump’s comment also came after months of tension between the president and the pontiff over Pope Leo’s criticism of the administration’s hard-line immigration policies and foreign policy.
Since 2017, Iranians have widely discussed reports that the Obama administration granted a number of U.S. Green Cards (variously reported as 2,500 or 2,800) to Khomeiniist regime leaders as part of a secret codicil to the 2015 nuclear deal, the JCPOA.
This allegation was first published on February 14th of that year by Amad News, an outlet founded by dissident Ruhollah Zam, who was later lured into a trap by IRGC intelligence, forcibly taken to Iran, summarily tried, and then executed in 2020. At the time, the story did not gain traction in the West, though it was covered by prominent outlets such as Al Arabiya.
Escalation and Wider Coverage (2018)
The allegation received wider coverage in 2018 when Hojjatoleslam Mojtaba Zolnour, an opponent of then-president Hassan Rouhani, raised the matter in an interview with the Iranian newspaper Etemad. Zolnour added that 30 to 40 children of top Khomeinist officials were then studying in the United States, while many others were “wasting Iranian public assets” to live “extravagant lives” there.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that while contact with the United States has not been cut off, no progress has been made in the negotiations.
Kuwait says Iranian drone and missile strikes that hit a terminal at its international airport killed one person and wounded dozens of others after inflicting “significant material damage”.
An IRGC spokesperson has denied its forces were responsible for the strike that damaged part of Kuwait International Airport’s passenger terminal, claiming it was caused by a malfunctioning US-made Patriot missile system, state media reported.
US President Donald Trump hits back at reports that negotiations with Iran to end the war have stalled saying “conversations between us have been going on continuously”.
“France condemns…”
With Paris burning, you would think Macron has other things to worry about. But no, Israel is the problem, as always. We can’t have Jews defend themselves against islamic rocket barrages from Lebanon….
The alarming figures have just been released, and it turns out that those migrants, a great many of them Muslims from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey, now cost German taxpayers 43 billion dollars a year.
More on this vertiginous cost can be found here: “$43 Billion Per Year Burden: Migration Costs Hammer German Taxpayers,” by Robert Semonsen, Gateway Pundit, May 27, 2026:
Germany is facing a staggering migration bill exceeding €40 billion (approximately $43 billion) a year, with critics warning that the true cost of mass immigration is now placing unsustainable pressure on the country’s economy and social systems. Continue reading Germany & the cost of the invading Muslim armies
