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Dominion Voting Systems has dropped all defamation claims against MyPillow founder Mike Lindell over his statements about the 2020 election. · The case ended after Dominion began operating under new ownership as Liberty Vote Holdings. By David Lindfield · The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning Dominion’s claims against Lindell and MyPillow cannot be brought again in a future lawsuit. · According to a court filing, both sides agreed to…

NASA scientists have confirmed the presence of “complex organic matter” in rock samples collected from the surface of Mars, marking one of the most significant findings yet in the search for evidence that life may once have existed on the Red Planet. By David Lindfield · The discovery comes from NASA’s Perseverance rover, which has spent more than five years exploring the Martian surface. · According to a new paper published in the journal…

A Clinton-appointed federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release less-redacted Jeffrey Epstein records or explain by July 2 why the remaining information should stay hidden. · U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the order after granting a preliminary injunction sought by independent journalist Katie Phang, who sued Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in April. By David Lindfield · Phang accused the Justice Department of…

The US bombs southern Iran following an attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran says, with that, Washington violated their Memorandum of Understanding - and the blame for what may follow, sits at the Trump team's door. · Hezbollah rejects the framework deal signed by the US, Israel and Lebanon - warning its implementation could spark civil war in the already beseiged country. While in Beirut people flood the streets of the…

A California appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for former US film producer Harvey Weinstein while upholding his convictions for raping and sexually assaulting Russian-born model-actress Evgeniya Chernyshova. The original 16-year term was based “solely on an aggravating factor that no longer exists,” the court stated in a ruling on Friday. The disgraced Hollywood movie mogul, who was accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of…

The deadly US strike on a girls school in the Iranian coastal city of Minab happened due to gaps in the Pentagon’s system for analyzing potential targets, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the investigation. The bombing, in which more than 120 students aged between 6 and 13 were killed in addition to 26 teachers, happened on February 28, the opening day of the American-Israeli military campaign against Iran. · The…

A new report released by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has reignited international debate over the conduct of Israel's military campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. INR Report · Presented during a press conference in Geneva, the Commission's latest 100-page report contains some of the strongest allegations yet made by a UN investigative body concerning the treatment of…

More than 700 rabbis are demanding an apology from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he called the American Israel Public Affairs Committee “monsters” during a campaign rally. The rabbis warned that Mamdani’s remarks demonized pro-Israel civic participation and placed Jewish Americans and their allies at greater risk during a time of rising anti-Semitism. By David Lindfield · Mamdani made the comments during a June 18 rally ahead of New…

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to one count in a federal classified documents case, admitting to unlawfully retaining national defense information after prosecutors accused him of keeping highly sensitive material at his Maryland home. Bolton entered the plea in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang. The guilty plea covered count 12 of an 18-count indictment,…

The US has conducted airstrikes in Iran for the first time since a preliminary peace agreement was signed on June 17. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American aircraft struck missile sites, drone storage facilities and radar installations on Friday in response to a drone attack on the Singaporean-flagged commercial vessel M/V Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. · “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by…