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16 March 2025 22:26

The Trump Administration has stated that it ignored a court order issued by U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg yesterday, for two deportation flights heading to El Salvador with roughly 260 illegal migrants and criminal gang members to return to the United States, because the flights were already over international waters when the order was issued by Judge Boasberg. Other White House officials have stated that the plan to get the criminals out of the country before last night’s court hearing was over and the judge was able to issue an order was orchestrated by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, but that the order was not actively ignored, though it was believe it was not applicable, stating that the case will likely now go to the U.S Supreme Court.

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16 March 2025 21:56

Syrian media reports that a group of Hezbollah terrorists crossed into Northwestern Syria earlier today, attacking an outpost of the Syrian Army and kidnapping 3 Syrian soldiers back into Northern Lebanon, before filming their execution in a field near Hnaider. Syrian officials are vowing to respond to this attack by Hezbollah.

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16 March 2025 19:40

Two killed following a strike by the Israeli Air Force on the town of Aynata in Southern Lebanon, destroying several buildings and damaging others nearby.

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16 March 2025 19:13

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he will be removing Ronen Bar from his position as Director of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet), due to what he calls “ongoing distrust and a loss of confidence” in Bar which has grown over time.

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16 March 2025 09:26

Early and yet unconfirmed reports indicate that a Houthi missile struck the Sinai Peninsula in the Sharm el-Sheikh area. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) is now investigating whether or not Israel-proper was the intended target. More to come as this story develops.

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16 March 2025 07:10

Panama has been thrown into a nationwide blackout, following an explosion and resulting fire inside one of the generators at the La Chorrera Thermoelectric Power Plant. Firefighters are attempting to extinguish the fire, as authorities state that power should be at least partially-restored in the coming hours; with the explosion believed to have been caused by a “technical fault” within the effected generator.

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16 March 2025 02:47

At least two more waves of airstrikes tonight by the U.S. Navy and Air Force on Houthi military and infrastructure sites in Western Yemen, with the Yemeni Oil Company and several power stations reported to have been targeted in the Sana’a Governorate.

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16 March 2025 00:46

A F/A-18E “Super Hornet” with Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) assigned to Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1), is seen taking-off from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Northern Red Sea tonight for strikes against the Houthis in Western Yemen.

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15 March 2025 23:26

Photos of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz monitoring the opening strikes in a newly announced resumption of the campaign to degrade and destroy the Yemeni Houthi’s ability to target commercial and naval shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

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15 March 2025 22:03

U.S. Northern Command has announced that the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyer, USS Gravely (DDG-107) has departed Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, for a deployment to the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) in order to support security operations on the U.S-Mexico Border. A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) will be embarked aboard the Gravely in domestic and international waters, as they aid Homeland Security.

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15 March 2025 20:39

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced that Keith Kellogg will now just be the U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, instead of both Russia and Ukraine. Formerly appointed the special envoy for both Russia and Ukraine, Kellogg has been vocal in his support for Ukraine. Given recent reports surrounding Russia’s reported refusal to negotiate with him due to his pro-Ukrainian comments and public stances on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, it’s likely that the change in his title and remit was done with this in mind.

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15 March 2025 19:46

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he has ordered the military to launch “decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.” Adding that strikes are being carried out now on Houthi bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Freedom of Navigation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. President Trump then directed a message to both the Houthis and Iran, “To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!

To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”

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15 March 2025 19:21

Israeli media has ruled out the possibility of Israeli involvement in the strikes on the Houthi capital of Sana’a, Yemen, compounding on reports from the New York Times that the strikes were carried out by U.S. CENTCOM forces.

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14 March 2025 04:31

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), alongside the Departments of Education and Health & Human Services, sent a letter to the Columbia University Administration today, notifying them of what will be required in order to resume federal funding of the University. These must be completed by Wednesday, March 20th and include:
-Enforcing existing disciplinary policies
-Primacy of the president in disciplinary matters
-Time, place, and manner rules
-Mask ban
-Deliver plan to hold all student groups accountable
-Formalize, adopt, and promulgate a definition of antisemitism
-Empower internal law enforcement
-MESAAS Department - Academic Receivership
-Deliver a plan for comprehensive admissions reform

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14 March 2025 03:39

As some of you may know, but others may not, I have recently started an Instagram to share my posts on X. While I plan to continue posting on both X and Telegram in the future, all posts will also be mirrored on Instagram as I move to diversify my content and platforms. So if you wish to see my regular posts on somewhere besides X, as well as some unique content, join our growing community on Instagram.

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16 March 2025 22:25

After two deportation flights heading to El Salvador continued on after U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order for them to turn around, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has announced that the first of 238 Tren de Aragua gang members and 23 MS-13 gang members arrived in El Salvador. The MS-13 gang members were wanted by El Salvador’s authorities and were sent in addition to those from Tren de Aragua.

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16 March 2025 20:04

U.S. President Donald J. Trump spoke by phone today with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the first time since assuming the Presidency in January, during which they discussed ongoing peace negotiations to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which Erdoğan stated he had been striving for peace since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. Erdoğan is said to have then pressed President Trump on lifting sanctions on Syria, claiming that it will allow a normalization which will see Syrians in Europe and across the world return to their country. Finally, President Erdoğan asked for sanctions imposed against Turkey under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) to be lifted, which were implemented after Turkey purchased Russian-produced S-400 Air-Defense Systems in 2020, leading to their removal from the F-35 Program; Erdoğan is said to have asked President Trump to advance their purchase of 40 F-16 Block-70 Vipers, while also allowing them to rejoin the F-35 Program.

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16 March 2025 19:27

Three additional F-35I “Adir” Stealth Multirole Fighters arrived at Nevatim Airbase in Southern Israel last week, delivered by Lockheed Martin from Fort Worth, Texas. The three aircraft “963” , ”966” and “967” will join the 116th Squadron, also known as the Lions of the South Squadron, bringing the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of F-35s to 42 of its original order of 50.

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16 March 2025 19:02

Houthi Spokesman Yahya Saree claimed in a statement this morning, that the U.S. Air Force and Navy launched over 47 strikes last night against the Sana’a, Sa’dah, Al Bayda, Hajjah, Dhamar, Ma’rib, Al Jawf Governorates of Western Yemen, resulting in the death and injury of dozens. In response to this, the Houthis claim as they usually do to have retaliated against the aircraft carrier involved in the strikes, claiming to have launched 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones, at the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and its Carrier Strike Group operating in the Northern Red Sea.

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16 March 2025 07:32

Electricity has begun to gradually be restored across Panama, with the fire having been extinguished at the La Chorrera Thermoelectric Power Plant.

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16 March 2025 04:28

Massive student-led protests erupted today and tonight throughout the Serbia Capital of Belgrade, the largest in decades, as hundreds of thousands call for the resignation of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and an end to his authoritarian regime which has been in power since 2012. The protests are seen as a culmination of months of smaller civil actions across Serbia, following the collapse of a concrete canopy at a train station back in November, which killed 15. Vučić claimed that the protests were being organized and planned by Western Intelligence Services, and that the protesters were trying to start a civil war and carry out attacks on authorities.

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16 March 2025 02:41

All roughly 1,300 journalists and other staffers with Voice of America (VoA) and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), international news broadcasting agencies aired in 48 languages and funded by the U.S. Government, arrived at work this morning only to find out they had been locked out and indefinitely suspended, following an order last night by U.S. President Donald J. Trump which directed the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to terminate all agencies not required by Federal Law. President Trump’s order also affected USAGM contracts with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, which have all now been cancelled, ending U.S-linked broadcasts supporting democracy and free press in authoritarian regimes across the world since the 1950s.

Steve Capus, the President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said in statement today shared with NPR, “The cancellation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's grant agreement would be a massive gift to America's enemies. The Iranian Ayatollahs, Chinese communist leaders, and autocrats in Moscow and Minsk would celebrate the demise of RFE/RL after 75 years. Handing our adversaries a win would make them stronger and America weaker. We've benefitted from strong bipartisan support throughout RFE/RL's storied history. Without us, the nearly 50 million people in closed societies who depend on us for accurate news and information each week won't have access to the truth about America and the world."

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16 March 2025 00:33

Additional photos and videos from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showing the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) and an unidentified Arleigh Burke-class destroyer launching Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM) at Houthi targets in Yemen tonight, continuing the strike campaign to degrade and destroy the Houthi’s military infrastructure. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer pictured could be any one of at least three currently in the southern CENTCOM area of responsibility: the USS Stout (DDG-55), USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), and USS Sullivan (DDG-68).

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15 March 2025 22:43

According to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs & Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, the Houthis in Yemen have conducted a total of 319 attacks on commercial and U.S naval shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since 2023. 174 of these attacks targeted U.S. warships operating in the local region, while 145 attacks have been carried out against commercial shipping in and around the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a key maritime chokepoint.

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15 March 2025 21:26

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released footage showing the launch of F/A-18E “Super Hornets” with Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143) and EA-18G “Growlers” with Electronic Attack Squadron 144 (VAQ-144), from onboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Northern Red Sea, for tonight’s strikes against Houthi radars, air defenses, missile and drone systems, as well as other terrorist targets in Western Yemen.

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15 March 2025 20:13

The Yemeni Health Ministry reports at least 9 killed and 9 injured as a result of the U.S. strikes earlier on the Capital of Sana’a in Houthi-controlled Western Yemen.

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15 March 2025 19:34

The U.S. Air Force and Navy today began a large-scale strike campaign against the Houthi terrorist group in Western Yemen, launching strikes ordered by U.S. President Trump against dozens of targets ranging from air-defense and surface radars, air defense systems, missile and drone systems, as well as underground munition storage sites. According to Senior U.S. Officials, tonight’s strikes were launched by F/A-18 “Super Hornets” from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Northern Red Sea, as well as Air Force strike aircraft and drones launched from bases across the Middle East; with this only being the start of the operation, as air and naval strikes are expected to continue for several days, intensifying in scope and scale depending on the reaction and response by the Houthis. The operation is also meant as a warning to Iran, as President Trump attempts to get Iran to sign a deal limiting its nuclear and long-range missiles program, while preventing them from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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14 March 2025 06:38

Portugal appears to have now ruled out replacing its Air Force’s fleet of roughly 28 aging F-16AM/BM Multirole Fighters, with U.S-produced F-35s, following recent statements and actions by U.S. President Donald J. Trump directed towards NATO and other allies in Europe. Portuguese Defense Minister Nuno Melo was asked recently about the whether the Government would follow the recommendation given by the Air Force to purchase F-35s, to which Melo stated, “We cannot ignore the geopolitical environment in our choices. The recent position of the United States, in the context of NATO - must make us think about the best options, because the predictability of our allies is a greater asset to take into account.” Melo added that there were concerns that if Portugal did purchase F-35s, the U.S. Government in the future could block access to software updates and spare parts needed to keep the aircraft operational; stating that they were now considering European-produced aircraft, such as the Eurofighter Typhoon.

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14 March 2025 04:12

Following the Trump Administrations pulling of $400 million in federal grants and contracts from Columbia University in New York City last week, after over a year of antisemitic attacks and demonstrations in support of terrorists organizations like Hamas on its campus. Columbia sent out a campus-wide email earlier today, announcing that its Judicial Board had completed all student hearings related to last year occupation of Hamilton Hall during the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which eventually required intervention by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), who stormed the building and campus making hundreds of arrests. The Judicial Board levied punishments against both current and former students of Columbia, ranging from multiyear suspensions and expulsions to temporary degree revocations; though the list of students who received punishments was not released alongside the statement.

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14 March 2025 03:26

A U.S. Air Force RC-135W “Rivet Joint” Signal Intelligence Platform, from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, going by the callsign (TORCH38) is currently patrolling the U.S-Mexico Border between Arizona and Texas.