The Venezuelan government deliberately used drugs as a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S., Venezuelan-American political commentator Franklin Camargo told a panel of House lawmakers Wednesday.

Pictures show the lawman cutting a casual figure in basketball shorts and a T-shirt en route to the gym.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate panel that only President Trump could make the call on “imminent” threats.

Gabbard’s testimony came as a fresh MAGA civil war erupted over Iran, with some now setting their sights on Trump’s director of national intelligence.

The law requires all goods traveling between U.S. ports to be moved on American-made and American-crewed ships. Experts say waiving it is unlikely to dramatically lower gas prices.

“I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over with transparency and finality. I would refer you to the statement that was in the Fed’s brief that you all have seen. I won’t have anything more for you on that,” Powell said.

Iran retaliated after the attack on its Pars national gas field, causing major damage at an energy plant in Qatar, as oil approached $110 a barrel.

"I wonder what would happen if we 'finished off' what's left of the Iranian Terror State, and let the Countries that use it, we don't, be responsible for the so called 'Strait?' " Trump wrote on the social media site Truth Social. "That would get some of our non-responsive 'Allies' in gear, and fast!!!" [Full Story]

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Millions of barrels of U.S.-sanctioned Iranian oil are flowing out the Strait of Hormuz each day, including to top buyer China.

There is little sign that Israel is achieving its war aims against Iran. But Israel is the only state in the region with nuclear weapons — and it may use them if it feels like it has run out of options.

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“My kids’ kids, and probably their kids, are going to be paying for this,” said one official briefed on the U.S war on Iran.