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Sep 28, 2026 - World

The Trump administration sparked outrage Sunday night after new details leaked regarding an Iranian attack on a U.S.-contracted vessel earlier this month.On Sept. 14, Iran struck the ship near the Strait of Hormuz, causing what Fox News’ Trey Yingst called “minor injuries” when reporting on the incident Sept. 16. But according to a report published Sunday night from NBC News, a total of eight U.S. Marines were injured in the attack, and may have suffered “traumatic brain injuries.”“Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials,” NBC News reported, calling the details “previously unreported.” “The Marines were not seriously injured, but they sustained smoke inhalation and possibly traumatic brain injuries, as they had symptoms of concussions, such as headaches, the officials said.”Outrage soon surged in the wake of NBC News’ report. Attorney and MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiselas expressed confusion that the details on U.S. service member injuries were being reported weeks later, writing “What the hell is going on?” Geopolitical risk consultant Brett Erickson argued the report underscored why President Donald Trump should end his deeply unpopular war against Iran immediately.“THESE are the exact type of events that could have seen MULTIPLE Americans killed,” Erickson wrote in a social media post on X. “It is increasingly clear that the United States is putting TROOPS aboard vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz. End this war. Remove our troops from the region. BEFORE a disaster strikes.”Erickson’s appeal to Trump would likely fall on deaf ears, suggested mathematician and published researcher Majid Hosseini, who argued injuries to U.S. service members weren’t a concern for the commander in chief.“Trump couldn’t care less,” Hosseini wrote in a social media post on X. “For Trump the only thing that matters is Trump. Remember the day after Charlie Kirk, his devoted friend, was murdered: he was dancing in the stadium.”MAJOR BREAKING: New reporting from NBC indicates that EIGHT marines were injured in a recent Iranian attack on a vessel likely transiting the Strait of Hormuz.According to the NBC reporting:“The Marines were not on a U.S. Navy ship, according to the officials. The officials… https://t.co/oaXgo1uRjv— Brett Erickson (@BrettErickson28) September 28, 2026

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New YorkSlinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91.Francisco, who got his breakthrough in calypso music with his 1956 hit song Jean and Dinah, died peacefully surrounded by his family in New York on Sunday, his family said in a statement. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaiian islands but threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persistsHurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms.Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away from the Big Island at about 12mph (19km/h). But the Hawaii county civil defense agency said a high wind warning, wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo’s maximum sustained winds rose to 115mph. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump made a startling admission to Axios on Sunday when pressed on whether he intended to escalate his deeply unpopular war against Iran in the near future.Trump’s phone call with the outlet came just one day after he rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war.Trump was asked during the phone call, according to Axios’ Barak Ravid, whether he was considering resuming strikes against Iran in the wake of his refusal to accept Iran’s terms.“I am always thinking about it,” Trump answered.Trump has frequently made violent threats toward Iran, most recently by threatening to commit what The New York Times’ Farnaz Fassihi described as a war crime during his address to the United Nations General Assembly. During his speech, Trump asked himself out loud whether he should “annihilate the Islamic Republic” and “drive it into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations.”He also told aides last week that he expected to resume bombing Iran after the midterms, according to The Wall Street Journal, and has made countless other threats toward the Middle East nation, perhaps most infamously with his pledge to destroy Iran’s entire civilization in a single night back in April.Beyond his admission that he is “always thinking” about striking Iran, Trump also told Axios that he expected “more talks” with Iranian negotiators this week. However, he also suggested that a deal was unlikely to be made, at least soon, accusing Iran of having “overplayed their hand.”Experts have suspected that Trump’s strategy appears to be centered around inflicting enough economic harm on Iran to bolster the United States’ negotiating position, though those same experts fear that such a strategy could “backfire” with deadly consequences.

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who used to be one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies, accused her own party on Sunday of pushing fear about a migrant caravan to save itself in the midterms.Greene was responding to a post from right-wing activist Anthony Aguero. He shared video of a group of migrants walking through Mexico and claimed that "over 400 aliens predominantly from Honduras" had entered the country Thursday and were "ready to make their way to the US southern border.""Someone is incentivizing this movement, this is not organic," Aguero wrote.Greene didn't buy that the timing was an accident."We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S. southern border in several years, why now?" she wrote on X. "Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the GOP needs to scare you into voting because nothing else is working."Her post was shared by Mike Madrid, a Republican strategist and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project who studies Latino voters.Republicans have used this strategy before. In the weeks before the 2018 midterms, Trump repeatedly warned about a caravan of Central American migrants heading north. He called it an "invasion" and sent troops to the border. Republicans lost the House that November.Greene, who left Congress after a public split with Trump, has become a sharp critic of the GOP. She has also broken with the president on the Epstein files, foreign wars and the cost of living.Her post came as the administration's own immigration message looked shaky. Over the weekend, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported ICE officers were told to stop arresting immigrants without criminal records, an order the administration quickly called a "miscommunication" and reversed. Meanwhile, some vulnerable Republicans, including Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), have started criticizing Trump's crackdown.We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S. southern border in several years, why now?Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the GOP needs to scare you into voting because nothing else is working. https://t.co/6AHNluG9ps— Marjorie Taylor Greene ???????? (@mtgreenee) September 27, 2026