Blog Verité

Keepin’ News Real

U.S. seeks NATO help with Strait of Hormuz. And, federal judge blocks vaccine changes – NPR

U.S. seeks NATO help with Strait of Hormuz. And, federal judge blocks vaccine changes  NPR America, Alone  The New York Times Live updates: Trump insists US can break Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz without allies’ help  AP News Trump says NATO’s

Read More

Vatican appeals tribunal declares mistrial in ‘trial of the century’ against cardinal

Rhe appeals court ruled that Pope Francis and Vatican prosecutors made procedural errors that nullified the original indictment of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and required a new trial.

Read More

The media’s year of ‘change or die’

The media and entertainment industries face a period of great turmoil, including unprecedented business and political pressures. Evan Shapiro, the so-called “Media Universe Cartographer,” speaks to Geoff Bennett about those challenges and the future.

Read More

Trump’s security pick Mullin poised to inherit a DHS beset by challenges

Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport security lines due to a monthlong funding battle in Congress.

Read More

Republicans set to get a ‘wake-up’ call on Trump at the worst possible moment: analyst

Republicans who will be out of power and, in some cases, out of a job will look back on how they let President Donald Trump use his bully pulpit to pursue his own interests while leaving them “holding the bag”

Read More

WATCH: Trump addresses Iran strikes, Kent resignation during St. Patrick’s Day visit with Irish Taoiseach Martin

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran’s leaders “are gone” after the apparent killing of top security officials.

Read More

Iran war pushes Asian nations into energy triage as they conserve power

Governments are deciding where to cut demand or absorb higher costs, while prioritizing dwindling supplies.

Read More

Trump goofs as he sneers at Irish president in front of diplomat: ‘Lucky I exist’

Donald Trump’s attack on the president of Ireland in front of Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office hit a rough patch on Tuesday afternoon. As the president jumped from topic to topic, he was pressed about comments made

Read More

Israel kills 2 top Iranian officials in another wartime blow to country’s leadership

Israel says it has killed two senior Iranian security officials in overnight strikes in a major wartime blow to the country’s leadership. I

Read More

Trump shrugs at thought of US troops in Iran: ‘Just a military operation to me’

President Donald Trump dodged a question on Tuesday about whether the United States would send military troops into Iran. Trump was in the Oval Office with Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Micheál Martin on St. Patrick’s Day when he shrugged off

Read More