LOS ANGELES (OC).--Answering question from the press, 79-year-old President Donald Trump got a bit exasperated listening to the fake news ask a question about deceased, disgraced financial investor Jeffrey Epstein who died Aug. 10, 2019 of self-inflicted wounds at Rikers Island prison awaiting trial for various sex crimes.  Epstein owned his own 78-acre island Little St. James where he hosted sex parties for his friends-and-acquaintances now subject of unending media curiosity.  Fake new wants, of course, to tie Trump to...

LOS ANGELES (OC),.--Announcing that he would approve sending defensive weapons to Ukraine, 79-year-old President Donald Trump undermines his own policy of improving ties with the Russian Federation.  Every statement or move made by Trump is closely watched at the Kremlin, with Trump latest statements viewed cautiously by the Kremlin.  Since taking office, Trump has made resetting U.S.-Russian relations a top priority, requiring Trump to reverse the Biden proxy war policy with the Kremlin.  Trump made sure that Russian...

LOS ANGELES (OC).--Iran’s Yemen-based Houthi rebels lashed out with missile and drone strikes on the Barbados-flagged general cargo ship owned by a British company, damaging the vessel, making shipping lanes in the Red Sean unsafe again.  Israel responded immediately with air strikes on Yemen’s Hodeidad port, some 90 miles south of Sanaa.  After President Donald Trump ordered air strikes on Houthi headquarters in mid-March, the air strikes ended in April with the White House agreeing to some kind of deal with the Houthis. ...

LOS ANGELES.--Capturing new Ukrainian territory in the central Dnipropetrovsk, the Russian military continues in unrelenting advance to capture more Ukrainian territory before 47-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky figures out its better to engage in peace talks. Zelensky has taken the stubborn position of refusing to cede any sovereign land to Russia, despite told by President Donald Trump that he will have to trade land-for-peace.  Hitting Ukraine with thousands of drones and missile over the last few weeks, Russian...

LOS ANGELES.--President Donald Trump is due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, July 7 at the White House with expectations that he will agree to a ceasefire in Gaza. Hamas has added new conditions to the latest ceasefire proposal of envoy Steve Witkoff, requiring Hamas to return the remain dead-and-alive hostages in exchange for a cessation of the war.  Hamas wants three changes to the current Witkoff proposal to (a) let U.N. channels only continue to distribute food-and-medicine, (b) withdrawal...

LOS ANGELES (OC).--Begging 79-year-old President Donald Trump for more patriot missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin struck Ukraine with 550 missiles and drones, the biggest attack in over three years of war.  Trump finds himself in a real dilemma knowing that any help he gives Ukraine undermines his attempt to normalize diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation.  Trump said last week he was pausing weapons to Ukraine large due to depleted U.S. stockpiles, something...

LOS ANGELES (OC).--President Donald Trump expressed disappointment over recent phone call with Putin where he got the impression that he wanted to continue the war.  Trump also talked with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who requested more patriot missiles to stop Russia’s aggressive assault on Ukrainian’s airspace.  “We spoke about opportunities in air defense and agreed that we will work together to strengthen protection of our skies,” Zelensky wrote on X regarding his conversation with Trump.  Trump has some big...

LOS ANGELES (OC).--President Donald Trump, 79, expressed disappointment in a recent phone call with 72-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying Putin doesn’t seem all that interested in ending the Ukraine War.  “I’m very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don’t think he’s there.  I’m just saying, I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad,” Trump told reporters after a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.  Trump promised during the 2024 campaign he would end the...

LOS ANGELES.--Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told European Union [EU] Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas that China can’t accept Russia losing the war in Ukraine.  Covering a broad range of topics that “featured tough but respectful exchanges, covering a broad range of issues from cyber security, rare earths to trade imbalances, Taiwan and the Middle East, Yi emphasized China’s investment in Russia winning the Ukraine War.  EU officials pretended that China was neutral in the Ukraine War, thinking that China saw the war...

LOS ANGELES (OC).--House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), 53, fulfilled his promise to 79-year-old President Donald Trump pushing his big beautiful bill across the finish line, capping months of wrangling in the House and Senate, with accusations flying on both sides of the aisle.   House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), 54, vilified the legislation in typical Democrat partisan fashion calling in a criminal activity in the House. Jeffries complained of provisions to increase eligibility requirements for Medical and...