The United States ruling class appears consistently unhinged in its rhetoric. U.S. ruler Donald Trump is now threatening to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, which is already being blockaded by Iran. Iran Accused Israel and The U.S. Of Violating The Ceasefire “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday morning. “At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen.” Trump said that the U.S. Navy will start blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran is already doing that. So what’s the overall goal? Or is Trump using the word “blockade” wrong? According to a report by CNN, the strait isn’t technically closed; however, it isn’t fully open and operational either. Iran has been gradually allowing some tankers through in exchange for a toll of up to $2 million per ship. And, crucially, Iran has been allowing its own oil to pass in and out of the region throughout the war: Iran had managed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nicole Kidman is diving into a whole new career path.On Saturday, the “Babygirl” actress spoke with Vicky Nguyen — an investigative journalist and University of San Francisco graduate — as part of the private school’s Silk Speaker Series and opened up about her plans to become a death doula nearly two years after her mother, Janelle Ann Kidman, died at 84.”As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide,” Kidman, who admitted the idea “may sound a little weird,” told the crowd, per the San Francisco Chronicle. “Between my sister and I, we have so many children and our careers and our work, and wanting to take care of her because my father wasn’t in the world anymore, and that’s when I went, ‘I wish there was these people in the world that were there to sit impartially and just provide solace and care.’” “So that’s part of my expansion and one of the things I will be learning,” she added.JAMES VAN DER BEEK’S DAUGHTER, 9, OFFERS MOVING ADVICE ABOUT GRIEF: ‘I JUST TELL HIM ABOUT MY DAY’An end-of-life doula advocates self-determination and…

Two Marine snipers brought home the top prize at this year’s International Sniper Competition in a rare win for the Corps. Staff Sgt. Tyler Johnson and Sgt. Spencer Harrell took first place at the annual competition, which was last week at Fort Benning, Georgia, becoming only the second Marine Corps team to win the event and the first since 2009.In a lighthearted nod to the long-running joke about Marines and crayons, the winners posed with a Crayola 24-pack on the trophy, drawing delighted reactions on social media.Two-man sniper teams from across the United States and partner nations were eligible to participate in the multiday competition, which tests long-range marksmanship, target detection, reconnaissance and reporting, and movement under stealth and concealment, according to the Army.The experience also serves as a forum for service members to exchange tactics and best practices.The International Sniper Competition was hosted from April 7-10 as part of the Army’s Infantry Week. The competition in Georgia differs from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition, which was held in North Carolina in March.Eve Sampson is a reporter and former Army officer. She has covered conflict across the world, writing for The New York Times, The Washington…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Comedian Dave Chappelle said in a new interview that he was considering revisiting “Chappelle’s Show” decades after walking away from the hit Comedy Central series.Chappelle, speaking about the possibility of reviving the show in an interview with the Associated Press, offered a notable shift from his past stance.”If you’d asked me that question a year ago, I’d have told you absolutely not,” he said. “But in the last few weeks … I’m considering it.””Chappelle’s Show,” which premiered in 2003, became a cultural force through its satire on race, politics and American life before Chappelle abruptly quit production of its third season in 2005. In doing so, Chappelle stepped away from a Comedy Central deal to continue the show worth upwards of $50 million. COMEDIAN WANDA SYKES ARGUES THAT MODERN COMICS ARE TERRIFIED OF CRITICS FOR SAYING WRONG JOKESHe said at the time he was suffering from creative burnout and felt others were trying to control his work. He also told Oprah Winfrey in a 2006 interview that some of his sketches were “socially irresponsible.”Chappelle did not provide details about what a revival of “Chappelle’s Show” might look like but acknowledged that his…

The Middle East ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz are on extremely shaky ground. The Israelis are desperate and will do whatever they can to reignite the war, Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi has told RT India. Iran Accused Israel and The U.S. Of Violating The Ceasefire Marandi is blaming the “desperation” to end the ceasefire and reignite the war on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “But right now there is a spoiler, and that is Netanyahu,” he added. Pointing to the pounding of Lebanon by Israeli forces, Marandi said that “this means the commitments given by the United States are not being fulfilled. And that means that we could have a continuation of the crisis.” Marandi also claimed that Iran wants to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but that’s going to depend on what the U.S. and Israel do with regard to the ceasefire. “That is what we want. We did not start this. We were doing business as usual until this imposed war by the Trump and Netanyahu regimes took place,” Marandi added. “But we’ll have to see, because Netanyahu is violating the ceasefire agreement.” Marandi said Iran will also watch the American stance at the negotiating table,…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the U.S. was in a weak position regarding negotiations with Iran.”I worry that the United States is now in a very weak position vis-à-vis Iran, which should be the outlier, should be on the back foot and should be the one held to account,” Clinton told MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” on Monday.Clinton told MS NOW that the U.S. would have to wipe the slate clean for negotiations with Iran and said they would “have to bring in people who actually know something about nuclear weapons.”Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed over the weekend, with Vice President JD Vance departing Pakistan empty-handed.MIKE PENCE WARNS JD VANCE TO AVOID OBAMA-STYLE IRAN DEAL AS NUCLEAR TALKS SET TO BEGIN IN PAKISTAN “So we’re in a situation now where we are weak, where we essentially have lost the leverage and initiative that we had,” Clinton added. “I supported Trump bombing the nuclear sites back in June. I thought that was an appropriate and limited strategic objective. I opposed his incoherent attack on Iran.”Clinton said the administration needed to get back to hard negotiations with the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump warned China it would face “big problems” if it supplies air defense systems to Tehran as Iran remains locked in a conflict with the United States and Israel. “If China does that, China is gonna have big problems, OK?” Trump told reporters Saturday.The warning comes as U.S. intelligence assessments indicate China may be preparing to supply, or already could have moved to supply, shoulder-fired air defense systems to Iran, according to multiple news reports reporting on intelligence assessnents, though officials caution the information is not definitive and there is no evidence the weapons have been used against U.S. or Israeli forces. Trump’s warning also comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders expected to hold a summit in Beijing in May after it was postponed due to the ongoing conflict. The talks are likely to cover a range of issues, including trade tensions, Taiwan and the war involving Iran, placing additional pressure on U.S.-China relations as concerns mount over Beijing’s potential role in the conflict.TRUMP VOICES FRUSTRATION WITH NATO, SAYS IRANIAN NAVY ‘DESTROYED’ AS US PREPS FOR BLOCKADEThe potential transfer of Chinese-supplied air defenses…

“Unless he is caught up in murderous ecstasy,” Glenn Gray wrote in reflection of his time as a draftee in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, “destroying is easier when done from a little remove.” In the link between distance and ease of aggression, there’s a direct relationship between empathy, physical proximity of the victim and the resultant difficulty and trauma of the kill, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in his 1995 study “On Killing.”For Vietnam veteran Eugene “Gene” Marion Simmers, a close proximity to death and the actions he wrought haunted him for more than fifty years. Simmers was drafted soon after he graduated from Granville High School in Ohio in 1966. Serving as a combat medic with Company A, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, Simmers received a Silver Star for heroism after his unit found itself trapped as it approached a booby-trapped bridge over a rice paddy near Mo Duc, Vietnam. “Upon hearing the explosion,” according to his Army citation, “Specialist Simmers rushed to the front of the company and came under intense sniper fire from scattered positions in the area. After taking momentary cover, he maneuvered through the hostile fire and administered first aid to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz may be just the beginning, a former top CENTCOM commander warned Sunday, telling Fox News that the measure is just the “first step” in “coming after” the Iranian regime.”We made it very clear — passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and getting rid of your nuclear program is indisputable. You have to meet that, [and] they did not,” retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward said while appearing on “One Nation with Brian Kilmeade.””We’re not going to play your game. We’re not going to be strung on, it’s over,” he continued. “We’re cranking up the pressure. We’re coming after you, and this is just the first step of that.”TRUMP ORDERS A BLOCKADE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS TENSIONS WITH IRAN SOAR Harward’s remarks came on the heels of President Trump announcing an “all in, all out” blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after hourslong negotiations failed to produce a peace deal with the regime over the weekend. The blockade went into effect Monday at 10 a.m. ET.Harward praised the decision to implement the blockade, telling Brian Kilmeade that the president and vice president deserve to…