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FPI / May 29, 2019 A yoga instructor and 30 students in a forbidden co-ed class were arrested by Iranian authorities. Yoga classes are permitted in the Islamic Republic but are strictly regulated. Classes must be taught by authorized instructors and must be gender separate. Authorities said the arrested yoga instructor was not licensed by […]

FPI / May 29, 2019 Analysis by Mark Angelides, LibertyNation.com The results are in for the European Union parliamentary elections, and it doesn’t look good for the long-term prospects of the political trading bloc. In countries throughout the continent, anti-E.U. parties made huge gains that will undoubtedly upset the cozy applecart, yet the real danger […]

FPI / February 27, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs In late April, Iranian military delegations led by senior commanders traveled overseas. Navy Commander Rear-Adm. Hossein Khanzadi led a delegation to Beijing, and Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Amir Hatami to Moscow. Hatami discussed the expansion of […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 At the two-year mark of his tenure, President Donald Trump rates better than his predecessor when it comes to working on the issues that are most important to voters, a new poll found. The Gallup poll found 47 percent agree with Trump on the issues. In the two-year mark of […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 A private group has begun construction on a border wall at what it said is one of the most dangerous parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. We Build the Wall announced on May 27 that it had completed a half-mile wall section in New Mexico. Kris Kobach, a former secretary of […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight recently released a video in which he referred to President Donald Trump as “the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.” Blimp Award winner Alyssa Milano responded by slamming Voight, tweeting: “Now I understand why Republicans like to discredit actors and our political views. Stay in your lane, […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 “Observe the habits of travelers. In subway cars, on airplanes, and on buses, passengers once passed the time by reading newspapers, magazines, and books. Now they check social media, play video games, and text,” a columnist noted. “SMH.” The current environment “reflects a less literate, intellectually-curious population. In many ways, […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 China and Russia have decided not to participate in next month’s workshop in Bahrain at which the United States plans to unveil the economic component of its Middle East peace plan dubbed the “Deal of the Century.” Senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) official Saeb Erekat said […]

FPI / May 28, 2019 Analysis by Jeff Charles, LibertyNation.com Earlier this year, progressives in Virginia and New York made headlines when they proposed extreme pro-abortion legislation designed to grant more opportunities to prospective mothers who wish to terminate their pregnancies. These actions prompted a fierce backlash from the pro-life crowd, who feared that other […]

Analysis by FPI / May 27, 2019 In his 22-month investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller had access to 40 FBI agents and tons of U.S. intelligence community files, and did not find one instance in which candidate Donald Trump communicated with Russian government officials, was spying for Moscow or was being blackmailed, a report said. […]

FPI / May 27, 2019 “A new Europe is born,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini declared after his Lega Nord (League) Party surged to victory in Italy’s European Union vote. “I am proud that the League is participating in this new European renaissance,” Salvini said. The League’s triumph was one of many for nationalists and […]

FPI / May 27, 2019 Memorial Day “is a time we remember” and those “whom we remember never leave us, and we tell their stories to keep them close,” wrote James S. Robbins in a May 27 column for USA Today. “Some years ago, I wrote a column about Frankie Sanchez, an Army Specialist-4 from […]

FPI / May 27, 2019 Analysis by Laura Valkovic, LibertyNation.com Three stories illustrate how the “perception deception” is in full swing, on the internet and on the streets. Over the past few weeks, we have looked at recent government responses to terrorism, from New Zealand’s Christchurch Call to Sri Lanka’s moratorium on all social media […]

FPI / May 26, 2019 The FISA application for a warrant to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page had been approved at the highest levels of the FBI and State Department prior to its submission, a move that a former top lawyer for the FBI described in congressional testimony as “unusual.” Former FBI Deputy […]

FPI / May 26, 2019 The recent elections in India and Australia show that once voters get a taste of conservative nationalism, “they tend to like it,” columnist James Pinkerton wrote for Breitbart News on May 25. “They like, for example, the idea that a democratically-elected government can seek to uphold traditional values, not erode […]