The Faithful Watchman

Tariffs Overturned: What Happens To The $200 Billion Already Collected?

The Supreme Court delivered a long-awaited decision on Friday, striking down President Trump’s sweeping International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs. But while the court ruled on the legality of the tariffs themselves, it did not address whether the United States must refund more than $200 billion in revenue already collected.

“The court’s decision is likely to generate other serious practical consequences in the near term. One issue will be refunds,” dissenting Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote. “Refunds of billions of dollars would have significant consequences for the U.S. Treasury.”

U.S. Surges Largest Mideast Airpower Since ’03 as Iran Strike Could Come ‘Within Days’ — Israel on Highest Alert

The United States has assembled the largest concentration of airpower in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion — deploying two aircraft carriers, advanced stealth fighters, refueling tankers, and layered missile defenses into theater — as multiple U.S. and Israeli reports warn President Donald Trump could authorize strikes on Iran “as soon as Saturday,” with talks described by American officials as “very far apart” and even a “near nothing-burger.”

Starmer’s Labour Government Blocking U.S. From Launching Possible Iran Strikes From American Bases on British Soil: Report

The left-wing Labour government of Sir Keir Starmer is blocking President Donald Trump from using the United States Air Force’s bomber base in England to launch potential pre-emptive strikes against the Iranian regime because human rights lawyer-dominated Westminster is concerned about international law, a report states.

Britain is once again to prevent the United States from launching pre-emptive strikes against Iran from American airbases on British soil, as it did last summer, by withholding permission to use RAF Fairford. A Royal Air Force base in name only, the facility is the USAF’s “only bomber Forward Operating Location” in Europe, and can handle the largest, most heavily-laden aircraft in the world.

Trump Imposes 10 Percent Global Tariff After Supreme Court Struck Down Emergency Powers Tariffs

President Donald Trump announced he is imposing a ten percent global tariff on top of tariffs already in place after the Supreme Court struck down his duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

Trump’s announcement came during a press briefing the White House scheduled on short notice after the 6-3 ruling against the IEEPA tariffs, in which Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with liberal judges to rule against the president.

Leftists Go Jew-Hunting in Britain

When President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Robert Garson, floated the idea of asylum for Britain’s Jews last month, saying “the UK is no longer a safe place for Jews,” a natural response was to focus on the likelihood of more terrorist attacks against Jews by radical Muslims. This concern is warranted, as we were reminded last week after the conviction of two men for plotting to murder hundreds of Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in Manchester. Sky News contributor Sophie Elsworth, in a segment on the convictions, echoed Garson’s words, saying that the rise of antisemitism in the UK is “incredibly frightening.”

New Yorkers Wake to the Islamic Call to Prayer

We all saw this coming.

Not because we hate our neighbors. Not because we fear prayer. But because we understand history. We understand symbolism. And we understand that culture never collapses all at once. It erodes. Quietly at first. Then loudly.

China, Russia, Iran seal pact as US tensions with Tehran escalate

China, Iran, and Russia have signed a comprehensive strategic pact, a move analysts say could reshape global power dynamics and intensify tensions with the United States.

The agreement, announced simultaneously in Tehran, Beijing and Moscow, was described by the three governments as a cornerstone for a new multipolar order.

Netanyahu said to warn Egypt’s military is ‘getting stronger,’ Israel must keep an eye on it

In a closed-door meeting with the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly warned that the Egyptian military has been “getting stronger” and said Israel needed to keep an eye on it to ensure it didn’t go too far.

According to Hebrew media reports, Netanyahu told the committee that “the Egyptian army is getting stronger and we need to monitor it.”

Germany’s Ambitious Plan to Strengthen Bundeswehr and Support Ukraine

Germany has set an ambitious goal: to make the Bundeswehr the strongest conventional army in Europe and to ensure its readiness to withstand any test if needed.

This was stated during a speech at the Munich Security Conference by Friedrich Merz, the head of the German government, according to Ukrinform’s own correspondent.

Normalizing Sin And Removing Responsibility: Scientific Studies Attempt To Prove That People Are Born Gay

Recent scientific studies claim that some people are born gay. Could this be?

Many Christian parents have asked me this question. They are struggling with a child who has recently “come out” and are trying to grapple with this new reality. These parents have lovingly taught their children the Bible, taken them to church all their young lives, and can’t understand how their children could possibly choose this sinful sexual behavior. They think biology may help explain what they are wrestling to explain any other way. So can it? And if biology can explain it, is homosexual behavior still sinful if God made them that way?