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Escalating Iranian Planned Attacks Targeting Americans Flagged By US Intelligence
A newly disclosed US intelligence warning is raising fresh concerns about Iranian threats against Americans overseas. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio in an unclassified memo dated Friday, Oct. 23, that Iranian efforts to target American personnel had intensified. “Specifically, through various channels, we have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target US personnel," Clayton wrote in the memo published on DocumentCloud. "The lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against US citizens have reach…
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Trump Snuck Off Air Force One In Catering Truck Onto Secret Plane Amid Iran Threat: Report
President Donald Trump reportedly took extraordinary measures to conceal part of his trip home from Turkey amid concerns about a possible Iranian assassination attempt. Trump secretly left Ankara on a smaller military aircraft Wednesday, July 8, while journalists and some White House staff members were led to believe he was aboard Air Force One, according to an exclusive report by The Washington Post. The operation followed intelligence about a potential Iranian threat against the president, The Post reported. Trump had been seen boarding an older Air Force One aircraft at Ankara Int…
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New Research Reveals Age When Most Reach All-Around Mental, Emotional Peak
You may think the mind peaks in your 20s. The data says otherwise. A new open-access analysis in the journal Intelligence reports that overall psychological functioning tends to crest in late midlife, with many adults hitting their best all-around stride near age 60. The research, led by Gilles Gignac of the University of Western Australia and Marcin Zajenkowski of the University of Warsaw and published in ScienceDirect, reviewed age trends across key abilities and traits, then combined them into a single index. The team examined patterns across 16 dimensions tied to life outcomes. T…
