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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump: No Need to Rush Anything With Iran  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. doesn't "have to rush anything" with Iran, which cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon "because they'd use it." Speaking during a wide-ranging appearance on WABC's "Sid & Friends in the Morning," Trump said the Iranian regime has been militarily crippled and insisted his administration remains firmly committed to preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability. "We cannot let them have a nuclear weapon because they'd use it," Trump told host Sid Rosenberg. "And if that goes off, you want to see a travesty. That would be unbelievable." Trump argued the U.S. and its allies have already dealt devastating blows to Iran's military infrastructure.
Qatar warns Iran not to use Strait of Hormuz as weapon to 'pressure or to blackmail' Gulf countries  Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Tuesday that Iran should "not use" the Strait of Hormuz as "a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries." He made the remark while speaking alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, adding that the standoff in the key waterway is having economic impacts on countries in the region, according to Gulf News. The comment comes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Qatar’s prime minister on Saturday. The State Department said the two “discussed U.S. support for Qatar’s defense, and the importance of continued close coordination to deter threats and promote stability and security across the Middle East.” Report: Pakistan Allowed Iran to Shelter Aircraft  Unnamed U.S. administration sources told CBS News that Iran moved some military aircraft into Pakistan during the conflict with the United States, allegedly to shield them from possible American strikes, but Pakistani and Taliban representatives rejected the claims. The report said Iran sent several aircraft to a Pakistani military airfield after President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in early April, including what the sources described as a reconnaissance aircraft. The sources also claimed Iran moved at least one civilian aircraft into neighboring Afghanistan after Iranian airspace was closed during the fighting.
Senate weighs new, painful leverage tactic as fears of another government shutdown grow The resolution is one of several measures aimed at stopping shutdowns or creating leverage against them  The Senate will soon decide whether lawmakers should be paid during another government shutdown as the specter of more closures looms large. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., teed up a vote on a measure that would prevent senators from being paid during a government shutdown, a political option of last resort that has now become commonplace in the midst of President Donald Trump’s second term. The resolution from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is straightforward: if there is another shutdown, he and his colleagues won’t get paid. It’s one of several resolutions and bills tossed around by lawmakers to find a way to stop shutdowns, or at least find a leverage point against them. Pentagon’s declassified UAP footage fuels Americans' belief in aliens: ‘We’re not alone' Tens of millions of documents are being reviewed for release, the White House says  Newly declassified footage released by the Pentagon is fueling Americans' belief that alien life exists, with attendees at an AI event telling Fox News Digital the videos add weight to long-held suspicions. The release, part of President Donald Trump’s push to increase transparency around Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), includes never-before-seen clips and documents that have intensified public interest in such objects and renewed scrutiny over how much the government has kept hidden. "I think the transparency is great — that we’re finally hearing information that they, obviously, have known for a while," one respondent said. Fetterman weighs in after PA Supreme Court justice apparently splits from Democratic Party over antisemitism 'As I’ve affirmed, I’m not changing my party — but I fully understand David’s personal choice,' Sen John Fetterman noted  After a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice appeared to indicate that he had ditched the Democratic Party, declaring in a statement that he is "no longer registered within any political party," U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., noted that he understood the man's decision. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht, who ran as a Democrat when he was elected in 2015, indicated that the Democratic Party has an issue with antisemitism. "From 1998 to 2001, years that preceded my judicial career, I served as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. In the quarter century that has passed since then, the Democratic Party has changed. Nazi tattoos, jihadist chants, intimidation and attacks at synagogues, and other hateful anti-Jewish invective and actions are minimized, ignored, and even coddled. Acquiescence to Jew-hatred is now disturbingly common among activists, leaders and even many elected officials in the Democratic Party," he asserted in part of his statement, which Fox News Digital obtained. Dali ship operator, foreign employee charged in Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, unsealed indictment shows Synergy Marine and technical superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair face conspiracy and obstruction charges  Federal officials announced Tuesday that criminal charges have been brought against the Singaporean operator and an employee of the container ship that downed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge more than two years ago. The indictment, filed on April 8, names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, based in India, and technical superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, an Indian national, as defendants in the case. Both companies and Nair are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, willfully failing to immediately inform the U.S. Coast Guard of a known hazardous condition, obstruction of an agency proceeding and false statements. Automatic tipping push brings concerns to major US city as restaurants brace for surge of foreign visitors Temporary measure is sensible, say experts, who also warn of backlash from diners already feeling squeezed  As Europeans prepare to visit the U.S. for the World Cup, Missouri restaurant officials are proposing a controversial solution in the form of automatic tipping. With Kansas City set to host six matches during the tournament, industry officials are urging restaurants to consider automatic gratuities to ensure that workers get paid, according to the Kansas City Beacon. Mike Burris, executive director of the Missouri Restaurant Association (MRA), told the Beacon that local restaurants and bars are expected to generate between $60 million and $90 million during the World Cup. But many international tourists will arrive with different cultural expectations around tipping and service. Virginia Democrats flub petition to Supreme Court with wrong address  Days after producing a Supreme Court motion riddled with typos in their bid to reinstate a gerrymandered congressional map, Virginia Democrats filed a new motion to the high court — this time with an even bigger mistake. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside the state Supreme Court ruling last week that struck down the Democrats’ map because the legislature broke procedural rules in rushing it to voters. The emergency motion, however, was erroneously addressed to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Iran war to overshadow talks on trade, Taiwan at historic Trump-XI meeting  President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have a lot on their plate when they meet this week in Beijing. The leaders of the world’s reigning superpowers will spend two days hammering out details of a new trade pact, extending a critical minerals deal and discussing artificial intelligence risks, nuclear weapons and a potential $14 billion U.S. weapons package for Taiwan. Looming over all those discussions is the Iran war, which has caused the Trump-Xi summit to be postponed once. The leaders have much to gain from each other when it comes to the Iran war, which has left both men in much weaker positions than they were before it started roughly 10 weeks ago. Senate Confirms Warsh to Fed Board, Fed Chair Vote Likely Wednesday  The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to a 14-year term as Federal Reserve governor, marking an important step toward his succeeding Jerome Powell as the U.S. central bank's next leader. Here are some details and context: * The Senate is expected to immediately
start the confirmation process for Warsh's concurrent four-year term as
Fed chair, holding a so-called cloture vote that starts a countdown
toward approving him for the leadership post as soon as Wednesday.
Powell's term as chair ends on Friday.
* A lawyer, financier, and former Fed governor, Warsh is on course to lead the Fed at a time when the central bank's political independence is being tested by pressure from the administration to deliver the interest-rate cuts demanded by President Donald Trump. * Powell plans to take the unusual step of staying on as governor after his chair term ends, in response to the "series of legal attacks on the Fed which threaten our ability to conduct monetary policy without considering political factors." FBI Questions CIA Officers Over Russia Assessment in Brennan Probe  The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of a Justice Department investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan. The probe focuses on his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to help Donald Trump, according to five sources. Employees were questioned last week by agents from the Miami field office at CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Interviews are expected to continue in the coming weeks, three sources said. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida has been investigating Brennan for months. Prosecutors are examining whether he made a false statement to Congress in 2023 regarding a 2017 intelligence assessment on Russian interference. Iran’s ‘unacceptable’ deal means US must open the Strait of Hormuz by force By Mark Montgomery
Two days after United States Central Command launched Project Freedom, a naval operation to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump paused the operation. Trump cited “great progress” toward a potential deal with Iran’s rulers as the reason. Yet that progress has proven elusive. While the pause may have been tactically convenient, it was a strategic mistake that sent the wrong message to Tehran. If the Trump administration is serious about restoring the free flow of international commerce illegally strangled by the Tehran regime since the start of hostilities, it should resume and sustain the operation until Iran agrees to unrestricted transit rights for all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. How Democrats’ rage over Virginia gerrymander exposes their larger contempt for democracy By Daniel McCarthy
Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country — by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most essential checks and balances. Democrats violated the state’s constitution by pushing through a referendum to take four House seats away from Republicans. But when Virginia’s Supreme Court threw out the illegal map, Democrats didn’t back down: They started thinking of ways to get rid of every justice on the court, so they could pack it with new ones expressly picked to return a verdict more favorable to the party. If the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature could drop the existing mandatory judicial retirement age from the current 73 all the way down to 54, every justice on the bench could be removed and replaced by compliant partisans. |
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