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Trump says he’s heading to Situation Room to make ‘final determination’ on Iran
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s heading to the Situation
Room to make a “final determination” on the next steps with Iran.
“Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.
The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted
shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any,
will be terminated (we have removed, through detonation, numerous such
mines with our great underwater mine sweepers. Iran will complete the
immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which
will not be many!),” Trump began in a post on Truth Social.
“Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval
Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading
home!’ Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from
me, your favorite President!” Trump added.
China Leaders Skip Asia Defense Summit Headlined by US
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is the headline speaker at Asia's premier
defense summit, which began on Friday with top Chinese officials
notably absent despite weighty questions over Taiwan and the war in
Iran.
Beijing's defense minister is skipping the three-day Shangri-La
Dialogue in Singapore for the second year running, which analysts
viewed as a sign of China's rising power.
The forum brings together top officials from around 45 nations and has
historically provided a setting for debate as well as both quiet and
high-profile diplomacy.
CENTCOM highlights Army’s ‘fastest and heaviest lift helicopter’
U.S. Central Command released a photo Friday showing a U.S. Army CH-47
Chinook helicopter lifting off from an airfield in the Middle East for
a scheduled flight.
"The Chinook is both the U.S. Army's fastest and heaviest lift helicopter,” CENTCOM said.
The photo release comes after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Mojtaba Khamenei had claimed in a Telegram message on Tuesday that the
United States will “no longer have a safe haven” in the Middle East.
“What is certain in this regard is that the hands of time will not turn
back, and the nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as
shields for U.S. bases,” he wrote in a 2026 Hajj pilgrimage message.
Iran Deal Would Be 'Fraught With Danger'
Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg warned Thursday on Newsmax that any
potential agreement between the United States and Iran would carry
significant risks, cautioning President Donald Trump against trusting
Tehran's leadership amid ongoing tensions over the country's nuclear
ambitions.
Speaking on Newsmax TV's "Ed Henry: The Big Take," Kellogg said Iran's
ruling government has a long history of delaying negotiations and
avoiding lasting concessions.
"He's the president of the United States," Kellogg said of Trump. "He's going to make the final call."
9 anti-ICE agitators detained during another wild night outside Newark’s Delaney Hall
Nine people were arrested Thursday night during a raucous demonstration
at Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey — where foul-mouthed
agitators again urged federal agents to “shoot yourself in the head”
and allegedly bit, kicked and punched officers, officials said.
Video shows a trio of anti-ICE demonstrators being hauled away as one
obnoxious protester berates agents through a megaphone: “You look like
a f–king clown, s–t don’t even line up. Fix your s–t, bitch.”
“What the f–k are you guys doing in there?!” another yelled, while
others told the agents, “Take your gun and shoot yourself” and “Every
cop, every fed, shoot yourself in the head.”
The rioters are accused of biting, kicking and punching agents,
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday.
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes into massive fireball during ‘hotfire test’ in Florida
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad in a
dramatic scene fit for a Hollywood action flick Thursday night.
Live footage showed the 321-foot-tall mega-rocket burst into an
enormous fireball at the start of a test around 9 p.m. — though the
Jeff Bezos-owned company made clear there were no reported injuries as
a result.
“We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin
tweeted Thursday night, while Bezos described Thursday as a “rough day.”
The test started with smoke coming from the rocket’s engines and the
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station launch pad was illuminated.
Jill Biden memoir details Kamala Harris’ demand for quick endorsement by Joe: ‘I want it sooner’
Vice President Kamala Harris acted like a “courtroom prosecutor” in her
insistence that President Joe Biden immediately endorse her for the
2024 Democratic nomination after he abruptly ended his bid for a second
term, former first lady Jill Biden writes in her forthcoming memoir.
In “View from the East Wing,” out June 2, Jill Biden recounts the
conversation on July 21, 2024, when the 46th president told his second
in command he would be the first commander-in-chief not to seek
re-election since Lyndon Johnson in 1968.
When Joe Biden suggested waiting until the next morning to make an endorsement statement, Harris insisted: “I want it sooner.”
After the president said he would call her back “when I figure this
out,” the veep pressed: “Could you do it soon? Say, in 20 minutes?”
Joe Biden, the oldest-ever president, endorsed Harris in a separate
statement released about half an hour after announcing he was dropping
out of the race, forestalling an unprecedented “mini-primary” ahead of
the following month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Democrats 'selling their soul' to embrace Platner are in for rude awakening with Maine voters: GOP lawmaker
Maine GOP State Sen Stewart says Platner's deleted posts and refusal to apologize disqualify him from the US Senate
Maine Republican state Sen. Trey Stewart is warning that Democrats are
"selling their soul" by defending controversial Maine Senate candidate
Graham Platner and that the Democratic Party is moving to a "dangerous
place" if he wins a Senate seat in November.
"The voters care a lot," Stewart told Fox News Digital about the
mounting criticisms of Platner, including deleted social posts where he
described himself as a "communist" and "socialist," used alleged
homophobic slurs, and disparaged the military.
"I think that he's a flash in the pan for right now amongst extreme
liberal Democrats who can't see past defeating Susan Collins at any
cost, and what they're really doing is selling their soul to somebody
who has a tattoo that's affiliated with the Nazis on his chest, has
made slanderous remarks, really pretty ugly and horrifying remarks
about veterans who have been injured in combat, racist and bigoted
statements that were misogynist, so literally everything that you hear
the left trying to villainize the right about, he's actually guilty of
and there's a track record of this."
Spencer Pratt's sister now backs his LA mayor campaign months after saying he doesn't belong in the government
The former reality star is polling competitively against Karen Bass and Nithya Raman with days until the primary
Spencer Pratt’s sister Stephanie Pratt is now supporting her brother’s
campaign for Los Angeles mayor months after claiming a vote for him was
a "vote for stupidity."
"I admit I was the first person to tell people that they were idiots if
they voted for my brother," Stephanie Pratt told Vanity Fair in an
email related to a profile on him.
She added, "Wow, was I wrong. He has spent every day since the fires
finding the facts, the mistakes, the negligence, and uncovering the
truth that they never wanted us to know."
In February, in a series of since-deleted X posts, she wrote, "Spencer
has done great work for the palisades. But LA does not need another
unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for
stupidity."
Backlash Over Fund Tests Blanche's Bid for US Attorney General
Todd Blanche has moved quickly as acting U.S. attorney general to
please the man whose face now adorns the exterior of the Justice
Department's Washington headquarters: President Donald Trump.
The Department of Justice under Blanche, who took over in early April
after Trump fired his predecessor, Pam Bondi, secured criminal charges
against former FBI Director James Comey, ramped up its investigation
into former CIA Director John Brennan, and removed press releases about
prosecutions of protesters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021.
But his audition for the permanent job as the nation's top law
enforcement official faces its biggest hurdle next week when Congress
returns: the $1.776 billion fund for victims of what Trump has called
government "weaponization," including possibly the Jan. 6 protesters.
I study polling. Democrats are gambling on anti-Trump votes, not ideas
Polling shows a generic ballot advantage, but Democrat voters can't locate party's emotional center
By Lee Hartley Carter
Everyone sees President Donald Trump’s weak polling numbers.
But almost nobody is asking the more important political question:
Who are the Democrats becoming?
Right now, Democrats are benefiting from economic frustration,
inflation fatigue and the natural gravity that pulls against the party
in power during midterms.
Israel-haters’ selective outrage exposes the hypocrisy of their lies
By Victor Davis Hanson
Since Oct. 7, 2023, we have been lectured nonstop about the supposedly singular sins of Israel.
The campuses, the left-wing media and Democratic socialist officials,
following the cue of student activists and leftist professors, have
painted Israel and its Jewish supporters as Nazis, fascists and among
the worst murderers in today’s bloody world.
This is nonsensical.
The medieval-style massacre of 1,200 Jews in their homes on Oct. 7,
during a time of peace, should have increased awareness of the
existential dangers Israel faced.
Instead, it spawned a storm of antisemitism.
The libels of genocide and ethnic cleansing being cast at the Jewish state apply far more accurately to a host of other nations.
