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Iran war ‘will end only when it ends in Lebanon as well,’ foreign minister says
Iranian Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that "this war will end only when
it ends in Lebanon as well," according to Reuters.
"The end of the
war on Lebanon must be accompanied by the withdrawal of Israeli forces
from the territories they have occupied," Araghchi was quoted as saying
to Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen.
The remarks come after Hezbollah rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Lebanon and Israel.
"Today we again
warn this sinister regime to leave Lebanon. They should know that
Lebanon will be an inseparable part of any agreement and any
ceasefire,” Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, also
told the Mehr news agency, according to Reuters.
The Israel
Defense Forces have been continuing military activity against Hezbollah
in recent weeks in response to attacks from the Iran-backed terrorist
group.
Lebanese President Slams Iran, Hezbollah
Lebanese
President Joseph Aoun delivered a sharp rebuke of Iran and its
Hezbollah ally Friday, accusing Tehran of using Lebanon as a bargaining
chip in its confrontation with the United States and Israel while
disregarding the wishes of the Lebanese people.
In an interview
with CNN, Aoun said Lebanese citizens have grown weary of decades of
conflict fueled by outside actors and rejected efforts by Iran and
Hezbollah to speak on their behalf.
Addressing Iran
directly, Aoun said, "You are not trying to help us. The people of
Lebanon are paying the price for the sake of your own interest."
US strikes Iran after Kuwait airport attack dispute
Rapid U.S.
retaliation: CENTCOM hit Iran’s Qeshm Island control station after
Tehran’s missile and drone launches toward Gulf allies, with Kuwait’s
airport sustaining casualties and damage.
Ceasefire in
jeopardy: Iran’s strikes followed perceived ceasefire violations
involving Israel and Lebanon, raising doubts over U.S. willingness to
escalate in defense of Gulf partners.
Blame game
intensifies: Kuwait blames Iran for the airport strike, while Tehran
cites a U.S. Patriot misfire; no independent verification has been made
public.
Senate Passes $70B Immigration Enforcement Funding Bill
The Senate
passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration
enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce
backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened
to derail the bill.
Senators voted
52-47 to pass the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and
Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through
the end of Trump’s term, after Democrats blocked the money for months.
The bill will now head to the House, which is expected to take it up next week.
NJ taxpayers on the hook for $12M more as Dem governor protects illegal aliens battling deportation
It brings total funding for the Detention Deportation Defense Initiative to $20.2M as unrest at Newark facility continues
New Jersey's
Democratic governor announced Thursday night that the state will pour
millions more taxpayer dollars into a legal slush fund protecting
illegal aliens from deportation.
"We are
increasing funding for the Detention Deportation Defense Initiative by
$12 million – for a total of $20.2 million," Gov. Mikie Sherrill wrote
on social media.
She also
announced the new Rapid Legal Response Initiative to "expand statewide
legal capacity for emergency immigration defense." The program provides
free counsel to migrants in the state who are subject to removal
proceedings.
'Yes, I said it': GOP lawmaker taunts Rashida Tlaib on House floor, triggers hour-long standstill
A bitter fight
over US involvement in Lebanon spiraled into one of the most explosive
confrontations on the House floor after Rep Max Miller accused Rep
Rashida Tlaib of associating with violent groups, triggering a furious
response from the Michigan Democrat.
The clash halted Wednesday, June 3, proceedings for more than an hour and led to Miller's remarks being struck from the record.
The dramatic exchange unfolded during debate on Tlaib's resolution seeking to force the withdrawal of US forces from Lebanon.
Seattle mayor admits breaking Starbucks boycott after urging residents to shun coffee giant
Wilson previously acknowledged her boycott comments 'caused more harm than good' as Starbucks closes stores in Seattle
Seattle Mayor
Katie Wilson, who last year urged residents to boycott Starbucks,
acknowledged that she recently purchased a latte from the company but
declined to say whether she still believes others should shun the
coffee giant.
"I had the
pleasure of visiting the Pike Place Market Starbucks a little while
ago, and I ordered, I think it was a blueberry muffin latte that was
like a staff creation," Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said during an
interview published Wednesday with FOX 13 Seattle co-anchor Hana Kim,
who had asked Wilson if she still supports a boycott of Starbucks.
"I guess I broke my boycott," Wilson added. "And yeah, but I, you know, I don’t know. What do you want me to say about that?"
Spencer Pratt, Steve Hilton lose ground to Democrats in latest California ballot batch drop
Former reality star Pratt still leads Raman, but gained under 6,000 votes compared to her 10,000 in latest count
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Former reality
star Spencer Pratt’s lead over Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the Los
Angeles mayoral contest narrowed Thursday, while Republican
gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton slid behind Democrat Tom Steyer.
Following the
devastating Los Angeles wildfires, California’s key elections have
taken on national significance, serving as critical testing grounds for
the future of progressive leadership.
Pratt, a
registered Republican, sits far behind incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen
Bass for a chance to advance to the November general election. Bass has
already secured enough votes to advance.
With 163,549
votes in Los Angeles' latest tabulation, Pratt maintains a near 6% lead
on Raman, who has 130,473 votes, according to the Thursday vote count
from Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder and the County Clerk.
Graham Platner accuser hits NYT for allegedly softening allegations, says coverage was 'gift' to Democrat
Lyndsey
Fifield claims editors omitted screenshots, testimonies from multiple
friends, and her own ties to local Democrats to downplay her
allegations against Democratic candidate Graham Platner.
Lyndsey
Fifield, an ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, hit
The New York Times for allegedly softening her allegations of abuse,
saying coverage was a "gift" to the Democrat's campaign.
After speaking
to the New York Times about Platner's history of being a "narcissistic
abuser," Fifield claims the outlet failed to include corroboration from
other women that she offered and left out screenshots and other
evidence she provided.
"Why does it say ‘nobody could corroborate’ when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?" she wrote on X.
Elysee: Macron, Starmer, Merz, Zelenskyy to Meet June 7
French
President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will hold talks with Ukraine's
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, the Elysee said in a statement.
"This meeting
will allow them to continue their close coordination on our shared
agenda of continuing support for Ukraine and increasing pressure on
Russia's war effort," the statement said. "Russia is facing military,
economic, and strategic failure — and persists, unsuccessfully, on the
front lines in a deadly war."
Meeting is due to take place in London.
US Navy sacks top brass at biggest overseas repairs base
New wave of firings occur after a ‘loss of confidence in their ability to command’
The US Navy has sacked the top leadership at its biggest overseas ship repair base.
The Ship Repair
Facility and the Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC), based at
the Yokosuka Naval Base, is crucial to the US’s naval operations in the
Indo-Pacific region.
Those relieved
of their duties include Capt Wendel Penetrante, the facility’s
commander, Edwin Catubig, its executive officer, and Thomas Howell, its
master chief.
The navy, which
is normally tight-lipped about staff changes, said only that the men
were removed from their posts “due to a loss of confidence in their
ability to command”.
Veteran ‘60 Minutes’ anchors say they’re staying ‘for now’ — even as they rip Bari Weiss ‘dictatorship’
Veteran “60
Minutes” correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim
said they will remain with the storied newsmagazine “for now” — even as
they blasted CBS News leadership under Bari Weiss and warned that
“newsrooms are not supposed to be run like dictatorships.”
The trio
confirmed they had decided to stay at the program following weeks of
turmoil that culminated in the firing of Scott Pelley and the
departures of correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, executive
producer Tanya Simon, senior executive producer Draggan Mihailovich and
several top producers.
“We don’t want to see ’60 Minutes’ die,” the trio wrote in a memo obtained by The Post.
Declining pride in America is a mistake the left wants us all to make
By New York Post Editorial Board
Pride in being
an American drops the younger you get, a new Quinnipiac poll confirms —
a fact that confirms what a terrible job older generations have done at
teaching the young.
Or rather, what
a horribly successful job one part of those generations (the left) has
done at smearing a country that in fact remains the most free and
successful nation the world has ever known.
The Q-poll numbers, from a sample of over 1,300 adults nationwide, are stark: Do you consider yourself a proud American?
Overall, it’s “yes” by 73% to 22% “no,” but the divide narrows over time.
For those over 65, it’s 91% to 7%, dropping steadily among younger cohorts to just 56% to 27% among those ages 18 to 34.
AOC’s billionaire attack sells Gen Z a smaller, sadder American Dream
This is a battle that free-marketeers must win
By John Tillman
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez has been roundly and rightly mocked for her recent claim
that "you can’t earn" a billion dollars. But with respect to my fellow
conservatives and free-marketeers, the real problem with her latest
anti-billionaire broadside isn’t that it’s economically illiterate. The
bigger issue — by far — is that AOC is subtly dismissing the innate
human drive to strive and succeed. She isn’t just saying that
billionaires are illegitimate. She’s effectively saying that becoming a
billionaire is impossible, so don’t even try.
This
fundamental rejection of entrepreneurship’s power is the greatest
danger of the socialist worldview rising on the left, of which AOC is
the foremost tribune. By now, every American knows what policies and
programs the socialists want — more wealth distribution, more
government welfare, more care and feeding at the benevolent hand of Big
Brother or Sister.
But the heart
of this ideology isn’t simply the idea that people should get more from
others. The corresponding belief is that people should also give less
to others. While it’s tempting to chalk this up to laziness or envy,
the real message is one of self-doubt. Socialism teaches its followers
that entrepreneurship is doomed to fail — that entrepreneurs themselves
are deluded and in denial. Who would want to take a road they’ve been
told can only dead-end?
