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Iran says it’s halting Israel attacks after Trump tells both sides ‘stop shooting’
Iran’s joint military command said Monday it was halting offensive
operations against Israel after President Trump called for both sides
to lay down their weapons in his first public comments since the Middle
Eastern enemies traded attacks in the largest escalation of hostilities
in more than two months.
The joint command warned that if Israel or its allies carried out any
further “aggression and hostile acts,” including against Hezbollah in
southern Lebanon, “much more severe and crushing measures than before
will follow.”
“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting,’” Trump had written
in a brief post on Truth Social after Iran sent three waves of missiles
toward the Jewish state, while Israeli forces targeted truck-based
surface-to-air launchers and petrochemical facilities inside the
Islamic Republic.
There was no immediate word of any casualties in the most intense
exchange since a cease-fire between the US and Iran took effect April 8.
Iranian president declares that Tehran still open to peace negotiations
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran has not left the
negotiating table Monday after a weekend of trading attacks with Israel.
Pezeshkian says Iran is committed to emerging from the conflict
"triumphant," but said that could come through either "diplomacy or
defense."
"Our priority is national security and the peace of our people. We will
defend the rights of the nation with authority and will not retreat in
the face of any threat. Diplomacy and defense are the two wings of
national power; we have neither abandoned the field nor the negotiating
table. God willing, with unity and rationality, Iran will emerge
triumphant from this trial as well," Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X.
Yemen's Iran-Backed Houthis Threaten Israeli Shipping in Red Sea
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban
Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding to challenges for
global shipping through the Middle East during the Iran war.
The group said in a statement it had launched an attack on Israel and
enacted a total ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, warning of
further escalation. Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping may worry energy
markets more than three months into Iran's closure of the Strait of
Hormuz, and with the war reigniting overnight.
A Houthi source told Reuters that preventing Israeli ships from
transiting the Red Sea was a first step, and that further escalation
could lead it to stop the passage of any ships bound for Israel as
well as other measures.
Trump storms off 'Meet the Press' interview, rips Welker, ABC, CBS, CNN as 'crooked'
The confrontation came after Welker
pressed Trump on election fraud, California’s vote count and his
proposed 'anti-weaponization' fund
President Trump abruptly ended a tense "Meet the Press" interview after
Kristen Welker pressed him on election claims, California’s vote count
and his proposed "weaponization" fund.
President Donald Trump abruptly ended a tense "Meet the Press"
interview with host Kristen Welker in Wisconsin Sunday after she
repeatedly challenged his claims about election fraud, California’s
vote count and his proposed "anti-weaponization" fund.
Trump cut off the interview after accusing NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN of
being "crooked" during a final exchange over his claims about U.S.
elections.
The exchange escalated during the final block, when Welker pressed
Trump on a proposed $1.8 billion fund intended to compensate people who
said they were targeted by the former President Joe Biden
administration’s alleged "weaponization" of government.
Raman overtakes Spencer Pratt in razor-thin race, AP count shows, but race remains uncalled
Incumbent Karen Bass has already advanced to a runoff
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken reality
television star Spencer Pratt in the latest Associated Press vote
count, although the outlet has not called the race.
Pratt, a Republican, had led earlier in the day, but the latest tally
now shows Raman, a Democrat, ahead by more than 3,000 votes, or about
0.4 percentage points, in the officially nonpartisan mayoral race.
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, has already advanced to a
runoff as she seeks a second term. She is now waiting for the candidate
she will face in the runoff, as AP has not yet called a second
candidate to advance.
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken reality
television star Spencer Pratt in the latest Associated Press vote
count. (HIGHFIVE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images; Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles
Times via Getty Images)
Trump Slams 'Rigged' LA Mayoral Race
President Donald Trump predicted that "great trouble and consternation
will follow" if Democrats succeed in what he described as a "crooked"
and "rigged" Los Angeles mayoral primary election.
"Has anybody been watching the CROOKED Election going on in
California," Trump wrote late Sunday night on Truth Social. "Two great
Republican Candidates are being cheated, and so is America, which if
the Dumocrats are able to fulfill their mission, great trouble and
consternation will follow. Watch this 'Election' closely!!!"
He renewed those concerns Monday morning while sharing an X post from
Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., who criticized California's election system
after vote tallies shifted in the Los Angeles mayoral race.
"No way this could have happened. Rigged Election!" Trump wrote.
Hamadeh had reposted a Decision Desk HQ projection showing Los Angeles
City Council member Nithya Raman securing the second runoff spot in the
nonpartisan mayoral primary.
Noncitizens on voter rolls in Democrat-run state exposed as RNC chair pledges secure elections
Most noncitizens were registered as Democrats and discovered their status while pursuing naturalization, RNC chairman says
Noncitizens in a key blue state were on the voter rolls for years — and
some even voted in prior elections, according to documents obtained via
public records request.
The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) and the Republican National
Committee (RNC) requested voter rolls from all 21 counties in the
Garden State and found multiple instances of noncitizens seeking
naturalization asking to be removed from the rolls, claiming they were
unknowingly registered to vote. Most were registered as Democrats.
Noncitizens cannot vote in state or federal elections, and the
candidates for citizenship worried that being on the rolls would
disqualify them.
Word is spreading through Russian lines in the Ukraine war: When they’re forced to actually fight, they get wiped out
There are phrases associated with the Ukraine war that those of us
covering it, now in its 5th year, have grown more than weary of.
Rather tellingly, these phrases are discontinued once proven to be completely erroneous in their assumptions.
One of the more famous of these dates back to the beginning of the war: “the Ukrainians cannot win.”
Somewhat surprisingly, that view was still being expressed as recently as last year.
But in 2026, when Ukraine is continuing a relentless campaign of drone
strikes with devastating results, it seems out of synch with the
current state of affairs.
Walz administration ignored fraud warnings as billions vanished, House oversight report alleges
Comer sent a letter to JD Vance urging full review of Minnesota's social services programs for vulnerabilities to fraud
A Republican-led congressional oversight report alleges that senior
Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., failed for years
to act on warnings about fraud in the state’s social services programs,
allowing hundreds of millions of dollars in confirmed or alleged losses
and placing billions more at risk.
The Walz administration had the power to stop fraudulent payments to
high-risk entities receiving federal nutrition and Medicaid funds, but
the state "repeatedly failed to act" after officials raised concerns,
according to a 205-page final staff report released by the House
Oversight Committee on Monday.
Congressional investigators found that concerns about potential racial
discrimination claims — rather than legal constraints — contributed to
the Walz administration's decision to continue paying providers
suspected of fraud. The committee also spoke to nearly 30
whistleblowers, some of whom accused the Walz administration of
retaliation against state employees for sounding the alarm about
potential fraud.
New Jersey police tackle, arrest multiple anti-ICE agitators on another tense night outside detention facility
6 arrested for rioting/failure to disperse for obstructing vehicles, police outside Delaney Hall
A weeks-long standoff between protesters and police led to more arrests
again Sunday outside Delaney Hall, the New Jersey immigration detention
center targeted by political activists seeking to rile up unrest for
their open-borders agenda.
Protesters obstructing the passage of vehicles outside the gates were
fought back off the street and in some instances tackled and arrested
after clashing with Newark Police Department officers who had shouted
repeated orders to "back up," a video posted online showed.
One activist appeared to be holding his head after he fell back after
getting too close to arresting officers. He then proceeded to continue
filming at a safer distance, apparently without serious injury.
Soft-on-crime judges need consequences. The JAIL Act delivers
Bill would eliminate judicial immunity for federal and state judges whose leniency leads to new violent crimes
By Sen. Tim Sheehy
Former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino discusses the alarming rise in
violent attacks on trains nationwide and outlines solutions on ‘The
Will Cain Show.’
Over and over again, radical judges and government officials in liberal
cities put law-abiding Americans at risk by allowing dangerous
criminals to roam freely on our streets. Instead of holding criminals
behind bars to protect our communities, these soft-on-crime judges
release violent repeat offenders on bail, giving them the opportunity
to commit more crimes.
You see it in the news nearly every week: A deranged criminal commits a
violent crime against an innocent member of society, and before you
know it, stories are coming out about how the offender had been
arrested a dozen times previously and should never have been out on our
streets in the first place.
Many remember the tragic death of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old
Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on the Charlotte, North
Carolina, Blue Line train in August 2025. Decarlos Brown Jr. has been
charged with her murder and also faces federal charges, but his
competency to stand trial is in question. He is a man with a history of
mental illness and who’d been arrested and released at least 14 times
before allegedly killing Iryna, including on charges for armed robbery,
felony larceny, breaking and entering and assault.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s long-running scam is getting even shadier
By David Harsanyi
It turns out the most generous funder of white supremacist groups in
the United States was likely the Southern Poverty Law Center.
At least that’s what the Justice Department’s superseding indictment against the SPLC alleges.
The organization secretly paid informants to engage in actively
promoting and funding racist groups, while denouncing and “fighting”
the very same groups in public.
