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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump: Not Offering Iran 'Anything,' Not Speaking to Tehran  President Donald Trump said Monday he was not speaking to Iran and was not offering the country "anything," and he reiterated his assertion the United States had "totally obliterated" Tehran's nuclear facilities. "Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran anything, unlike Obama, who paid them $Billions under the stupid 'road to a Nuclear Weapon' JCPOA (which would now be expired!), nor am I even talking to them since we totally obliterated their nuclear facilities," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. Trump on Friday dismissed media reports that said his administration had discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program. Iran UN Envoy Vows Nuclear Enrichment 'Will Never Stop'
Supreme Court to hear Republican challenge that could shake up US elections The case was brought on behalf of two GOP candidates, including now-Vice President JD Vance  The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a Republican-led challenge to U.S. campaign finance restrictions that limit the amount of money that political parties can spend on behalf of certain candidates. The case, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, was originally appealed to the court by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and on behalf of two Senate Republican candidates running for election at the time — among them, now-Vice President JD Vance. It centers on whether federal limits on campaign spending by political parties run afoul of free speech protections under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Iran acknowledges death toll from Israel's strike on notorious Evin prison Iran's nuclear program status remains unclear following recent strikes  Iran acknowledged on Sunday that an Israeli strike on Tehran’s notorious Evin prison last week killed dozens of people. Iran’s judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office’s official Mizan news agency website that the strike killed at least 71 people, including staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families. Officials did not provide a breakdown of casualty figures. The Washington-based Human Rights Activists in Iran said at least 35 of those killed were staff members and two were inmates. Others killed included a person walking in the prison vicinity and a woman who went to meet a judge about her imprisoned husband’s case, the organization said. Authorities find man dead with firearm nearby hours after Idaho firefighters killed in ambush SWAT team found man dead on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho after hours-long manhunt  A SWAT team has located a deceased man and a nearby firearm hours after a sniper shot and killed two firefighters and injured another while they were battling a wildfire in Idaho, authorities confirmed late Sunday. The Kootenai County Sheriff's office said the deceased male was located on Canfield Mountain. A shelter in place was lifted, but an active wildfire remained, the sheriff's office said. The update came hours after the International Association of Fire Fighters confirmed that the two victims who were killed were firefighters. Some 300 law enforcement officers were on scene. Scott Jennings Drops Receipts On CNN Host, Dem Guest After They Attempt To Spin Mamdani’s White-Person Tax Plan  Republican strategist Scott Jennings showed receipts after calling out CNN host Omar Jiminez and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona on Sunday, saying they were ignoring the race-based tax plan that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of New York City placed in his platform. Mamdani called for increasing taxes on predominantly white neighborhoods of New York during his campaign to win the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York City. Jennings accused Jiminez, who described the 2020 riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as “mostly peaceful,” of using a “playbook” similar to that of former Vice President Kamala Harris while later dropping receipts to disprove his claim. “Nobody is going to be able to walk [in] Manhattan after he defunds the New York City police department, Maria, I wouldn’t, I wouldn‘t advise walking [in] Manhattan after he gets rid of the police force,” Jennings said, with Jiminez cutting in by saying, “Just, just to jump in, just to jump in. Hold on, hold on. Mamdani advocated for defunding NYPD in 2020. He has since said his goal is reform, not defunding. And then also-” Fed Chair Jerome Powell accused of lying to Congress over $2.5B ‘Palace of Versailles’ HQ revamp  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is being accused of lying to Congress after he denied that a $2.5 billion revamp of the central bank’s Washington headquarters will load the facility with lavish amenities — and some are demanding that he be punished, The Post has learned. Powell called The Post’s exclusive report in April about the bloated renovation project — which led Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to liken it to the “Palace of Versailles” during a grilling by the Senate Banking Committee last week — “misleading and inaccurate.” “There’s no VIP dining room, there’s no new marble. There are no special elevators,” Powell insisted under questioning from the powerful panel on Wednesday. “There are no new water features, there’s no beehives, and there’s no roof terrace gardens.” But Powell — who is meanwhile facing heat from President Trump over a failure to slash interest rates — directly contradicted the project’s own planning documents, which were signed off on by government pen pushers in 2021 — and which haven’t been revised since. Canada abruptly scraps digital services tax targeting US technology firms days after Trump ripped ‘foolish’ move  Canada has abruptly scrapped its plan to enforce a new digital service tax on American tech firms – days after President Trump blasted the “foolish” move as a “direct and blatant attack” on the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney caved just hours before the new levy was slated to come into effect on Monday, as the country now scrambles to revive stalled trade negotiations ahead of a looming July 21 deadline. A fuming Trump had nixed the trade talks on Friday after Canada said it was sticking with its plan to slap companies — including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb — with a 3% levy on revenue from Canadian users. The tax would have been applied retroactively, leaving the companies with a $2 billion bill due in the US at the end of the month. US Supreme Court won't hear free speech fight over teacher fired for social media posts  The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case involving a Massachusetts public school teacher who sued on free speech grounds after her school fired her in what she called retaliation for social media posts made prior to her employment. The justices turned away plaintiff Kari MacRae's appeal of a lower court's rejection of her lawsuit seeking monetary damages from Hanover Public Schools and school officials. The lower court found that the officials and district did not violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of freedom of speech, as MacRae claimed. MacRae was fired in 2021 after school officials discovered a half dozen social media posts that she liked, shared, posted or reposted with her TikTok account, characterized by the officials as memes containing "themes of homophobia, transphobia and racism." Trump Floats Temporary Pass for Migrant Farmworkers  President Donald Trump said his administration is crafting a temporary pass for immigrant farmworkers that would let them pay taxes and work legally under the supervision of farmers, demonstrating reasonable flexibility in immigration enforcement policy, NBC News reported. Trump told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" that the administration is "working on it right now" to create "some kind of a temporary pass where people pay taxes, where the farmer can have a little control, as opposed to you walk in and take everybody away." Trump said ICE agents have been removing "people that have been working there for 15 and 20 years, who are good, who possibly came in incorrectly," hurting farmers who rely on experienced labor.
Tillis’s surprise retirement scrambles 2026 Senate map and turns North Carolina into top target  Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement, announced just hours after he broke with President Donald Trump over his sweeping tax and spending cut plan, has upended North Carolina’s 2026 Senate race, turning it into a top Democratic pickup opportunity and reshaping the battle for Senate control. The announcement came one day after Tillis was one of only two Republican senators to oppose advancing Trump’s domestic policy package, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, citing concerns about its Medicaid reforms. Speaking on the Senate floor Sunday night, Tillis said lawmakers failed to do the necessary homework to understand how the bill would affect states like North Carolina. Rushing it through without that scrutiny, he argued, would be irresponsible. Elon Musk's former friend warns ex-DOGE head will do 'everything' to damage Trump Trump said Sunday that Musk is a 'wonderful guy' despite their differences on the big, beautiful bill  Philip Low, a former friend of Elon Musk, claimed in an interview on Monday that Musk would do everything he could to damage President Donald Trump, Politico reported. "I’ve had my share of blowouts with Elon over the years," Low told Politico. "Knowing Elon the way I know him, I do think he’s going to do everything to damage the president." Musk has spoken out against the GOP's "one big, beautiful bill," calling it "a disgusting abomination" in a June 3 post to X. The former ex-DOGE head renewed attacks against the bill on Saturday, arguing on X that it would destroy millions of jobs and "cause immense strategic harm to our country." Trump’s new American doctrine means peace through strength has returned Strikes against Iran demonstrate Trump's willingness to support allies while pursuing diplomatic solutions We are nearly halfway through the first year of the second Trump administration, and the American people are seeing something unprecedented in American politics in the 21st Century: the development and implementation of a grand strategy. Critics and talking heads have tried to paint President Donald Trump as brash and careless, especially when it comes to foreign relations and international affairs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the beginning, Trump has been clear that America’s interests are his interests, and he has designed America’s grand strategy around American priorities. Critics say the Trump Doctrine is causing chaos. Not so. The chaos caused by the flawed designs of previous presidents and their advisers in this century alone made it necessary for a radical course correction. In other words, what Trump has done this year has also opened up new opportunities for collaboration and commerce in regions that were overlooked in previous administrations. The Middle East is a case in point. Democrats’ push to ban ICE agents’ masking shows whose side they’re really on New York’s lefty lawmakers just blocked reviving the state’s ban on masking by protesters, and now two Manhattan Democrats, Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat, have turned around to push a federal ban on masking by ICE agents, even when nabbing dangerous gangbangers. Their “No Secret Police Act” would bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Homeland Security officers from concealing their faces during civil immigration enforcement and require them to clearly display official ID and insignia. California Democrats are proposing a similar state ban on any face masks for law enforcement officers; expect other progressive bastions to join in. |
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