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Trump convenes rare Camp David Cabinet meeting as Iran deal pressure grows
US conducted strikes on mine-laying vessels and missile launchers near the Strait of Hormuz Sunday
President
Donald Trump will convene a rare Cabinet meeting at Camp David
Wednesday as negotiations with Iran enter a critical phase.
All Cabinet
members are expected to attend the meeting, first reported by the New
York Post and confirmed by Fox News, including outgoing Director of
National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The gathering
comes as the administration weighs next steps in high-stakes
negotiations aimed at securing a broader agreement with Tehran amid a
fraying ceasefire.
Trump in recent
days has suggested the sides are nearing a potential breakthrough,
while Iranian officials have publicly pushed back on claims that a deal
is imminent.
Trump to Hold Camp David Cabinet Meeting Amid Iran Tensions
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to hold a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Wednesday.
The rare
gathering at the presidential retreat in rural Maryland comes as the
Trump administration faces a pivotal moment in negotiations with Iran
amid renewed military action in the Middle East.
Newsmax has
confirmed that all Cabinet members — including outgoing Director of
National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — are expected to attend the
meeting, where officials will discuss economic gains, anti-fraud
initiatives, affordability issues, and foreign policy developments.
Iran Seeks Release of $24 Billion in Potential Agreement With US
Around $24
billion of Iranian funds frozen overseas must be released under a
memorandum of understanding being negotiated with the United States,
a source close to Tehran's negotiation team said, according to
report by Iran's Tasnim news agency on Tuesday.
The agency
said Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf, had traveled to
Qatar to reach agreement on a mechanism to implement this demand.
US says 'slight progress' in Iran talks amid uncertainty about whether war will resume
U.S. Secretary
of State Marco Rubio said Friday there was “slight progress” during
talks with Iran amid uncertainty about whether a deal will be reached
or war will resume.
He spoke days
after President Trump said he was holding off on a military strike
against the Islamic Republic because “serious negotiations” were
underway. Trump has been threatening for weeks that the ceasefire
reached in mid-April could end if Iran does not make a deal, with
shifting parameters for striking such an agreement.
Rubio spoke
ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden,
where the military alliance is expected to discuss what role it could
play in helping police the Strait of Hormuz once the war is over.
Sara Carter reveals the exact moment she knew the FBI was spying on then-President-elect Trump
Carter says she went to John Solomon's office after sources pointed to possible surveillance of the incoming president
Sara Carter still recalls the moment crucial details behind the Trump-Russia collusion narrative first began to unravel.
"I didn’t want to believe what I was seeing," she said in a "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" exclusive.
At the time,
Carter was working closely with investigative reporter John Solomon
when information from sources began pointing toward possible
surveillance of then-President-elect Donald Trump.
DOJ fraud official announces 'unprecedented' charges in Minnesota
Trump
administration officials announced criminal charges against 15
defendants in Minnesota for alleged fraud schemes that targeted more
than $90 million in taxpayer dollars, including cases involving
Medicaid and autism-related benefits.
"Today's
charges are unprecedented," Colin McDonald, who leads the Justice
Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, said at a May 21
press conference in Minneapolis.
"They include
the highest loss amount ever charged in a Medicaid case in Minnesota,
and the largest autism fraud scheme ever charged by the Department of
Justice," McDonald added.
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Putin's troops sent reeling as Ukraine makes its biggest gains since August 2024
Long-term
conflicts often look like an endless game of chess, with each side
trading minor advantages over months of grueling effort. But sometimes,
a series of coordinated moves can suddenly tilt the board and force an
aggressive opponent onto the back foot.
After months of
absorbing heavy pressure, Ukrainian forces are successfully seizing
control of the battlefield tempo across multiple front lines.
According to
the May 20 update on the war from the Institute for the Study of War
(ISW), recent Ukrainian counterattacks have delivered some of the most
notable territorial advances for Kyiv in nearly two years.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner embraces democratic socialism at Bernie Sanders rally in Portland
The presumptive Democratic nominee told progressives he would do 'whatever it takes' to fuel a 'political revolution'
Maine Senate
candidate Graham Platner appeared alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
on Monday and echoed several Sanders-style progressive themes,
criticizing five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. weapons
spending tied to conflicts in Gaza and Iran.
Platner, the
presumptive Democratic nominee seeking to unseat Collins in November,
made the fiery remarks during a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally led by
Sanders in Portland — an event aimed at mobilizing progressive
activists and expanding grassroots organizing efforts ahead of the
midterm elections. The Portland event was one of Sanders’ Maine stops
with Platner and gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson.
During the
rally, Platner leaned heavily into anti-corporate rhetoric, telling a
crowd of cheering progressives they must build a "political revolution"
and take back "what is ours."
After more than two decades in Senate, Cornyn's political future hangs in the balance
High stakes: After more than two decades in Senate, Cornyn's political future hangs in the balance
The senator, who took office in late 2002, has served in the upper chamber of the nation's legislature for more than 23 years.
If Cornyn were to win and serve another six-year term, he would end up serving in the Senate for just over 30 years.
Last week President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Senate seat.
Rubio Aide Gets Top White House Security Job
A longtime aide
to Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been promoted to assistant to the
president and deputy national security adviser.
Mike Needham, a
former Rubio Senate chief of staff and longtime conservative policy
operative, is moving into the influential White House national security
post as the Trump administration confronts growing challenges involving
China, Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela, Axios reported Tuesday.
Needham
replaces Robert Gabriel Jr., a close ally of White House Chief of Staff
Susie Wiles, in one of the administration's most important foreign
policy jobs.
Israel supporters slam Harvard’s appointment of controversial NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s wife
Harvard has
named the wife of controversial New York Times columnist Nicholas
Kristof to one of the university’s top leadership posts — sparking
backlash from pro-Israel critics who accused both the Ivy League school
and the Gray Lady of amplifying anti-Israel narratives amid the ongoing
war in Gaza.
Sheryl WuDunn,
a journo who jointly won a Pulitzer with hubby Kristoff, was named last
week as vice chair of the executive committee of Harvard’s Board of
Overseers, the university’s second-highest governing body, according to
the Harvard Crimson.
The appointment
triggered online backlash from supporters of Israel still furious over
Kristof’s explosive May 11 op-ed that alleged widespread Israeli abuse
of Palestinian detainees, a piece experts blasted as distorted.
Trump’s Supreme Court appeal targets #MeToo injustice that’s warping our courts
By Betsy McCaughey
When the accusation is sexual assault or rape, the rights of the accused go out the window.
President Trump knows that firsthand — and he’s asking the US Supreme Court to remedy it.
Prosecutors and
plaintiffs’ lawyers can drag in character assassins who know nothing
about the alleged assault, but instead make their own claims — without
proof — that they too were victims of the accused, often years or even
decades earlier.
Democrats don’t dare stand with parents against trans extremism
By New York Post Editorial Board
Bet that Senate
Democrats never allow a floor vote on the Protect Kids Act, which
passed the House last week — because they don’t dare go on the record
about opposing parents’ rights against the “trans the kids” cult.
The bill simply requires schools to get an explicit parental OK before socially transitioning children, or lose federal funds.
Eight House
Democrats, including Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), dared vote
“yea,” and no doubt a Dem senator or three would as well — but Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will use the filibuster to ensure they
never get a chance as he shields other Dems from the burden of voting
against parental rights.
That the
practice of social transition ever took root at all in schools is
horrifying: It includes teachers and administrators changing a child’s
pronouns, permitting them to dress as the opposite gender, and the like.
This approach
does real psychological damage, especially when done in elementary
school, when kids’ claims about gender identity should be taken as
seriously as their claims of being princesses or superheroes.
