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Iran Lawmakers Push $58 Million Bounty on Trump
Iran's parliament reportedly is considering a bill calling for the
assassination of both President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Iranian lawmakers are preparing to vote on legislation that would
formally authorize a $58 million reward for anyone who kills Trump
following the February U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, The Telegraph reported Monday.
Ebrahim Azizi, chair of Iran's national security commission, said the
proposed bill — titled "Reciprocal action by military and security
forces of the Islamic Republic" — would codify what had previously been
limited to regime-linked propaganda campaigns and religious fatwas.
G7 finance chiefs call for reopening Strait of Hormuz, warn on global imbalances
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is imperative, G7 finance ministers said
Tuesday, underscoring the economic stakes of disruption in one of the
world’s most important energy corridors.
In a joint statement, the finance chiefs from Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States said they
remained committed to stable energy markets and urged countries to
avoid arbitrary export restrictions.
Keeping Hormuz open and energy markets stable is a priority not only
for the region, but for the broader global economy, the Group of Seven
allies stressed as President Donald Trump pushes Iran toward peace and
reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
G7 ministers said in a joint statement that it was "imperative" to
ensure a return to free and safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz
and ease strains on energy, food and fertilizer supply chains.
Iran Peace Plan Seeks Damage Reparations, US Troop Withdrawal
Tehran's latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending
hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the withdrawal of U.S.
forces from areas close to Iran, and compensation for destruction
caused during the U.S.-Israeli conflict, state media reported on
Tuesday.
In Tehran's first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister
Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran also sought the lifting of sanctions, the
release of frozen funds and an end to U.S. naval restrictions on the
country, according to IRNA news agency.
The terms as described in the Iranian reports appeared little changed
from Iran's previous offer, which President Donald Trump rejected last
week as "garbage."
Bessent: US in No Hurry to Extend China Trade Truce
The Trump administration is "not in a rush" to extend a tariff and
critical minerals trade truce with China that ends in November, as
there is time to renew it in meetings later this year, U.S. Treasury
Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday.
Bessent told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a G7 finance
meeting that he believes China will accept the restoration of prior
U.S. tariff rates through new Section 301 duties, as long as they
don't go higher.
China had in recent months had "gotten a deal" on lower tariffs as a
result of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down President
Donald Trump's global emergency duties, he said.
GOP bill targets blue state for billions in COVID-era unemployment debt dumped on businesses
California is the only state that hasn't repaid its pandemic-era unemployment loans, with debt projected to top $23B
A House Republican is moving to rein in California's ballooning
unemployment insurance debt, arguing employers are being stuck with the
bill as the state fails to repay what it owes.
Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., will introduce legislation on Tuesday that
would require California to pay its outstanding $21 billion loan to the
federal government before spending federal money on other programs.
Under Fong’s bill, California would have to direct eligible federal
funds toward repayment within five business days of the money becoming
available. If it violates that provision, the state would have to pay
the full amount of misused funds to the federal government.
California is the only state that has not p
Alleged mosque shooters identified as teens, aged 17 and 18
The alleged shooters who killed three men at the Islamic Center of San
Diego have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old
Caleb Velasquez, the New York Post reported, citing a law enforcement
source.
Clark had been on the wrestling team at Madison High School, according
to the school’s social media page. A San Diego Unified School District
spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Clark had been attending school
virtually through iHigh Virtual Academy since 2021.
“We’re very sorry for what happened,” Clark’s grandfather, 78-year-old
David Clark, told the Post. “We know as much as you do. It’s a shock.”
Clark and Velazquez were found dead with apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds inside a vehicle a few blocks from the mo
Unearthed posts show Dem Senate hopeful praising vulgar graffiti, making crude porta potty admission
GOP strategist calls the yearslong trail of posts a 'character issue' ahead of a potential race against Susan Collins
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who is already facing
criticism over past Reddit posts, made graphic sexual comments on his
now-deleted account about masturbating in portable toilets and explicit
graffiti found in military restrooms.
In one March 2017 post on Reddit’s r/Military forum, Platner responded
to a discussion about nostalgic military smells by writing: "I still
have to jerk off every time I sit in a portas----er… that blue water
smell conditioned me."
The archived posts were made under "P-Hustle," a now-deleted Reddit account that Platner previously acknowledged was his.
In another post from March 2021 on Reddit’s r/USMC forum, Platner
described a crude penis drawing inside a portable toilet while deployed
overseas.
Xi Tells Trump That Putin May Regret Ukraine War
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told President Donald Trump
that Russian President Vladimir Putin may end up regretting his
invasion of Ukraine.
The revelation, first reported by the Financial Times, came after Trump
and Xi held wide-ranging talks last week in Beijing that touched on the
Ukraine war, the International Criminal Court, and broader geopolitical
tensions between Washington, Moscow, and Beijing.
According to FT, Xi warned Trump that Putin's 2022 invasion could ultimately prove to be a costly strategic mistake for Russia.
NJ
tech boss Paul Caneiro condemned as ‘heartless, brutal killer’ as he’s
sentenced to die in prison for murdering his brother and family
The New Jersey tech boss convicted of killing his brother and his
brother’s family in their upscale Colts Neck mansion in 2018 was
sentenced to die in prison Tuesday — as the judge slammed him as a
“heartless, brutal killer.”
Monmouth County Judge Marc Lemieux sentenced Paul Caneiro, 59, to the
mandatory penalty of four life sentences without the possibility of
parole.
“In this case, there was an avalanche of evidence pointing to the
defendant being a callous, heartless, brutal killer,” Lemieux said at
the Tuesday sentencing.
“This was an annihilation of an entire family, a mass murder carried
out by a person who should have protected them the most … because the
defendant constructed lies that were collapsing down around him,” the
judge added.
How the GOP’s surprising unity boosts Trump’s midterm odds
By Daniel McCarthy
Voters don't behave the way they used to, and President Trump has
remade his party into one that can win in an era of close elections.
As they look to the midterm elections, Republicans have reason to worry — but not despair.
They’re going to be fighting uphill all the way to hold onto their
majority in the House, which they currently control by the razor-thin
margin of just six seats.
That includes one member, California Rep. Kevin Kiley, who officially left the GOP but still caucuses with the party.
“Fragile” hardly does justice to the state of the GOP’s House majority.
Shame on us for making brave girls fight for women’s sports alone
By Jennifer Sey
Federal law is supposed to forbid it, and even California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls it unfair.
Yet on Saturday, AB Hernandez, a boy, swept the girls’ high jump,
triple jump and long jump at the California Interscholastic Federation
Southern Sectionals competition.
Hernandez’s dominating distances will most likely advance him to the state championships at the end of the month.
CIF allowed the first-place girl in each event to share the podium with
Hernandez — tacitly admitting two plain facts: that Hernandez is male,
and that young women have unfairly had to compete against him for years.
