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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump Has 2 Options on Iran War President Donald Trump is weighing two dramatically different paths in the escalating conflict with Iran: Accepting a new 10-day ceasefire proposal designed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or joining Israel in a major military campaign aimed at forcing Tehran to back down, according to Axios. The report said U.S. and Israeli officials believe the next several days will determine whether diplomacy can halt the fighting or whether the conflict expands into a broader regional war. Regional mediators, including Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, and Oman, have presented Washington and Tehran with a proposal calling for a 10-day ceasefire that would reopen shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz and provide time for negotiations on a longer-term maritime security agreement.
Treasury stopped nearly $100M in taxpayer money from going to dead people after new gov’t measure implemented The Treasury Department has blocked nearly $100 million in taxpayer money from going to dead people since implementing a government-wide payment verification process last year, The Post has learned. The department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service discovered the money set to go to ghosts after a review of an eye-popping 885 million payments worth a total of nearly $2.7 trillion. Since March 2025, the screening has identified more than 4,900 disbursements, worth approximately $99 million, associated with deceased payees, according to the Treasury. RFK Jr. yanks Medicaid funds to California and Minnesota, says Dems ‘opened the floodgates to theft’ Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s stopping more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over suspected fraud. “We are not sending Medicaid dollars out the door until we have confidence that they are being spent lawfully and appropriately,” Kennedy said at an announcement on Tuesday. Kennedy said if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) want the money to fund low-income healthcare, “they need to provide documentation that these payments are legitimate.” Kennedy blamed the Biden administration and the Democratic leadership in both blue states for alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars. Trump says Iran wants to ‘desperately meet’ following waves of US strikes President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the White House that Iran wants to “desperately meet.” The revelation comes after U.S. Central Command carried out waves of airstrikes against Iranian military targets in recent days. “They can not have a nuclear weapon and they won't have -- they have no chance of having a nuclear weapon... But we are doing very well. We are degrading them at levels that nobody thought was possible,” Trump continued. Appeals court rejects Biden bid to block release of ghostwriter recordings used in special counsel probe Former President Joe Biden lost his bid Monday to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with his longtime ghostwriter that were used in special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden’s unlawful hoarding of classified information. A divided federal appeals court ruled the 46th president’s privacy claims did not outweigh the “substantial” public interest in the material, though it suspended its decision until Aug. 3 to allow the former chief executive to consider additional action. Following his vice presidency, Biden met multiple times with author Mark Zwonitzer, who ghostwrote Biden’s 2017 memoir “Promise Me Dad.” Iran executes two young men for offering help to fleeing anti-regime protesters Iran ruthlessly executed two young men on Sunday — for helping terrified protesters flee the regime’s brutal security forces during the widespread demonstrations earlier this year. Erfan Esfandiari, 18, and Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, were hanged on Sunday for sheltering demonstrators from government bullets and offering them refuge inside their homes, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist, wrote for the Free Press, citing local reports. The pair are among the 59 men arrested together during the January protests in Shahid Alikhani Square in Isfahan, during which Iranian officials say four security force members were killed. Israel believes Iran moved nuclear material inside notorious ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ site last year: report Israeli intelligence officials believe Iran moved thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium deep inside the so-called “Pickaxe Mountain” site this past fall, raising fears that the Islamic Republic can quickly reconstitute its nuclear program. The intelligence has been passed to the US, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, though it is unclear what, if any, action will come from it. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, President Trump called Pickaxe Mountain “a possible target for a nice, big, fat shot right in the front door. And I think that you’ll — maybe you’ll see that.” The deeply buried installation is just minutes from the Natanz nuclear facility, one of three hit by US airstrikes in June 2025. The Wall Street Journal, citing experts, reported that the complex is between 300 and 450 feet beneath solid rock, with enough room to accommodate several nuclear-related facilities.
CNN legal analyst calls out 'utterly ridiculous' claim by Mamdani about Netanyahu arrest Elie Honig called the NYC mayor's suggestion 'utterly ridiculous,' noting the ICC warrant has no legal effect in the United States CNN legal analyst Elie Honig called out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday for saying he was looking at whether the city's authorities could arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits. "So, Elie, give us a reality check here. Can Mamdani have Netanyahu arrested?" CNN's Brianna Keilar asked Honig. "Absolutely not. It is utterly ridiculous for the mayor of New York City to even suggest that he might have the authority to order the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu or any visiting foreign head of state. First of all, the mayor of New York City has zero law enforcement authority. He does not tell the Manhattan D.A., the NYPD, who to arrest, who to indict," Honig responded. WH Courts Tillis, Cornyn on Blanche Confirmation The Trump administration is lobbying Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas in a bid to salvage attorney general nominee Todd Blanche's confirmation as the two outgoing Republicans withhold support over concerns about a controversial Justice Department settlement tied to President Donald Trump, Politico reported Tuesday. With Republicans holding only a narrow margin on the Senate Judiciary Committee, a single GOP defection could derail Blanche's nomination before it reaches the Senate floor, giving Tillis and Cornyn unusual leverage despite both having fallen out of favor with Trump in recent months. The administration has been in direct contact with aides to both senators in an effort to address their concerns, according to the lawmakers and a White House official.
Journey rocker slams Bruce Springsteen as ‘annoying, bitter old man’ for political rants at concerts Journey rockstar Jonathan Cain ripped fellow musician Bruce Springsteen as an “annoying, bitter old man” for using his concerts to lecture fans about President Trump. “I used to be a Democrat back in the old days, but I just couldn’t go there anymore, you know?” Cain, 76, opined in an appearance on the “Complete Disaster Network” podcast, according to Variety. “I’m a diehard conservative… And guys like Bruce Springsteen should shut up. You know, really, honestly, shut up, Bruce, you know? Him and who’s the other one? Robert DeNiro. I mean, who cares, guys?… Do your art. I try to keep politics out of my music,” said the “Don’t Stop Believin'” musician during the May interview. The 76-year-old “Born to Run” rocker blasted the Trump administration as “reckless and treasonous” as he kicked off “Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour” in Minnesota earlier this year. Lindsey Graham to Lie in State at Capitol Rotunda The late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda next Tuesday before services at both the Washington National Cathedral and the senator's Baptist church in South Carolina. Funeral arrangements released Tuesday by Graham's office outline a two-day tribute honoring the late senator's more than three decades of military and congressional service. The Washington ceremonies will begin July 28 with an arrival ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, where Graham's remains will be carried into the Rotunda by an Armed Forces Body Bearer Team in recognition of his decades in the Air Force. America is winning its battle with Iran. It’s only a matter of time Victory will only be achieved when the Islamic Republic is forced to accept reality By Hugh Hewitt
In the four months and three weeks since combat began with Iran, the United States has lost 17 or 18 of its warriors (with three or four killed over last weekend), with more than 420 others wounded. Sixty Israelis have been killed. More than 100 Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict. Our allies in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have all suffered civilian deaths and every country in the region has taken significant damage to its infrastructure. Iran has suffered military deaths in the thousands with many hundreds of civilians killed as well. The toll on the country’s infrastructure is massive — exponentially larger than that which it has inflicted on its neighbors in the region — with the highest estimates in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Iran’s conventional military has been shattered. Its missile and drone forces have been significantly damaged or expended. It is far, however, from being out of ordnance with which to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz or its neighbors. Iran has avoided striking Israel during the most recent 10 days of combat as it fears the response of the Israeli Defense Forces. That is deterrence restored. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard is afraid to strike the Jewish State. Now it must be made afraid to shoot at Americans or at its Arab neighbors or international shipping. The Trump economy is doing better than the media want to admit CNBC survey shows 61% of the public remains pessimistic about the economy despite strong spending and wage data By Liz Peek
President Donald Trump has a good story to tell on the economy; he should be telling it, because it’s a sure bet the liberal media will not. Consider the big picture: unemployment is low, real wages are rising, the stock market is high, investment is booming and inflation, though above the Federal Reserve’s target, came down last month, and will recede again once oil prices stabilize. (Inflation, most recently at 3.5%, and at 2.6% excluding volatile food and energy, is also significantly below the 4.95% recorded on average under President Joe Biden.) More good news: the conservative Committee to Unleash Prosperity reports that during the first 16 months of Trump’s current term, real incomes for the lowest 25% of earners increased almost $2,100, while they actually shrank under Biden. Additionally, the Bank of America Institute writes that "total credit and debit card spending rising 6.3% year-over-year (YoY) in June - the strongest growth in over four years." Importantly, the Institute further reports that "gaps in wage and spending growth across income groups narrowed." |
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