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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: War Will End If Iran Agrees to Latest Proposal  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Operation Epic Fury would end and the Strait of Hormuz would reopen if Iran agrees to the latest U.S.-proposed memorandum of understanding, signaling what could be the clearest off-ramp yet from weeks of military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. The proposed agreement would effectively freeze the current conflict and launch a new round of negotiations aimed at permanently reopening the strait, curbing Iran's nuclear program, and easing U.S. sanctions, according to Axios and Reuters. "Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump tells The Post it’s ‘too soon’ to prep for Iran peace signing after reports that a deal is near  President Trump told The Post on Wednesday morning it is “too soon” to start thinking about face-to-face peace talks between the US and Iran, despite optimistic reports that the two nations were closing in on a potential framework to end their 67-day war. Asked whether The Post should prepare to send a reporter back to Pakistan for a new round of negotiations after Islamabad sources revealed a tentative peace deal was close, the president responded: “I don’t think so.” “I think we’ll do it — it’s too far,” he added. “No, it’s too much.” Moments earlier, Trump had posted on Truth Social that “[a]ssuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran. If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” Trump strikes back: GOP lawmakers who opposed president on redistricting pay price Over $8M was spent on TV and digital ads by outside groups aligned with Trump allies to defeat incumbent state senators  He wasn't on the ballot, but President Donald Trump was the big winner in Indiana's primary. The president scored decisive victories in a slate of state primaries in the solidly red Midwestern state, another sign that his immense grip on the Republican Party remains rock solid. The political world was closely watching Indiana's primary because it was the first of a series of major tests this month of Trump's endorsement power in GOP nomination showdowns, and the president cleared his first hurdle with ease. Kash Patel accuses FBI of lying to obtain warrants used to illegally spy on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign FBI Director says FISA court ruled warrants as illegal after finding the FBI lied in applications  FBI Director Kash Patel accused the FBI of lying to obtain surveillance warrants to illegally spy on President Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and subsequent first term. Trump has long accused his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton, and former President Barack Obama of being ringleaders in an alleged spying conspiracy against his campaign, an allegation both have denied. Patel detailed the yearslong federal investigation into the alleged surveillance on the latest episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity." "It took me two years of my life to prove the following: that a political party in the United States of America in the 21st century would go overseas and hire some bogus intelligence asset to manufacture fraudulent, fake, unverified information, funnel that to not just the intelligence community, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation," he said. Health officials think they’ve tracked down source of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak  Two MV Hondius passengers who were killed by hantavirus likely contracted it while birdwatching in Argentina — then brought it on board the now-stranded cruise liner, according to investigators. Argentine officials believe a Dutch couple who succumbed to the virus last month picked it up from rodents while visiting a landfill during a birdwatching tour in the city of Ushuaia in mid-March, they told the Associated Press Wednesday. Health officials think the two MV Hondius passengers killed by hantavirus likely contracted it while birdwatching in Argentina. Walz hit with local revolt from Minnesota mayor refusing ‘ugly’ new flag: ‘People’s decision’ Champlin Mayor Ryan Sabas says citizens were left out of the flag redesign process and wants a statewide vote  Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is facing a new challenge from a Minneapolis-area mayor who is refusing to back down from flying the original 1980s state flag. The mayor said the controversial flag redesign has left citizens out of the process and stuck with what consider an "ugly" replacement. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Champlin Mayor Ryan Sabas said that "in my nearly 10 years of being on the city council in Champlin and going on four years as mayor of this town, I have never heard from more people on any one issue than I did about the Minnesota state flag." The new flag has become a cultural and political flashpoint in a state already reeling from one of the largest fraud scandals in U.S. history, heavily involving the Somali immigrant community. The flag was approved by a 13-member commission created by the Democratic-controlled legislature in 2023. Critics of the flag say it is overly simplistic and some have even knocked it as bearing a resemblance to Somalia’s national flag. Ken Griffin vows to 'double down' on Miami move, says NYC 'doesn't welcome success'  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani spotlighted Citadel CEO Ken Griffin's Manhattan penthouse in a viral video announcing a new pied-à-terre tax. (Credit: NORGES BANK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT) Billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin repeated his company's intentions to "double down" on moving to Miami in the wake of his feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "When we moved from Chicago, there was a debate between New York and Miami," Griffin said at the 2026 Milken Institute Conference on Tuesday. "It's unquestionably true that we made the right choice. I'll leave it at that." Griffin was responding to Mamdani's viral Tax Day video, which singled out Griffin's Manhattan penthouse while announcing a new pied-à-terre tax. Deranged WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen may have been motivated by Iran war, intelligence report finds  The deranged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect, Cole Allen, may have been triggered by the Iran war when he stormed the event and allegedly tried to assassinate President Trump and other top administration officials, according to a new Department of Homeland Security intelligence report. A preliminary assessment by the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, dated April 27, stated that Allen had “multiple social and political grievances” with the Trump administration — and concluded that the conflict in Iran “may have contributed to his decision to conduct the attack.” The report, marked as a “Critical Incident Note,” was first obtained by Reuters and offers the clearest evidence yet on a possible tipping point that led to the heinous attack. The suspect criticized US actions in the war in several social media posts. One of the 11 disappeared scientists claimed she was hit with Pentagon’s top-secret weapon after revealing UFO theory  The Pentagon has announced that they employ specialized energy weapons for defense, seemingly vindicating researchers who’d long warned about the tech. The Department of War’s Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael announced this development in an X post fittingly — or perhaps eerily — posted on May the 4th, more popularly known as National Star Wars Day. “Directed energy weapons are a fine addition to our arsenal…” read the post, which included a pic of said weaponry firing a laser beam and a soldier holding his head in pain. Dubbed directed energy weapons or DEWs, these advanced instruments of war use focused rays to disable electronic weapons such as drones and incapacitate — or even kill — enemy soldiers. Iran War Drains Oil Reserves at Record Pace  The Iran conflict contributed to global oil reserves plunging at a record pace last month, raising fresh concerns about energy prices and supply shortages ahead of the busy summer travel season. Global crude stockpiles fell by nearly 200 million barrels in April — roughly 6.6 million barrels per day — as escalating tensions in the Middle East disrupted shipping routes and energy infrastructure, according to new data from S&P Global Energy cited by the Financial Times. "This is massive; it is far above the usual range," Jim Burkhard, head of crude research at S&P, told the Financial Times, warning that "an inevitable market reckoning is coming." New WH Ballroom Bigger, Under Budget  President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the new White House ballroom will be double the size and nearly double the cost than originally proposed, yet the massive project remains ahead of schedule and under budget. In a Truth Social morning post, Trump pushed back against what he called "Fake News" reports suggesting the project's price tag had ballooned unexpectedly. "The White House Ballroom is going up rapidly on the East side of the White House," Trump wrote. CNN founder and cable news pioneer Ted Turner dead at 87 Turner reshaped industry with creation of the 24-hour cable news channel  CNN founder and business mogul Ted Turner has died at age 87. Turner pioneered the media industry with the creation of the 24-hour cable news network in 1980. He died peacefully and was surrounded by family, according to CNN. Democrats’ fingerprints are all over the Spirit Airlines crime scene By Rich Lowry
Regulators no longer have to worry that Spirit Airlines might upset the air-travel market by merging with the wrong competitor. The now-defunct airline made poor business decisions and had to cope with tough circumstances. But if its demise were an Agatha Christie mystery, the fingerprints of Joe Biden’s antitrust officials would be all over the crime scene. These zealots fought a proposed deal between JetBlue and Spirit, and congratulated themselves on a 2024 court victory that doomed Spirit to likely oblivion. This was wanton economic destruction masquerading as antitrust enforcement. Welfare fraud has blue states rushing — to shield the fraudsters By Ari Hoffman
Last week, the FBI raided 22 shady day-care businesses in Minneapolis, Minn., as the federal government expanded its investigation of social-services fraud there. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance added Columbus, Ohio, to his fraud task force’s agenda in the wake of a new report alleging a billion-dollar Medicaid scam. Both investigations were spurred by the dogged work of citizen and independent journalists like Nick Shirley in Minneapolis and Luke Rosiak in Columbus, who knocked on doors and interviewed dozens of supposed service providers to uncover the truth about fraudsters who may have bilked the federal government of billions. And up and down the West Coast, blue-state lawmakers have leaped to respond — by actively working to make it harder for journalists like me to do our jobs and expose fraud connected to day-care centers, hospices, home health care businesses and more. In California Democrats are pitching AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” with claims that it’s a safety measure to protect immigrants and social-service workers from harassment. |
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