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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Source confirms preview of Scott Bessent's Iran sanctions plan Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to broaden secondary sanctions against Iran as part of his "Economic D-Day" announcement on Monday, a source familiar with his plans confirmed to Fox Business. The action is aimed at giving a final warning to countries to sever their business ties with Iran in an effort to force an end to the nearly six-month conflict that has bottled up the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf energy exports, another source familiar with the action told Reuters. The source did not specify the activities that could be subject to sanctions, but said that for certain Iranian sectors, any activity, even in a third country, could be subject to secondary sanctions. The source familiar with Bessent's plans said the action is likely to reveal additional categories of Iran-related conduct that would be subject to secondary sanctions in the future, making it easier to take action against those facilitating the transactions on behalf of the Iranian government.
‘Economic D-Day’ sanctions against Iran will be ‘single greatest financial offensive ever’ Bessent says The crushing “economic D-Day” sanctions being unleashed against Iran will be “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said hours before they are revealed Monday. The imminent announcement of the impending financial penalties follows Bessent’s comments on CNBC Friday that the US would “collapse the regime” with the “toughest sanctions in history” as President Trump warned any nation providing “any type of lifeline” to Iran would face their own economic consequences. “We are now entering the endgame. As dawn begins an economic D-Day – the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary,” he continued. Tehran has pledged “crushing, punishing and devastating” consequences should the US move ahead with its planned crippling sanctions — while warning other nations that support of the sanctions will be seen as an “act of war.” Iran's Rial Hits Record Low as US Prepares More Sanctions Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would be an “economic D-Day” and would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on informal currency markets. Iran’s official Central Bank rate stood at around 1.5 million rial to the dollar, but the informal rate is what most Iranians pay. The currency had already been under pressure before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, with double-digit inflation and negative growth, but has been hitting new record lows as nearly six months of war have taken an even greater toll.
Iran broadcasts sickening video claiming Barron Trump is ‘fully monitored,’ places $10M bounty on his head Iranian state media broadcast a chilling three-minute video fantasizing about killing Barron Trump in a disturbing escalation against President Trump and his family — as Tehran braces for an onslaught of additional crushing economic penalties. The clip titled “Where to kill Barron Trump” claimed to show the movements of President Trump’s 20-year-old son, claiming he is “fully monitored” and showing depictions of the dorms at New York University’s Constance Milstein & Family Global Academic Center, according to a translation of the video by Euronews. The segment claims a $10 million bounty has been placed on the US president’s youngest son, with a voiceover claiming ‘many would be willing’ to assassinate him. In addition to the disturbing video, multiple reports indicated that the regime placed a $10 million bounty on Barron Trump’s head. The Post could not independently verify the alleged bounty, the claims about his movements or the statements about his classmates. Washington Post ordered to rehire columnist Karen Attiah who called Charlie Kirk ‘white man that espoused violence’ An arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to rehire Karen Attiah, the opinion columnist who was fired last September after she blasted Charlie Kirk as “a white man that espoused violence” the day of his brutal assassination. In a written decision Thursday, arbitrator Sarah Miller Espinosa said WaPo “did not have good and sufficient cause” to fire the scribe and “violated” its labor agreement with the controversial columnist. Espinosa ordered the legacy newspaper to compensate Attiah with back pay and lost benefits. “This decision confirms what we’ve said from the start: I was doing my job as an opinion journalist, and doing that job is not misconduct,” Attiah told The Post in a statement, adding that she is “relieved to finally have that record set straight.” She added that she hopes her win “sends a message to journalists and media institutions everywhere that freedom of expression is always worth fighting for.” 49ers owner Jed York arrested in prostitution bust The man in charge of the 49ers apparently tried to pay for some … and paid for it instead. Jed York, the CEO and controlling owner of the San Francisco football franchise, was arrested over the weekend in Ohio for on engaging in prostitution, The California Post has learned. York was also found guilty of possessing criminal tools. The Niners owner paid $5,000 bond and was served a $1,150 fine, a drop in the bucket for the second-generation executive of a franchise recently valued by Forbes at $8.6 billion. US taxpayers fund $230M in woke ‘intersectionality’ grants studying race, class and ‘privilege’: report Taxpayers are funding $230 million in largely Biden-era grants to study woke “intersectionality” — the assessing of factors such as race and class to rate “privilege’’ and potential discrimination, a new report says. The Defense of Freedom Institute and Legal Insurrection Foundation, both right-leaning policy groups, said their review found 249 records of federal-assistance spending — propelled during the Biden era — that used the keyword “intersectionality.’’ “Race-obsessed ‘Intersectionality’ doctrine provides the toxic fuel for radical anarchist groups like the Turtle Island Liberation Front, and is the mothers’ milk for destructive anti-American and anti-capitalist agendas that dominate campuses,” said William Jacobson, the founder of Legal Insurrection Foundation, to The Post. Birth tourism scams draw sweeping crackdown as visa revocations climb Consular officers worldwide are analyzing travel patterns in real time to dismantle for-profit citizenship schemes The State Department is cracking down on a popular form of visa fraud through a sophisticated worldwide operation that has already revoked hundreds of visas. The department's spokesman, Tommy Pigott, told Fox News Digital that under the direction of President Donald Trump, the American government is partnering with agencies across the globe to halt the practice of birth tourism. Birth tourism refers to travel to the United States for the primary purpose of giving birth so a child can obtain U.S. citizenship. The practice has been linked to visa-fraud schemes in which applicants conceal or misrepresent the purpose of their travel, often while seeking entry on visitor visas. A U.S.-citizen child may also create future immigration options for family members, including the ability to petition for a parent after turning 21. Trump Wants $100,000 Fee for H-1B Worker Visas President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that has been blocked by the courts. The fee, first temporarily imposed by Trump last year, dramatically raises the cost of visas that are heavily relied on in the tech, education and research sectors. A federal judge in June ruled that the fee was illegal and blocked the Trump administration from collecting it.
Trump Envoy Barrack Says Israel Risked 'World War III,' Critics See Pro-Turkey Bias U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack delivered an extraordinary public rebuke of Israel, claiming the Jewish state may have deliberately tried to provoke Turkey and warning that an Israeli strike inside Syria could have triggered ''World War III.'' His comments drew sharp criticism from some of Trump’s closest allies in the U.S. — with some suggesting Barrack was siding with the Turkish regime against U.S. policies. These critics note Barrack, who also serves as President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Syria, offered no comparable criticism of Turkey’s own extensive military intervention in Syria — despite Ankara having repeatedly sent troops across the Syrian border and maintaining a substantial military presence there.
Ontario's Premier: Canada Should be Ready to Cut Electricity, Critical Minerals as Trade Woes Worsen Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over President Donald Trump’s trade policies and threatened to cut off electricity and critical minerals to the United States if the escalating Canada-U.S. trade fight worsens. Ford said Trump has underestimated Canadians’ willingness to endure economic pain rather than give in to U.S. pressure. “He underestimates Canada. We’re all in,” Ford said. “Up here, we’re at a fever pitch, everyone’s in for an economic war. They know they’re going to have to sacrifice.” Our allies enjoyed a free ride trading with Iran. Trump is shutting that down UAE suspended trade and financial transactions with Iran, but Europe and China pose harder tests By Gordon Sondland
President Donald Trump is finally proposing the Iran policy that our allies have spent decades avoiding: If you want the benefits of doing business with the United States, you cannot also help finance the regime in Tehran. It really is that simple. Trump’s "Economic D-Day" is not merely another sanctions package filled with the names of Iranian officials who do not have American bank accounts and never planned to visit Disneyland. The important idea is to punish the foreign countries, banks, refiners, shipping companies and middlemen that keep Iran in business. They must choose between Iran and America. They should no longer be allowed to choose both. Don’t let the UFT fleece taxpayers via teacher-aide bonuses By Jennifer Weber and John Ketcham
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council are going to war in court over payments to Department of Education paraprofessionals — even though they agreed on the issue not long ago. At a 2025 press conference where the 200,000-member teachers’ union endorsed him, Mamdani touted his support for giving paraprofessionals $10,000 checks. Last month, the council unanimously passed the union-driven and branded “Respect for Paraprofessionals” bill, at an expected cost of $325 million. Mamdani, however, didn’t sign or veto it but instead let it become law automatically, citing concerns about its legality. Hours later, his lawyers ran to court to block it. |
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