Stop Calling It a Ceasefire
How many acts of war must occur before the mainstream media accepts there is no ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran? The post Stop Calling It a Ceasefire appeared first on The Intercept.
The Israeli and Lebanese governments have agreed to implement a ceasefire, after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had imperiled broader negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end their conflict.
How many acts of war must occur before the mainstream media accepts there is no ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran? The post Stop Calling It a Ceasefire appeared first on The Intercept.
Iran said there had been no recent progress in talks with the US over an interim peace deal, while fighting persisted in Lebanon despite Washington’s declaration of a ceasefire between Israel and the country.
President Donald Trump gave Republicans another reason to pull their hair out on Wednesday after he refused to confirm whether he would pursue a controversial move that has received a lot of blowback. Trump has teased establishing a $1.776 billion fund to pay people who claim that they were wrongfully prosecuted by the government. The fund would have been established as part of a settlement of a private lawsuit Trump filed against the IRS in 2019 over his leaked tax returns. The fund received blowback after several of Trump's allies said they would seek restitution. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress repeatedly on Tuesday that the administration was abandoning the fund. But Trump refused to confirm that plan when asked during a press gaggle on Wednesday, which seemed to spook some Republicans, according to CNN's Manu Raju. "This is just another example where Republicans want to pull their hair out on Capitol Hill," Raju told Kaitlan Collins on "The Source." "A perfectly laid plan, so they thought, until Trump comes out and says something else and completely cuts their legs from underneath them."
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest news from the Trump Administration. On today's show, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss. (Source: Bloomberg)
A House debate over Rep. Rashida Tlaib's (D-MI) resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Lebanon devolved into personal attacks Wednesday night when embattled Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) accused the Detroit Democrat of "advocating for terrorists on a daily basis."Miller, who has faced his own controversies, including domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, said Tlaib and her allies would "cheer on" the elimination of Hezbollah if they truly cared about Lebanon rather than advancing "meaningless resolutions to denigrate American foreign policy.""Its members are butchers that you like to hang out with to a certain extent," Miller told Tlaib on the floor. "Yes, you advocate for terrorists on a daily basis."Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, immediately demanded that Miller's words be stricken from the House record. "That is a direct attack on my character," she said.The presiding officer ruled Miller's remarks violated House rules of decorum by impugning Tlaib's "patriotism and loyalty" — and barred him from speaking for the rest of the day, The Detroit News reported. Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) then read Miller's defiant response from the floor: "Yes, I said it. I own it. I stand by it."Tlaib's underlying resolution seeks to withdraw U.S. forces from Lebanon, arguing that Congress has not authorized U.S. military involvement. She told colleagues that 3,400 people have died, 1.2 million have been displaced, and called it "an ethnic cleansing campaign."A House vote on the resolution is expected as early as Thursday.
Despite deal, which is dependent on Hezbollah ceasing fire, Israel carried out multiple drone strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday morningIsrael and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration has announced, as the US looks to overcome one of the largest barriers to reaching a broader deal to end the war with Iran.The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is contingent on a complete cessation of fire from the Iran-aligned Hezbollah armed group and the evacuation of all its fighters from the area south of the Litani River in south Lebanon, a statement from the US, Lebanon and Israel, released by the US state department, said after negotiations in Washington. Continue reading...
President Trump provided an update on the war in Iran and ongoing ceasefire negotiations while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Early in the press conference, Trump was asked by Newsmax's Mike Carter to respond to Iran's recent targeting of US forces and the overnight attack on Kuwait, which injured dozens of people. The post (VIDEO) Trump Responds to Iran’s Attacks on Kuwait, Says Peace Memorandum Will “Immediately” Reopen Strait of Hormuz appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Israel’s war on Lebanon is “quickly turning southern Lebanon into the ‘next Gaza,’” according to advocacy groups.