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Ukraine’s Biggest Strike on Moscow Spurs Fuel Shortage Fears

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After the shock of Ukraine’s biggest drone attack on the Russian capital, Muscovites face rising gasoline prices and possible fuel shortages.

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DEVELOPING: Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renewed Ceasefire After Overnight Strikes as Iran Imposes New Restrictions on Ships in the Strait (VIDEO)

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DEVELOPING: Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renewed Ceasefire After Overnight Strikes as Iran Imposes New Restrictions on Ships in the Strait (VIDEO)

According to US officials, Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a renewed ceasefire in Southern Lebanon after a flare-up overnight between the two as the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran faces new tests. This is reportedly what led to US talks with Iran in Switzerland being postponed. The post DEVELOPING: Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renewed Ceasefire After Overnight Strikes as Iran Imposes New Restrictions on Ships in the Strait (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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'Biggest leaker' in the Trump White House singled out by ex-CNN anchor

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'Biggest leaker' in the Trump White House singled out by ex-CNN anchor

A high-profile ex-CNN anchor singled out the insider said to be the "biggest leaker" in the Trump White House.Don Lemon said during an interview with Legal AF host Michael Popok that Vice President "J.D. Vance is like the biggest leaker of them all" in the White House based on what "many people have said and according to some of the reporting."Lemon and Popok were talking about Trump's efforts to hunt down the insider who leaked details of a "freakout" in the Situation Room over the Epstein files. The freakout is detailed in the forthcoming book Regime Change by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan."Donald Trump could very well be one of the people who leaked to" Haberman, Lemon admitted, adding that it's possible Trump "doesn't even realize it."However, he and Popok made the case for suspecting Vance is at least "the biggest source for people," as Lemon put it."He looks good in the story, relatively," Popok said, referring to the NY Times reporting on the Epstein freakout in the Situation Room. "Among the liars in the room, he looks like he's the one that says, 'let's get the story out about Donald Trump'...I'm like, among those people in the room, that was like the best thing to say."Lemon pointed to reporting on the Iran war that also seemed to favor Vance."Remember, the reporting was that J.D. Vance was the only one in the room who was against it," Lemon explained. "It's like, well, how does J.D. Vance always come out looking better than anyone?"Trump Chickens Out and Won’t Go After NYT Reporters for Epstein & Iran Leaks?! by Legal AFRead on Substack

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Trump privately confirms GOP's greatest midterms fear: report

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Trump privately confirms GOP's greatest midterms fear: report

President Donald Trump has reportedly told associates and at least one foreign leader that he isn't worried about the political cost of his decisions ahead of November's midterms.The 80-year-old president's comments confirm what many Republicans have feared for months — that Trump is willing to let the party absorb the fallout from his choices, regardless of the consequences, reported the Wall Street Journal."Seventeen months into his second term, Trump is increasingly relying on his own gut instincts, dismissing the counsel of aides, conservative lawmakers and longtime associates," the newspaper reported. "The result has been a series of decisions that have confounded and frustrated Republicans — heightening fears that voters will punish the GOP in the November elections and testing Trump’s iron grip on the party."According to people familiar with the conversations, Trump privately told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he didn't care about the midterms, a remark meant to signal his commitment to the Iran campaign no matter the political cost.He's made similar comments publicly. Asked last month how much Americans' financial strain factored into his push to end the war, Trump said, "Not even a little bit," adding, "I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing — we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon."The comments have rattled Republicans already anxious about holding Congress in November. Trump has also downplayed the political damage from inflation, saying at one point, "I love the inflation," and has increasingly brushed off allies offering strategic advice with a blunt response: "I'm the president and you're not."That posture has frustrated lawmakers who say Trump's recent decisions — including a preliminary Iran deal that drew sharp criticism from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), and a standoff over FISA reauthorization tied to an unrelated voter-ID bill — are complicating the GOP's path to keeping its majority. Cassidy called the Iran agreement "the worst foreign policy blunder in decades."Former GOP leadership spokesman Ron Bonjean said Trump's dismissiveness toward midterm concerns has already strained his relationship with congressional Republicans: "The total control that Trump once had over Congress just isn't there anymore."White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales defended the president's record, saying "no President has worked harder or delivered more than President Trump," and pointed to his work on immigration, the economy and national security as evidence.

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Russia’s Lavrov Rejects European Push on Ukraine as ‘Ultimatum’

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Russia’s Lavrov Rejects European Push on Ukraine as ‘Ultimatum’

Russia’s foreign minister said Europe’s latest proposal for peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv amounts to an ultimatum, arguing that demands set out by the bloc earlier this month cannot serve as a basis for negotiations with Moscow.

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Lebanon strikes by Israel test US-Iran deal as peace talks postponed

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Lebanon strikes by Israel test US-Iran deal as peace talks postponed

Renewed fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed militia group Hezbollah is testing a preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran to begin nuclear talks and avoid a return to all out war. Iran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is based, a priority condition to continue talks with the U.S., and a planned…

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US-Iran peace talks abruptly cancelled amid renewed Israeli strikes in Lebanon | First Thing

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US-Iran peace talks abruptly cancelled amid renewed Israeli strikes in Lebanon | First Thing

JD Vance lambasted Israeli critics of the proposed deal, but did not travel to Europe as planned. Plus, at 82 years old, Keith Richards still gives some of the best interview quotes in townGood morning. Talks set to take place today between the US ⁠⁠and Iran to implement a peace deal were abruptly cancelled. The White House said the US still looked forward to “beginning technical talks as soon as possible”. Hezbollah-linked media reported Tehran was delaying sending its delegation due to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon.The talks were set to begin in the Swiss village of Obbürgen two days after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that opened a 60-day window to negotiate a permanent agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme, while reopening the strait of Hormuz. The centre of the strait is blocked with about 80 mines that will need clearing for normal shipping to resume, the independent tanker owner trade body has said.What is happening in Lebanon? Hezbollah targeted Israeli forces near Nabatieh with several salvoes of rocket fire after Israeli shelling. Israel responded with a wave of airstrikes, killing at least 18 people and injuring 33. Iran has said Israel’s attacks on Lebanon must end as part of any peace deal.What did JD Vance say to Israeli critics of the deal? In sharp words, the vice-president said: “Donald J Trump is the only head of state in the entire world ‌who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this ‌moment in time. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left ‌in the entire world.”Why does Trump’s Iran entanglement echo the Jimmy Carter years? In this excellent analysis piece Robert Tait reminds us that one of Trump’s earliest political forays was lambasting the Democratic president during the 1980 Iran hostage crisis. Trump, Tait says, now finds himself in a position that uncannily resembles that of his predecessor – unable to bend Iran to his will despite superior US military power. Continue reading...

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Lawmakers fear Trump’s new intel chief 'could weaken American national security'

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Lawmakers fear Trump’s new intel chief 'could weaken American national security'

President Donald Trump's new intelligence community chief came into his appointed post ready to fire people, CNN reported Friday morning. Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte has now also taken over as director of national intelligence and began "asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them," CNN reported on Friday morning, citing two sources familiar with the matter. He wants to eliminate hundreds of jobs and he wants to do it quickly. Outgoing Director Tulsi Gabbard didn't even know Pulte was showing up until she got a brief heads-up. The report said that he met with lawyers and staff during the day. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) told CNN on Friday morning that the last thing someone does is go into work on their first day and start firing people. It's prompting a lot of concern from him that Pulte "could weaken America's national security." CNN host Sara Sidner asked whether DOGE, Elon Musk's failed project to eliminate $2 trillion from the federal budget, had already done the firings. "It did," said Juliette Kayyem, CNN's senior national security analyst and ex-assistant secretary of Homeland Security. "Look, Bill Pulte is there for one reason, and that is to satisfy the president's agenda of politicizing the intelligence community," she continued. "And that is so we'll look at sort of, you know, his notions of — well, the presidents' notions of election fraud in various elections. I want to say, just it's not a personal opinion: by statute, Bill Pulte is not qualified for this position. The Director of National Intelligence is supposed to come from the intelligence community. Bill Pulte is a businessman with strong ties to MAGA and to Trump."Pulte has never held a job in national security or intelligence. Kayyem said that the only reason that Pulte is in the post is to "go after the president's political critics and perceived political enemies."Another shocking revelation came when Pulte asked whether "he could bring the President’s Daily Brief to his house, raising alarm bells among intelligence officials," one source told CNN. The top briefing book is highly classified. A "second source pushed back on this characterization, noting that the PDB is provided electronically," the report added. CNN also reported that Pulte wanted to know his level of security clearance. As the top intelligence official, he would have the top intelligence clearance. He also wondered if he had access to his own government plane. These were the questions Pulte had in a meeting that was supposed to be an explanation of "the core mission of ODNI to Pulte."Kayyem said that some people tend to look at the ODNI post the way that Trump does, "which is essentially ... is he a friend or not a friend to what Trump wants to do, which is to use the intelligence agencies, all of them, because that's what the DNI oversees to go after political critics and then to go after anyone who might oppose an election threat to the president."She added that Pulte will politicize the department more than any other previous person in the post. Sidner called the matter "fascinating to watch all of this happen" because it is coming "from a president who talked so much about the deep state that was against him. And now to me, it seems like he's trying to create the deep state himself."

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Mexico vs South Korea match spurs new drinking game for World Cup fans

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Mexico vs South Korea match spurs new drinking game for World Cup fans

Mexico versus South Korea is slated to be one of the most exciting World Cup matches of the week as the victor of the clash wins Group A. Both countries won their World Cup openers, with Mexico dominating South Africa and South Korea taking down Czechia. A win for either squad will guarantee a spot...

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