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US and Iran to cease strikes and discuss Strait of Hormuz this week: Report

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Officials from the United States and Iran will meet in Qatar this week to discuss the Strait of Hormuz after agreeing to “halt strikes” following a weekend of intermittent fighting between the two countries. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday in Doha, will be held to allow the two sides “to work out their dispute over […]

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Ambassador Mike Waltz Weighs in On Iran and Strait of Hormuz “They Would be Wise to Take a Diplomatic Solution and back Away from This Obsession with a Nuclear Weapon” – (VIDEO)

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Ambassador Mike Waltz Weighs in On Iran and Strait of Hormuz “They Would be Wise to Take a Diplomatic Solution and back Away from This Obsession with a Nuclear Weapon” – (VIDEO)

Ambassador Mike Waltz was on "Fox News Sunday" with host Shannon Bream to talk about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. The post Ambassador Mike Waltz Weighs in On Iran and Strait of Hormuz “They Would be Wise to Take a Diplomatic Solution and back Away from This Obsession with a Nuclear Weapon” – (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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US-Iran talks to continue, both sides to stand down after strikes

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US-Iran talks to continue, both sides to stand down after strikes

"Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely," the official said.

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US, Iran agree to ‘stand down for now,’ resume peace talks: Official

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US, Iran agree to ‘stand down for now,’ resume peace talks: Official

The U.S. and Iran have agreed to “stand down for now” and allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after renewed fighting in the past few days, a U.S. official told The Hill on Sunday. “Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will stand down for…

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US celebrates Pride with parades across country – in pictures

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US celebrates Pride with parades across country – in pictures

Across the US, cities wrapped up Pride month with parades and festivals on the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which underscored the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. This month’s celebrations unfolded as Trump works to roll back trans rights and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. This year’s theme for NYC Pride was ‘For All of Us’. Attender Carlos Duarte said: ‘It’s very important for us to be here … all together for love, peace and to show the world who we are.’ Continue reading...

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Supreme Court quietly doubling its police force — and 'loathes' acknowledging it: report

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Supreme Court quietly doubling its police force — and 'loathes' acknowledging it: report

With “little fanfare,” the Supreme Court is quietly working to double its own police force, Politico’s Josh Gerstein reported on Sunday, a push that justices and court officials apparently “loathe” discussing.“The push for a rapid security buildout stems from the substantial threats to the justices at a moment of growing political violence in the U.S. and the sense that the system has just not been up to the task of keeping them safe,” Gerstein wrote. “That’s a belief that appears to be shared by at least some of the justices themselves.”While a Supreme Court spokesperson declined to respond to Gerstein’s request for comment, an “in-depth review” of budget documents and interviews with “court insiders” revealed that the Supreme Court Police Department, which for years had less than 200 officers, may soon double its ranks amid the court’s plummeting favorability among Americans.“It’s often said that the Supreme Court has no army,” Gerstein wrote. “Yet, with little fanfare, the size of the Supreme Court’s police force has begun mushrooming.”The growing taxpayer expense from the Supreme Court’s ballooning security budget has even roiled some lawmakers, including Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.“We provide money for the Supreme Court,” DeLauro said back in April. “I’ve been here a long time – they’ve never come up and tell us what they’re doing with the money that we appropriate. I want to give them all the security they need, but the court has to come up here [and] tell us what [they’re] doing.”

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Nobel economist aghast at 'horrifying' report on Trump's corruption: 'My God'

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Nobel economist aghast at 'horrifying' report on Trump's corruption: 'My God'

A Nobel Prize-winning economist was aghast on Sunday while reacting to new reporting about President Donald Trump's corruption. Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 for his work on trade theory, said in a new video on his Substack that the report the New York Times published on Sunday about an agreement struck between the U.S. and a mining company in Kazakhstan where his sons, Don Jr. and Eric, as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stand to financially benefit was "horrifying." He also noted that it revealed how "departed" the Trump administration is from American history. "I’m not a political expert — sometimes I think nobody is — but my God, again, this corruption is so blatant," Krugman said. "And it does resonate with people. It’s really clear that corruption at the top and the sense that ordinary people are paying the price while people with power enrich themselves is an effective popular issue."Krugman added that the kind of corruption detailed in the Times' report has brought down Trump allies such as Viktor Orban, the former dictator of Hungary. He described that comparison as one of the "hopeful signs for what may happen to America.""So here we are, just to remind you that this scandal, it’s a huge thing. It’s page one in the New York Times, but in a way it’s actually kind of ordinary, since even this size of scandal is happening every few weeks these days," Krugman continued. "Do not make the mistake of treating what’s going on as in any sense normal," he added. "This is hugely abnormal, and I believe that the American people will understand that it’s abnormal even if pundits get bored of talking about the corruption. So drive it home, maybe for make benefit American people instead of the Trump family."Corruption for Make Benefit Glorious Family of Trump by Paul KrugmanThe emoluments are the messageRead on Substack

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Supreme Court's blockbuster week will put Trump's power to the test

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Supreme Court's blockbuster week will put Trump's power to the test

The Supreme Court's final week of the term is shaping up to be a blockbuster, with several remaining cases carrying major implications regarding the scope of President Trump's power. The big picture: Three of the eight cases awaiting ruling hinge on what Trump — and future presidents — can or can't do in office, including determining who gets to be an American and what checks there are for a president's ability to fire federal officials. Trump is no stranger to pushing the limits as commander in chief, and told "The Axios Show" last week that there are "no limits" to his power in office since going to war with Iran. But federal courts have demarcated the limits to what a president can do, often to Trump's ire. Driving the news: Perhaps the biggest decision remaining before the court is Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.Immigration advocacy groups and constitutional scholars tell Axios that the Constitution's 14th Amendment and subsequent legal precedent clearly protect the right to citizenship for children born in the U.S.But if the court were to gut those protections, there would be "mass chaos at every hospital in the United States," warns Todd Schulte, the president of immigration and criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us."A patchwork level of citizenship loss and stateless children being born across the United States would fundamentally alter the day-to-day lives of tens of millions of Americans," he adds.At oral arguments earlier this year, key justices appeared skeptical of the government's case, but no one knows how they will ultimately rule.Meanwhile, the court is also weighing whether the central bank and independent agency commissioners are insulated from the president's political whims to say, "You're Fired!""Trump has attempted to exercise an extremely aggressive and expansive view of presidential authority, under which he can ignore or rewrite laws that Congress has passed and even rewrite the Constitution itself," says Thomas Wolf, the director of democracy initiatives at the Brennan Center.The court appeared skeptical of Trump's ability to boot Cook, whose attorneys argued siding with the president would undermine the Fed's independence.But the court seemed more open to Trump firing FTC members, which would be a blow to a 90-year-old precedent guarding independent agency commissioners from political firings.The stakes of the Supreme Court's other upcoming decisions are also immensely high. Here's what else is on the justices' plate:Election lawThe Supreme Court must weigh in on a dispute over a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day.Striking down Mississippi's law could have implications for other states that have similar grace periods.Also outstanding is a decision on a Republican challenge to limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.The Supreme Court upheld coordinated party expenditure limits in 2001.Trans athletesThe court has outstanding cases over transgender athlete bans in Idaho and West Virginia, and the conservative justices seemed poised to uphold the bans.The court's decision could enshrine that Title IX does not mean transgender athletes can compete in sports aligning with their gender identity.Geofencing and the Fourth AmendmentThe justices were also posed with a question over whether a geofence warrant that led to a robbery conviction violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches or seizures.Per Brookings, the court does not seem poised to categorically reject or uphold the constitutionality of such warrants.Go deeper: Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules

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US homeland security secretary tells migrants to seek permanent status or leave

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US homeland security secretary tells migrants to seek permanent status or leave

Markwayne Mullin’s remarks come after controversial supreme court ruling to strip TPS from over 350,000 peopleMigrants in the US on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave, Markwayne Mullin, Homeland Security secretary, said in the wake of last week’s supreme court decision that stripped humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.The remarks to CNN’s State of the Union program comes after a decision ⁠that could allow Donald Trump’s administration to deport Haitian and Syrian immigrants to home countries plagued by conflict and destitution. Continue reading...

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