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Netanyahu Finally Learns the Truth About Trump
An alliance with the president was the Israeli prime minister’s selling point. Now it may be his downfall.
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Trump signs deal that Iran labels ‘a record of US failure’ | First Thing
President hails ‘major win’ for US as he attempts to exit war having failed to achieve regime change in Tehran. Plus: an investigation into the murky world of OnlyFans ‘managers’Good morning.Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a “major win” for the US – even as it made significant political and financial concessions to Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz and prevent a “worldwide depression”.How have US Republicans reacted to the deal? Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Trump ally, appeared to soften his view of the deal after a “very lengthy and productive” conversation with the the US special envoy Steve Witkoff. But his fellow senator Ted Cruz, who has backed the war, said: “History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea. I think the president is receiving some very poor advice on this deal.” And Senator Bill Cassidy declared: “Reagan is rolling over in his grave.”Why is Ukraine newly concerned about Belarus? Russian spy drones flying into Ukraine from Belarusian airspace have sharply increased since the beginning of the year, leading to Kyiv reinforcing fortifications on its northern border. What concerns Ukrainian and European officials is that Moscow appears to be attempting to integrate Minsk ever more closely into its war efforts, including through joint nuclear exercises earlier this year. Continue reading...
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James Dolan reveals one thing Knicks ‘cannot’ do to run it back with entire roster for repeat bid
Bringing back such a deep and capable team to “run it back” certainly won’t be easy.
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James Dolan’s wild ride to Knicks championship owner: ‘After 25 freaking years of doing this, I might actually have learned something’
James Dolan has followed the Steinbrenner blueprint to the letter, learning at age 71 the most basic rule in sports.
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Ivory Coast’s Elye Wahi arrested on match-fixing allegations two weeks before World Cup
A player currently competing at the World Cup was arrested two weeks before the tournament on match-fixing allegations.
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Raw Story
'Never heard of such a thing': Expert flags telling detail in DOJ response to tainted case
The Department of Justice made an unusual concession to six protesters arrested during an immigration crackdown in Chicago that experts say shows how "desperate" government lawyers are to make the failed prosecution go away.Defense attorneys for the "Broadview Six" have asked U.S. District Judge April Perry to appoint an independent special counsel to investigate alleged misconduct in the case, which they argued extends far beyond Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg – possibly all the way up to the top of the Justice Department, reported the Chicago Tribune.“Indeed, these steps must be taken in large part because of what appears to be a determined effort to blame a single prosecutor when the misconduct now known … runs much deeper and indeed to the highest levels of the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office and likely to the Department of Justice in Washington D.C.,” defense lawyers argued in their motion.Associate Attorney General Aakash Singh was reportedly in contact with the office of Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros during Operation Midway Blitz, and defense attorneys for the “Broadview Six” are seeking records that could tie him to the tainted case against protesters arrested during the immigration crackdown.The six protesters — most with connections to local Democratic politics — were charged following a September protest outside a suburban immigration detention facility in Broadview, but the case collapsed last month after Perry uncovered what she described as apparent prosecutorial misconduct during grand jury proceedings.The judge found that transcripts submitted to her by federal prosecutors had been altered to conceal what had actually taken place, and the U.S. attorney's office subsequently dropped all charges.Defense attorneys filed a motion Tuesday that set aside their request for a special counsel but showed the judge that the government's response actually strengthened their case for more evidence."The government had decided it would not contest that Defendants are entitled to their legal fees, albeit 'without admitting or conceding to the fact,'" the filing stated. "The government asked defense counsel to provide information contemplated by local rules to engage in good faith discussions on the amount of fees and related expenses. Defense counsel fully intend to provide this information and to engage in those good faith discussions to reach agreement on the amount.""However, as noteworthy and rare as it is, the government’s acknowledgment that Defendants are entitled to recover their legal fees does not end the issue of discovery that is authorized under the Hyde Amendment," the filing added. "If anything, the government’s recognition that Defendants are entitled to their legal fees supports the need for fuller discovery."Former federal prosecutor Ken White, now a defense attorney and online legal analyst, was stunned by the government's response."Holy s---," White posted on Bluesky. "The government is conceding it will pay some amount of fees to the Broadview Six. They are DESPERATE to stop further inquiry into the case. Never heard of such a thing.""Seriously, though, it’s VERY hard to make the showing to win fees on a Hyde Amendment motion," White added. "It’s very winnable for the government even when there’s bad misconduct, and it suggests that there is even WORSE stuff that hasn’t come out that they are willing to do ANYTHING to keep quiet."
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Vance: ‘Delicate diplomatic things’ blocking immediate release of Iran MOU
Vice President Vance said Tuesday that the Trump administration has not yet released the text of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Washington and Tehran because of ongoing diplomatic sensitivities involving Iran and the countries helping mediate the talks. Speaking on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show,” Vance said text of the preliminary deal is still…
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The 6 most unhinged things Trump just said about Iran deal during G7 presser
President Donald Trump spoke at the G7 on Wednesday about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that his administration developed with Iran to end the war. Among the most perplexing things the president said was that the markets love the MOU, and if he doesn't like the final agreement, "we'll just start bombing again." He continued to refuse to hand out text of the agreement, but said that among the things in the agreement is that, for now, the Strait of Hormuz will be open "toll-free beyond the 60 days" and that Iran will "never" have a nuclear weapon. Trump promised Americans would see prices go down because the Strait will reopen without tolls. "Oil is at 73 or 74 and it's getting to very close to where it was before the crisis," Trump claimed. "The difference is now we have Iran without a nuclear weapon. So, we'll see how that all plays out. I think people are going to be very happy. But there's nothing so smart as the market and the market loves it beyond anything that I've actually seen."Third, Trump claimed "stupid people" and Democrats want the war to continue. In reality, there are plenty of people on the right who are displeased with the current outcome of the war."The alternative would be a worldwide depression. You know, the stupid people want to have a worldwide depression. And the stupid people, so you can only go so far," Trump said. "You could drive somebody into the ground and a lot of bad things happen. Number one, the Strait would never open because, uh, they don't like floating billion-dollar ships up and down a strait when there's rockets flying over them and mines all over the place. So the Strait would never be open. It wouldn't be open for a long time."Fourth, Trump claimed that the "affordability crisis" was caused by Democrats. He then said Democrats "caused affordability" and then that affordability is "just another con job. They made up the word affordability."Another bizarre comment from Trump was relitigating the 2020 election while in a bilateral meeting with the President of Egypt. "Uh, a dam was built in Ethiopia, and it's causing tremendous problems for Egypt, and I'm very aware. I had that deal settled, and then we had a rigged election, and somebody came in, and they didn't know too much about that deal. They were not going to settle anything. But but we'll get back into it. We'll see if we can settle it. Okay," Trump said. In 2020, Trump said that the U.S. would simply "blow up the dam." Critics at the time blamed Trump for escalating the tensions. Trump claimed that he "saved a big war" and demanded a Nobel Peace Prize, the BBC reported at the time. On Wednesday, he claimed that former President Joe Biden messed up the whole thing. Finally, Trump repeated his debunked claim that former President Barack Obama "handed [Iran] a billion seven in cash. Gave them ... billions and billions of dollars, but he gave them $1.7 billion dollars in cash, green cash from banks, into a Boeing 757 and flew it into Iran," Trump claimed. In fact, the U.S. simply gave Iran access to its money that had been tied up in banks as a result of the sanctions. Part of the JCPOA was allowing Iran to have access to it's own money again.
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