On Iran, President Trump Extends a Hand — and Shows What’s in the Other One

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President Trump said Monday that a deal with Iran was “probably” within reach — then made clear, with characteristic precision, what happens if it isn’t. “The United States of America is in serious discussions with a new, and more reasonable, regime,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, threading optimism with menace in the way only he can. The message was unmistakable: the door is open, but it will not stay open long. If talks collapse, Trump warned, the U.S. would strike Iran’s electric generating plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island — the critical hub through which the vast majority of Iran’s

The Senate Left Town. TSA Agents Are Selling Blood. And There’s No Deal in Sight.

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Day 40. That’s how long the Department of Homeland Security has been without full funding — and as of today, Washington has no deal and no serious plan to reach one. The Senate passed a bill on Friday to reopen most of DHS. House Republicans spent the day on a conference call deciding how to kill it. They didn’t take long. “It’s not going to pass as it is.” — Rep. Chip Roy “Dead in the House.” — Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Speaker Mike Johnson is now floating a 60-day stopgap to fund all DHS agencies —

Intercepts Describe Alleged Plot to Bleed Ukraine Aid Into Biden’s Campaign

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American intelligence agencies intercepted Ukrainian government communications in late 2022 describing an elaborate scheme to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid — money designated for clean energy projects in a war-ravaged country — back across the Atlantic to fund President Biden’s re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The intercepts have now been declassified and were obtained by Just the News. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, upon learning of the communications, directed USAID officials to search their records for any sign the plot was actually executed — and to determine whether the matter warrants a

Unleashing Hell Is Easy. Reopening Hormuz Is Not.

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President Trump is pressing Iran toward the negotiating table — or, if Tehran refuses, toward consequences his administration has described in terms of unusual severity. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the president is prepared to strike Iran harder than it has ever been struck if its government fails to accept that it has been militarily defeated. “President Trump does not bluff,” she said, “and he is prepared to unleash hell.” It was among the starkest warnings the administration has issued in a conflict now entering its fourth week. The warning arrives as thousands of additional U.S.

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