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Iran’s sharp rebuttal: Tehran denounced the US-GCC joint statement, rejecting curbs on its missile and drone programs and opposing foreign-led control over Hormuz navigation. Gulf’s united stance: GCC ministers backed the US-Iran MOU but insisted on addressing Iran’s proxies and weapons programs, and opposed any tolls on Hormuz transit. Security stakes high: The rift emerges …
The City Council on Wednesday voted down the latest bid by Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) to hold parents responsible for teen takeovers and youth violence in Chicago. Lopez first introduced the Parental Accountability Ordinance in 2023, but it stalled for years. This past March, the City Council Public Safety Committee voted down the proposal, which would have …
Netanyahu defiantly makes it clear: Israel will NOT withdraw from Lebanon, Syria or Gaza Despite Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon reportedly being part of the new US-Iran deal pic.twitter.com/PZSQX5FLf1 — RT (@RT_com) June 15, 2026 Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the press conference last night: "Dear citizens of Israel,For decades, I have been fighting …
Karmelo Anthony in state custody for 35-year sentence. Legal team filing formal notice of appeal. Fight shifting toward procedural integrity. Defense hunting for legal cracks. Primary focus on jury selection. Prosecutors using peremptory strikes removing prospective Black jurors. Defense citing racial bias. Judge John Roach overruling objection. Accepting prosecution claim of race neutrality. Resulting all-white …
Iran defies U.S. uranium demand… Trump clears the briefing room… Risk assets dump as war fears return… Trump rushed to White House briefing room. All remaining pressers for the day cancelled. Bitcoin dumping. — Emini tic (@TicTocTick) May 23, 2026 Iran rejects deal to hand over highly enriched Uranium. Trump rushes back to D.C after …
President Trump officially slammed Tehran’s latest proposal through Pakistani mediators… Iran’s demands include full sovereignty of the Strait and massive war reparations… Trump fired back on social media accusing the regime of “playing games” for 50 years… The White House says the naval blockade will remain in place with zero concessions… Tehran is offering to …
*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone IRAN REJECTS U.S. STRAIT OF HORMUZ DEAL AS ‘UNREALISTIC’ Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran will not accept a U.S. plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless it includes reparations for war damage. He rejected Washington’s proposed framework, saying Iran will not accept symbolic concessions and insists on “tangible benefits” …
If you read this as talks collapsing, you’re taking the bait, this is how they raise stakes before sitting back down. 🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING: Iran's lead negotiator Ghalibaf rejects negotiations while the U.S. blockade continues and threatened to reveal "new cards on the battlefield" "Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn …
**BREAKING 🚨** — Immediate 25 day ceasefire to be imminently announced (Pakistan Accord). — all hostilities stopped, Strait of Hormuz reopened. — then after 25 days, direct talks to begin on long term solution. — deal could come as early as Monday night. — tic toc (@TicTocTick) April 6, 2026 SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: TEHRAN WILL …
It’s less than 48 hours to Trump’s ultimatum to Iran: open the Strait of Hormuz or the power grid gets destroyed. Iran has rejected every U.S proposal so far, and seems to relish the opportunity to call Trump’s bluff. So what happens when April 6 arrives, and Trump orders strikes on Iran’s grid? 90 million …
Iran’s foreign minister says his government does not plan on any negotiations to end the war and that no talks with the U.S. have taken place. https://t.co/Ih0YmTRk8Q — The Associated Press (@AP) March 25, 2026 Oil prices rose Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States, even …
Did he really think they would accept lol… pic.twitter.com/hbKaje0AMX — Invest with AC (@investingwithac) March 24, 2026 How much evidence do you need that you were fed stale news on a ceasefire that was already rejected. A lot of cope out there and somehow when we dump tomorrow everyone on here will have been in …
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 13 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday destroyed military targets on Iran’s main oil hub of Kharg Island, President Donald Trump said, threatening to strike its oil infrastructure if Iran continues attacks that have halted most ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The island serves as the export terminal for 90% …
IRAN REJECTS TRUMP CLAIMS OF WAR PROGRESS, WARNS REGIONAL OIL EXPORTS COULD HALT Iran dismissed Donald Trump’s statements suggesting the war is nearing completion and warned that continued U.S.-Israeli attacks could lead to a halt in oil exports across the region. — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 10, 2026 JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC accuses President Trump …
Iran Rejects US 'Excessive Demands' – But Next Talks Scheduled For Wednesday https://t.co/optPjEUb3g — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 27, 2026 After the third round of indirect US-Iran talks held in Geneva on Thursday, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi – who was the chief mediator – cited “significant progress” – which echoed the generally positive assessment of …
BREAKING: Anthropic has rejected the US Pentagon’s “final offer” just 24 hours before Defense Secretary Hegseth’s deadline, per Axios. Anthropic remains adamant on their AI platform not being used for surveillance of Americans or lethal military missions. We expect a response… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) February 26, 2026 🚨 ANTHROPIC JUST OFFICIALLY REJECTED THE …
The Supreme Court ruled Trump cannot use the 1977 emergency law (IEEPA) to impose broad tariffs, saying he exceeded his authority. However, he still has five alternative statutory tools including Sections 232, 201, 301, 122, and 338 to impose tariffs through different legal… pic.twitter.com/mrAUpLmks7 — The Market Stats (@TheMarketStats) February 20, 2026 Ok… so I …
‼️‼️BREAKING: IN 6-3 RULING, SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST TRUMP’S TARIFFS Roberts For The Majority: Trump's claim of an emergency to issue unbounded tariffs on whoever he feels like flies in the face of decades of law and practice. https://t.co/AhT7J8l8vw pic.twitter.com/QxOc6ybf1l — Maine (@TheMaineWonk) February 20, 2026 🚨BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against President Trump on …
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️TRUMP THREATENS IRAN: SHOULD IRAN DECIDE NOT TO MAKE A DEAL, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE UNITED STATES TO USE DIEGO GARCIA, AND THE AIRFIELD LOCATED IN FAIRFORD, IN ORDER TO ERADICATE A POTENTIAL ATTACK BY A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND DANGEROUS REGIME – AN ATTACK THAT WOULD… — NYPrepper (@nyprepper1) February 18, 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️CNN …
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News. “The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate’s decision,” said a source familiar with the matter. Attorney General …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, US customs trade data, compared to Trump’s Truth Social claim. Possible decision January 14. Total tariffs and IEEPA tariffs through 2026-01-12 It’s the IEEPA tariffs that are under Supreme Court review. Total rebates, if they happened yesterday, would be 93.15 billion for fiscal year 2025 plus 40.36 billion for …
The board of Warner Bros. Discovery officially rejected David Ellison‘s $30 per share hostile bid for the company, telling shareholders that it remains “inferior” to the Netflix deal, and carries “numerous significant risks and costs on WBD.” With the rejection official, Paramount will need to persuade WBD shareholders to tender their shares at that price, …
Zelensky reject Trump's plan and said we will not accept the peace agreement proposed by the United States. According to him, Washington received its answer long ago back on May 20, 2019, when he publicly vowed to defend the country’s independence and sovereignty.#Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/Yd6koxh49F — Muhammed Faisal (@Intl_Mediatior) November 21, 2025 Zelensky said he spoke …
*JAPAN’S TAKAICHI REJECTS CHINA DEMAND TO RETRACT TAIWAN REMARKS 🇯🇵🇨🇳 pic.twitter.com/YxdKLQlEJp — Investing.com (@Investingcom) November 21, 2025 The emerging result is a “return to history” in the sense of former regional leaders restoring their lost spheres of influence with US support and all that entails for worsening tensions with the Sino-Russo Entente. It was recently …
The House on Wednesday unanimously moved to repeal a controversial provision in the government funding law that allows senators to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 when their phone records are seized without their knowledge. The provision, included in the legislation that ended the historic shutdown, requires senators be notified when federal investigators …
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not reconsider its landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn the decision. Davis, who served as the Rowan County clerk, drew national attention when she stopped issuing marriage licenses to …
Japan's new Prime Minister says she prefers to let the population shrink rather than bring in waves of low-skilled immigrants to offset the decline because the preservation of Japanese society matters more than cheap labor. pic.twitter.com/LInNuZKrRP — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) October 22, 2025 Sanae Takaichi has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime …
Russia said its position “remains unchanged” as it responded to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s latest call to freeze the war in Ukraine along the current frontlines. The Kremlin has previously rejected calls for a ceasefire, saying it thinks Ukraine would use a pause in the fighting to rearm and regroup, and so would rather go …
🚨BREAKING: Hungary REJECTS the European Union Migration Pact: "If Brussels wants illegal migrants, Brussels can have them." -Prime Minister of Hungary, Orbán Viktor 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/mxxOPrpYRd — Based Hungary 🇭🇺 (@HungaryBased) October 14, 2025
Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don’t want a bailout. Bailouts don’t work. Bailouts are band-aids. That’s money that should be going towards senior citizens. That’s money that should be going toward the Affordable Care Act. Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don't want a bailout. Bailouts don't work. Bailouts are band-aids. That's …