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On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz said that some Iranian funds were unfrozen “to keep Iran at the table.” But they’ll buy American stuff with it. Host Laura Ingraham asked, [relevant exchange begins around 2:45] “Mr. Ambassador, a sticking point for a lot of people is point 11 of the MOU about the unfreezing of the funds for Iran. So, the wording says that funds would be unfrozen ‘upon the implementation‘ of the agreement. But then U.S. officials later said it’s kind of a pay for performance framework, they…

Still hurting over her crushing loss to President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, long-time election denier Hillary Clinton is bashing the Electoral College, which she is now calling an “abomination.” Clinton is seen ripping the way America has elected its presidents from the very beginning of the Republic in a new Netflix documentary entitled, The American Experiment. The former first lady, turned Secretary of State under Barack Obama, is still incensed over losing her 2016 bid for the White House to then first-time candidate Donald Trump, and it’s clear she thinks the 239-year-old Constitutional election system is illegitimate. In…

Shipping traffic transiting the disputed waters of the Strait of Hormuz continued to flow at a faster pace Monday than before the U.S.-Iran talks opened in Switzerland to end the war. The boost comes after reports surfaced Tehran had closed the vital waterway only for President Donald Trump to warn the Iranians,  “You close it, and you won’t have a country.  You won’t even make it back to your fucking country.” Clearly they heeded his blunt and very public caution even as they continued their negotiations. “The latest figures suggest a cautious but visible rebound in traffic following the MoU (memorandum of understanding…

LONDON (AP) – The estranged husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was sentenced to five years and three months in prison on Tuesday for embezzling more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a luxury lifestyle when he was its chief executive. Peter Murrell, 61, admitted using party funds to buy a high-priced motorhome and two cars including a Jaguar. He also bought luxury goods such as Bremont watches and household items that included two toilet seats. He was given credit for time served. “All told, this was a calculated crime of dishonesty,” Judge…

An elite tactical unit was deployed to disarm an 82-year-old man after his wife called the police An 82-year-old retired craftsman opened fire on French gendarmes after declaring that a revolution was underway and insisting that President Emmanuel Macron had been deposed, local media have reported.The incident took place on Saturday, when the elderly man’s wife called police to report that her husband had taken a hunting rifle and gone into the garden, convinced that the French government had fallen.France’s elite GIGN police tactical unit was deployed to disarm the retiree. When five gendarmes arrived at the property near Nogent-le-Rotrou…

Google has invested $75 million into the movie studio A24 to develop AI filmmaking tools and new AI-powered technologies. The Wall Street Journal reported that the investment from Google will be tied to A24’s partnership with Thrive Capital, which will give the studio DeepMind’s researchers and technology. “We believe breakthroughs happen when you get technology into the hands of the best minds in the field,” Eli Collins, a vice president of product for DeepMind, told WSJ. Google will not have access to A24’s IP library to train its models. “The deal represents the latest marriage between a Hollywood studio and AI…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Police in Hungary have arrested a 30-year-old man who investigators say collected human body parts that he’d gathered from abandoned cemeteries and from his workplace at a hospital. Hungary’s National Bureau of Investigation arrested the man in Budapest on June 17 after receiving information that he’d been storing the body parts at work and at home. The man is employed as an orderly at a hospital, police said in a statement on Tuesday. During a search of the man’s apartment, investigators seized skulls, a complete lower leg and a hand, as well as a reconstruction of…

The Senate Committee on Banking,  Housing, and Urban Affairs holds a hearing on how to make life more affordable for Americans on Tuesday, June 23. As Americans continue to face high costs for housing, food, energy, and more, the Trump administration is working to bring down high prices left over from the Biden White House. President Donald Trump criticized Democrats last month for not truly caring about Americans, weaponizing affordability concerns, that he blamed them for creating, for purely political purposes. Read the full article here

Five members of the Taliban terrorist organization are slated to touch down in Brussels late Tuesday for migration-related talks with E.U. officials after Belgium granted single-day visas to the group. As Breitbart News reported earlier this month, the European Union invited Taliban representatives into Brussels for talks towards the repatriation of Afghan nationals in Europe. According to the Belga News Agency, Belgium is not publicly disclosing the date of the meeting with the Taliban, with E.U. sources claiming that it will take place on “Tuesday,” June 23. Euractiv reports that Belgium issued the five visas in the late afternoon hours of…

The KOSPI tumbled nearly 10%, with Samsung and SK Hynix leading a historic sell-off South Korean stocks suffered their sharpest drop in more than three months on Tuesday as fears that an AI-driven rally pushed semiconductor valuations to unsustainable levels sparked a market-wide sell-off.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) plunged 9.99%, shedding 910.71 points to close at 8,203.84.The Korea Exchange (KRX) activated a market-wide circuit breaker at around 2:33 PM after the KOSPI fell more than 8% from the previous session’s close. Trading in all stocks was halted for 20 minutes, marking the fourth such suspension this year…