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President Donald Trump said Monday he believes the United States could reach an agreement with Iran “over the next week” after personally intervening to halt a rapidly escalating confrontation between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon that Tehran warned could derail the negotiations altogether. Speaking in a phone interview with ABC News, Trump said negotiations with Tehran were “looking good” after what he described as a brief “glitch” stemming from Iranian anger over Israel’s escalating military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike the terror group’s stronghold in Beirut’s…

Rosatom has demanded clearer action from the nuclear watchdog over strikes on Zaporozhye NPP and the city of Energodar Russia has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to give an adequate response and take practical steps over Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the nearby city of Energodar, according to Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev.Likhachev held an “extraordinary unscheduled” phone call with IAEA leadership and Director General Rafael Grossi on Monday to discuss the “inadequacy” of the watchdog’s reaction after a Ukrainian fiber-optics-guided drone struck the machine hall of ZNPP’s sixth power unit, puncturing a hole in the…

The French Open is not very appreciative of Adolfo Daniel Vallejo’s opinions about female umpires. After Vallejo’s tense, five-hour battle last week at Roland-Garros against French teenager Moise Kouame, a match Vallejo lost, the Paraguayan opined that female umpires are unsuited to officiate over such a heated contest. “This sort of match needs to be umpired by a man,” Vallejo said. “It’s very difficult for a woman to do it.” On Monday, Roland Garros Director Amelie Mauresmo told reporters that Vallejo was fined 65,000 euros, “representing roughly half of his prize money.” Later, officials issued an update stating that the fine…

Monday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said the allegations against Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner are true, but Democrats needed to win the Maine U.S. Senate election because our country was in “grave peril.” Hostin said, “Yeah, you know, I am conflicted. They asked Cory Booker how he felt about this because, I think all the allegations are true. The sexting with other women while married is definitely true because his wife is the person who gave the messages to his campaign them a heads up.” She added, ‘She disclosed it, so why would she lie about…

Tehran has warned it could resume direct confrontation if Israel continues its campaign in Lebanon US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s escalation in Lebanon, Axios reported on Monday, citing two US officials and a third source briefed on the call.Trump allegedly accused Netanyahu of endangering US negotiations with Iran and demanded that Israel halt a planned strike on Beirut, in what Axios described as one of the worst calls between the two leaders since Trump returned to office.“You’re f***ing crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving…

Harvard graduates cheered after comedian Ronny Chieng proclaimed “fuck AI” during a pre-commencement event on Wednesday. “AI is just going to end up making mediocre people dumber,” the Daily Show host declared. “While we’re on the topic of A’s, by the way, can I just say: Fuck AI! Fuck AI! Fuck AI!” Chieng exclaimed during his speech at Harvard College Class Day — an event for the Class of 2026, held the day before the Ivy League university’s commencement ceremony. Chieng’s chant elicited cheers among Harvard graduates. “I’m so glad you agree,” the comedian said, before joking: “I prepared a completely…

A British judge has handed down a life sentence to the murderer of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, who police arrested even as he bled to death because they believed the knifeman’s accusations of racism and not the victim’s dying pleas. Vickrum Digwa (23) was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 21 years by Judge William Mousley KC at Southampton Crown Court on Monday, with the judge saying in his sentencing remarks that killer Digwa had told many “wicked lies” and conspired to cover up the slaying, even while police were listening. His victim, 18-year-old accountancy student Henry Nowak,…

Monday on CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said President Donald Trump will only temporarily drop the $1.8 billion weaponization fund. Host Erin Burnett said, “So I just want to start with this fund, because I know you at work introducing the bill today that would block the $1.8 billion fund that would go to people that Trump says were wrongly prosecuted. That could include January 6 convicted participants. Do you believe that Trump’s attempt for this fund is over, that it’s really gone?” Schiff said, “No, I don’t. I think this is a tactical retreat. He wanted this to…

The Justice Department took a small step back Monday from its controversial $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” It wasn’t nearly enough to quell the furor on Capitol Hill. Republican senators, including some top leaders, said a DOJ statement that it would “abide by” a federal judge’s recent ruling to temporarily halt any payouts did not do enough to clear the intraparty concerns that have thrown the GOP’s immigration enforcement bill into limbo. Instead they nudged President Donald Trump to make a more explicit move to renounce the fund, which could be used to pay participants in the Capitol attack on Jan.…

Defense tech contractor Anduril is currently valued at $61 billion, with plans to expand and go public. But it’s a valuation that depends on its founder’s ability to hawk vaporware to the Pentagon, and to talk the US to the edge of a cataclysmic war with China. In less than a decade, Anduril Industries has gone from a threadbare startup founded by a 24-year-old, to a $61 billion player described as building “the future of American power.” Buoyed by more than $20 billion in US military contracts – for everything from attack drones and autonomous fighter jets to augmented reality…