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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a White House meeting Tuesday with both governments describing the talks as “positive and productive” and reaffirming their shared commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as the president weighs whether to continue negotiations with Tehran or authorize additional military action. Iran dominated the discussions, according to Israeli and White House officials, after Trump warned just hours before the meeting that the United States would strike Iran’s suspected Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility if Tehran refuses to reach an agreement over its nuclear program. Following the talks, Netanyahu called…

Ari Emanuel, executive chairman of William Morris Endeavor (WME), has endorsed the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. Emanuel expressed his thoughts about the merger in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal where he said that the current antitrust lawsuits filed by state attorneys general miss the mark. “When government officials manipulate markets to reach political outcomes, antitrust stops protecting competition and starts threatening it,” Emanuel writes. “The attorneys general should drop this case and get back to enforcing the laws as they are written. Let Hollywood creatives get back to trying to rip each other’s heads off at the box office, in…

The former lawyer and prosecutor has been chosen to lead the US intelligence community following Tulsi Gabbard’s departure from the role Former Wall Street lawyer and federal prosecutor Jay Clayton has been confirmed as the next US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) despite having no traditional intelligence background, following his nomination by President Donald Trump.Following US Senate approval in a 51-47 vote on Tuesday, Clayton will replace acting DNI Bill Pulte, has filled the role since Tulsi Gabbard resigned last month, citing personal family matters.Trump has welcomed the confirmation, describing Clayton as “outstanding in every way” and saying he would…

Video footage of U.S. forces launching the latest round of precision strikes against Iran to degrade their military capabilities, released on July 20, 2026. (U.S. Central Command video) US forces launched a second consecutive night of strikes against Iran this evening in response to Iran targeting US troops in the Middle East on Tuesday.  “U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. ET today. The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East,” US Central Command announced in a statement. This comes after President Trump told Fox’s Trey…

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) said the U.S. Military strike on an Iranian elementary school in February was a “war crime.” Ansari said, “This is a national shame. We’re five months past this horrific war crime. I believe it’s a war crime. Credible human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch believe this could be a war crime. It needs to be investigated. This happened during the first few hours of a war that the United States started under Donald Trump’s leadership, that he still has not been able to articulate to us what…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) postponed a Thursday committee vote on Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination, his office said Wednesday, after two Republican senators withheld support pending written assurances from the Justice Department on a fund tied to President Donald Trump’s IRS settlement. A Judiciary Committee spokesperson said the markup was postponed as work continues to secure the votes to favorably report Blanche, framing the delay as an effort to set the nominee up for success rather than failure. The vote, set for 9 a.m. Thursday, had already been pushed back once from the prior week. Sen.…

Singer and actress Nancy Sinatra, the daughter of Frank Sinatra, called to “eliminate all guns” after reports of a “mass shooting” in Seattle that turned out not to be a “mass shooting” at all. Nancy reacted to a post by an X user that said: “With the mass shooting at Seattle Center, it might be good to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by nearly half – but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths more than doubled – because it’s the f*cking guns.” Nancy’s response: “Eliminate the guns. The…

The Senate Judiciary Committee has abandoned plans to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general Thursday, according to a committee spokesperson. The decision comes as Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) continue to push the Justice Department to revise a controversial settlement agreement between President Donald Trump and the IRS. A “no” vote from either senator would effectively sink Blanche’s nomination. The two senators met Wednesday with Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) but did not announce any breakthrough. “Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump’s nominees up for success in committee, not failure,” said the spokesperson, who declined…

Russia’s terrorism case against the Telegram founder is the latest test of how far platforms can distance themselves from crimes committed by their users Russia’s Federal Security Service has brought terrorism-related charges against Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire behind popular messaging app Telegram, once again placing the entrepreneur at the center of a dispute over whether technology platforms should be held responsible for crimes organized through their services.The case stems from an alleged Ukrainian recruitment operation targeting young Russians through a Telegram dating chatbot. According to the FSB, victims were manipulated or coerced into committing arson, sabotage and other crimes.FSB…

AI-Generated Image The Trump administration scored another major immigration victory on Tuesday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan and Ethiopia. In a decisive ruling, the First Circuit reversed a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the administration from ending the designation, concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mullin v. Doe foreclosed the legal arguments relied upon by the plaintiffs. The appeals court held that the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling made clear that the…