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Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said her former Fox News colleague Tucker Carlson’s comments about President Donald Trump were “not relevant.” Host Jake Tapper said, “There’s obviously a lot of incendiary language out there, horrific language out there. I just quoted from some of it from the from the alleged shooter, who didn’t get that from nowhere. That’s a lot crazy people saying a lot of horrific things. I want to play Tucker Carlson, your former colleague at Fox, last month talking about the president.” Carlson said, “Here’s a leader…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey went beyond his Instagram post. Host Kristen Welker said, “A grand jury has indicted the former FBI director for this Instagram post. I want to put it up. I think a lot of folks have seen it at this point. 86 47 and sea seashells, which the indictment says, quote, a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the president of the United States. How…

The US has threatened to sanction shipping companies that pay Iran tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz.The strategic waterway has been effectively closed following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that started in late February, with traffic restricted to a single IRGC-controlled corridor under a de facto ‘toll booth’ system. Vessels transiting the corridor reportedly require clearance codes and Iranian escort.According to Lloyd’s List, at least two ships have paid for passage in yuan, with fees reportedly ranging from $1 million to $2 million.On Friday, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an alert warning of consequences…

In the final push before voters head to the polls this week to choose who will staff their local council governments, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party unveiled perhaps its most tantalising policy prescription for illegal migration: let the Greens deal with it. Echoing schemes in America in which Republican governors such as Texas’ Gregg Abbot or Florida’s Ron DeSantis bused illegals to elite Democrat strongholds like Martha’s Vineyard, Reform UK shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf said that if given power, the party will place all migrant detention centres in constituencies that voted for the pro-mass migration Green Party. Yusuf noted…

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he can not find evidence of the term 86 being used as a call for violence while discussing the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Host Jake Tapper said, “Speaking of prosecutions, the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey again, this time for posting a photograph on Instagram of seashells spelling out 86, 47, 47. Obviously, Donald Trump is the 47th president. Here’s what President Trump had to say about that.” Trump said, “Well, if anybody knows anything about crime, they know 86, you know, in the…

The US president says Tehran’s proposed path to de-escalation is not acceptable US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian counterproposal to a peace plan previously conveyed via Pakistani intermediaries.The back-and-forth has so far resulted a deadlock in which neither party appears to be willing to budge. Although active fighting was paused under a fragile ceasefire last month, both Washington and Tehran continue to rely on economic leverage to force concessions.Iran submitted its 14-point proposal late Thursday last week, reiterating its conditions for ending the standoff, as described by Iranian news outlet Tasnim. Speaking to Israel’s Kan News on Sunday,…

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said it was “definitively” the alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter’s bullet that hit a Secret Service officer. Host Jake Tapper said, “Have you been able to determine yet which gun actually hit the Secret Service agent? And will you present that evidence to the public? Pirro said, “Well, we have been able to determine which gun it was. First of all, there is video of the defendant shooting at the Secret Service agent. There is also the agent who will tell you himself that he…

Two recent lawmaker resignations over sexual misconduct allegations have Congress wrestling with a familiar challenge: How can it encourage survivors of abuse to come forward in one of America’s most sensitive workplaces? Former Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) were both accused of sexual misconduct with staff, putting a fresh spotlight on Capitol Hill’s apparent culture of exploitation — nearly a decade after the #MeToo movement sparked a bipartisan push to improve the reporting process. Now current and former members are reckoning with the shortcomings of those efforts. “What we know is that the process is not working,…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said President Donald Trump was “absolutely not” following the War Powers Act. Host Kristen Welker said, “President Trump, as you know, sent a letter to Congress arguing he does not need congressional approval because the ceasefire paused the clock effectively. Do you think the administration is following the law?” Schiff said, “No. Absolutely not. And it’s important to recognize that this war was unlawful, unconstitutional from the start. We didn’t have to wait 60 days to reach that conclusion, because under the Constitution, only Congress can initiate, authorize or declare…

Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Michigan State Senator and U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow said there were parallels between Nazi Germany and what’s happening under the Trump administration. Host Manu Raju said, “Why delete these 6,000 tweets? Because you did it after the New York Post had reported on it last year, and after you were a candidate in this race. I mean, there were things that you suggested there. You suggested even there are parallels between Nazi Germany and what was happening under in America, under Trump. Do you why delete these after you became a candidate? Did you think there…