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On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that there are some in the Trump administration “urging, let’s cut a deal, let’s let Iran sell oil, lets lift all the sanction[s],” and “it would be a catastrophic mistake to flood billions of dollars into Iran.” Cruz said, [relevant remarks begin around 3:15] “[T]here are voices in the administration, now that the president has scored a historic victory, who are urging, let’s cut a deal, let’s let Iran sell oil, lets lift all the sanction[s], let’s make this a victory for the ayatollah. Understand, this…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Two people died and at least 17 more were injured as Russian drones overnight struck the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday. A drone slammed into a residential tower block in the city, causing damage to three floors and trapping residents, emergency services said. The two killed in the attack were a married couple, according to regional Gov. Oleh Kiper, who added that three children were among the injured. There was no immediate comment from Moscow. According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, over 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight and on…

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic previously warned that riots would not be tolerated Protesters clashed with police during a large anti-government demonstration in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday.The latest unrest erupted after the Serbian government rejected an ultimatum from demonstrators demanding the dissolution of parliament and the scheduling of new elections. The deadline set by the activists expired at 9pm.Footage from the scene shows masked protesters hurling stones, flares, and other projectiles at law enforcement officers.The police have deployed armored vehicles to the streets of Belgrade and were seen charging the violent crowd.  Riot police armed with shields and batons were seen pushing…

President Trump went off on Senator Thom Tillis (NC) after he voted against advancing Trump’s reconciliation bill. The Senate is voting to advance President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Saturday evening. So far, three GOP Senators voted against advancing the bill. Vice President JD arrived at the Capitol as he prepared to break a potential tie on the vote. Vice President Vance enters the Capitol as he prepares to break a potential tie on the first procedural hurdle on the GOP reconciliation bill pic.twitter.com/d2ATm6dP6m — Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) June 29, 2025 On Saturday evening Tillis voted ‘no’ to advance President…

American singer-songwriter and keyboard player Stevie Wonder performs on a television show in … More London, circa 1974.Getty Images Stevie Wonder is one of the most influential artists in American music history. Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, he developed blindness shortly after birth due to retinopathy of prematurity. But by age eight, Wonder played piano, harmonica and drums. By 11, he was signed to Motown Records and at 13, he topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Fingertips, Part 2,” becoming the youngest artist ever to do so. That was in 1964, marking the moment when popular…

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” CNN Military Analyst Major Gen. James “Spider” Marks (Ret.) stated that it will take time to figure out how much damage American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did, we don’t get immediate emphatic results, assessments are usually done to disagree on purpose and start a conversation, and the DIA’s assessment was likely released inappropriately and “was a low-confidence assessment, which means, really, in the world I grew up, that’s no confidence.” Marks said, “The deal is, the bomb damage assessment and the effects that you’re trying to achieve are going to take…

PARIS (AP) – France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all schools, and anywhere children could gather in public. In a country where smoking has for generations been glamorized in cinema and intertwined with the national image, government crackdowns on tobacco use have met resistance. “In France, we still have this mindset of saying, this is a law that restricts freedom,” Philippe Bergerot, president…

If you were following the Supreme Court news yesterday, you likely saw that Justice Amy Coney Barrett smacked down her fellow Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson over her childish dissent, saying: “We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” she began. “We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary,” she added. Now another excerpt from Jackson’s dissent is circulating and it contains a phrase that makes Jackson sound more like a YouTuber than a Supreme Court…

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – APRIL 6: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives to … More the basket around Luka Doncic #77 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second quarter at Paycom Center on April 6, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by William Purnell/Getty Images)Getty Images From a financial perspective, there’s never been a better time to be an NBA player. Just ask Naz Reid, who…

On “CNN Newsroom,” host and Chief National Security Analyst Jim Sciutto and CNN Political and National Security Analyst and New York Times White House and National Security Correspondent David Sanger discussed the strikes on Iran and Sanger said that the description of Iran’s program as obliterated is accurate for their enrichment, but it seems Iran did disperse some fuel and both agreed that the bottom line is that “this is a severe blow to the program, the combination of the U.S. and Israeli strikes, and a severe blow without the blowback that many had expected,” with Sanger saying, “this worked, by…