5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (677+ words) President Trump on Thursday demanded Iran stop charging tolls for tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran's supreme leader promised the country would control the crucial waterway," Axios reports. The already shaky ceasefire between the two countries is…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago  (662+ words) Shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to erase the whole civilization" of Iran, all 6, 000 years of it, the crowds came out into the streets of Tehran waving flags " and not white ones. They bore the green, white and red banners…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (699+ words) President Trump has hit out at NATO after a tense meeting with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the military alliance, at the White House on Wednesday," the New York Times reports. Mr. Rutte had traveled to Washington to try…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (657+ words) President Trump called Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones " four conservative one-time allies of Trump who have been critical of his approach to the war in Iran " "losers" and "stupid people" in a nearly 500-word Truth Social…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago  (676+ words) Just hours after President Trump announced a sudden pause of strikes against Iran last month, the White House warned staff against improperly leveraging their positions to place well-timed bets in futures markets," the Wall Street Journal reports. The warning came…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (634+ words) The Guardian: "The Democratic National Committee's resolutions committee voted on Thursday to kill a measure targeting the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC and deferred two further resolutions on Middle East policy to a working group that critics say exists mainly to…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (632+ words) At least three people have lodged formal workplace discrimination complaints against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-De Remer, alleging she created a toxic workplace and sought to retaliate against women who reported her husband for sexual misconduct in her office, MS NOW…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (626+ words) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is "fed up" seeing energy bills in the U. K. swing up and down because of actions taken by President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNBC reports. The Guardian: "The Democratic National Committee's…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (649+ words) Donald Trump has a way of turning extremes into contradictions. One moment, he's issuing apocalyptic threats about wiping out Iranian civilization. Filed Under: Foreign Affairs, Members First lady "Melania Trump denied "ever having a relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (675+ words) Aaron Blake: "This weekend's talks to end the war with Iran are some of the most high-stakes negotiations not just of Donald Trump's presidencies, but of recent American history." "One big problem, though: The U. S. can't even seem to agree with…...