Trump provides the "olive branch" and threatens Iran's potential nuclear deal. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A mountaineer fell 200 feet in Washington State without breaking his bones.
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A top Iranian official said the country is ready to sign a nuclear deal with the United States in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions if the country does not accept the agreement, after President Donald Trump provides Iran with a "olive branch" and the threat of the threat.
In an interview with NBC News chief foreign journalist Richard Engel, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a top political, military and nuclear adviser, said Iran will always be committed to making nuclear weapons and ridding its highly abundant uranium stockpile, among other offers. In exchange, Shamkhani said Iran hopes to lift all economic sanctions immediately.
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But Trump's tone in his speech yesterday that he threatened to weaken economic sanctions if Iran did not accept a deal that restricts its nuclear program, putting leaders on the edge. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized Trump in comments aired on state television. "He's talking about olive trees we don't see. It's all thorny wires," Shamkhani said.
The United States and Iran have been holding weeks of nuclear planning talks with Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, calling the final round “encouraging”.
Trump's trip to the Middle East this week includes parking in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Yesterday, he met with Syria's new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, after long-term sanctions on the country. Today, he plans to speak to the troops at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
💉At the House Appropriations Hearing, Kennedy told Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan that he “probably” vaccinated his kids today, but added: “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.”
💉At the Senate hearing, Kennedy seemed to suggest that the measles vaccine is not safe due to intensified back and forth with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy. When asked if he would recommend a measles vaccine, Kennedy said: "If I knew there was a problem, I wouldn't tell people that everything is safe and effective. I need to respect people's wisdom."
💰 In fact, the purpose of the hearing is to discuss next year's budget for HHS and Kennedy's recent mass layoffs, but some lawmakers are upset that they don't seem to be aware of the basic details. For example, Kennedy said that despite the sacking of these workers, they do not intend to get rid of the lead poisoning department of childhood. However, he did confirm the 328 DHS employees facing termination Recoveredincluding those involved in screening for "black lung" diseases among coal miners and health problems of first responders on 9/11. Read the full story here.
Apart from measles and layoffs Makes some Republicans so nervous They are conducting polls to understand his impact on the midterm elections.
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar and professor at Georgetown University, was released from ice detention after a judge ruled that his detention violated the rights of the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech and the Fifth Amendment (Fifth Amendment). Khan Suri's goal is to be deported by the Trump administration and accused by the Department of Homeland Security of "actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting anti-Semitism on social media." But Eastern Virginia Judge Intern Giles said in the ruling that the administration failed to provide evidence that his claim or prove that he would be a national security risk.
Khan Suri made a speech after the Great Prairie Detention Centre he had been to since March. "No fee, nothing," he said. "They were a mate from me." He also condemned the conditions inside the Texas detention center that has been held since March. Read the full story here.
R&B singer and model Casandra Ventura, combing over 10 years with Sean "Diddy," returned to the witness stand yesterday at the federal trial of hip-hop tycoon, exploring her relationship with the comb and the painful details of his alleged patterns of violence and sexual abuse. She is expected to return to the stands for cross-examination today.
In Wednesday's testimony, Ventura claimed Combs raped her on her living room floor in 2018, responding to the allegations she filed in a 2023 civil lawsuit, which she said was a $20 million solution, the first time she publicly disclosed the amount of the settlement. She also recounted the consequences of the 2016 attack on Comms at a Los Angeles hotel recorded by security cameras and performed several times this week.
Ventura also gave more details on what Combs calls a “freak discount,” which she says happens so often that her tongue can hurt. Ventura added that she developed an "opia addiction" that would help her feel "numb" after having a marathon sex with her male escorts. Read more The second day testimony about Ventura.
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First, I say this story is devastating. Three climbers in Washington State died after a pronounced anchor failure, and the team knocked 200 feet into the jagged rock, and then they slid uncontrollably for 200 feet. But there are four climbers in the group, which means one survived, somehow without a fracture, although he did suffer injuries and head trauma. Nevertheless, the lonely survivor, a 38-year-old man from Seattle, Found his way to the car and drive to safely. As one county official said, his story was “a miracle to say the least.” - Elizabeth Robinson, News Editor
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