President Donald Trump announced Sunday that “effective immediately,” he instructed the U.S. Navy to conduct its own blockade near the Strait of Hormuz after Iranians refused to agree to Washington’s hardline demands during negotiations in Islamabad on Saturday.
Pete Hegseth, the secretary of War, told reporters a day after the temporary ceasefire between Iran and Washington was announced that it was the Iranians who begged the U.S. to stop the war.
Yair Lapid, the Israeli opposition leader, called out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week for going along with President Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement with Iran, calling the move a historic “political disaster” for Israel because the war did not achieve any goals.
President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked Pope Leo and posted an AI illustration of himself as Jesus, drawing new scrutiny from followers and a response from the Pontiff.
Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of Poland’s lower house of parliament, said in an interview Sunday that President Donald Trump is beginning to look like a “leader of chaos,” which was an unusual rebuke from Warsaw, which is usually supportive of the leader in Washington.
President Donald Trump warned Iran that it will face “complete decimation” if it does not agree to the U.S. terms to end the war, which the administration described as its “best and final offer.”
During my most recent appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Judging Freedom on Wednesday I expressed the view that the ongoing ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was a scam designed to support Israeli interests in the region and to give both Tel Aviv and the White House breathing room to prepare for the next major assault on Iran.
President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran that it needs to agree to the ceasefire because he has ordered the military to restock ships in the region with the most sophisticated weapons after the temporary deal announced earlier in the week.
President Donald Trump addressed reporters outside the White House on Monday and committed to his self-imposed Tuesday deadline for Iran to agree to his administration’s terms for a ceasefire, and said Tehran, which has been defeated, does not want to say “uncle.”
Innovation Council Action, a new pro-AI political operation that has the support of David Sacks, President Donald Trump’s former AI and crypto czar, plans to inject more than $100 million on the 2026 midterm elections to focus on politicians who back policies deemed advantageous for the sector.