When people talk about getting rid of “gatekeepers,” lying charlatans and their credulous simpletons replace them. They want to remove bureaucrats because they’re hard to control, not easy.
The preliminary peace agreement between the United States and Iran, which is still taking shape in early talks, hands Iran’s leadership a major economic lifeline as Tehran looks to consolidate strategic gains after months of war with Israel and the U.S. https://t.co/HJaUJrw0vh
After a devastating war left the Iranian system battered but still standing, the MOU grants Iran access to billions of dollars in desperately needed hard currency.
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The National Weather Service has issued its most extreme fire alert in Utah after at least 15 new fires erupted in the last 24 hours. The Cottonwood Fire – still 0% contained – is now one of the most destructive in Utah’s history. @LeeGoldbergABC7 reports. https://t.co/JtUDKcM9lb
The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan https://t.co/W3UhBerdH0
Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer https://t.co/7l2bkD0MIH
New, with @grynbaum: CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, has told Paramount he will not share oversight of the news network.
This comes amid widespread anxiety at Hudson Yards over the prospect of Bari Weiss’s involvement with CNN.
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Column by Philip Kennicott: The one thing strangely absent at the Great American State Fair, a celebration on the National Mall of America’s 250th birthday organized by a group aligned with the Trump administration, is nostalgia. https://t.co/thmT740i9b
Bahrain said it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack Saturday, after Iran said it had carried out retaliatory strikes against U.S. targets in a flaring of hostilities that could test the ceasefire deal as both sides negotiate a broader peace. https://t.co/FZ1CrtSBhD
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations, revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears. https://t.co/eFRutwLsxS
"At least 400,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in action in Ukraine—a British intelligence report released at the end of May suggests nearly 500,000—and another 600,000 to 800,000 have been seriously wounded. Despite these massive casualties, the size of the force has grown from approximately 850,000 active personnel before the war to 1.3 million now." https://t.co/LcUp6pWFv7
The United States plans to send another “nine-figure” aid package this week to Venezuela as the search for survivors of two massive earthquakes that hit the South American country continues, a senior Trump administration official said. https://t.co/yRxQGpDKWE
BREAKING: President Donald Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to be the next ICE director. https://t.co/mT2hR66Tuy