After Donald Trump watched fans walk out of the opening rally at his Great American State Fair on the Washington Mall, things have not gotten much better. read more
Iranian state media says it has now "no choice but to obtain the atomic bomb" to remove "the military option for the occupation and partitioning of Iran" from the table, arguing Iran must "absolutely reach nuclear deterrence" before current negotiations can be conducted "from a correct position," per Fars. Iran adds the acquisition is not only driven by negotiation leverage but also by Trump's two recent nuclear threats against Iran, including his April warning that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and his May threat of "one big glow coming out of Iran." This is also among the most direct nuclear weapons advocacy published on Iranian state media to date.
Attorneys for President Donald Trump have said that the BBC is trying to turn the president's defamation lawsuit against the corporation into a trial on the events of January 6, in a new legal filing where they argue that the BBC's request for documents under discoveries is too broad. Lawyers for the president wrote in a filing, reviewed by Newsweek: "Defendants are attempting to use this action as a vehicle to conduct a trial as to the events that occurred on January 6th." The filing states that the BBC had requested through discovery a number of documents, including Trump's telephone logs, calendars, schedules and daily diaries from November 3, 2020 to January 20, 2021.
David Streever appears to have been the second person in a matter of hours, after poll worker PaigeLynne Gonyea, that a specific pair of federal law enforcement officers tried to visit this past Tuesday in response to speech about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. They reportedly came up empty in Streever's case because he was abroad at the time, but then found him two days later at a hotel in New York City. Streever says he sent a harshly critical letter to acting ICE director Todd Lyons in January. It's denunciatory in its tone and predicts the downfall of Lyons's career, along with a lifetime of guilt, but contains no threats. Streever was apparently in Finland when officers showed up at his doorstep on Tuesday (at least three months after he sent the email) and told his wife they were there to issue a warning about the email to Lyons. One of the agents, Abbi Henry, reportedly left a business card.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday that he and his family in Michigan were targeted by a "false report" to state authorities claiming he was a danger to his 4-year-old twins. Michigan State Police confirmed in a statement that they had received an anonymous report regarding Buttigieg. State police and Child Protective Services then responded and "determined the report was false," the statement said.
France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.
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