Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to "blow up" the country of Oman if it didn't bow to his wishes around control of the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. president seeks a peace agreement with Iran to re-open the strait. The president hosted a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday and reiterated his insistence that Oman and other nations sign the Abraham Accords, a U.S.-led treaty which encourages the normalization of diplomatic ties between Arab nations and Israel.
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Former Waco attorney Adam Hoffman, who became the poster child for injustice and lax prosecution in the Texas U.S. Senate campaign, was released from the McLennan County Jail Monday morning after serving 29 days of his 60-day sentence. Hoffman, 49, who initially faced up to life in prison without parole, pleaded guilty April 16 to reduced charges of indecent assault and displaying harmful materials to a minor, both Class A misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail, in a plea bargain offered by the Texas Attorney General's Office. When asked about how the story of his plea agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office after his first trial ended in a mistrial has become national news and the forefront of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's campaign against Paxton, Hoffman said again he just wants to go home.
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