State of the Union: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Tuesday. The post Iran War Day 147: Trump Says Seized Iranian Funds to Be Used for Hormuz Damages appeared first on The American Conservative .
American decisionmakers weighed new financial and military options to change the course of the war as the U.S. and Iran continued to trade strikes Friday. The New York Times reported Friday, citing four anonymous sources, that President Donald Trump met with cabinet officials to consider whether to escalate the Iran War. Trump said Thursday that he would use confiscated Iranian funds to cover for any damages sustained to vessels attacked by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz. “These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Iran’s Foreign Abbas Araghchi on Thursday evening condemned the move, writing on X that “seizing another nation’s assets…Open
Sage Steele commented on leftist sports commentators bashing Women's Basketball player Sophie Cunningham's comments on that trans athletes shouldn't play in women's sports on Friday's "The Record with Greta Van Susteren."
President Trump will impose double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor violations, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The action will cover 99.4 percent of U.S. imports and apply to Washington’s top trading partners, according to a fact sheet released by his office. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5987343-trump-tariffs-imports-forced-labor-section-301/ #Tariffs #Trump #EuropeanUnion #EU #Trade #International
A protestor interrupted a news conference held Thursday, July 23, by Madison, Wisconsin, officials about the police shooting death of Corey Ruiz, a homeless resident of city. Madison Police Chief John Patterson stepped away from the microphone when a protester began shouting. Carlos Dixon, an activist running for Wisconsin governor as a write-in independent candidate, took the chief's spot at the lectern. Ruiz was shot and killed Wednesday. According to police, Ruiz had resisted arrest and injured an officer with a knife. (Principal reporting and copy: AP / Additional information: Milwaukee Courier, TMJ4 News, WISN, others) #CoreyRuiz #Madison #Wisconsin #Police #Shooting READ MORE:…