Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted on social media Wednesday, requesting the U.S. extend a deadline to make a deal for two weeks and also asking Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz during that time. “The President has been made aware of the proposal, and a response will come,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told NewsNation. More: https://tinyurl.com/5ev9umm7 #StraitofHormuz #Iran #Trump
On Tuesday's "American Agenda," Officials are sounding the alarm on a synthetic drug after a string of inmate deaths rocked a Chicago jail. NEWSMAX's Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera reports.
Pope Leo XIV denounced President Trump's threat to wipe out Iran's civilization on Tuesday. The big picture: The first U.S.-born pontiff told reporters in Italian "this threat against the entire people of Iran" is "truly unacceptable," according to a Vatican News translation . - Leo has been increasingly outspoken in his moral opposition to many of Trump's policies, in particular on the Iran war and immigration , but his comments on Tuesday marked his most pointed rebuke yet. What they're saying: "There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more, it is a moral question concerning the good of the people as a whole, in its entirety," the pope told reporters in Italian. - He's asking "all people of goodwill to…
With a few exceptions, congressional Republicans were silent on Tuesday as the clock ticked down on President Trump's threat to wipe out Iranian civilization unless the Strait of Hormuz was reopened. Why it matters: Republicans in Congress have shown unwavering loyalty to Trump, and the president's threat against Iran appears to be no exception to the long-standing pattern of limited GOP resistance. Driving the news: Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) said in a post on X that "I do not support the destruction of a "whole civilization." That is not who we are, and it is not consistent with the principles that have long guided America." - Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) posted Trump's threat "cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain…
