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Vance Meets Iranian Officials in Switzerland as Pakistan Emerges as Key Peace Broker
Vice President JD Vance met directly with senior Iranian officials Sunday in Switzerland as the Trump administration seeks to transform last week's interim U.S.–Iran agreement into a broader framework addressing Tehran's nuclear program, regional security, and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. The talks, held at the Bürgenstock resort near Lake Lucerne, mark one of the highest-level diplomatic engagements between Washington and Tehran in decades. The America
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Trump Issues Stark Warning to Iran as High-Stakes Switzerland Talks Begin
President Donald Trump delivered a blunt warning to Iran on Saturday, declaring that Tehran must immediately rein in its Hezbollah proxies in Lebanon or face a far stronger American response. In a Truth Social post, Trump warned that if Iran continues allowing Hezbollah to destabilize the region, the United States would strike back "harder" than before. The warning comes as Vice President JD Vance opened critical negotiations with senior Iranian officials at the Bürgenstock R
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Vance Meets Iranian Officials in Switzerland as Pakistan Emerges as Key Peace Broker
Vice President JD Vance met directly with senior Iranian officials Sunday in Switzerland as the Trump administration seeks to transform last week's interim U.S.–Iran agreement into a broader framework addressing Tehran's nuclear program, regional security, and freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. The talks, held at the Bürgenstock resort near Lake Lucerne, mark one of the highest-level diplomatic engagements between Washington and Tehran in decades. The America
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Poll Shows Majority Support for U.S.–Iran Agreement as Debate Continues
A new national poll cited by President Donald Trump indicates that a majority of Americans support the newly announced U.S.–Iran agreement, providing the White House with a political boost as critics and supporters continue debating the deal's long-term impact on American security and Middle East stability. According to polling cited by President Trump, 56% of Americans approve of the preliminary U.S.–Iran agreement, while 16% disapprove. Trump described the agreement as “ver
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FROM CARTER TO TRUMP: 47 YEARS OF IRAN POLICY, FAILED ILLUSIONS, AND THE FIGHT FOR ISRAEL'S SECURITY
Few foreign policy disasters have shaped modern America more profoundly than the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979 and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic regime. The consequences are still with us today: decades of terrorism, hostage crises, proxy wars, nuclear tensions, attacks on American troops, and a regime that openly chants "Death to America." The central question remains controversial: Did President Jimmy Carter help create the conditions that allowed the
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Hezbollah Attack Threatens Trump’s Vision for Peace
A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect Friday after a deadly flare-up in Lebanon threatened to derail President Donald Trump’s historic effort to end months of war across the Middle East. According to U.S. officials, Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization agreed to halt hostilities after intense diplomatic pressure from Washington, Qatar, and regional mediators. The ceasefire came only days after President Trump and Iranian President
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Washington Nationals Recap & Review
By Dave Carter – Contributing Writer For Capitol Times Media Nationals 4 game win streak ended -- Just like ill health forcing Curley to retire from the Three Stooges, all good things must come to an end. Yes, the Washington Nationals' four-game winning streak came to a screeching halt yesterday. Now, the Stooges were fortunate enough to have Shemp waiting in the wings, but what's next for the Nats? Only time will tell. The Kansas City Royals hit a leadoff home run in the
Dave Carter
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IRAN BLINKS? Hormuz Reopens After Threats, But Tehran's Mixed Signals Put Trump Peace Deal to the Test
Just hours after celebrating a breakthrough U.S.-Iran agreement, the world received a stark reminder that peace in the Middle East remains fragile. On Friday, Iran's Foreign Ministry announced that commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was moving again under Iranian monitoring, attempting to calm fears after an alarming Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) radio broadcast warned ships to stay away from the strategic waterway. The message threatened vessels with
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The 14-Point US-Iran Deal and the Defense of Jerusalem: Can Peace Protect Israel?
President Donald Trump has once again defied Washington orthodoxy. The newly signed 14-point Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran has stunned allies, critics, and foreign-policy experts alike. Supporters see it as a masterstroke that ends a costly regional conflict, reopens the Strait of Hormuz, and creates an opportunity to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Critics, particularly many conservatives and Israeli security advocates, fear the
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Netanyahu Defies U.S.-Iran Agreement: Israel Refuses to Leave Southern Lebanon Security Zone
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel will not withdraw from its security zone in southern Lebanon, despite language contained in the newly signed U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding that calls for ending military operations across multiple regional fronts. The announcement underscores growing tensions between Jerusalem and Washington as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to implement a controversial agreement with Tehran that su
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New Alien Claims Raise More Questions Than Answers
A new wave of UFO disclosure headlines is sweeping across America after former CIA-funded researcher Dr. Hal Puthoff claimed that the U.S. government has recovered the remains of four different alien species from crashed unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The claim has reignited one of the most controversial debates in modern American history: What does Washington really know about UFOs, and why has the public been kept in the dark for decades? According to recent intervie
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