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Global trade faces 'two-front crisis' as Trump's war sparks second strait blockade

(Raw Story) The Yemeni Houthis announced early Monday they would impose a “complete ban” on Israeli sea vessels from passing through the Red Sea, a partial blockade that risks hitting global trade with a “two-front crisis” as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, several outlets reported. “We declare a complete ban on enemy navigation in the Red Sea and we consider any Zionist movements to be military targets for our forces,” said Houthi spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Al Saree in a televised statement released on Monday, according to the United Arab Emirates news outlet The National.

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'I call the shots:' Trump says Netanyahu will have 'no choice' but to accept whatever deal US makes with Iran

(i24 News) US President Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have "no choice" but to accept any nuclear agreement negotiated between Washington and Tehran. "He won't have any choice," Trump told the Financial Times in a telephone interview. "I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots." In the same interview, Trump suggested that military options remain on the table if diplomatic efforts with Tehran collapse.

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LA mayor race flips as socialist beats reality TV star Pratt

(Bloomberg) Democratic incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Democratic City Councilmember Nithya Raman will advance to the runoff in November for Los Angeles mayor, Decision Desk HQ projects. Bass continued to lead the race with 34.68% of the vote, followed by Raman with 27.12% and reality star Spencer Pratt, a Republican, with 26.69%, according to Los Angeles County data.

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Top takeaways from Trump's contentious, rainy 'Meet the Press' interview

(USA Today) WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump abruptly ended a contentious ‒ and rainy ‒ interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" after he was challenged for saying without evidence that California's elections are rigged. Trump also defended a controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund despite his administration publicly abandoning the plan, and warned the United States will remove Iran's highly enriched uranium "militarily very harshly" if its leaders don't agree to dispose of the material in the ongoing war.

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Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars: 'I didn't promise anything'

(The Independent) President Donald Trump denied that he has broken his campaign promises by entering a war with Iran and vowed that the conflict would not be “endless” during a contentious interview this weekend. The president claimed that he made a distinction during his campaign for president in 2024 between “wars” and “endless” conflicts, adding that it wasn’t worth building up America’s military to never use it. “First of all, I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?” he asked.

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Democrats eyeing investigations, and perhaps prosecutions, of Trump officials

(The Hill) House Democrats want 2029 to be the year of reckoning for Trump administration officials. Democrats have long accused top members of President Trump’s team of violating laws across a wide range of activities, from deadly immigration raids and strikes on alleged drug boats, to financial self-dealing and targeting Trump’s political enemies for prosecutions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has not pursued those cases, the Democrats contend, only because the president’s loyalists control the agency. In many cases, they say, the DOJ itself is guilty of the wrongdoing.

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FBI Attacks Right-Wing Group Claiming Bureau is 'Slow Rolling' Release of Records Connected to Assassination Attempt

(Mediaiate) The FBI skewered a conservative watchdog group on Sunday for pushing a “CLICK BAIT LIE” that accused the bureau of “slow rolling” the release of information on the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. In an X post, the FBI’s “Rapid Response” account slammed Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and his watchdog group.

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Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families

(CBS News) The president has frequently railed against judges when they rule against him. What often happens next is a barrage of violent threats from his followers against those judges. As we first reported in March, we spoke with 26 federal judges – nine Democratic appointees, 17 Republican, both sitting and retired. The sitting judges told us they feel under siege.

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Zelensky's close European allies set out five conditions for peace talks

(BBC News) The leaders of Ukraine and its close European allies - the UK, France and Germany - have set out out five conditions for reaching a "just and lasting" deal to end the war with Russia. In a joint statement after talks in London, Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they would "stand firmly with Ukraine". The five conditions include a stop to the fighting, starting negotiations from the current position in the field as well as "robust" security guarantees for Ukraine.

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