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Three US officials speaking with Axios claimed that President Donald Trump does not plan to have an open-ended ceasefire with Iran, and is planning to give Tehran under a week to present a proposal to Washington.  “Trump is willing to give another three to five days of ceasefire to allow the Iranians to get their shit together. It is not going to be open-ended,” one source briefed on the matter said.  A two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran was scheduled to expire on Tuesday. Just hours before the truce ended, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that he was…

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The parents of Sheridan Gorman, the Loyola University student allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, spoke to CBS News about their daughter’s death. They say they don’t want her death to be about politics, but they do want accountability.”She was really an amazing person. I grieve not only for all of the people that she touched in this life, but the people she won’t touch,” her mother said. “No one should have to deal with the police coming to your door at 6:00 a.m.”Gorman was an 18-year-old freshman at Loyola University Chicago shot in the back while she…

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Amid a media blackout, British authorities and their Israeli collaborators are determined to curtail the activist group as they face their last legal chance to do so. Protester being arrested in London on Sept. 6, 2025, for holding a sign saying “I support Palestine Action.” (Alisdaire Hickson, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0) By The Grayzone StaffThe Grayzone  Six Palestine Action activists are facing a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury has not been…

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MS NOW’s Mike Brzezinski discusses a report from The Hill which suggests the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Alito might motivate Republican voters ahead of the November midterms: MIKA BRZEZINSKI, MS NOW: Republicans in the Senate are reportedly hoping for a Supreme Court surprise that could help save their majority in this November’s midterms. The Hill reports that some in the Senate GOP are welcoming the potential retirement of conservative Justice Samuel Alito as an “October surprise” that could rally Republican-leaning voters to the polls, since President Donald Trump would select his replacement.The Hill report says GOP senators are being…

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Data from the shipping tracking firm Vortexa found that at least 34 Iranian ships have bypassed the US blockade since President Donald Trump imposed it on April 13. The US has only stopped two Iranian ships.  Trump has argued that his blockade is a tremendous success and has put the government in Tehran on the brink of collapse. “Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately- Starving for cash! Losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Military and Police complaining that they are not getting paid,” the President wrote on Truth Social Tuesday.  Vortexa’s data shows that…

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President Donald Trump announced an extension to the two-week ceasefire Tuesday on Truth Social, saying that Iran’s government was “seriously fractured” and Pakistan had asked him to hold off on resuming attacks. Trump said that the U.S. blockade would continue “until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”  Iran’s Tasnim News Agency said Wednesday that Tehran has not yet issued an official stance on Trump’s announcement extending the ceasefire. A senior adviser to Tehran’s lead negotiator, Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a post on X Tuesday that Trump’s…

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More than a year ago, on “Liberation Day,” President Donald Trump unilaterally imposed double-digit tariffs on imports from nearly every country on the planet. As a direct result, Americans have suffered higher prices ever since. This holds true even in less obvious sectors of the economy. For example, I wrote last year that Trump’s tariffs would likely drive up the cost of car insurance. Similarly, the tariffs appear to be raising homeowners’ insurance premiums, as well. “Tariffs will add an extra $106 to the average homeowner’s annual insurance costs,” insurance comparison site Insurify projected earlier this year. “Since April 2025,…

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