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It wasn’t dramatic, but it didn’t need to be.
Just a quiet acknowledgment, followed by a small, human reaction What made this stand out wasn’t what was said—but what wasn’t. There was no attempt to hide it, no effort to quickly move on. Just a quiet acknowledgment, followed by a small, human reaction.
An Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, man running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate faces accusations of making threats to kill President Donald Trump and a member of Congress.
Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, obtained by local media, outline the alleged threatening statements authorities say Chandler made.
The affidavit also said he followed that up by stating this must happen because “wealth concentration has gotten so bad in this country.”
Just hours before his arrest, Chandler posted a YouTube video as part of his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. In the video, titled “It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires,” he announced his intention to challenge Senator John Fetterman in the 2028 election.
Earlier this month, the suspect charged in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting made his initial appearance in federal court, where he was formally advised of the charges filed by prosecutors.
Department of Justice, Allen appeared in court wearing a blue jail uniform and faces charges including attempted assassination of the President of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, and transporting a firearm across state lines, Fox News reported.
Allen spoke softly during his court appearance.
“He attempted to assassinate the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jocelyn Ballantine told the court. “We are asking the court to preventatively detain Mr. Allen.”
“Cole Allen’s journey of accountability in the criminal justice system starts today,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a press conference, adding, “There will be additional charges as this investigation continues to unfold.”
As of now, there is no public indication that Tehran has accepted President Donald Trump’s central demand that Iran permanently abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.
The broader conflict began in late February following joint U.S.-Israeli military operations that targeted senior Iranian leadership and military infrastructure, dramatically escalating tensions across the Middle East and triggering months of instability throughout the region. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is heading to the White House Situation Room to make a “final determination” — apparently on the memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
White House officials stated yesterday that US and Iranian negotiators had struck a memorandum of understanding (MoU), but Trump has yet to give his final approval.
“Iran must agree that they will never have a nuclear weapon or bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
The president referenced the reported terms of the MoU, which the White House confirmed yesterday.
Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!)” Trump continued.
“Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented naval blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’” Trump added.
Trump suggested that he has already made a decision to lift the blockade, even though that was only supposed to happen once the MoU was signed, according to the terms leaked to the press and confirmed by the White House.
The MoU stipulates that the sides will hold subsequent negotiations during the 60-day ceasefire extension on Iran’s nuclear program, including its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
Trump insisted that this “nuclear dust” will be “unearthed” and destroyed by the US in close coordination with Iran and the UN’s nuclear energy agency.
“No money will be exchanged, until further notice,” he added, ostensibly referring to the sanctions relief Iran is supposed to receive from the US as part of the MoU once it is signed.
“Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to. I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,” Trump added.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced swift Republican backlash after urging Democrats to consider expanding the Supreme Court and abolishing the Electoral College when they are next in power.
“Let’s invite a discussion about how do we push for statehood for Puerto Rico and D. C. ; how are we thinking about the Electoral College,” Harris added.
“We’ve got to neutralize this red state cheating,” Harris continued. “There’s a brutality at play on the other side, and a ruthlessness. And we need to play to win.
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Also, several red states are redrawing race-based congressional boundaries after the Supreme Court found them unconstitutional last month.
And Democrats suffered some recent setbacks in the redistricting battle, including losing four likely seats in Virginia after the state Supreme Court ruled a ballot referendum to make the change violated the state constitution.
Republicans immediately pounced on Harris’ ideas, with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La. ) calling her and her Democrat Party “institutional arsonists. ”
“It’s a dangerous thing, a dangerous gambit,” the speaker said. “You don’t just blow up the system when you lose. ”
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S. C.
, in an interview with Fox, called Harris’ remarks “totally insane. ”
“That’s why we can’t let her become president,” he said. “People … rejected her before; they’ll reject her again. ”
Jason Crow, D-Colo. , told Fox News.
“Right now I’m focusing on lowering costs, health care, ending a runaway war that’s costing Americans tens of billions of dollars. Those are the things that my constituents are talking to me about,” he said.
Harris is calling for Democratic retaliation as Republicans appear to be the clear winners in the redistricting battles leading up to the midterms.
Earlier in May, Tennessee restructured its only black-majority district, which had been represented for decades by a white Democrat, allowing Republicans to secure a seat that had long been out of their reach.
Other GOP states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina, are also in the process of eliminating their black-majority districts in compliance with the U. S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who used a Civil War reference for her party to regain power.
Speaking amid growing Democratic outrage over recent court defeats in Virginia and the Supreme Court, declaring that “the North” needed to confront Southern Republican-led states over what she described as attacks on democracy and minority representation.
“It is time for the North to pull up to the South and let them know exactly what they have uncorked with this injustice,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
They do not know the sleeping giant they just awakened. What they thought was the final blow is actually just the opening silo,” she added.
President Donald Trump will hold a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday after nixing plans to gather top administration officials at Camp David.
Trump said Wednesday that Iran is “negotiating on fumes” and “they want very much to make a deal. ”
“So far, they haven’t gotten there, we’re not satisfied with it, but we will be,” Trump said.
Either that or we’ll have to just finish the job. Their navy is gone, as I’ve said a thousand times, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, everything’s gone,” Trump added.
Trump said the American people understand Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.
“They thought they were going to out wait me, you know,” Trump said.
He’s got the midterms. ’ I don’t care about the midterms. Look what happened last night.
That was the prelude to the midterms. People understand it. They know that, very simple, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” the president added.
Former CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said Iran’s reported effort to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz suggests Tehran is “hedging its bets” and attempting to ramp up pressure on the U. S.
amid ongoing negotiations.
“Clearly the Iranians are trying to hedge their bets here and put more pressure on the U. S. , and what we saw here was CENTCOM detecting that and then taking military action to address it very, very quickly,” Votel said during a Tuesday appearance on Fox News’ “America Reports.
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The comments came after CENTCOM said U. S. forces carried out “self-defense strikes” in southern Iran on Monday, targeting missile launch sites and two Iranian boats allegedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, as a “designated target” would have to stay in hiding, and any final arrangement with the U. S. would have to be approved via secret courier networks, counterterrorism experts warned Tuesday.
“Khamenei is a designated target, and every confirmed sighting is a coordinate,” Dr. Omar Mohammed told Fox News.
“The courier system used for messaging is not transitional. It is the operating system of his rule,” Mohammed added.
That is not arms control as it has been conventionally understood. It is a memorandum signed under American military pressure, with a regime whose leader cannot show his face. ”
Iran is seeking to get the release of $24 billion in frozen cash as part of a possible deal with the US, Tasnim News, which is affiliated with the IRGC, said.
Tasnim News stated that Tehran wants $12 billion to be released immediately after a memorandum of understanding is declared, with the rest of the money delivered over a 60-day period of discussion.
Tuesday, FOX Business hosts David Asman and Lauren Simonetti said markets seemed to be preparing for tensions in the Strait of Hormuz to relax despite threats from Iran after U. S. strikes against Iranian sites.
“Investors are betting that the strait will eventually reopen and oil prices will decline, even as inflation and rising interest rates continue to squeeze consumers,” Asman said.
President Donald Trump provided a big update on Tuesday afternoon after completing his six-month annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
“Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
The White House said the visit will consist of “routine annual dental and medical assessments.”
However, that did not stop social media critics from launching a fresh round of speculation about the president’s health.
Liberal accounts spent Monday circulating claims that Trump had been “rushed” to Walter Reed for some sort of emergency, fueling online chatter that the president was dealing with a serious undisclosed health issue.
The reality seems far less dramatic.
The White House has described the visit as part of Trump’s routine preventive healthcare, with officials saying the appointment was scheduled in advance and is consistent with the regular monitoring presidents receive while in office.
Trump, who turns 80 next month, has remained one of the most visible and active presidents in modern American politics, maintaining a relentless public schedule filled with rallies, meetings, travel, media appearances, and golf outings.
The visit marks Trump’s third scheduled trip to Walter Reed in roughly 13 months and his fourth publicly disclosed medical evaluation since returning to the White House, according to The Washington Post.
After Trump’s October 2025 physical, Barbabella said the president demonstrated “strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.”
He also described Trump as being in “excellent health” and “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief.
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Trump himself has repeatedly brushed aside questions about his age and fitness.
“I feel literally the same as I did 50 years ago,” Trump recently said, according to Forbes.
The president has frequently pointed to his cognitive test performance as proof that he remains mentally sharp.
Trump has often boasted that he “aced” cognitive exams administered during previous evaluations, using the results to contrast himself with former President Joe Biden, whose age and mental acuity became major issues during the 2024 campaign.
Trump allies argue that the president’s schedule speaks for itself.
Supporters regularly point to his packed calendar, lengthy unscripted public appearances, international travel and frequent campaign-style events as evidence that he continues to possess remarkable stamina.
That has not stopped critics from continuing to speculate.
Some media outlets and outside physicians have raised questions about visible bruising on Trump’s hands, occasional swelling in his legs, and moments where he appeared tired during public appearances.
The White House has offered explanations for those concerns.
Officials have said the bruising on Trump’s hands is the result of constant handshaking combined with his daily aspirin regimen, which he reportedly takes for cardiac prevention.
The administration has also aggressively pushed back against broader online rumors suggesting undisclosed health emergencies.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously blasted those claims directly.
“Clearly organized misinformation campaign peddled by left-wing accounts,” Leavitt said of the speculation surrounding prior rumors about Trump’s health.
The latest frenzy appears to follow a familiar pattern.
Trump’s age, health and physical appearance have become recurring topics for critics and members of the legacy media, particularly as the president continues pushing an aggressive agenda on immigration, foreign policy, trade and national security.
Allies argue the focus is politically motivated.
They point out that much of the same media downplayed visible concerns surrounding Biden during his presidency, only to later acknowledge growing questions about his cognitive performance.
In addition to the medical evaluation, Trump’s visit to Walter Reed also included meetings with military personnel.
A North Carolina court has ruled that the state violated its constitution by allowing certain nonresident individuals to vote in federal elections, handing a significant victory to the Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party in an ongoing election integrity dispute.
Republican plaintiffs argued that the North Carolina Constitution limits voting rights to state residents and that individuals who have never lived in North Carolina cannot legally participate in any elections conducted by the state, including federal contests.
The State Board of Elections had previously stopped allowing “never residents” to vote in state elections after a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling but continued permitting them to vote in federal races.
“This ruling confirms the state constitution forbids voting by individuals who have never lived in North Carolina,” North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons said after the decision.
Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters also praised the ruling, calling it “a clear win for fair and lawful elections” and arguing that the court reaffirmed the principle that only North Carolina residents can vote in North Carolina elections.
Republican groups argued that the state constitution’s residency requirements apply equally to all elections and that state officials could not create separate standards for federal contests.
GOP attorneys maintained that previous appellate and state Supreme Court rulings had already established that “never residents” are constitutionally prohibited from voting in North Carolina elections.
The Democratic National Committee further argued that the lawsuit could disenfranchise military families and overseas citizens.
Under the challenged law, an individual born abroad could vote in North Carolina if a parent or legal guardian’s last eligible voting residence was in the state and the individual had never registered elsewhere. Republicans argued that provision violated the North Carolina Constitution’s residency requirements.
The decision represents another major development in North Carolina’s broader election law battles and could have implications for voter eligibility policies ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Republican groups hailed the ruling as reinforcing constitutional residency requirements, while opponents are expected to continue challenging restrictions affecting overseas voting eligibility.
Election law experts have noted that several states maintain provisions allowing certain overseas citizens who have never resided in the United States to vote based on a parent’s last state of residence.
For Republicans, the decision represents another victory in a broader effort to tighten voter eligibility standards and strengthen election integrity measures ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
With the 2026 election cycle already underway, the ruling is likely to become another flashpoint in the national debate over voting rights, election administration, and who is ultimately eligible to participate in American elections.
They’ve been gone now for a year and a half, but the corruption and systemic hatred the Biden-Harris administration had for our country continue to rear their ugly heads.
Allegations have emerged that the Biden-Harris administration may have funneled millions of dollars to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) connected to terrorist groups.
These taxpayer dollars have reportedly been sent to groups that are anti-Israel and supportive of terrorism, which can only be seen as a betrayal of the American people:
The House Judiciary Committee released a memo on Friday that details what it says is a pattern of neglect and abuse of taxpayer funds during the Biden administration. These funds, according to the memo, went directly and indirectly to anti-Israel protests and terrorist-linked NGOs.
U.S. nonprofit Rockefeller Brothers Fund provided nearly $4 million to radical, anti-Israel groups, including some with alleged ties to terrorist organizations
The funds were disbursed through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department and other federal agencies.
Not sure we needed another example of why President Trump shut down USAID, but we just got one. Here are the committee’s key findings:
The Tides Network is linked to a prominent figure in American leftist and anti-Israel activism: George Soros.
Although Soros did not found the Tides Network, the organization often serves as a conduit for his financial contributions to far-left causes. Additionally, it is associated with a wide range of anti-Israel and anti-American initiatives.
A memo from 2025 revealed that the Committee was already examining the questionable spending of taxpayer money, specifically through USAID. That memo, as background for the House probe, said:
In 2023, Israel experienced widespread protests over the plan of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reform the Israeli judicial system. The Biden-Harris Administration openly opposed the proposed reforms, with former President Joe Biden saying that Israel “cannot continue down this road.”
Media reports subsequently revealed that some U.S. taxpayer money, in the form of grants, had been funneled through various American and Israeli NGOs to fund these protests in part. The use of federal grants for such purposes risks harming America’s relationship with one of its closest allies and undermines core civil liberties.
Let’s be clear about what this is. Some of this spending comes dangerously close to offering aid and support to organizations that oppose the ideals and principles of the United States.
Under the Biden administration, USAID funded NGOs that are provided support not only to anti-Israel groups but also to groups linked to terrorist organizations.
Additionally, there is the connection to the Soros family, which has opposed many of the core values that the United States has stood for over the past couple of generations.
Well, you know how that goes. But there is some good news.
USAID is no more, so there goes yet another conduit between taxpayer money and Democrat-aligned groups who hate America.
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