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If an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program proves elusive, the United States could spearhead military action against it, President Trump said in an interview published on Friday.Mr. Trump’s comments, in an interview with Time magazine marking his first three months in office, came as American and Iranian officials were set to meet for the third consecutive Saturday in an effort to reach an agreement that would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.After being asked if he was worried that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel might drag him into a war with Iran, Mr. Trump said:…

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos faces sentencing Friday on Long Island. He pleaded guilty last August to federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, admitting he exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory.In a sentencing document filed earlier this month, prosecutors detailed how Santos lied, stole and defrauded voters and donors. They said he didn’t just pad his resume; he used “a wholly fictitious biography to enrich himself and capture one of the highest offices.”How long does George Santos face in prison?The U.S. Department of Justice wants Santos to serve 87 months in prison, while his lawyers are seeking…

A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy.The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Trump has been subject to his “whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.”It challenged Trump’s claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The suit asks the court to declare the tariffs to be illegal, and to block government agencies and its officers from enforcing them.A…

The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week. Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts. And Signalgate promises to be the first of many incompetence scandals that expose the brutal violence at the core of the American empire. At a time when elite universities, powerful law firms, and influential media outlets are capitulating to Trump’s intimidation,…

Scammers stole a record $16.6 billion in 2024, the FBI said on Wednesday.That marked a 33% increase from 2023, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual report. More than a quarter million complaints reported money lost to a scam, with an average of a loss of more than $19,000. “As nearly all aspects of our lives have become digitally connected, the attack surface for cyber actors has grown exponentially,” the FBI’s Operations Director for Criminal and Cyber B. Chad Yarbrough said in a note attached to the report. While most losses were caused by fraud, ransomware prevailed as the largest threat…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News. The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures. “Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration,” a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. The renovation that was initially planned was estimated…

Politics / April 18, 2025 And so do all of his cronies. Ad Policy Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a press conference at Port Everglades on April 9, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) As President Donald Trump wound down Monday’s Oval Office meeting with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, he trailed off into a reverie about having Bukele expand the capacity of the brutal COCET prison complex now housing immigrants swept up in Gestapo-style raids to include native-born criminal offenders. “Why do you think there’s…

A new report on air quality across the United States offered a cloudy prognosis on the long-term health of about 156 million residents who live in areas that received an “F” in smog and soot pollution. The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, which looked at the latest air quality data from 2021 to 2023, concluded that 25 million more people are breathing “unhealthy levels of air pollution” compared to last year. According to the report, around 46% of people in the U.S. live in an area that received a failing grade in at least one of the…

Lindsay Brown was working from home in Little Rock, Arkansas, when, during a company meeting in February, her employer said that due to the United States Agency for International Development not making payments to the organization, staff changes needed to happen. Brown, who worked in internal communications for the nonprofit FHI 360, has been furloughed since shortly after that meeting.  She learned that her last day at FHI 360 will be May 2. She is one of the close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — who lost their jobs as the…

Politics / April 18, 2025 Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first. Ad Policy Presidential timber? United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain speaks to guests at an election-night watch party.(Scott Olson / Getty Images) Donald Trump’s tariff wars are tearing apart the world, including the world of American politics. Trade is an issue that divides both major political parties. Although Trump has cowed most inside his own party, in early April seven Republican Senators, including former majority leader Mitch McConnell, cosponsored a bill put forth by the Democratic caucus to limit Trump’s power…