Harrison smith
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David Ignatius: “After talking Sunday with people close to the negotiations, my sense is that the Islamabad impasse won’t necessarily mean a return to war. The blockade is a pressure tactic, to be sure, but not primarily a military one. Trump has no appetite for further armed conflict. He knows that the upsides are limited and the “tail risk,” as financial traders like to say, is large. His aim instead is to put a severely battered Iran into an economic vice to see if its leaders will set a different course in a big, comprehensive deal. The American side expects that despite last weekend’s standoff in Islamabad, contacts will probably continue, through Pakistani intermediaries. Trump’s destination is still the exit ramp.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
Exclusive: President Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments. on.wsj.com/4dBsSes
BREAKING: Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich reveals Melania Trump's statement pushing back on false connections to Jeffrey Epstein "came out of left field" for reporters at the White House: "We had no heads up on this. We're not getting any information from them now, including whether or not the president was aware she would be making this statement. It's unclear to us if she is reacting to something that's already happened, already come out, or getting ahead of a story that might be about to drop. We don't really know." @JacquiHeinrich @TheStoryFNC
NEWS: Pam Bondi will NOT appear before the House Oversight Committee in its Epstein probe. DOJ says Bondi was subpoenaed in her capacity as attorney general and, since she's no longer AG, she will not appear. Democrats wanted Bondi to testify regardless of her status as AG.
