Senate Discovers War Powers

Iranian leaders say that a framework for a peace deal was made over the weekend in Switzerland and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will be lifted during the 60-day negotiation period. In a joint statement, leaders from Pakistan and Qatar said that “encouraging progress has been made including the creation of a mechanism for further technical talks.” In other words, this is not a final peace deal. It is an agreement to keep negotiating toward one, with a target of reaching a final settlement within two months. The statement says that “the mediating parties will continue to do their utmost to ensure that the negotiations continue to be conducted in a constructive atmosphere with the aim of reaching a final deal.” A constructive atmosphere may be easier said than done. On Sunday, President Trump threatened to “hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last

President Trump signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, which is the framework for a peace agreement. Iranian officials have also signed. The 14-point agreement was confirmed by U.S. officials. The most important conditions are as follows: The U.S. and Iran will end military operations against one another and make sure that their allies (Israel) will terminate all military operations in Lebanon; The Strait of Hormuz will reopen and the U.S. will remove its naval blockade; The U.S. will end all sanctions on Iran and help the country recover at least $300 billion “for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Iran affirms that it will “not procure or develop nuclear weapons” but the deal does leave open the possibility that Iran enriches uranium for nuclear power. The Trump administration admitted that this is only fair, which was initially the

A new report by British MP Rupert Lowe claims that the U.K. has systematically enabled Muslim men to run “rape gangs” for decades, preying on vulnerable white British girls. The report argues that Islamic principles are a key driver of these crimes. It cites concepts including al-walā’ wa-l-barā’, claiming that they encourage hostility toward non-Muslims, male dominance, forced marriage, sexual exploitation of non-Muslim women, and a hierarchy that places Muslims above others. It is a shocking claim. But reading the survivor testimony raises a different question. The women described in the report were not typically kidnapped off the street and held captive by an organized trafficking cartel. Again and again, the stories describe girls from broken homes, girls failed by social services, girls suffering abuse at home, girls who became addicted to drugs and alcohol, and girls who repeatedly found themselves in the orbit of predatory men. None

The U.S.-Iran peace deal that Trump announced now appears to be a genuine development and not just another social media stunt. But will Israel allow the deal to move forward? That’s far from certain. In fact, the signs point in the opposite direction. On Tuesday, Israel bombed a civilian area in Lebanon and then launched a second strike after emergency medical crews arrived. At this point, Trump seems to be at the end of his rope with Israel’s antics, publicly venting his frustrations with them: “Israel is fighting Hezbollah too long, and too many people are getting killed, and you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they’re not all Hezbollah.” “I didn’t like where two hours before we were signing the agreement that there was an attack in Lebanon, in Beirut.” So

Baby monitors are supposed to help parents sleep better at night, right? But what if the device watching your child is also sending data through technology tied to a company linked to the Chinese military? That’s the issue at the center of a new lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri against baby monitor manufacturer Lorex. State officials accuse the company of concealing its relationship with Zhejiang Dahua Technology, a Chinese surveillance giant that was designated by the Pentagon as a Chinese military company in 2022. According to the lawsuit, Lorex marketed its cameras as secure and privacy-focused while failing to fully disclose the extent of its ties to Dahua. Missouri argues that consumers had a right to know who was behind the technology they were bringing into their homes. These aren’t just security cameras pointed at a driveway, as Missouri’s attorney general pointed out: “These cameras watch our babies

The European Union’s new Migration Pact officially took effect on June 12, and it could become one of the most divisive policies Brussels has ever imposed on its member states. Under the new rules, countries that refuse to accept migrants assigned to them through the EU’s redistribution system can face penalties of up to €21,000 per migrant. For nations resisting the policy, the bill could quickly climb into the hundreds of millions of euros each year. As if migrants flooding their countries wasn’t costing them enough already. The pact also introduces accelerated asylum and border processing procedures, while granting migrants access to certain worker rights after just six months in the system, which could make Europe an even more attractive destination for migration. Supporters describe the pact as a fair way to share responsibility across Europe. Critics say it’s a system that favors bureaucracy over secure