DEAL OR NO DEAL: The US and Iran are reported to be closing in on what’s described as a “framework” of understanding that could extend the current cease-fire, lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and to more substantial talks …

PARTY POLITICS: Texas Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton with the endorsement of Donald Trump soundly defeated four-term Senator John Cornyn in the state’s Republican primary runoff for senate. It’s proof that Trump still has a firm grip on the MAGA wing of …

DEAL OR NO DEAL: The US carried out what it described as “self-defense strikes” in southern Iran yesterday “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.” Iran threatened to retaliate, putting the ceasefire and peace talks in jeopardy.   The Pentagon said …

DEAL OR NO DEAL: Negotiators for Iran and the US are working on a peace agreement that both sides say could re-open the Strait of Hormuz for shipping. The Washington Post reports that the two sides re reaching a “framework” to …

THE WAKEUP: In a week in which Donald Trump ended the career of a Senate Republican, members of his party are outraged over the establishment of the Justice Department fund to compensate people who believe they were victims of “lawfare” under …

CUBA LIBRE: The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against Cuba’s former president, 94-year-old Raúl Castro, charging him with murder and a conspiracy to kill US citizens in shooting down two US passenger planes 30 years ago.    Four people died in 1996 …

INSIDE DEAL: The Internal Revenue Service agreed not to pursue tax issues, audits, and even indictments for President Trump, members of his family, and businesses in exchange for the President dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the agency.   The deal was …

HOLDING FIRE: President Trump announced yesterday that at the request of leaders from three Persian Gulf countries he’s going to “hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow.”   The request, according …

PRAY FOR US: Thousands of people gathered yesterday on the National Mall in Washington for a nine-hour Christian prayer festival advertised as “a rededication of our country as One Nation Under God.” It was part of the campaign by the evangelical …

CHINA SYNDROME: Between official meetings, President Trump bristled online at Xi Jinping’s suggestion that the US is a declining nation, saying, “he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden …