THE WAR ROOM: Vice President JD Vance is on his way to Pakistan for peace talks today but Iran has yet to confirm whether its representatives will attend. Iran’s lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said his country would not attend under “the shadow of …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump said a Navy destroyer yesterday attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Oman just as US negotiators will be back in Pakistan tonight trying to make a peace agreement even though he has said Iran …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump posted a series of social media messages in effect declaring that the Iran was is all over but the shouting without having a certified agreement to show for it.   Trump declared that the Strait of Hormuz  is open, …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump announced that Israel agreed to a 10-day truce with Lebanon, shutting down for now … maybe … the less-covered yet deadly front in the Middle East war. About 2,000 people have been killed in recent weeks …

TICKET FIXING: A federal jury in Manhattan yesterday found that Live Nation, the company that controls event venues, artist promotion, and also owns Ticketmaster, the company that sells the tickets, has been operating as a monopoly in a decision that could …

THE WAR ROOM: More than a dozen American warships positioned in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea have stopped at least six merchant ships coming out of an Iranian port, forcing all of them to turn back.   The US blockade …

THE WAR ROOM: Iran is negotiating for a five-year suspension of nuclear development while the US is insisting on 20, according to news reports. President Trump has said that it’s an absolute that Iran will never have a nuclear bomb even …

THE WAR ROOM: President Trump announced that he’s going to blockade the Strait of Hormuz in order to force Iran to stop blocking the Strait of Hormuz.   The US Navy starting today is under orders to block all ships, including Iran’s …

IN BRIEF: We’re taking the day off … maybe even tomorrow too. But … Melania Trump revived the Jeffrey Epstein controversy issuing a statement out of the blue denying that she had close ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and …

WAR OF WORDS: The US and Iran are already arguing over the terms of ceasefire, which Iran says have been violated in the first day. Iran claims it’s part of the agreement that Israel will stop attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel …