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Amid ongoing intense mediation efforts by Pakistan, we are fully aware of incessant misinformation campaign being waged by those who want to sabotage the peace deal. Setting aside the noise, we can confirm that a final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached and Pakistan is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps. Peace has never been this close as it is now. @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio @SteveWitkoff @SEPeaceMissions @drpezeshkian @araghchi
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Well this game between Mexico and South Africa will certainly go down in history…. As the match with the most red cards in a World Cup opening fixture.
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The quality of football has been appalling in this World Cup opener, but the referees decisions have been equally shocking.
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It’s after midnight and the lights on the Claw outside of the White House are shining bright into the night sky. I hope President Trump has blackout curtains.
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Just hours ago Trump told the WAJ that the shooting down of the helicopter ‘wasn’t a big deal’
I was on the phone with Trump as CENTCOM announced US retaliatory strikes against Iran. Here's what he said: "I think it's very important to respond. They shot down a helicopter, and we are responding as we speak." He added: "This is a response to what they did they did with our helicopter last night, and I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is."
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Trump to the FT on raiding Iran if a deal fails: ‘It means [one of] two things. Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country.’
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Further rhetorical whiplash from President Trump on Iran: ‘The negotiation itself is going very well. It might not happen, who knows? But if it happens, it could happen over the weekend.’
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Workers on the ‘Great American State Fair’ on the National Mall are now digging up the pavement to lay pipes/cables for the temporary structures. More of the stands have been covered in the neoclassical faux cladding with the side closest to the Capitol building now also closed off for work to begin.
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At 10.44pm on a Friday, the White House released the results of President Trump’s physical earlier this week. The doctor found he has a cardiological age of someone 14 years younger than him. He also backed up the White House’s explanation for the consistent bruising on the back of POTUS’ hands which he frequently covers in concealer; ‘frequent handshaking’ compounded by his aspirin regimen.
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NEW per @nytimes - No deal with Iran...at least for now.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson @IRIMFA_SPOX pours cold water on President Trump's statement that he'll make a final determination RE: a MoU between both countries. Baqaei says 'message exchanges between Iran and the U.S. continue, but no final agreement has been reached'. He adds that the discussions don't encompass 'the nuclear issue'.
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Outbound Texas Senator John Cornyn in his feels today after his Trump-backed opponent Ken Paxton defeated him in the Texas Republican Senate primary. This is at least the second thinly-veiled message.
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Winston Churchill
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Construction of the Great American State Fair continues on the National Mall. Work crews are installing faux neoclassical frames over the plywood frames. Meanwhile the musical billing for the event continues to dwindle as Bret Michaels becomes the latest artist to drop out of the programme, saying the event has shifted from the non-partisan celebration of America that he initially agreed to.
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NEW: President Trump says he’s weighing a final decision on a MoU with Iran. He seems to class Israel’s war with Hezbollah and Iran’s support for regional proxies as ‘other items, of far less importance […]’ but says they’ve been agreed to.
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A day after Freedom 250 announced the line up for its summer concert series at 'The Great American State Fair', numerous acts involved say they.... won't be. Milli Vanilli, Morris Day and Young MC have all said they won't be appearing, with Young MC saying he was looking forward to performing in D.C. 'in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged.'
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White House pooler confirms earlier Axios reporting that a tentative agreement has been reached with Iran. It is now pending President Trump's approval.
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Further to this reporting by @washingtonpost, a person I spoke to behind the effort to spearhead this through Congress told me they would likely try to get it passed by slipping it in to a larger package so that it got approved more easily. When I asked how confident this person was that it would happen, they told me ‘Oh, we’ll get it done.’
Breaking news: Trump administration officials have pressed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years. wapo.st/4dQNsGj
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Bruce Springsteen announces that he’ll be back in D.C. on October 3rd for a yet-to-be-announced festival called ‘Power To The People Fest’. He says it’s a day of ‘music and resistance’ that will feature performances from Springsteen himself as well as the Foo Fighters and more. The details he says will be officially announced tomorrow.
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President Trump is yo-yoing from topic to topic during his opening remarks at this cabinet meeting. He mentions Iran, saying the Iranians thought they could out-wait the President because of the midterm elections, but Trump says 'I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms. People understand it.'
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It basically sounds like no progress has been made to a few days ago. US still wants commitments on nuclear, Iran unwilling to give it. Earlier today Trump poured cold water on the idea that an agreement will be reached this weekend and now, a senior US official tells Axios it’ll take at least ‘several days’.
BREAKING: US believes Iran's supreme leader has approved the broad template for draft deal with Iran. Iran has agreed in principle that in exchange for the US lifting blockade, Iran will agree in principle to dispose of highly enriched uranium. This draft has to make its way through the leadership system. But US wants them to commit to dispose of HMU and commit to resolve other nuclear issues. @VP, Witkoff, Kushner involved in negotiations. US trying to involve every middle eastern ally. @CBSNews
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