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- Trump Reportedly Backed Off Hormuz Plan After Angry Response From Allies
Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP President Donald Trump paused his operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz after backlash from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies, according to U.S. officials. The president announced the pause on Tuesday evening on Truth Social, claiming it would last for “a short period of time” while the U.S. pursued a “Complete and Final Agreement” with Iran. The move came just a day after “Project Freedom” began on Monday, following Trump’s Sunday announcement that the U.S. Navy would help “guide” ships of “neutral and innocent bystanders” safely through the Strait of Hormuz. “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed,” the president wrote. But two U.S. officials told NBC News that the president’s reversal was actually triggered by Saudi Arabia, after the country’s leadership was angered by Trump’s surprise Sunday announcement of the initiative. The country retaliated by telling the U.S. it would no longer allow U.S. military aircraft to use the Prince Sultan Airbase or fly through Saudi Arabian airspace while conducting “Project Freedom.” Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke via phone but were unable to resolve the dispute. The president then paused his new military action. Qatar was also reportedly surprised by Trump’s announcement, speaking with the U.S. president only after “Project Freedom” began. A Saudi source told NBC News that Trump and bin Salman “have been in touch regularly,” while Saudi officials were also in contact with the president, Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Central Command, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The problem with that premise is that things are happening quickly in real time,” the Saudi source told NBC News when asked whether Trump’s Sunday announcement caught Saudi leaders by surprise. The source said Saudi Arabia was “very supportive of the diplomatic efforts” by Pakistan in conducting talks to end the conflict. In answer to a question about the surprise of some Gulf leaders… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Memphis Mayor Young Outlines Crime Fighting Strategy
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland Young outlined his administration’s latest crime reduction initiatives during a recent public address, emphasizing community-centered approaches to public safety challenges facing the city. According to Action News 5 (WMC NBC 5), the mayor detailed specific programs aimed at addressing violent crime rates that have significantly impacted [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - It’s a Family Affair at WCON
Nestled away in Cornelia, Ga., about an hour drive northeast of bustling Atlanta, WCON(AM/FM) has been a standout example of family-owned broadcasting for 73 years. Owned and operated by Habersham Broadcasting, WCON reaches metro Atlanta as well as into parts of North and South Carolina and Tennessee. The station’s crew consists of 15 mostly part-time employees, half of whom are related by blood or marriage. Taking to the airwaves in 1953 and today branded as “107.7 The Breeze” along with its FM translator, WCON(AM) has a soft AC format broadcasting 1,000 watts from its tower site one county over, 15 minutes from WCON’s recently revamped studios. WCON-FM, “93.3 My Country,” went on the air in 1965. Broadcasting 100 kW, it’s one of the region’s largest radio signals, reaching approximately 5 million people. Hyper-programmed for Habersham and Banks County, My Country plays classic ’80s and ’90s country tunes with a healthy dose of local sports mixed in, including broadcasts of Atlanta Braves games. Family ties The AM station was founded in 1953. John Foster joined the staff while he was in high school, and eight years later, Foster and his wife Bobbie bought the station, effectively changing John’s title from DJ to owner. (He also has served as a state senator.) WCON(FM) went on the air in 1965 as a Class A station and was upgraded to a C2 with 50 kW of power in 1989. In 2015, WCON increased its power to 100 kW with a Nautel GV40 transmitter, covering all of northeast Georgia and portions of the Carolinas and Tennessee. In 2019, the station flipped from a blend of country and southern gospel music to classic country, rebranding to My Country 99.3. John and Bobbie Foster were inducted into the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2015, credited with growing WCON(FM) from a small Class A to a powerhouse. The husband-and-wife team were married for 63 years before she passed away in 2021. John Foster, right, with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Today, John and Bobbie’s legacy continues, with sons David and Clayton Foster taking over the family business. David mostly sells; Clayton handles the day-to-day operations; and, at 91 years of age in April, John continues to run a tight ship, coming into work every day to record the message for WCON’s call-in weather service. It would also be amiss not to mention honorary family member… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - MAGA Pollster Says Everyone Has Trump’s Approval Ratings Wrong – Except Him:...
Pollster Matt Towery told Fox’s Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings are wrong, claiming that “the pollsters are wrong and I’m right.” Towery joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss Tuesday’s primary elections and the upcoming midterms. The pollster noted that even Republicans were concerned about the president’s flagging polls, but told Ingraham that, in fact, Trump’s approval numbers among his party were “the best they have ever been.” “There was about a month or so ago, I think we were talking about a month or so ago, you had a group of Republicans saying, ‘Oh, is he diminished. The war is killing him. It’s taking his polling numbers away,'” he said. “His polling numbers among Republicans are the best they have ever been. They’re at the height.” He went on to claim that the president’s approval could only reach a low of 42% on his “worst day,” telling Ingraham that he could “guarantee” that the scores of polls putting Trump’s numbers well below 40% were “wrong.” “I want people to know right now, the polling that you’re seeing come in on Trump is incorrect. The reason it’s off is most of these polls do not correlate. They don’t wait for his last election. Donald Trump has a floor basically of about 41, 42 if he has an absolutely worst day,” he said. “He was a ceiling of about 56 or 57, because the rest of the country is so polarized, you can only go that far. But he has a loyal 43 to 44 percent on any day of the month. And when he is doing well, he has got 50 plus. And the pollsters are wrong. And I’m right. I guarantee I’m right about that.” Trump has had continuously bad polling during his second term, with recent surveys reflecting all-time low approval ratings in the mid-thirties as well as horrific economic numbers. The president did not see a rally in his numbers after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and voters have continued to report disapproval over Trump’s war, his ballroom, and his handling of the economy. The president has complained repeatedly about his poor polling, going so far as to boast about a non-existent poll on Tuesday that he claimed showed 100% approval within his party. “I am at, according to CNN, 100% approval within the Republican Party… I’m at 100% approval,” the president said while… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - John Fetterman Leaves Out Key Detail While Blasting ‘Sh*theads’ Protesting O...
Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via AP Images Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Wednesday indignantly condemned protesters and his own party after a demonstration outside a New York synagogue, but omitted an important detail. Fetterman quote-tweeted a post from Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, who shared a video of the protest. “To summarize the evening: the mob came to a Synagogue, forced a Jewish day care to close early, came with a Hezbollah flag, cheered for intifada, and said ‘we don’t want no Zionists here,'” Poupko wrote. “We cannot normalize this behavior.” The aforementioned flag – which is green, white, and black – appears very briefly and does not seem to resemble the Hezbollah flag, which features a rifle. The demonstration took place outside the Park East Synagogue, a Modern Orthodox synagogue on the Upper East Side. “Mob of Pro-Hezbollah / Hamas sh*theads raging against law enforcement and terrorizing the NYC Jewish community near a synagogue and day care,” Fetterman tweeted. “Where’s my party’s condemnation?” Absent additional information, it would seem as though the protesters – quite disturbingly – sought to target a synagogue and just happened to choose Park East out of the hundreds in the city. However, as The New York Times reported, the synagogue was hosting a gathering that was billed “the Great Real Estate Event,” which “promotes American real estate purchases in Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latter of which most of the world considers to be illegal.” Israel seized the West Bank from Jordan in the Six-Day War in 1967, and since then has established a series of settlements, often violently expelling Palestinians from their homes. According to a U.N. report, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023. “Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chanted ‘Long live the intifada’ and ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ slogans that many pro-Israel groups view as calls for violence,” the Times reported. “Some counterprotesters chanted, ‘There is no Palestine.'” Notably, the original platform of the Likud Party, of which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a member, stated that “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” Fetterman, who is up for reelection in 2028, has become increasingly critical of the Democratic Party, so much so that some Republican senators are endeavoring to bring him into the GOP fold, or at least lobby him… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Congressional Approval Could Enable Trump Donation ConcernsGovernment watchdog groups are raising red flags about potential conflicts of interest involving Trump’s ballroom venue and private donations that could be greenlit if Congress moves forward with approval. NBC4 Washington reports that ethics monitors remain concerned about the financial arrangements and their implications for transparency in political fundraising. The [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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