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President Donald Trump and White House officials sparked confusion Sunday over whether Vice President J.D. Vance would be attending the upcoming second round of peace negotiations with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan. ABC News’s Jon Karl posted Sunday following his interview with U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz, “@USAmbUN Mike Waltz tells me JD Vance will lead the American delegation to Islamabad for talks with Iran.” NEW – @USAmbUN Mike Waltz tells me JD Vance will lead the American delegation to Islamabad for talks with Iran – @ThisWeekABC — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 19, 2026 Energy Secretary Chris Wright also told CNN, shortly after 9 a.m. ET, that Vance would be going to Pakistan for the talks. But Karl posted again about a half hour later after a phone call with Trump — which took place during a commercial break in the middle of ABC’s This Week. “President Trump just told me Vance will not be going to Islamabad. He said the issue is security — the Secret Service couldn’t do it on 24 hours notice. ‘It’s only because of security,’ he told me. ‘JD’s great.’” President Trump just told me Vance will not be going to Islamabad. He said the issue is security — the Secret Service couldn’t do it on 24 hours notice. “It’s only because of security,” he told me. “JD’s great.” https://t.co/geDNJhN8p1 — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 19, 2026 But then, roughly 90 minutes later, Karl wrote, “Per @PressSec – @VP Vance will be going to Pakistan for the Iran talks along with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.” Per @PressSec – @VP Vance will be going to Pakistan for the Iran talks along with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner https://t.co/g4qL8mYqJA — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 19, 2026 MS NOW Contributor Inzamam Rashid reported from Islamabad that Vance’s advance team has, in fact, landed in Pakistan. He told host Alex Witt, “I’ve been speaking to a Pakistani security official who said to me that U.S. vice president’s advance team has started arriving in Islamabad today. Four flights landed with call signs linked to the same team that traveled with the vice president during the last visit.” “They also added that the Serena Hotel is being prepared once again to be the venue for talks, which may happen as early as tomorrow. So good signs, I think, that talks are going… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump ‘Very Serious’ About Blowing Up Iranian Infrastructure If Deal is Not ...President Donald Trump is “very serious” about striking Iranian infrastructure if the country’s theocratic leaders do not cut a deal with the U.S. in the coming days, Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reported on Sunday. Yingst talked to Fox News anchor Kevin Corke following a 20 minute phone interview with the president. Multiple outlets reported the Trump administration is sending another delegation to Pakistan to work on securing a deal to end the war, after a marathon negotiating session led by Vice President JD Vance last weekend did not lead to an agreement; if a deal is not made this time, Trump sounds ready to follow throw on his previous threat to start blowing up Iranian power plants and bridges, according to Yingst. “During our conversation today I got the sense he is very serious about targeting Iranian infrastructure if they do not make a good faith deal,” Yingst reported. “This is largely seen as the last diplomatic attempt.” Yingst had plenty of other details to share on the “last ditch effort” to make a deal before fighting is ratcheted up: He told me the U.S. has a massive amount of ammunition — even better ammunition than they had at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. And that speaks to the transport planes that are continuing to prepare it here in the region, should these diplomatic talks in Islamabad fail. But the president’s mood, as it has been throughout this conflict is very focused on what he’s going to get out of the deal. The sense that I get is the Iranians are going to have to make serious concessions on a variety of topics, but one has to do with the enriched uranium that is buried deep underground in Operation Midnight Hammer. Remember, last summer when the B-2 bombers targeted Iranian nuclear facilities, that enriched uranium was buried underground. The president wants that nuclear material removed from the country. He also wants the Strait of Hormuz opened and an end to a Iranian support of regional proxies like Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah. The president wants an “all or nothing” deal here, this is not going to be a partial deal. And he told me the U.S. is not going to make the same mistakes of the Obama Administration, just giving cash to the Iranians so they can use to support their military. Yingst’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Battles Kash Patel on Trump’s Rigged Election Claims: ...Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo confronted FBI Director Kash Patel on whether he has “any information to verify” President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged. In a contentious exchange on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo noted how much talk there has been on this subject from the president and allies like Patel — and questioned whether there’s any action coming. “Every time I see President Trump, he says this repeatedly, that the election was rigged in 2020,” Bartiromo said. “I mean, he says it all the time. We all know that. And it’s almost getting lost because he says it so much. You’ve been at the FBI now 14 months. Have you done anything about that? And do you have anything to tell us about that.” Here was Patel’s response: “Absolutely, Maria. Look, I’ve been with the president nearly since day one on this. As I told you earlier, I was the one that led the effort with folks like Trey Gowdy, Johnny Ratcliffe, and Devin Nunes to expose the corruption that tried to thwart President Trump’s first presidential election run. And we saw the FISA abuses there. And I lived through it and the media came at me then too. That just shows you that when you’re over the target, you keep pummeling the target because the media is gonna try and pummel you. “We are not going to take this and have not taken this laying down. We did already indict former director Comey, and that’s going through the judicial process, but we also at this FBI. Even though we uncovered what we uncovered back in the House Intel days, I had to come in here and find rooms that they hid from the world. I had come in here to find access on our computer systems in restricted and prohibited case files that they purposely put in places for no one to see and find. We have found all this information. We are working with our Department of Justice partners. And I am never going to let this go. “Because they not only have personally attacked the presidency of the United States and President Trump, but they tried to thwart our elections and rig the entire system. And that is not something that is going to stop on, that is something I’m going to allow on my watch. “But you just have… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘That’s Not a War Crime?’ ABC’s Jon Karl Grills Trump’s UN Ambassador ...ABC News’s Jon Karl pressed U.N Ambassador Mike Waltz Sunday on President Donald Trump’s new threat to destroy Iran’s infrastructure now that the ceasefire has been broken. On Sunday, as peace negotiators prepared to meet in Islamabad, Trump posted to Truth Social: We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. Karl asked Waltz, “Is he prepared to do what he threatened here? He said, ‘destroy every power plant and every bridge in the country.’ Full on, in-depth war extended in the Middle East. He’s ready for that?” Waltz answered that “all options” were on the table, including taking out Iran’s infrastructure “relatively easily.” Waltz continued, “And just to get ahead of a lot of the critics and hand-wringing throwing out irresponsible terms like ‘war crimes‘ — attacking, destroying infrastructure that has clearly and historically been used for military purposes is not a war crime —” “But, Mr. Ambassador, let me be clear,” Karl interrupted. “The president today said that he would knock out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran. He’s not just talking about those that are supporting the military infrastructure. He’s saying every bridge and every power plant in the country. That wouldn’t be a war crime?” “That would be an escalatory ladder,” Waltz said. “And if you go back in the history of warfare, go all the way back to World War II, of course we bombed and took down bridges, other infrastructure, power plants that, yes, could be used for civilian but also are used to manufacture drones and missiles.” Waltz continued: And the Iranian regime in particular, and its terrorist proxies have a long history of actually deliberately hiding military infrastructure in hospitals, schools, neighborhoods, and other civilian assets. So, they are standing on, they have no ground to stand on, number one. Number two, they have a long history of commingling. Number three, it’s perfectly acceptable in the rules of land warfare, and… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- It’s the People That Craft a Career in Radio
This is the first in a series about the author’s experiences helping to launch and operate WDOG(LP) “The Rock Dog.” I’ve had a career unlike many of my peers and have been fortunate to gain a wild amount of experience in radio, TV, broadcast, A/V and cable television — even including “cable FM.” I started at age 13 in local cable TV production, and next year I will celebrate 50 years of playing radio and TV. A 1980 photo of former WJER owner Gary Petricola, the recipient of Dan’s many applications. My first radio experience came at 16 at WJER(AM/FM) in the Dover-New Philadelphia area of Ohio. The owner at the time, Gary Petricola, once told me he had to hire me because I was using up all their applications! By 17, I was studying communication at Ohio University and working for the university’s NPR, PBS, cable FM and carrier-current AM stations. At 22, I was on the air outside Madrid, Spain, with the Armed Forces Network. Over the years, I’ve been a rock jock in Denver, Cleveland, Columbus and elsewhere. I’ve served as the chief engineer for the largest 4K video system under one roof in the country at the New World Symphony. I’ve also been a director of engineering at TV stations from Cleveland to Miami to Zanesville. At one point, I spent seven years as the A/V manager for a billion-dollar basket manufacturer, working out of a seven-story basket-shaped headquarters in Newark! Surround sound Though the experiences were wonderful, the people I worked with were the best part. I constantly surrounded myself with people smarter and wiser than me. Even though many worked for me, I ended up learning from THEM, every day! My actual first radio station was built at age 10 when I commandeered the family’s one-stall garage. Dan Slentz Using Suzuki motorcycle boxes, refrigerator boxes and duct tape, I built studios and offices. By wiring record players from the speaker output through light dimmers, I created my audio board. My transmitter was my grandfather’s old Knight-Kit amplifier, which magically transmitted around six places on the AM dial for about a block and frequently shocked the bejesus out of me! Since that first station, I’ve handled everything from on-air talent and programming to engineering at numerous stations. I’ve had the great pleasure of working with some of the kindest and most talented people in the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘I’ll See You in Court!’ Kash Patel Doubles Down On His Vow to Sue The Atl...FBI Director Kash Patel is doubling down on his vow to sue The Atlantic for its scathing expose in which they reported that “excessive drinking” is impacting his job performance. In a fiery rant during his interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Patel was asked for his response to The Atlantic’s piece. “If the fake news mafia isn’t hitting you personally with baseless information in Washington, D.C., then you’re not doing your job,” Patel said. “And it’s louder than ever because this FBI, under President Trump’s brilliant leadership in backing the blue, and backing law enforcement.” Patel proceeded to trumpet various statistics in an effort to bolster his credentials, then doubled down on his pledge to sue. “They can beat their drums, and stand next to toxic waste all they want, but that doesn’t make it toxic waste,” Patel said. “And Maria, I’m happy to announce on your show that we’re not going to take this laying down. You want to attack my character? Come at me! Bring it on! I’ll see you in court!” “So you’re going to sue them?” Bartiromo said. “Absolutely, it’s coming tomorrow,” Patel replied. “Tomorrow, you will be dropping a lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine?” Bartiromo asked. “Yes I will, for defamation,” Patel said. “Because you know what, Maria? We have to fight back against the fake news… I won’t tolerate their attacks on me because they are indirect attacks on the men and women of the FBI. He added, “If the fake news mafia wants to, you know, ring their drum beat as loud as they can, they’re never going to stop me from completing the mission that President [Donald] Trump asked me to do, which is safeguarding America.” According to the piece penned by The Atlantic’s Sarah Fitzpatrick, Patel has gotten extremely drunk on the job several times. “On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials,” Fitzpatrick wrote. “A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.” Watch above, via Fox News. The post ‘I’ll See You in Court!’ Kash… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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