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- JUST IN: JD Vance Arrives in Switzerland for Direct Talks With Iran
Screenshot Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland, early Sunday, for in-person negotiations with Iran for the first time since the April summit in Islamabad. The vice president has made the media rounds over the past week to help sell the recently-signed memo of understanding (MOU) to the American public. Now, he is leading the U.S. delegation at the Bürgenstock ski resort in Switzerland in an effort to lock down a more permanent agreement. Speaking with reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for Switzerland Saturday, the vice president spelled out his points of emphasis for the talks. “I’m looking forward to starting the technical talks with the Iranians, the Pakistanis, and the Qataris,” Vance said. He added, “We’re going to hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue — those are the two big things that I think we’re going to be focused on.” The talks come one day after Iran said it was shutting down the Strait of Hormuz in response to deadly clashed between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday and reaffirmed that commitment Sunday, despite the clashes on Friday and Saturday. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are also part of the U.S. negotiating team. Moments ago, Vance spoke at the summit: “What today really represents is the beginning of a technical negotiation… [that’s] going to allow us to sit together, as teams, for the first time really in history, to figure out what matters most to the respective parties, to settle those issues and get to a better tomorrow,” Vance said. .@VP delivers remarks in Switzerland: "What's brought us to this moment is @POTUS' leadership, and @POTUS' willingness to see a Middle East that is much different 10 years from now than it was 10 years ago." pic.twitter.com/CVwzTssXF2 — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 21, 2026 ——The post JUST IN: JD Vance Arrives in Switzerland for Direct Talks With Iran first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Mark Levin Wallops Trump Administration Over Iran Deal in Fiery 17-Minute Fox Ne...
Mark Levin — who has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran — amped up his criticism of the agreement Saturday night. In a scorching 17-minute commentary on Saturday’s edition of Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News, the host sounded off on “people in and out of the administration” for “bullying” Israel and “cozying up to” Iran. “I’m going to start the program where I’d rather not start, but I must,” Levin said. “I want to say to people in and out of the administration, stop trashing, smearing, bullying the little state of Israel. Stop cozying up to and telling us that the enemy regime in Iran is now more rational, more moderate, and a regime that we can deal with.” Though Levin did not single out President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, the commander-in-chief has, in recent days, called the Iranians “very rational” and “nice to deal with.” “I think it’s outrageous — when we used to see the Secretary of War and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff daily here on Fox tell us of the fantastic marriage, symmetry between our militaries in defeating this enemy,” Levin said. “I’m really appalled by this. And I hope it comes to an end sooner than later. Because it’s not right, it’s not just and it’s not truthful.” Levin proceeded to identify the “many problems” he found in the memorandum of understanding. “We declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts — including with Hezbollah,” Levin said. “Another grave mistake, in my view. Why are we doing Hezbollah’s bidding? When Israel is being attacked by Hezbollah and the Lebanese people and the government want Hezbollah gone, it’s an Iranian terrorist group that has taken over the country. It’s a complete capitulation to the Iranian regime. Because Hezbollah is its terrorist lifeline. It’s an absolute capitulation of them! And why would we do this? Why would we do it to Israel?” In the second half of his commentary, Levin zeroed in on the economic components of the deal — including the lifting of sanctions imposed on the Iranian regime. “I just went through how we crushed this regime, didn’t I?” Levin said. “How we have every right to celebrate the fact the president under his leadership, how we have crushed this regime. So why are… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast
On a fall afternoon 15 years ago, I met an idealistic researcher outside a Stanford coffee shop to discuss our shared dream: using AI to detect cancer. He had wiry hair, a penchant for talking with his hands, and a reputation for brilliance. He worked at a research lab that developed early screens for cancer; I, at 20, had just learned that I carried a mutation that conferred a very high risk of breast, ovarian, and other cancers. Over the following years, he offered guidance on how to enter his field, prepared me to apply for the scholarship that would fund my Ph.D., and warned me away from cancer-screening companies that made exaggerated claims.But from there our paths diverged. I became an AI professor. He co-founded Anthropic. My mentor was Dario Amodei, the man who leads one of the most powerful AI companies in the world. In a utopian 2024 essay titled “Machines of Loving Grace,” he predicted that superhuman AI—smarter than Nobel Prize winners, freely using computers, and collaborating with millions of copies of itself—could soon compress a century of scientific progress into a single decade, and potentially reduce cancer mortality by 95 percent.Which should sound pretty good to me. At 35, my cancer risks are catching up with me. A few weeks ago, surgeons removed my ovaries, instantly inducing menopause and destroying my ability to naturally bear children. By 40, the risk of breast cancer for carriers of my mutation rises to one in four, double the lifetime risk for the average woman. My mother, who also carries the mutation, was diagnosed with breast cancer at 45. Now would be a fabulous time in my life for a superintelligent AI to cure cancer.Why, then, do I find myself rooting for delays in the creation of this AI—hoping, in my heart of hearts, that GPT-6 will be a disappointment?Part of the answer is that, despite the extraordinary speed of AI development, I do not believe that AI is likely to cure cancer anytime soon—certainly not enough to bet my life on it. This skepticism is shared by most of the AI experts in a survey I recently advised, who generally expect slower progress than the leaders of AI labs. AI systems are strongest in settings such as chess, where they can generate infinite data (by playing over and over again), experiment freely, and observe exactly what happens. Many important… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Why an AI company cleaned my New York City apartment for free
An AI company is sending free cleaners door-to-door in a bid to train the robots it hopes one day will replace them. [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago - Why the social media ban is about so much more than social mediaIf we are witnessing a profound shift in the online space, how will it reshape our relationship with it? Technology and AI editor Zoe Kleinman writes. [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago
- JD Vance Claims ‘Things Are Actually Getting Better’ in Lebanon Despite Repo...
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Vice President J.D. Vance left for Switzerland Saturday evening, but not before gaggling with reporters on the tarmac and declaring that despite reports, “things are actually getting better” in Lebanon. Iran claimed it closed the Strait of Hormuz again following an overnight exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s civil defense agency reported “16 dead and 12 wounded” due to the “ongoing” attacks targeting the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon. Both sides blamed each other for breaking the ceasefire. In its statement Saturday, the Islamic State’s leaders warned that “if the aggression continues, subsequent steps have been planned.” One reporter asked Vance what the U.S. plans to do about Lebanon since fighting there “threatens to upend the entire process” of moving toward a peace agreement. “Well, Marco [Rubio] and the entire team, have been actively managing what’s going on in Lebanon,” Vance said, continuing: Despite the headlines, things are actually getting better there, and things have calmed down a little bit. It’s gonna be something we’re just going to have to continuously manage to ensure that, you know, Israel and Lebanon are both safe and secure. That’s fundamentally the goal of this — to make the whole region safe and secure. The big problem is that you have — somebody will shoot and then somebody will respond. and you kind of have a chicken and egg problem where you’ve just got to stop the shooting for long enough to get the ceasefire to keep hold. That’s what we’re going to try to do. We’ll keep on working at it, but things have gotten better. "I think we're going to hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue. Those are the two big things that I think we're going to be focused on," Vice President JD Vance told reporters as he boarded a plane departing for Switzerland,… pic.twitter.com/XNss5oDxMC — CBS News (@CBSNews) June 20, 2026 Iran-backed Hezbollah controls southern Lebanon, where the majority of the fighting with Israel has taken place. Hezbollah’s leaders have refused to negotiate with Israel, and Israel has vowed to fight back when attacked, making any ceasefire difficult to enforce. Vance is set to meet up with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who are already in Switzerland.The post JD Vance Claims ‘Things Are Actually Getting Better’ in Lebanon Despite Reports of 16… [TheTopNews] Read More.16 hours ago
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