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(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) President Donald Trump is reportedly debating whether to restart “limited military strikes” against Iran in an attempt to recharge negotiations now that peace talks in Pakistan have failed. Vice President J.D. Vance, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff left Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday without reaching a deal with Iranian leaders to end the war; Vance said the Trump administration was seeking an “affirmative commitment” that Iran would not pursue nuclear weapons, but the Iranians shot it down. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday evening, “President Trump and his advisers are looking at resuming limited military strikes in Iran in addition to the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a way to break a stalemate in peace talks, according to officials and people familiar with the situation.” Officials told the Journal that Trump could also resume “a full-fledged bombing campaign,” although that option was “less likely” due to a fear of further destabilizing the Gulf region. Trump announced Sunday that he was ordering a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to pressure Iran. Later in the day, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) provided details. CENTCOM posted to X that the “blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports” will begin at 10 a.m. ET Monday. The statement continued: The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports. Additional information will be provided to commercial mariners through a formal notice prior to the start of the blockade. Trump has waffled on what to do about the Strait of Hormuz since Iran began mining the area and attacking oil tankers trying to move through. On CBS News’s Face the Nation Sunday, host Margaret Brennan summed up Trump’s shifting positions during an interview with Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH): At the outset of the war, March 3rd, he said the Navy would begin escorting tankers. “No matter what, the U.S. will ensure the free flow of energy to the world.” March 9th, he said he was still thinking about taking it over. March 15th, he said it was someone else’s problem — our allies would take care of it. “Maybe… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Elon Musk, Who Owns X, Appears to Post on TikTok
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President Donald Trump attends the UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool) The price for a barrel of oil spiked on Sunday night when futures markets opened, following Vice President JD Vance returning from a meeting with Iranian leaders in Pakistan that failed to strike a deal to end the war. Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, jumped more than 7% to $102.02 per barrel about a half hour after futures markets opened. That increase came a few hours after President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Here was part of the president’s lengthy post on the decision: At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, ‘There may be a mine out there somewhere,’ that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Trump went on Sunday Morning Futures on Fox News shortly after and warned gas prices could go “a little bit higher.” U.S. Central Command later posted on X the blockade will start at 10:00 a.m. ET on Monday. “The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” the post read. “CENTCOM forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.” Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume weighed in afterwards, saying it was “not a full blockade, only a quarantine of ships leaving or entering Iran.” The blockade will start 44 days after joint U.S. and Israeli forces killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28. The price for a barrel of oil the day before Operation Epic Fury launched was $67.02; the price has fluctuated wildly in the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘Pretty Embarrassing!’ Left-Leaning Pundits Call Out Trump — And Especiall...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and American Vice President JD Vance during the rally on the Day of American-Hungarian, ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary election, in Budapest, Hungary on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto) Left-leaning pundits, Democratic lawmakers, and at least one Republican skewered President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance Sunday after they went all in to support Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán in the country’s elections on Sunday. Unfortunately for MAGA, Orbán was trounced by Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition party, putting an end to Orbán’s 16-year reign of “illiberal democracy.” Vance even flew to Hungary last week where Trump phoned in to whip up Hungarian voters — before Vance headed to the Iran peace negotiations in Pakistan, where he also came up empty. The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell referred to both losses when posting, “Pretty embarrassing all around for JD Vance today.” Pretty embarrassing all around for JD Vance today. — Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) April 12, 2026 Journalist Sam Stein wrote, “Not much he could do, I suppose, but between Orban’s rally and the Iran talks that’s a tough weekend for Vance.” Not much he could do, I suppose, but between Orban rally and the Iran talks that's a tough weekend for Vance — Sam Stein (@samstein) April 12, 2026 Political strategist and former Republican Rick Wilson alluded to Vance losing Trump’s support over the blunders, writing, “Man, @jdvance is having a bad weekend. His boy Orban Orbán going down and a complete flop on the Iran negotiations. VP Rubio, here we come.” Man, @jdvance is having a bad weekend. His boy Orban going down and a complete flop on the Iran negotiations. VP Rubio, here we come. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 12, 2026 Novelist John A. Daly posted a photo of Vance looking downcast with a retweet of Nicholas Kristoff’s post saying, “Viktor Orban has conceded the Hungary election!!! A reminder that authoritarianism can be defeated, even when it tilts the playing field–because voters resent corruption and misrule. Much depends on having the right candidate to oppose the authoritarian.” https://t.co/ATML4Z1voW pic.twitter.com/9rXCXiiqi9 — John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) April 12, 2026 The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait made a sports reference to huge rivals Ohio State University and the University of Michigan. “Mr Vice President, The Ohio State Buckeyes need you to deliver a pep… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - WATCH: CNN Captures ‘All of Budapest’ Hitting the Streets to Party After Tru...
CNN senior international correspondent Melissa Bell reported “all of Budapest” was out reveling in the streets after Viktor Orban conceded the Hungarian election on Sunday night, with Bell reporting the country was in a state of shock and ecstasy that Orban’s 16-year run as the country’s prime minister was ending. Bell joined anchor Fredricka Whitfield live from Budapest, where the party was going hard. “A fair amount of disbelief, a lot of joy, a great deal of excitement,” Bell reported. “We’ve watched the grown men leading this party crying [and] hugging each other earlier down by the Danube, where they were holding their celebrations.” The CNN broadcast captured happy Hungarians yelping and lighting celebratory cigarettes in the background. One young man mugged for the camera before a group of chanting Hungarians started partying behind Bell, who rolled with it pretty easily and kept reporting. Orban’s defeat comes after President Donald Trump had lobbied hard for his pal to win the election and after Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary last week to try and help Orban rally support. Trump called Vance while he was speaking at a rally and saluted Orban for making sure Hungary had not been “invaded” like other European countries. “You have a man that kept your country strong and he kept your country good, and you don’t have problems with all of the problems that so many other countries have because they let their countries be invaded. And you don’t have that problem because of Viktor Orban — that’s the only reason you don’t have that problem,” Trump said. “There was a lot of pressure on him to do it, and those other countries made big mistakes. So I wish you a lot of luck.” Ultimately Trump and Vance’s backing didn’t matter, with Orban conceding to Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition party on Sunday. Bell reported it was an “extraordinary landslide” for Maygar; she added it was an “astonishing” turnout for the country, with about 75% turnout expected when all votes are counted. “[That is] certainly the largest that this country has seen since the fall of communism,” she said. Watch above via CNN.The post WATCH: CNN Captures ‘All of Budapest’ Hitting the Streets to Party After Trump Buddy Viktor Orban Concedes Hungarian Election first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Foe John Bolton Gives Thumbs Up to President’s Naval Blockade of Strait ... Former Trump National Security Adviser-turned-MAGA-critic John Bolton offered President Donald Trump a bit of praise on Sunday for his newly-imposed naval blockade on ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz. “A blockade makes sense, you don’t have to attack Kharg Island. I don’t think that was ever realistic,” Bolton said during an appearance on Bloomberg News. “The point is, if no Gulf oil gets out, no Iranian oil gets out. Let’s see how they feel about that in Tehran.” Bolton shared his take a few hours after the president announced the blockade on Truth Social. Here was part of the president’s lengthy post on the decision: At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, ‘There may be a mine out there somewhere,’ that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Bolton’s thumbs up for the blockade stands out, considering him and Trump aren’t on the best of terms. The FBI raided his home last year, and Bolton said in his memoir that Trump was “unfit” to be commander-in-chief. The rest of his analysis on Sunday wasn’t as kind to the Trump Administration over the Iran war. He called Vice President JD Vance’s marathon negotiating session with Iranian officials this weekend in Pakistan a “failure,” and he said Trump’s two-week ceasefire was a “mistake.” “The only way to get true peace and security in the Middle East is to have regime change in Iran,” Bolton said. “You can negotiate all you want with these people, it’s not going to change anything.” He also criticized the president for moves he made leading up to the blockade. Bolton said: Part of the problem here was caused by Donald Trump a few weeks ago lifting American sanctions on Iranian oil. I think he was motivated by fear of… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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