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Sipa via AP Images Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) hailed President Donald Trump’s demand Gulf states join the Abraham Accords as part of any agreement to end the Iran war as “simply brilliant” on Monday, just days after expressing skepticism about the president’s deal. The South Carolina Republican, one of Trump’s most loyal cheerleaders in backing the conflict, enthusiastically praised the president’s proposed “mandatory” clause, which he claimed “would result in the most significant change in the Middle East in thousands of years.” President Trump’s most recent proposal requiring expansion of the Abraham Accords as part of a negotiated settlement to the Iran conflict is simply brilliant and would result in the most significant change in the Middle East in thousands of years. With Saudi Arabia and others… — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) May 25, 2026 Earlier Monday Trump had taken to Truth Social to announce that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely” as talks continue over extending a ceasefire, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Iran’s nuclear program. The president said that he’d been on a call with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and the UAE: “I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords.” The Abraham Accords, brokered during Trump’s first term, established normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in a landmark realignment aimed at reshaping political and economic alliances across the Middle East. Graham has long been one of Israel’s most hawkish defenders in Congress, consistently backing U.S. support for the Israeli government, tougher sanctions on its enemies and expanded military cooperation in the region. The senator’s praise marked a sharp pivot in tone from comments made just two days earlier when he expressed serious skepticism about the kind of deal the president was negotiating. On Saturday he warned that a deal leaving Iran with leverage over the Strait of Hormuz would be “a nightmare for Israel.” If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘He’s Just a Crook!’ Wife Delivers Punchy Rebuttal to Her Own Husband for ...
If only the rest of the country could disagree as amiably as Gayla and Michael Stefan — a married couple interviewed on MS NOW Monday who had wildly different opinions about the Texas Senate race. The delightful hit was aired on Monday’s edition of Ana Cabrera Reports — guest hosted by Britt Miller. Correspondent Rosa Flores caught up with the Stefans in Brenham, TX ahead of Tuesday’s GOP runoff between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. And as it turned out, Michael Stefan (a conservative) was not on the same page with his wife Gayla (an independent). “It’s not a great choice, either one really,” Michael Stefan conceded. “But I think I lean towards Paxton, for sure. He’s local. Cornyn hasn’t always been with the Republicans the way I would like. But it was a tough choice. But I did vote for Paxton on the runoff.” But Gayla did not feel the same way about Paxton — who has faced allegations of bribery and fraud, among other alleged misconduct. And when she was asked for her rebuttal, Gayla was succinct, and blunt. “He’s a crook,” she said of Paxton. “Yeah, that’s it, period. He’s just a crook.” “That’s an independent talking,” Michael replied, with a smile. To Gayla’s likely chagrin, Paxton is a heavy favorite to prevail in the runoff following President Donald Trump’s endorsement last week. But whoever comes out on top on the election, there was no doubt who won the segment on MS NOW Monday. “Are they the cutest couple?” Flores said. Watch above, via MS NOW.The post ‘He’s Just a Crook!’ Wife Delivers Punchy Rebuttal to Her Own Husband for Supporting Ken Paxton in Amusing MS NOW Hit first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words
The American pope wants to take artificial intelligence down a notch. Is he challenging the tech companies, or will tech take over the papacy? [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Venezuela’s Exiled Opposition Leader Vows to Return Home and Run for President
(Photo by: Jesus Vargas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader, María Corina Machado, vowed to return from exile before the end of 2026 and promised to run for president again during a speech on Saturday. Speaking in Panama City alongside fellow opposition leaders, Machado said her political coalition remained committed to a democratic transition “through free and fair presidential elections” that would allow “all Venezuelans inside and outside the country vote.” “I will be a candidate, but there may be others, of course,” Machado told reporters. “I would love to compete with everyone, with anyone who wants to be a candidate.” Machado, who has been living in exile since December after emerging from nearly a year in hiding inside Venezuela, said any credible presidential vote would require extensive preparation. She estimated that an election meeting democratic standards would take between seven and nine months to organize, including the appointment of neutral election officials, updated voter rolls and guarantees allowing opposition candidates to compete freely. The declaration comes months after the Trump administration captured Venezuela’s former leader, Nicolás Maduro, in a January raid and began work with acting President Delcy Rodríguez, previously Maduro’s vice president, who has expanded U.S. access to the country’s oil. Machado became the most prominent challenger to Maduro in recent years but was barred by the government from running in the disputed 2024 presidential election. The Nobel Committee honored Machado in October 2025 “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights” in her home country with an award that she later dedicated to President Donald Trump, whose supporters hoped would win the prize. During a visit to the White House in January Machado gifted Trump her prize. The administration has not indicated whether it would support her proposed run for the presidency.The post Venezuela’s Exiled Opposition Leader Vows to Return Home and Run for President first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Taking ‘Steps’ Toward White House Campaign: Axios
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is taking “steps” toward a potential 2028 campaign for the presidency, according to Axios’s Alex Thompson and Holly Otterbein. “The New York congresswoman is making new moves toward a possible White House bid,” asserted the pair, who cited the de facto “national tour” that has brought Ocasio-Cortez to key states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, as well as her recent “meetings with Democratic Party powerbrokers.” “Whether AOC jumps into the race is one of the biggest X factors in the 2028 Democratic primary,” they observed. “Democratic operatives expect she would easily raise $100 million just from small-dollar donors, mobilize many supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ past campaigns, and command attention as few other candidates could.” Ocasio-Cortez is also reportedly weighing a campaign for the Senate seat presently held by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Polls have long indicated that she would begin a primary race against Schumer as the favorite. Thompson and Otterbein had previously reported that Ocasio-Cortez has been busy hiring a number of veterans of Sanders’s 202o presidential campaign, which took a hard left turn on social issues as compared to his 2016 effort. One recent AtlasIntel survey found that at Ocasio-Cortez is pacing a hypothetical 2028 Democratic primary field at 26%. She was followed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (22.4%) California Governor Gavin Newsom (21.2%), and former Vice President Kamala Harris (12.9%).The post Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Taking ‘Steps’ Toward White House Campaign: Axios first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Pope Leo Makes Historic Public Apology for Vatican’s Complicity in Slavery
(Photo by: Gomez/Vatican Pool/ Spaziani/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Pope Leo XIV issued the first explicit papal apology for the Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery through the rulings of past pontiffs, calling the delay in acknowledging the Holy See’s role “a wound in Christian memory.” The historic admission came in the first encyclical of the U.S.-born pontiff, Magnifica Humanitas, a sweeping document published Monday focused largely on artificial intelligence and modern forms of exploitation. But the text also directly addressed centuries of criticism over the Catholic Church’s involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. “It is impossible not to feel deep sorrow when contemplating the immense suffering and humiliation endured by so many in stark contrast to their immeasurable dignity as persons infinitely loved by the Lord,” Leo wrote. “For this, in the name of the Church, I sincerely ask for pardon,” he added. While previous popes of recent decades have condemned slavery or expressed regret for Christians’ participation in it, Leo is the first to publicly acknowledge the Holy See’s institutional role in authorizing it and setting a precedent which began in a series of 15th-century papal decrees. Among them was the 1452 bull Dum Diversas, issued by Pope Nicholas V, which granted Portugal’s rulers authority “to invade, conquer, fight and subjugate” non-Christians and “to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery.” The decree and others like it later underpinned the so-called Doctrine of Discovery, used by European powers to justify colonial expansion across Africa and the Americas. Leo wrote that the Church had taken too long to fully recognize slavery’s incompatibility with Christian teaching, calling that delay “a wound in Christian memory.” The pope, whose own ancestry reportedly includes both enslaved people and slaveholders, linked the Church’s historical failures to what he described as emerging “forms of slavery” tied to the AI era, including exploitative labor used in the extraction of minerals for technology production.The post Pope Leo Makes Historic Public Apology for Vatican’s Complicity in Slavery first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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