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- Trump calls on Arab nations to sign Abraham Accords
President Donald Trump is pressuring Muslim-majority nations to join the Abraham Accords if they want to participate in a developing Iran agreement, according to multiple reports.The Abraham Accords are a series of agreements aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations.PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS DEAL WITH IRAN IS 'LARGELY NEGOTIATED'Trump said Saturday that he urged Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and Jordan to normalize relations with Israel during a phone call with regional leaders."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," Trump wrote on Truth Social.TRUMP SAYS MORE NATIONS LINING UP TO JOIN ABRAHAM ACCORDS AFTER KAZAKHSTANThe president also said he planned to speak with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.The UAE and Bahrain became the first two nations to sign the accords in 2020.Trump also floated the idea that Iran could eventually become part of the Abraham Accords.US MILITARY IS 'IRON SHIELD' PROTECTING AMERICAN BASES, LIVES FROM IRAN PROXIES: HEGSETH"In speaking to numerous of the Great Leaders mentioned above, they would be honored, as soon as our Document is signed, to have the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Abraham Accords. Wow, now that would be something special," Trump wrote on Truth Social.U.S. and Israeli officials do not expect the UAE to move forward on the issue until after Israel’s elections in September. [TheTopNews] Read More.51 mins ago - New Jersey governor, Democratic senator spend Memorial Day protesting ICE facili...New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., met with the families of detainees being held at a migrant detention facility that critics say should be shut down amid "unacceptable" conditions and an ongoing hunger strike.Kim and Sherrill, both Democrats, have asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for access to the Delaney Hall center in Newark, where hundreds of illegal immigrants are being held."I’m back at Delaney Hall with @GovSherrillNJ and other members of the NJ delegation to meet with families of detainees and listen to community advocates," Kim wrote Monday on X. "We’re working together to make sure they’re heard and to speak out with them. Delaney Hall must be shut down immediately. ICE cannot be allowed to continue operating in this way."BUMPY WEATHER OVER NEWARK: HOUSE DEMOCRATS COULD FACE CONSEQUENCES FOR DELANEY HALL INCIDENTFox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said Kim personally called Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and that he was allowed in the facility to conduct his congressional oversight responsibilities. However, the spokesperson criticized Sherrill over he appearance at the detention center. "Governor Sherrill’s visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside the facility," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Yesterday, approximately 125 agitators surrounded Delaney Hall Detention Facility, many carrying anti-ICE signs and Antifa flags. They formed a human chain around entrances to the facility and set up barricades, blocking all entries and exits."On Sunday, protesters clashed with authorities outside the privately run facility — which was revamped as an immigration detention center last year — where some detainees have gone on a hunger strike to protest allegedly poor conditions inside.Sherrill said she was "deeply disturbed" by the conditions inside Delaney Hall, noting that she has always opposed private detention facilities and advocated against them."I will continue to call for the closure of Delaney Hall because of reports like these," she wrote Sunday on X. "I have contacted ICE to gain access to the facility and my office remains in close coordination with our federal delegation and with advocates, and I commend their continued oversight and work to hold DHS accountable."Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez, D-N.J., arrived at Delaney Hall on Sunday but were denied entry. Critics of the facility allege that detainees endure squalid conditions and mistreatment from staff.US ATTORNEY… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Rubio pushes back on India’s concerns over US visa curbs, says policy must...Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back against criticism of President Donald Trump's immigration reform as Indian officials and media raised concerns that U.S. visa and immigration reforms may curb migration from India."What I want to leave clear is that the changes, while they may be having a disproportionate impact on a place like India that provides so many high-skilled workers to the U.S. economy, it is not a system that is targeted at India," Rubio said during a Sunday news conference in New Delhi, India. "It is one that’s being applied globally."India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar pushed back in his remarks.THIS JULY 4TH, HERE’S HOW MY FAMILY EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE CALLED ‘AMERICANS’ – LEGALLY"I apprised Secretary Rubio of challenges that legitimate travelers face in respect of visa issuance," Jaishankar said."While we cooperate to deal with illegal and irregular mobility, our expectation is that legal mobility would not be adversely impacted as a consequence. After all, this is very relevant to our business, technology, and research cooperation," he said.Ultimately, Rubio – a son of Cuban immigrants – stressed that the U.S. values India as a "strategic ally" and vital trade partner, but immigration policy must be America First under Trump.AMERICA NEEDS WORKERS, BUT TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE SHARPLY CUTTING LEGAL IMMIGRATION"Everything that you do as a country needs to be in your national interest, and that includes your immigration policy," Rubio continued. "The United States, I believe, is the most welcoming country in the world on immigration.""Every single year, a million people, roughly, become permanent residents of the United States and contribute greatly," he said."Modernization" was the keynote to Rubio's reply to concerns about the "contribution that Indians have made to the U.S. economy," noting "over $20 billion have been invested in the U.S. economy by Indian companies."'AMERICA FIRST' IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL BILL WOULD CODIFY TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ONCE AND FOR ALL"The changes that are happening now or the modernization of our migration system into the United States is not focused – it’s not India-specific; it is global," Rubio stressed. "It’s being applied across the world.""We are in a period of modernization, and I’ll be frank and honest with you, because it’s important to talk about this: We’ve had a migratory crisis in the United States," he said. "This is not because of India, but broadly, we had over 20 million people illegally enter the United States over the last… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- These Photos Reveal Strange Sea Creatures Scientists Have Never Seen Before
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little Mermaid but a very real, very mysterious marine worm. Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge—a simple marine animal that forms a glass-like skeleton—in the cold, dark waters off the coast of Japan. And it’s just one of a massive trove of marine animal species that scientists say they recently discovered. Dalhousiella yabukii, a new species of polychaete worm found in deep waters off the coast of Japan.The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/JAMSTEC This week, the Ocean Census—a project that has set out to accelerate the discovery of sea life—announced that it has found 1,121 previously unknown ocean species since last April. That marks a massive jump in the number of newly discovered marine species in a single year, according to Oliver Steeds, director of the Ocean Census, a joint mission of the UK-based nonprofit Nekton and Japan’s largest philanthropic organization, the Nippon Foundation. Some of the other newly found creatures include fish, rays, sponges, and soft corals (you can see more of them below). Though it may seem that Earth is already largely explored, the vast majority of animal species on Earth—perhaps as many as 90 percent of them—remain undescribed. “This is really a planetary blindspot,” said Steeds, who’s also the founder and chief executive of Nekton. The Ocean Census, which launched three years ago, is trying to close the gap in the marine realm by exploring remote ocean regions with the help of high-tech submersibles and taxonomists. And to that end, this large batch of species is an important step forward—with one major caveat. While the search for life beyond Earth has been a magnet for public attention, missions like the Ocean Census reveal that there is a lot we still don’t know about life on our home planet—much of which looks pretty darn alien. Most critters that the expeditions revealed are pretty small, like this striking ribbon worm. Found in the waters near Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia, the worm’s bright colors may be a signal to predators that it produces defensive toxins, according to a press release announcing the new findings. Such toxins may be useful in drug development; scientists have previously investigated chemicals produced by similar worms to treat cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. A small… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - The Pentagon Could Name Thousands of Unknown Soldiers. Families Want to Know Why...This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Buried beneath the curved, sweeping rows of white marble crosses and Stars of David at the Manila American Cemetery lies a special kind of American hero. Their headstones carry no names. No ranks or branches of the military. No dates of death. Each grave marker bears the same inscription: “Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.” The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, located in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.Photo courtesy of the American Battle Monuments Commission About 2,900 American service members are still buried as “unknowns” in the Manila cemetery—soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen whose remains were recovered after World War II but could not be identified with the science of their time. Jim Knudsen believes his Uncle Julius is one of the unknowns. For 17 years, the Minnesota resident has carried his family’s torch in the search for the remains of Army Technician 5th Class Julius St. John Knudsen, a 25-year-old tanker who vanished in the Philippines in 1942 during the infamous Bataan Death March. Jim Knudsen, 75, has tracked down military records and contacted distant relatives to submit DNA samples. He’s studied dog-eared wartime maps and interviewed the last surviving soldier from his uncle’s tank battalion—fulfilling a promise made to his dad in 2009. Julius St. John Knudsen was a member of the U.S. Army’s 194th Tank Battalion. He disappeared in 1942 in the Philippines during the Bataan Death March.Photo courtesy of Knudsen family “Rest easy,” he told his father when he went into hospice care. “I’ll keep looking for Julius.” Earlier this year, Knudsen believed the mystery of Julius’ final days might finally be solved—thanks to the marvels of forensic DNA science. It took several years for Knudsen and a military researcher to convince the Pentagon’s MIA agency to exhume the remains of nine American soldiers recovered after World War II along the route of the death march. There is more than a glimmer of hope that Julius is one of the nine According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, there are still more than 80,000 U.S. service members who remain unaccounted for since World War II. The DPAA estimates that 38,000 of them are recoverable. Most of the rest were lost at sea. The agency identified… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
- Vets torch Dem Senate hopeful who called Army ‘fat, lazy trash,’ mocked sold...Veterans are ripping Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after resurfaced posts showed him calling the Army "full of fat, lazy trash" and mocking a soldier who was shot multiple times in combat before receiving a Purple Heart."I am a decorated veteran, and people need to understand what serving in the Army cost me: congestive heart failure, bilateral hearing loss, COPD, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism and PTSD," Holland "Ricky" White, a Vietnam War veteran who served in the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, told Fox News Digital.The 173rd Airborne Brigade, also known as "The Herd," was one of the first ground combat units to deploy to Vietnam, where it endured some of the war’s most intense fighting."I understand ridicule better than most. I was ridiculed not only as a Vietnam veteran, but as a black man as well," White continued. "I lost friends over there, and it still hurts to talk about them. I often ask God, ‘Why did You spare me and not my friends?’ I believe God wasn’t done with me when I came home, and that’s why I continue trying to make a difference today.""That is why comments like Graham’s are so offensive," White said.PLATNER IN THE HOT SEAT AS MAINE VOTERS RIP HIS 'HORRIBLE' COMMENTS AMID REDDIT SCANDALThe backlash adds to a mounting controversy over Platner’s deleted Reddit account as the veteran-turned-oyster farmer seeks to challenge Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in one of the nation’s most closely watched 2026 Senate races. Platner has leaned heavily on his military background in pitching himself to Maine voters, but the resurfaced posts threaten to derail his campaign as his use of slurs, embrace of socialism and criticism of the armed forces come under scrutiny. Perhaps Platner’s most controversial Reddit post came in 2019 when he sharply criticized a soldier who was shot multiple times by the Taliban in 2012. "Dumb motherf---er didn't deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat a-- wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt," Platner wrote on Reddit, reacting to combat footage another user had posted. "Poor marksmanship on the Taliban's part is the only reason this mouthbreather made it home."The video that Platner was commenting on came from the helmet cam of U.S. Army veteran Ted Daniels, who was shot four times and awarded the Purple Heart. "As a Purple Heart recipient myself – having been wounded for my country,… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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