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(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump gave ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl an exclusive phone interview on Monday — shortly after he accused Karl of lying about a previous phone call. “Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK,” Trump posted to X. “No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that?” Trump wrote. “He called me, but I didn’t take his call — He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that’s very dishonest reporting. He’s trying to make himself look important but, I’m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News!” Trump wrote. Trump’s attack appeared to be in response to a video Karl posted of himself recounting the presidential phone call story the day after the White House Communications Dinner. “I got a call this morning on my landline about a little after 7 a.m. Not a lot of people call me on that number these days. But it was the president. It was President Trump calling, he said, to see if I was okay with all that happened last night, to see if I was okay,” Karl said on the video. President Trump says he wants the @whca dinner rescheduled — and quickly. pic.twitter.com/B0dH13UBkT — Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 26, 2026 A few hours after Trump’s attack calling Karl a liar, Karl wrote, “In a phone conversation a short while ago, President Trump stopped short of saying Iran has violated the ceasefire.” “Regarding the Iranian drone and missile attacks on UAE today: ‘They were shot down for the most part,’ Trump told me. ‘One got through. Not huge damage,'” Karl wrote. “Regarding the Iranian attack on a South Korean ship: ‘We’re going to look into it. Shots were fired at a South Korean ship, and I think South Korea should take some action. … This was a South Korean ship riding by itself. It was not an escorted ship.'” In a phone conversation a short while ago, President Trump stopped short of saying Iran has violated the ceasefire. Regarding the Iranian drone and missile attacks on UAE today: “They were shot down for the most part,” Trump… [TheTopNews] Read More.13 hours ago - Trump Posts Bonkers Memes Slamming Political Foes From ‘Traitor’ Obama to Po...
(Photo Credit: Lenin Nolly/Sipa USA and Donald Trump on Truth Social) President Donald Trump went on a social media spree on Monday afternoon that included posting memes of “traitor” ex-President Barack Obama bowing before Iran’s Ayatollah and outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell falling into a dumpster. The commander-in-chief posted the pictures of his political enemies on Truth Social. His first post was a three-part meme that showed a triumphant Trump raising his fist alongside a kneeling ex-President Joe Biden donning a mask and Obama bowing. That picture said “LEADERS LEAD” above Trump, followed by “COWARDS KNEEL” under Biden and “TRAITORS BOW” under Obama. You can see that post below: Trump’s post obviously refers to his past criticism of the nuclear deal the Obama Administration made with Iran. “If I didn’t terminate Obama’s horrible that he made, the Iran nuclear deal, you would have had a nuclear war four years ago,” Trump said last month. “You would have had nuclear holocaust.” He followed that post up seven minutes later with his meme about Powell, whom Trump has branded “Too Late” and repeatedly mocked for not acting swiftly enough in his view to lower rates. That post appeared to an artificially intelligence-generated image of Powell being dropped into a giant dumpster. “‘Too Late’ is a DISASTER for America! Interest Rates too high!” Trump captioned the picture. Beyond bashing Powell on interest rates, Trump has criticized him for spending way too much dough on the multi-year renovation of the Fed building. Trump late last year said he was aiming to sue Powell because the cost was north of $4 billion — about $1.5 billion more than projected. The Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into Powell weeks later; Powell said he was being targeted as a “consequence” for not adhering to the president’s demands to lower rates. The DOJ dropped the probe last week, but U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Sunday she had not completely closed the book on investigating Powell further.The post Trump Posts Bonkers Memes Slamming Political Foes From ‘Traitor’ Obama to Powell In a Dumpster first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - US Military Ships Attacked By Iran As Ceasefire Remains Uncertain, Military Comm...
CNN national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand reported Monday afternoon about the latest acknowledgement from U.S. Central Command Chief, Admiral Bradley Cooper, that U.S. military and commercial vessels were attacked earlier in the day by Iran. “Yeah, Boris, our U.S. Central Command Chief, Admiral Bradley Cooper, held a call with reporters earlier today. He outlined how the U.S. military is going about trying to guide these commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz essentially via a huge U.S. military presence that involves guided missile destroyers, over 100 land and sea-based aircraft, unmanned platforms—things like Reaper drones—and 15,000 service members who are now stationed there to respond essentially if Iran does attack any of these ships trying to pass through the strait,” Bertrand told anchor Boris Sanchez, adding: And that is exactly what happened this morning. According to Admiral Cooper, the Iranians began launching drones, cruise missiles, and small boats at some of these ships, including U.S. Navy ships. And the U.S. military then responded by blowing up about six of these small Iranian boats using Apache and Seahawk helicopters. Now, it’s important to note here that Admiral Cooper did not say whether or not this means that the ceasefire is over, given that the Iranians and the Americans are now trading shots essentially in that strait. He would only say that the U.S. is going to continue to act defensively to try to protect these ships, as well as, of course, its own assets. And one other thing is that he really emphasized that there are no escorts going on right now of these commercial vessels in this area by the U.S. military. Instead, they say that this kind of overarching defensive package that they have built up in that area is creating deterrence. Now, the Iranians, they might have a different perception of that because, of course, they continue to try to take shots at these ships in the waterway. But the U.S. military is saying, “Look, it’s better for us to have this big overall presence here rather than escort each ship one by one through the strait, which could actually leave them more vulnerable in the end for us.” Watch the clip above via CNN.The post US Military Ships Attacked By Iran As Ceasefire Remains Uncertain, Military Commander Confirms first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - Graham Platner Promises He Will Be ‘Arrested’ if Democrats Don’t Win the S...
(Screenshot) Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, predicted that he would be “arrested” if he was elected, but his party failed to take the upper chamber of Congress, at a campaign event over the weekend. According to the Midcoast Villager, Platner explained on Saturday that if he was part of the minority, his role “would include ‘an element of activism,’ including appearing at protests and picket lines.” “If we don’t get the majority and things continue to get worse, I will promise you that I’m going to be arrested as a United States senator,” said Platner. In other notable comments, Platner argued that “we need to do politics fundamentally differently in this country,” as well as “build power the old-fashioned way.” Should Democrats take the Senate, Platner vowed to “shut the White House down.” “We haul everyone in the White House under subpoena, day in, day out, in front of Senate committees to answer questions about all the lawbreaking they’ve been doing,” he boasted before also submitting that there’s “a compelling case for the impeachment and removal of at least two” Supreme Court justices. Platner recently had a large tattoo of a Nazi symbol — an SS Totenkopf — covered up on his chest after its existence became public knowledge. He has also retweeted infamous anti-Semite Stew Peters and told a conspiracy theorist who has blamed Israel for the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Charlie Kirk. On Reddit, Platner once urged women concerned about sexual assault to “take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f*cked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?” He is set to face off against Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), a five-term moderate, in November’s general election. Republicans have vowed to blow up Platner’s candidacy. “It’s a good thing Graham Platner isn’t a real oysterman from Maine because he’ll no longer be able to live in the state after we thoroughly beat the sh*t out of him,” a spokesman for the Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP Senate caucus’s Super PAC, told Semafor last week.The post Graham Platner Promises He Will Be ‘Arrested’ if Democrats Don’t Win the Senate first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - CNN Fact Checker Daniel Dale Finds Pete Hegseth Made a False Claim Under Oath: â...
Screenshot CNN fact checker Daniel Dale on Monday broke down how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made false claims under oath in multiple congressional hearings. Last week, Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Armed Services Committee. Much of those hearings focused on the Defense Department’s 2027 budget request, Hegeth’s numerous staff changes, and the ongoing war in Iran. During Wednesday’s House hearing, Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) asked Hegseth if he would comply with an order from President Donald Trump to deploy troops at polling sites during the midterm elections. Such an order, Tokuda noted, would violate federal law unless specific conditions were met to necessitate the presence of troops. In response, Hegseth claimed Trump would never give unlawful orders. He then accused former President Joe Biden of giving the exact order Tokuda mentioned. According to Dale, however, that wasn’t true. His report continued: All of the National Guard activations connected to the 2024 election were ordered by state governors, not by Biden. And all 11 of the states that responded to CNN’s requests for information last week said that none of their troops were deployed to polling locations. Rather, the states said their Guard personnel worked behind the scenes at other locations – helping with election cybersecurity or serving as internal liaisons – or that their state Guard was not actually activated for the election after all. The next day, Dale noted, Hegseth was challenged on that false claim by Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). He simply repeated it.The post CNN Fact Checker Daniel Dale Finds Pete Hegseth Made a False Claim Under Oath: ‘Not True’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago - Britney Spears Cops a Plea in DUI CaseBritney Spears accepted a plea deal Monday to swap her DUI charge for the lesser charge of reckless driving involving alcohol that will keep the pop superstar out of jail. The 44-year-old Spears was arrested in California on suspicion of DUI in March after police said she was speeding and driving erratically. Police said she was under the influence of alcohol and at least one drug at the time of her arrest. In a statement to Page Six, Spears’ manager, Cade Hudson, called the arrest “an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable.” Instead of Jail, Spears received to one year probation, a mandatory DUI class, and state mandated fines. In addition, Spears cannot possess drugs without a valid prescription. TMZ reported this stipulation “could be a problem” because “Britney has gone to Mexico more than once to get Adderall.” Spears must also continue meeting with a psychologist once a week and a psychiatrist twice a month. Violating any of these conditions during her year-long probation, could see Spears sent to jail. Spears was not in court Monday, but her lawyer Michael Goldstein told TMZ, “Through her plea today, Britney has accepted responsibility for her conduct. She has taken significant steps to implement positive change which is clearly reflected in the Ventura County District Attorney’s decision to reduce the charge in this case and dismiss the DUI. Britney appreciates this discretion and is also grateful for the outpouring of support she has received.” Since her arrest, Spears has completely rehab and hired a chauffeur, TMZ reported. Spears has faced legal troubles before. In 2007, she was charged with four misdemeanor charges related to a hit-and-run of a parked car. She reportedly paid the car owner’s repair bill, and the charges were dropped. She was also held in conservatorship managed by her father Jamie Spears for 13 years until she won her freedom in 2021. She called the conservatorship “abusive” and claimed she was forced to take lithium for a psychiatric disorder. Watch the clip above via CNN.The post Britney Spears Cops a Plea in DUI Case first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.14 hours ago
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