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- Vance takes lead selling Trump’s Iran gamble as Rubio, Hegseth and Ratcliffe c...
Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland this week as the Trump administration’s most visible defender of a fragile Iran memorandum of understanding, even as officials moved to tamp down reports of internal concern over whether Tehran can be trusted to follow through on nuclear concessions."If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance. If it does happen, I’m taking full credit," joked President Donald Trump this month of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran.The MOU, signed last week, has not resolved the core dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, but instead opened a 60-day negotiating window aimed at turning broad commitments into enforceable terms — leaving Vance to defend a framework that supporters call a diplomatic opening for sustained stability in the region and skeptics fear could give Tehran room to stall.While Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe have been central to previous high-profile foreign policy missions, Vance spent last week as one of the administration’s chief public advocates for the Iran deal, repeatedly fielding questions about the negotiations during a media blitz for his new book.JD VANCE REVEALS DETAILS OF US-IRAN DEAL, ADDRESSES WHETHER TAXPAYER MONEY WILL GO TO TEHRANA senior U.S. official told Fox News Digital earlier this month that there was a "split" inside the administration on support of the Iran MOU but wouldn't say which officials did not support the decision. The talks have been fragile for weeks, with the MOU serving less as a breakthrough than a temporary framework while U.S. officials continue to wrestle with whether Iran can be trusted to follow through on nuclear commitments.CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly emerged as a key intelligence leader who expressed doubt about the intelligence behind the Iran deal to Trump and other senior officials, Axios reported. Rubio and Hegseth also reportedly held reservations, while Vance and other officials advocated for the MOU, according to the outlet. The CIA did not comment when asked by Fox News Digital if Ratcliffe was skeptical about the deal.A second senior U.S. official told Fox News Digital that Trump officials were all aligned in supporting the deal and viewed it as the appropriate path forward.While a White House official added that Vance emerged as a lead negotiator because Trump tasked him with the role from the outset, arguing his position as vice president gives him the stature to bring key players from countries… [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - Fox News Poll: Voters embrace health agenda while rating RFK Jr negativelyWhen it comes to the U.S. food supply, more voters prioritize protecting public health than lowering food prices, according to the latest Fox News Poll.The survey, released Monday, also finds broad voter support for key elements of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, even as they give Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. negative job ratings.By a 16-point margin, voters prefer safeguarding public health (58%) more than lowering food prices (42%).FOX NEWS POLL: MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, VOTERS SEE BIG TECH AS GREATER THREAT TO USThat view crosses party lines, with majorities of Democrats (57%), Republicans (58%), and independents (62%) prioritizing health and well-being.MAHA was popularized by Kennedy during his 2024 presidential campaign and evolved into a national health-policy movement after he ended his bid and endorsed President Trump. Some of its goals include improving nutrition, eliminating harmful additives, and enhancing children's health.Roughly 9 in 10 voters say it is extremely or very important for the government to focus on improving food safety (89% important), lowering food costs (88%), and expanding access to healthy foods (85%). About 8 in 10 consider limiting harmful additives (83% important) and increasing transparency in food labeling (81%) important. About 6 in 10 place the same emphasis on reducing vaping and nicotine use (63% important) or limiting screen time for children under age 16 (60%). FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS DOUBT NEW AGREEMENT WILL STOP IRAN FROM DEVELOPING NUKESSupport for new food regulations is prevalent. More than 9 in 10 voters favor requiring clearer food labeling (91%), and almost as many (87%) support banning food additives that other countries have restricted because of health concerns.Smaller majorities support banning flavored nicotine products, including vapes and nicotine pouches (65% favor) and prohibiting children under 16 from using social media platforms (60%). Eliminating vaccine requirements is less popular, as fewer than 4 in 10 are in favor (36%) – although that number is up 10 points since December.Most policies enjoy widespread support across key demographics, except on vaccines where differences emerge.More Republicans (45%) than Democrats (25%) favor eliminating vaccine requirements in public schools by a 20-point margin (the only proposal where fewer than half of each group favor it), and more MAGA (53%) than non-MAGA Republicans (32%) support eliminating vaccines by 21 points.Men, Black voters, and voters under age 30 are more likely to favor eliminating vaccine requirements than women, White voters, and voters 65 and up."If… [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago
- What does Trump want from a new UK prime minister?
The US president was once considered to have a close friendship with Keir Starmer, but that quickly fell apart with the war in Iran. [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - PPM Works, But Spoken-Word Radio Needs a Bit More Help
Rob Bertrand is CEO of Inrush Broadcast Services. He gave a talk at the Public Radio Engineering Conference this spring about the Nielsen PPM and its impact on spoken-word stations. Radio World: Rob how did this talk come about? Rob Bertrand Rob Bertrand: I’ve spent 12 years or so focused on ratings watermarking as it pertains to spoken word. My work began with the primitive tools we had available not long after Arbitron released their new methodology in 2008 and continued to evolve as I noted patterns in failure alarms, audio distortion and ratings spikes and dips in the early days. It so fascinating to me that the audio chain had such a direct impact on our ratings. I loved partnering with folks around the industry to help improve this situation for my favorite radio format: all-news. RW: What did you do to perfect encodability at WAMU? Bertrand: Essentially, I took all I learned about ratings watermarking for all-news and sports at CBS and I brought it to WAMU. It made a big difference in ratings performance — for a number of years, consistently besting the ratings powerhouse of WTOP. For sure, this included adding supplemental audio processing like the 25-Seven Voltair, but it involved efforts that extended well beyond adding a single piece of hardware. I spent a great deal of time testing and modifying air chain designs and processing approaches for our spoken-word formats in New York. When I arrived at WAMU in 2016, that was still fresh in my mind. When I asked my new boss at WAMU, “Hey does public radio care about ratings?” he enthusiastically said “Yes!” I spent time analyzing our performance using a box that I may have been the only one to buy: the “Voltair M,” a monitor-only version of the Voltair that was a precursor to the TVC-15 analyzer. It confirmed my suspicion that public radio content, with its wide-open dynamics and frequent periods of silence, watermarks very poorly. Gaining that visibility into encoding performance via the Voltair-M and the TVC-15 was a game-changer in thinking about spoken-word watermarking performance. We spent several years working through multiple iterations of improvement. Ultimately the “productized” technology caught up, and we wound up with the “gold standard” of using the insert point on an Omnia.11 processor, Voltair and TVC-15 to tame the Voltair and help the audio during passages where it needed help the most.… [TheTopNews] Read More.11 hours ago - Why U.K. Socialism Could Soon Be America’s Problem
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch are joined by reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss the resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and what it reveals about the United Kingdom's economic stagnation. The panel examines the legacy of Brexit, the rise of the self-described "business-friendly socialist" Andy Burnham, and whether the U.K.'s growing embrace of big government policies offers a warning for the United States. Next, the editors discuss the growing influence of Democratic Socialists in major American cities, including New York, Washington, and Los Angeles. They then examine Trump's negotiations with Iran and debate whether the administration's deal represents a diplomatic success or a strategic retreat. The panel also discusses Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) decision to abandon plans for new migrant detention centers and what it reveals about the future of immigration enforcement. Finally, a listener asks whether Cuba's latest market reforms signal a genuine shift away from socialism or just another false start. 0:00—Starmer resigns 14:05—Democratic Socialists of America ascendant in blue cities 31:29—Iran negotiations and the Strait of Hormuz 39:12—Listener question on Cuba 45:09—ICE to sell off warehouses 55:03—Weekly cultural recommendations Mentioned in the podcast: "British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Has Resigned. His Replacement Will Likely Be More of the Same," by Reem Ibrahim "England Fans Warned Not To Chant 'Keir Starmer's a Wanker' at World Cup," by Reem Ibrahim "How Worried Should We Be About a Socialist Mayor in D.C.?" by Christian Britschgi "Graham Platner Signals a Problem for Democrats, and the Rest of Us," by J.D. Tuccille "Compromise With Iran Isn't 'Surrender,'" by Matthew Petti "Bibi Tearing Up the Deal," by Liz Wolfe "ICE Largely Abandons Plan To Turn Warehouses Into Migrant Detention Facilities," by Joe Lancaster "ICE Says It's Moved Detainees Out of 'Alligator Alcatraz' For Hurricane Season," by C.J. Ciaramella The post Why U.K. Socialism Could Soon Be America's Problem appeared first on Reason.com. [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago - Fox News Anchor Confronts GOP Senator On Only Voting With Trump 94% of the Time:...
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) joined Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum on her show, The Story, on Monday for Collins’s first national interview since Graham Platner officially became her general election opponent. MacCallum asked Collins to weigh in on Platner to start the interview, and Collins teed off on Platner’s Nazi-tattoo scandal while hyping her “steady” leadership. The interview eventually moved to more pointed questions about Collins’s own record. MacCallum noted Collins had voted with “President Trump about 94% of the time, which might sound high, but most people in your party have been with him 100% of the time, and he has pointed the finger at you several times over different issues.” “One of them was the fact that you held out for quite some time on your vote of support for now-Justice Kavanaugh. Is this an issue that you think is troublesome for you in this race, now that Roe v. Wade was overturned, in Maine, across the country?” MacCallum asked. “Well, first of all, let me make clear that I disagreed with the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, but the fact is that whether Justice Kavanaugh were confirmed or not, Roe v. Wade would have been overturned, given the 6-to-3 vote,” Collins replied, adding: And also, I supported the justices like Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Justice Brown Jackson, who voted to sustain Roe v. Wade. I also joined with a bipartisan group of senators to codify Roe v. Wade and make it the law of the land. Regrettably, the then-leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, refused to bring up our bill. “Let me ask you just a couple of quick questions, if I could get, you know, fairly quick answers on these. One is, in 1996, you said you would only run for two terms, and yet now you’re running again. Why is that, and did that break a promise that you once made?” MacCallum followed up. Collins conceded, “I did say that I would only run for two terms. I underestimated how much seniority, experience, and knowledge matters in the Senate. When I look at what I could do as a freshman senator versus what I can do as chair of the Appropriations Committee, the most powerful committee in the Senate, there’s a huge difference, and I note that it had been 92 years since a Maine senator had held the… [TheTopNews] Read More.12 hours ago
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