Trump renews bridge, power plant threat against Iran in push for deal, mocks ‘tough guy’ IRGC

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump mocked the Islamic Revolutionary Guard on Sunday morning for staking claim to a Strait of Hormuz “blockade” the U.S. military had already put in place. “Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it,”

Trump Says US Negotiators Will Travel to Pakistan for Peace Talks With Iran

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A Pakistani official is seen during the arrival of the U.S. Vice President JD Vance for talks with Iranian officials at Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Sunday that U.S. representatives will arrive in Pakistan on Monday evening in preparation for negotiations with Iran. Trump

That Old Familiar Bern

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Even if you loathe Bernie Sanders, you will adore this phenomenal and utterly charming 500-plus page love letter to the state of Vermont and its people. Superbly written—Chiasson is a Wellesley College English professor and a well-known poet—it is also immersively researched, since Chiasson, who’s now 55, grew up in Burlington during the 1980s when

When Trotsky Got the Axe

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Most readers of Josh Ireland’s Death of Trotsky will already know the basic outline of the story: Leon Trotsky falls out with Joseph Stalin after Vladimir Lenin’s death in 1924. He proves no match to Stalin; his faction loses critical Politburo debates; he is exiled, eventually lands in Mexico City, where he is assassinated on