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Republican Infighting Erupts Over Trump’s Emerging Iran Deal

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By James West 
| Mother Jones
Is there a deal? Is there not a deal? The fawning quarters of the right-wing press have spent the weekend so far gushing about how late and hard President Donald Trump is working on a deal to end his war on Iran—even missing his own son’s wedding for “circumstances pertaining to Government.” But for all that work, come Sunday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that he will “not to rush into a deal” and that “time is on our side.” The not-so-subtle code: There’s no deal just yet.
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“My Mother Had a Crush on Charles”: What in the Royal Hell Is Trump Talking About.

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By James West 
| Mother Jones
My first thought: Wow, the Brits are going to love this. Tabloid heaven. The United Kingdom’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla are on a kind of diplomatic Cirque du Soleil mission to their former colony right now, trying to ease tensions between the two historic allies. Especially front-of-mind: Can the King smooth over Britain’s lack of support for Trump’s war on Iran—a stance for which Prime Minister Keir Starmer has received several bouts of Trumpian invective.
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Trump Is Safe After Gunfire Erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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By James West 
| Mother Jones
President Donald Trump and the First Lady were rushed from the stage after gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night—unleashing a chaotic scene at the annual gathering of journalists at the Washington Hilton in DC. Wolf Blitzer, the CNN anchor, was outside the main ballroom when he said he heard powerful gunfire ring out, coming from a gunman just a few feet away.
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