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U.S. threats to impose “the toughest sanctions in history” to force Iran to buckle to its demands after nearly six months of war have raised the prospect of a new round of escalation in the Gulf. How could Iran respond to the economic pressure? Mohsen Rezaei, the former Revolutionary Guards chief and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has already threatened to shut down oil exports — one of Tehran’s main strategic approaches since the war began on February 28.

A Modesto man was sentenced Monday to 37 years and six months in prison for sexually exploiting minors and receiving child sexual abuse images, federal prosecutors said. Jacob Jacobsen, 31, will serve 10 years of supervised release after completing his prison sentence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California said. He also must pay $25,000 in special assessments and forfeit devices used to commit the crimes.

President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it planned to revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the U.S., marking its latest step in a sweeping immigration crackdown.

Steve Hilton, the Republican candidate for California governor, is hopeful of engineering a huge upset with his promise of lowering costs and reforming government. California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton will field questions from GV Wire publisher Darius Assemi on the “Unfiltered” podcast starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25.

A business group filed a lawsuit on Monday arguing that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to create five city-owned grocery stores would hurt smaller businesses. The lawsuit claims that city officials did not properly study how the new stores could adversely affect neighborhood supermarkets and would discriminate against Latino and Asian business owners.

Situational Awareness, a once hot artificial intelligence-focused hedge fund led by a 24-year-old, became the talk of Wall Street when it nearly imploded late last month. Now it is attracting attention from securities regulators, too.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide ‌control of Congress — though another remains.

A 42-year-old man accused of stabbing a Fresno County prosecutor near the downtown courthouse has been charged with attempted murder and assault and could face life in prison if convicted on all counts, officials said Monday. Dustin Crawford is charged with assault on a public official, attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder, and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the Thursday attack, according to a criminal complaint filed in Fresno County Superior Court.

In the wake of an attack on a Fresno County district attorney, Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz said city prosecutors and investigators with concealed-carry permits will now be allowed to carry firearms while on the job so long as they’re not in a public building. Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi, however, said that announcement may have been too early and may possibly jeopardize a change to a city ordinance he was working on.

Two former NBA players who sought to enter the 2027 WNBA draft are not eligible to participate in the women’s basketball league, according to sources around the league on Monday. Enes Kanter Freedom, who played in the National Basketball Association for over a decade from 2011, and Royce White, who spent one season in the NBA, had each announced their intention to play in the league, claiming to be transgender women.