U.S.-Iran deal up in the air, and California grapples with a toxic chemical tank: Weekend Rundown
President Donald Trump said Sunday he would not do so. “rush into a deal” end the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran, after senior Republican lawmakers warned it could be a “disastrous mistake”.
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“Time is on our side,” he wrote in an article on Truth Social, a step back from earlier public statements by Trump and officials from both countries that a deal was close to being announced.
Later Sunday, a senior administration official told NBC News: “The Iran deal will not be signed today, but progress has been made toward an agreement.” »
Details of a potential deal are beginning to emerge.
The deal would prevent the Iranians from developing a nuclear weapon, a senior administration official said, and commit them to giving up “nuclear dust” — Trump’s term for enriched uranium — and develop a mechanism to shape negotiations with the Iranians over the next 60 days.
Secret Service kills man who opened fire at White House security checkpoint
THE Secret Service shot dead one person who opened fire on officers at a security checkpoint Saturday during an exchange of gunfire that briefly locked down the White House, officials said.
A bystander was also shot, the Secret Service said, but it was not clear who fired the bullet that injured that person. Trump, who was at the White House at the time, was not injured.
Six senior law enforcement officials briefed on the case identified the suspect as Nasire Best. Best, 21, had a documented history with local law enforcement, and five top law enforcement officials said he had a history of mental health issues.
He was known to the Secret Service for walking around the White House asking how to access various entry points and was arrested in another incident in July.
The filming is just the latest act of political violence carried out in the presidential orbit in recent weeks.
“Meet the press”
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., warned in an interview Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the The Republican Party will be “very vulnerable” during the midterm elections.
When asked if the Republican Party was beginning to break with President Donald Trump, Massie said Republicans were “worried about their own political mortality.”
“It’s true, you can knock out Republicans in primaries, but Republicans are going to be very vulnerable this fall,” he said.
Massie, who was defeated in a primary last week by Trump-backed Ed Gallrein, described his break with the president over the Iran war and Jeffrey Epstein files as “absolutely worth it.”
Politics in brief
- Reality check: AI-generated videos promoting Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral race are going viral. But will online attention be translate into actual votes?
- Icy reception: Trump’s envoy to Greenland said he received a warm welcome during his first visit. But the atmosphere on the Arctic island was decidedly more frostywith one of its most prominent lawmakers calling the visit “appalling” and “offensive.”
Potential crack on California chemical tank could ease pressure as crews race to prevent explosion
A potential crack could relieve pressure inside a toxic chemical reservoir in Southern Californiaofficials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating steam explosion.
The possible crack was identified during a visual inspection of the 7,000-gallon tank Saturday evening, Orange County Fire Authority Acting Fire Chief TJ McGovern said Sunday.
McGovern told NBC News that crews were looking to confirm that the crack was releasing pressure in the reservoir. If so, this means “the potential for a BLEVE [boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion] is now out of the question.
“There is always the potential for an explosion,” he said, but not a BLEVE, which he described as “very, very dangerous, much worse than an explosion.”
Authorities dumped water on a facility’s reservoir in Garden Grove for days in an effort to cool its internal temperature.
The “Janta Cockroach Festival” in India started as a joke. Then millions of people joined us.
Indians online are rallying around the Cockroach Janta Party, a parody political movement that began as an online satire but quickly became a way to express anger over unemployment, corruption and the state of democracy in the country.
The movement, a cheeky riff on the name of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, flooded social media with memes, fake campaign messages and jokes carrying a hint of public frustration.
“We need to understand that five years ago, no one was ready to speak out against Modi or the government,” said CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke. “Times are changing. »
Founded last month, the movement’s rapid growth stems from comments made by Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant, who compared some young people and critics of institutions to “cockroaches” and “parasites.”
DRC neighbors impose Covid-like measures to limit spread of Ebola
Regional concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has intensified as Uganda confirmed three new cases, while neighboring countries have stepped up surveillance measures amid fears of cross-border spread.
Health authorities and humanitarian agencies in East and Southern Africa are strengthening screening at key crossing points and intensifying preparedness planning. Authorities have also expanded community awareness campaigns, urging residents to promptly report their symptoms and follow hygiene guidelines aimed at limiting transmission.
Three Red Cross volunteers died, suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus during a humanitarian mission to Congo in March, the organization said.
Remarkable quote
Don’t think, “I’m isolated, I’m in a liberal state, I’m in a liberal city, I’m in a blue state,” and so on. Hate can reach anywhere.
Hussam Ayloush, CEO of the California chapter of the Center for American-Islamic Relations
As the murder of three people at a San Diego mosque shocked the country, the city is no stranger to hate crimes. In recent years, neo-Nazi leaflets have been scattered across the city, a swastika defaced a college campus and a Jewish fraternity at San Diego State University was vandalized. In 2023, the Islamic Center of San Diego, which housed the mosque, was flooded with hateful leaflets, prompting the imam to hire additional armed security guards for the campus.
In case you missed it
- Authorities in northern China are investigation into coal mine operator after an explosion, at least 82 people were killed.
- The New York Knicks moved within one game of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 with a 121-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- The capital of Ukraine, Kyiv was hit by a massive missile strike and drones, shortly after its air force warned that Russia could launch an Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile.
- NASCAR legend Kyle Busch died of severe pneumonia which progressed to sepsis, his family said.
