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President Donald Trump hailed a tentative peace deal in the works with Iran with the caveat that in-person truce signings remain “too far” off.”Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.”If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.”Shortly after that post, Trump told media outlets, “I don’t think” there should be any imminent plans to make a trip to the Middle East for any longtime peace deal talks or denuclearization signing.WHY TRUMP, IRAN SEEM LIGHT-YEARS APART ON ANY POSSIBLE DEAL TO END THE WAR”It’s too far,” Trump reportedly told the New York Post on Wednesday morning. “No, it’s too much.”Trump has long panned his peace negotiators getting on a long trek to the Middle East for merely exchanging ceasefire or peace proposals, repeating many times in the past week that talks with him and his administration can be done “telephonically” for now.”I think we’ll do it” over the phone, Trump has said.TRUMP CLAIMS IRAN ‘STARVING FOR CASH,’ ‘COLLAPSING FINANCIALLY’ AFTER EXTENDING CEASEFIRETrump’s Truth post came as reports suggested Washington and Tehran were nearing a possible framework to end their 67-day war, with Pakistan helping mediate talks. Trump said he was meeting with military officials Wednesday morning amid announcements of an end to Operation Epic Fury before the 60-day Authorization of Military Force deadline this week.Trump also announced a pause to “Project Freedom,” a mission he had announced two days earlier to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.”Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed,” Trump wrote Tuesday night on Truth Social.VANCE EN ROUTE TO PAKISTAN FOR HIGH-STAKES IRAN TALKS AS ‘FRAGILE’ CEASEFIRE TEETERSTrump has previously said he would be open to traveling to Pakistan to sign a formal agreement, citing the role of Pakistani defense chief Asim Munir in helping bring the two sides together.Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, when he also delivered a White House daily press briefing, standing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave.”They should check themselves before they wreck themselves in the direction that they’re going,” Rubio told reporters, adding that it is difficult to get a full read on Iran’s scattered and in-hiding leadership because some of the leftover regime hardliners are “insane in the brain.”MARCO RUBIO WARNS IRAN WANTED TO BE THE ‘NEXT NORTH KOREA’ AS HE SEES ‘FINISH LINE’ IN CONFLICTTrump declined to define what would lead to renewed military operations against Iran, saying Tuesday, “They know what not to do.”Iran’s president has said that surrender to “unilateral demands” is “impossible,” but Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Iranian news Wednesday that some unspecified leaders are “considering the U.S. proposal” for peace.”The U.S. proposal is still being considered by Iran, and after summarizing its points of view, Iran will convey its views to the Pakistani side,” Hamaneh added, according to a translation.As Iran’s foreign minister meets his counterpart in Beijing, Rubio warned that countries violating U.S. sanctions will face secondary penalties.

The FBI on Wednesday raided the office of Virginia’s Democrat Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas in connection to a major corruption probe, Fox News reported.
Federal agents served multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at Lucas’ office and the cannabis dispensary next door, Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported.
Lucas is a close ally of Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger.
It is unclear how the cannabis dispensary is connected to the probe.
Fox News reported that Lucas showed up on the scene as the FBI raided her office.

BREAKING: @FoxNews is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption… pic.twitter.com/khN5fwt1Le
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 6, 2026

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NOW: An FBI raid is unfolding at the office of Virginia Democratic State Sen. Louise Lucas — and it’s already drawing serious attention.
Multiple people on the scene are reportedly being taken into custody as agents move through the area.
The office sits near several cannabis… pic.twitter.com/WIcn9xrzOy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 6, 2026

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Michael Marx
The suspect accused of exchanging gunfire with the U.S. Secret Service near the White House on Monday has now been identified as a Texas man who said “F the White House” while en route to the hospital.
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro says the alleged gunman is Michael Marx, 45, as she told ABC News: “One of the things that he said on the way to the hospital was ‘F the White House’ and ‘Kill me, kill me, kill me’ three times. But he was very clear, ‘F the White House.’”
“The complaint is being drawn right now, Pirro added. “He is charged and will be charged with an assault on a federal officer and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.”

The suspect who opened fire on Secret Service agents near the National Mall has been identified as 45-year-old Michael Marx, who holds a Texas driver’s license. Investigators have executed search warrants on his phone and devices. @PierreTABC reports. https://t.co/DJxr4l64yb pic.twitter.com/cMPgKgURtz
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) May 6, 2026

Sources say officials are executing search warrants on Marx’s phone and digital media to assess whether he posed a threat to individuals including President Donald trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump was inside the White House for a Small Business Summit at the time of the shooting, and Vance’s motorcade had passed through the area shortly before the mayhem erupted.
“He starts running, and as he’s running, he pulls a gun and starts shooting at the Secret Service,” Pirro told ABC. “They return fire, and it turns out that this defendant, Michael Marx, shoots at the Secret Service. He gets shot a few times.”

NEW DETAILS: Two law enforcement officials identified the suspect as 45-year-old Michael Marx, who holds a Texas driver’s license. He remained hospitalized Tuesday with multiple gunshot wounds, including to his back and leg. https://t.co/RA3KP4XQZh pic.twitter.com/R0bJWdmRN4
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) May 5, 2026

“People think that by coming to the nation’s capital, they can really make put an emphasis on their political statement,” she added. “I don’t like that the nation’s capital is being used as the venue or the context within which people want to practice their political violence.”

New: Suspect in White House-area shooting identified as 45-year-old Michael Marx of Texas—now hospitalized under guard. Investigators say he fired first before agents returned fire. A 15-year-old bystander was hit. Motive unclear. Probe into background intensifies. @7NewsDC pic.twitter.com/NEshmqqA68
— John Gonzalez (@John7News) May 6, 2026

Late Tuesday night, former New York City police detective Paul Mauro, now a Fox News contributor, raised concern about the case, saying: “There’s something up with this latest shooting. Michael Marx from Texas? Secret Service shoots a guy near the White House and … nothing to see here? After what’s happened recently? Something’s off.”

Dashcam video obtained by News4 shows the National Mall shooting involving Secret Service officers. The Secret Service said a Texas man fired toward officers, who returned fire and hit him multiple times. https://t.co/j1Z9pak9jk
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) May 5, 2026

Mauro shared comments from former House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, who said the average amount of training Secret Service officers receive is “30 minutes PER YEAR. That’s the average.”

This is true https://t.co/t7mGEF6SPN
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) May 5, 2026

As WorldNetDaily reported, Matt Quinn, deputy director of the Secret Service, said the gunfire broke out about 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
He explained upon officers making contact with a suspicious individual, “that individual fled briefly on foot, withdrew a firearm and fired in the direction of our agents and officers. They returned fire and engaged. That individual was hit. He has since been transported to the hospital.”

BREAKING: An armed man opened fire in the vicinity of JD Vance’s motorcade near the White House, per USSS
The man opened fire on Secret Service, USSS returned fire, taking the shooter down.
NO law enforcement officers were injured
Pray not only for 47, but ALSO VP Vance pic.twitter.com/hKzTKpjjaG
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 4, 2026

“We believe only one bystander was hit by the suspect. That individual is a juvenile, did not sustain any life-threatening injuries but he’s also receiving treatment at the hospital.”
Quinn added that Vice President JD Vance had traveled through the scene before gunfire erupted.
“Not long before this shooting occurred, the vice president’s motorcade did transit through this area.”
When asked why officers thought the individual was suspicious, he indicated officers observed a “visual print of a firearm.”
“These are trained surveillance-detection personnel out there looking every day to look for just that,” Quinn said. “Not far from the White House complex and they observed the visual point of a firearm.”
WATCH:

WATCH LIVE: Officials speak after armed individual shot near White House https://t.co/mIEi40RBP5
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2026

Regarding the possibility of President Trump himself being targeted, Quinn said: “We’re patrolling this area and every site we do 24/7, hardcore. Whether or not it was directed to the president … I don’t know but we will find out.”
A 15-year-old who was injured during the exchange of gunfire has now been released from the hospital.
This incident comes on the heels of the foiled assassination attempt of Trump and top government officials at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25 at the Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C.
The suspect in that shooting, Cole Allen of Torrance, California, has been indicted by a grand jury and now faces an additional charge of assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon.
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WATCH: Secret Service shoots armed ‘suspicious individual’ near White House

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is facing a new challenge from a Minneapolis-area mayor who is refusing to back down from flying the original 1980s state flag. The mayor said the controversial flag redesign has left citizens out of the process and stuck with what consider an “ugly” replacement.In an interview with Fox News Digital, Champlin Mayor Ryan Sabas said that “in my nearly 10 years of being on the city council in Champlin and going on four years as mayor of this town, I have never heard from more people on any one issue than I did about the Minnesota state flag.”The new flag has become a cultural and political flashpoint in a state already reeling from one of the largest fraud scandals in U.S. history, heavily involving the Somali immigrant community. The flag was approved by a 13-member commission created by the Democratic-controlled legislature in 2023. Critics of the flag say it is overly simplistic and some have even knocked it as bearing a resemblance to Somalia’s national flag. Sabas said that “without any question” there is at least a two-to-one majority in favor of keeping the earlier 1983 version of the state flag. He said that many believe it erases their history, while others simply think it is “ugly.” He also emphasized the massive wasteful spending to replace the old flag, pointing to the $40,000 it cost the city of Champlin alone. For these reasons, he is now calling on Walz and the state legislature to reopen the flag issue and put it to a vote by citizens across the state.”These are the people’s flagpoles. This is the people’s decision,” he emphasized.MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS PUSH BILL TO CUT STATE AID TO CITIES THAT FLY THE ORIGINAL STATE FLAGThe old flag features a blue field with the state seal, with a farmer and American Indian figure along with the state motto and founding date. The new flag touts a more simplified design with a dark shape representing Minnesota, a light blue field and an eight-point North Star.In its final report to the Minnesota legislature, the Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission said that “through extensive public input, a design contest that drew over 2,500 entries, and many hours of deliberations,” the commission had “created designs that reflect the spirit of Minnesota — the people, the land and water, and the history of our state.”Many Minnesotans, however, do not feel the flag represents them or their state.The Champlin City Council voted in February to continue flying the original Minnesota state flag. There has been an effort by some Democrats in the legislature to crack down on around a dozen towns and counties across the state refusing to fly the new flag.Sabas emphasized that Champlin is well within its legal rights to fly whichever state flag it wants or even no flag at all. He said that he does not have a particular personal attachment to the old flag. He does, however, take issue with how he believes the citizens of Minnesota were left out of the process of choosing their own flag.”Two years ago, the governor and the Democrats had full power of the House, Senate, and the governor’s seat. They chose they wanted to change the state flag, which they legally have the ability to do that. But instead of bringing this to the House, through the Senate and all voting on it, they picked select members of a committee and that’s who chose the flag,” he said.Now, Sabas said Walz and the state legislature “have the opportunity to do this legally and do it right.”‘SCHEMES STACKED UPON SCHEMES’: $1B HUMAN-SERVICES FRAUD FUELS SCRUTINY OF MINNESOTA’S SOMALI COMMUNITYIn the state legislature, Minnesota Sen. Mark Koran, a Republican, told Fox News Digital that despite being created as a bipartisan commission, the flag redesign committee only represented “about 13 percent of Minnesota’s population.””Native Americans, Hispanic, LGBT, you name it, every special group was identified,” he said. “So, that was really reflective of how all governance [in Minnesota] has been done by a small group of people that they’ve pandered to under the guise that they’re they’ve been oppressed and they’ve given them the strongest voice.”While he admitted that the flag “may seem unimportant at one level,” he said it has galvanized people across the state because “it’s a direct assault on hard-working, legal U.S. Minnesotans.””It was a process that reflected almost how all of [Minnesota] legislation has been implemented,” he asserted.Back in Champlin, Tim Huttner, a member of the city council, echoed the mayor’s sentiment on putting the new flag to a statewide vote.”We cannot legally put it on a city ballot, but it doesn’t mean we can’t put it on a state ballot,” he told Fox News Digital.Huttner said that before the council voted on which flag to fly, he held a roundtable of his own with constituents. By taking an informal vote of roundtable attendees, Huttner said he found “100 percent” expressed support for flying the original flag.KEVIN MCCARTHY SAYS MINNESOTA’S ‘ENTIRE DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATION’ WILL HAVE TO RESIGN OVER FRAUD SCANDALWhen a constituent asked him what his opinion was on the flag, Huttner said his response was, “I don’t have an opinion. I work for you.””I respect our city legislators, I respect our state legislators, but sometimes you’ve got to redo a redo,” he continued. “I believe this is one of those times.”As the nonpartisan leader of a purple municipality, Sabas said of Walz, “I’ve always felt that he’s someone who does listen to me when I have something to say.””So, I challenge the governor in his last year of being governor of the state of Minnesota to really find a way to unite,” he said. “Unite Minnesotans, unite us, Republicans, Democrats, people that don’t know which side they are on, unite us.”Fox News Digital reached out to Walz, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion for comment.

A fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is holding despite continued attacks, as President Donald Trump announced a pause in naval escort operations to allow negotiations to continue — while warning that failure to reach a deal would result in a significantly escalated bombing campaign.Trump said the pause in Project Freedom — the U.S. mission to guide commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz — is intended to give negotiators time to finalize what he described as a potential “complete and final agreement” with Iran, while maintaining that the U.S. naval blockade would remain in place.Trump suggested in a social media post Wednesday morning the conflict could soon come to an end if Iran agrees to the terms under discussion, but warned that if it does not, U.S. forces would resume bombing at a significantly higher level and intensity.LEAVITT EXPLAINS WHY IRAN’S SEIZURE OF TWO SHIPS DOESN’T VIOLATE TRUMP’S CEASEFIRE”Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran,” Trump wrote Wednesday morning. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.””We prefer this to be a peaceful operation, but are locked and loaded to defend our people, our ships, our aircraft, and this mission without hesitation,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. Even as negotiations advance, Iran has continued attacks on commercial vessels and U.S. forces, which officials say remain “below the threshold” of restarting major combat operations.Since the start of the ceasefire April 7, Iran has fired at commercial vessels nine times and attacked U.S. forces more than ten times, “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations,” according to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. “No, the ceasefire is not over. Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project,” Hegseth told reporters Tuesday. “We’re not looking for a fight.”But administration officials have not defined what level of escalation would constitute a violation of the ceasefire, even as attacks continue across the region.Asked what level of firing would violate the ceasefire, Trump told reporters Tuesday: “You’ll find out.” “They know what to do, and they know what not to do,” Trump went on. “They fired from little boats with peashooters … You know why? Because they don’t have any boats anymore. Their Navy is comprised of, they call them little boats, right? Boats and they’re fast. Yeah. They’re so fast that, that they had eight of them and they’re all gone, and they’re fast, but they’re not fast like a missile. A missile is slightly faster.”U.S. forces already have engaged Iranian assets directly. In recent days, American helicopters sank at least six Iranian fast-attack boats targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command.The latest exchanges are a far cry from the early days of the war, when U.S. forces were striking targets across Iran — from bridges and infrastructure near Tehran to a massive bombardment of Kharg Island.The ceasefire initially was expected to include a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping lane, but that has not materialized. Iran has continued to restrict access to the waterway, effectively maintaining a blockade even after the agreement took hold.TRUMP ANNOUNCES ‘PROJECT FREEDOM,’ IRAN THREATENS ATTACKS, PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES US RELEASE OF SEIZED CARGO SHIPIn response, the U.S.-launched Project Freedom, a short-lived effort to direct stranded vessels through the strait, and has imposed its own restrictions on Iranian shipping, intercepting vessels and warning that ships entering or leaving Iranian ports could be turned back.Iran, however, has accused the U.S. of violating the ceasefire, warning that any American interference in the strait is considered a breach of the agreement.The violence has also extended beyond shipping lanes. The United Arab Emirates said its air defenses intercepted 12 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles and four drones launched from Iran on Monday alone, resulting in injuries. Emirati officials say hundreds of missiles and drones have been intercepted since the start of the conflict, with civilian casualties reported.The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply, and shipping companies remain hesitant to resume normal transit as attacks continue and insurance risks rise. Even with U.S. escorts, industry analysts say the current security environment is unlikely to restore regular traffic in the near term. So far, two U.S.-escorted commercial ships have successfully transited so far under Project Freedom.The ceasefire began as a two-week deal to allow both sides more time to agree to a permanent end to the war. But negotiations dragged on to almost the one-month mark and Trump said Sunday he finds Iran’s latest proposal unsatisfactory. “They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it,” he said. “They have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to humanity, and the world, over the last 47 years,” he wrote on Truth Social Sunday. 

The U.S. Coast Guard is asking the public for help identifying a sailboat that it says may have been moored next to the one owned by Brian and Lynette Hooker the night Lynette disappeared in the Bahamas.More than a month after 55-year-old Lynette’s April 4 disappearance, the Coast Guard is still investigating the case. Brian said that his wife fell overboard from their eight-foot dinghy while the couple motored back to their yacht, Soulmate, off the coast of Elbow Cay around dusk. Soulmate was moored in Aunt Pat’s Bay off the island.The couple had been drinking at the Abaco Inn and attempted to return to the yacht despite high winds and choppy seas, which Brian said caused Lynette to fall overboard.LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN’S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND’S ARREST”#CGIS [Coast Guard Investigative Service] is asking the public for info about the disappearance of Lynette Hooker w/in Aunt Pat’s Bay, BAH, [April. 4],” the Coast Guard said in a post on X, attaching grainy images of a nondescript sailboat. “CGIS is looking for the owner of the sailboat below moored near the SV Soulmate.”The Coast Guard asked those with information to submit tips through their phone application.CBS reported that it obtained a Coast Guard memo on the search update.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER”The owners/occupants of the sailing vessel may have information relevant to the CGIS investigation,” that memo said, according to CBS.The Coast Guard declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation.Brian, 58, was detained for five days by Bahamian police following his wife’s disappearance. Ultimately, he was not charged with a crime and was released from custody. He has denied wrongdoing in the case.Upon his April 13 release from custody at the Central Police Station in Freeport, Grand Bahama, he told reporters he would remain in the Bahamas to search for his wife. The next day, he returned to the U.S.LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCASTIf he is charged with a crime, he could be extradited back to the Bahamas.The Hookers lived in Michigan until they retired to their boat and lived out their dream of sailing in the tropics.Brian’s Michigan-based attorney, Crystal Houser, hung up the phone when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday morning.Fox News Digital reached out to the Royal Bahamian Police Force.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

South Korean pharmaceutical f company Celltrion on Wednesday reported first-quarter sales of $790 million, up 36% from the year before.

ABC Reporter Fabricated Trump Call, Made Himself The Focus After Assassination Attempt

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

President Trump has slammed ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl for what he calls outright dishonest reporting after Karl inserted himself into the story of the latest assassination attempt on the president.

Karl appeared on ABC’s This Week shortly afterward and claimed Trump had reached out to him personally. “My phone rang shortly after 7 a.m., my landline, George actually. A number that few people call and it was President Trump calling,” Karl told host George Stephanopoulos.

Karl further claimed that Trump “said at first he was calling to see if I was okay with what happened last night. ‘Are you OK?’ And then he reiterated many of the things he said in his press conference last night emphasizing the unity that he felt in that moment that he felt at the dinner before the shooting and certainly after with people who reached out to him… And he was quite firm about this: That dinner must be rescheduled.”

NEWS: President Trump BLAST ABC News’ Jonathan Karl: “Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK. No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a… pic.twitter.com/Xh9chkU2S2
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) May 4, 2026
This week, Trump responded directly on Truth Social, blasting the claim as pure fabrication designed to center Karl rather than the president who had just survived another attempt on his life.

“Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK. No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that?” Trump remarked.

The president added, “He called me, but I didn’t take his call — He just confirmed that to me when he called again. I would say that’s very dishonest reporting. He’s trying to make himself look important but, I’m not surprised, because it comes from ABC Fake News!”

This appears to be somewhat deranged behavior from a legacy media figure desperate to remain relevant. Instead of focusing on the security failures, the gunman’s motives, or the president’s resolve, Karl turned the story into a narcissistic fantasy about himself – the brave reporter Trump supposedly felt compelled to check on at 7 a.m. the morning after an attack aimed squarely at the commander-in-chief.

This latest episode fits a long pattern of tension between Trump and ABC News. Readers will recall our earlier coverage of Trump calling out Karl and other ABC figures for biased and obnoxious questioning.

Trump also torched an obnoxious ABC fake news reporter over misleading boat strike video: 

And of course, ABC was forced to pay out a massive $15 million settlement last year after falsely calling Trump a rapist: 

The derangement doesn’t stop with the press. In a related development that perfectly captures the upside-down priorities in Washington, a D.C. judge has now apologized to the alleged assassin himself over his treatment in custody.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui expressed “grave concerns” about conditions at the D.C. jail, including solitary confinement and suicide watch protocols for Cole Allen, telling the suspect directly he was “very troubled” by the reported treatment. 

While security for Trump and the public remains under scrutiny after multiple attempts on the president’s life, the system bends over backward to ensure the accused gunman feels comfortable.

This is the same media and institutional class that spent years demonizing Trump, only to now feign shock when violence follows their rhetoric. 

The fake news machine keeps exposing itself, and each time it does, trust in legacy outlets like ABC erodes further.

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If you “Wannabe” at Victoria Beckham’s dinner table, you’ve gotta put down your phone.Beckham, 52, revealed a few of her strict parenting choices while chatting on the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast.The designer admitted that her four children with David Beckham had a “very different upbringing” than both of their parents, but she was adamant on keeping them grounded.VICTORIA BECKHAM BREAKS SILENCE ON FAMILY FEUD WITH SON BROOKLYN AND HIS WIFE NICOLA PELTZ”I think the world is also a very different place now as to what it was when they were younger,” Beckham said. “We’ve always tried to protect the children as much as we can. We’ve always been very close.”She acknowledged that “communication is really key” to keeping their family aligned, and that the Beckhams abide by a few strict rules.”You know, 6:00 at night every night at our house — so long as neither of us are traveling — we always eat dinner together,” she said.CRUZ BECKHAM’S NOSTALGIC POST IGNITES SOCIAL FRENZY AMID BROOKLYN FAMILY FEUD: ‘DID YOU CONTACT HIS LAWYER’”We’re quite a traditional family, more than people would recognize without even saying it.”She added, “We’re not on our phones, and we’re all just talking about what’s happened, you know, during the day. So being very close is really, really important to us.”The Spice Girls singer reflected on what she hopes to have instilled in her four children.”We want the kids to be hardworking, kind … I think that I’ve always wanted to be the best mom that I could be and look after the kids, but I also feel that it’s been part of my job to really help them fulfill their full potential and for them to recognize what their sense of purpose is,” Beckham said.DAVID BECKHAM’S SON, BROOKLYN, SPEAKS ABOUT HIS DAD AS SPECULATION OF ‘TENSION’ IN FAMILY CONTINUES”And with Cruz for example, it was his music and anything that I could do to support him, to encourage and to help him – that’s my job as his mom. It’s never about being pushy or forcing. It’s being there to support.”Grede wondered if Victoria’s mothering skills were ever impacted by the public scrutiny she’s faced as a global icon.”I think that it’s very different parenting adult children to parenting smaller children,” Beckham said. “I’m just trying to do the best, the best that I can.”BROOKLYN BECKHAM BLASTS PARENTS DAVID AND VICTORIA, SAYS FAMILY ‘CONTROLLED’ HIM FOR YEARS”They grow up so quickly and I just want them, like I said, you just want to … it’s my job to make sure that my kids are the best versions of themselves and that they feel fulfilled.”In addition to encouraging her kids to “dream big and then dream even bigger,” Beckham revealed her children pursue deeper spiritual work.”My kids manifest, my kids have crystals beside their beds, and they know that they do have a responsibility as well because of the profiles that they have and how they can use that to do good in the world,” she said.”That’s really important as well … and to be really good people. You know, the greatest compliment, as you know, is when someone will say, ‘I met your kids, and they were great kids.'”In an April interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Spice Girl gave a brief update on her current relationship with their eldest son Brooklyn, months after the 27-year-old made scathing claims against his parents.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”I think that we’ve always — we love our children so much,” Victoria told the outlet, without directly referencing Brooklyn. “We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be.””And you know, we’ve been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we’ve ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children,” she added. “And you know, that’s all I really want to say about it.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSBrooklyn, 26, became the center of the storm in January after confirming a longstanding war within his family in a lengthy statement shared on social media. In the posts, the photographer explained how his parents “controlled narratives” throughout his life in an attempt “to preserve” a functioning family facade.Brooklyn’s lengthy statement concluded, “My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.”In addition to Brooklyn, Victoria and David share sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 21, along with daughter Harper, 14.