U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington. "Our blockade is growing and going global," Hegseth told reporters. "No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy," he said. Peace talks between Iran and the United States could resume soon in Pakistan, three Pakistani sources told Reuters on Friday, after the last round of talks expected earlier this week fell through. Standing next to top U.S. General Dan Caine, Hegseth said the U.S. was "not anxious" for a deal with Iran, and repeated Trump's previous comments of having "all the time in the world." "Iran knows that they still have an open window to choose wisely ... at the negotiating table. All they have to do is abandon a nuclear weapon in meaningful and verifiable ways," he said. Caine said the U.S. Central Command continues to maintain a strict blockade on all ports in Iran. Thirty-four ships had been turned around as of Friday morning, he said. The U.S. military would continue to interdict Iranian vessels in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Caine added. "We're enforcing the blockade across the board against any ship of any nationality that is transiting to or from an Iranian port or territory," Caine said. "We're closely tracking vessels of interest headed towards Iran and those moving away from Iran that were outside the blockade area when this blockade was ordered and ... we're prepared and postured to intercept them," he said. The U.S. naval blockade on Iran began on April 13. Hegseth also warned that any attempts by Iran to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz would be a violation of the ceasefire. "Transit (of the Strait of Hormuz) is occurring, much more limited than anybody would like to see and with more risk than people would like to see, but that's because Iran is doing irresponsible things with small, fast boats ... with weapons on them," Hegseth said.

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An appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the U.S. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can’t circumvent that.

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Two buses have crashed head-on near a Pentagon bus stop, injuring 23 people, including Defense Department personnel. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency says the Omni Ride and Fairfax Connector transit buses struck each other shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday. Emergency personnel transported 18 of the injured to local hospitals for further medical evaluation. Five were treated at the scene. Ten of the 23 injured passengers are from the Defense Department. The accident altered mass transit operations for several hours. It's unclear what caused the crash.

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Officials say a powerful storm churned up multiple tornadoes that barreled through Oklahoma, damaging at least 40 homes and sending emergency crews door-to-door in a hard hit neighborhood. The most extensive damage was in the rural town of Enid in Garfield County on Thursday night, where some homes were reduced to rubble. Video shows a rapidly moving column of air touching down along with totaled homes. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said there were no immediate reports of fatalities and only minor injuries hours after the tornado passed through. The mayor of Enid says some people were trapped in their homes and had to be rescued.

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President Donald Trump granted a 90-day extension to a shipping waiver that makes it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the United States, the White House said on Friday, the latest effort to curb rising energy costs linked to the war with Iran. The move reflects a broader push by the White House to dampen politically sensitive fuel price spikes ahead of November’s midterm elections, where affordability is expected to be a defining issue for voters. Recent polling shows Trump and Republicans losing ground on the economy — once a core political strength — with approval of his economic handling falling sharply and rising gasoline prices weighing heavily on public sentiment. The decision adds roughly three months to the existing waiver that was set to expire on May 17, enabling foreign-flagged vessels to move commodities between U.S. ports through mid-August. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers confirmed on Friday that Trump had issued the extension. "This waiver extension provides both certainty and stability for the U.S. and global economies," Rogers said. The administration is taking the step of extending the waiver three weeks before its expiration to allow ample time for the maritime industry to ensure sufficient vessels are available to keep moving applicable goods to where they are needed, a White House official said. The Jones Act has long been a flashpoint between competing economic and national security priorities. Supporters, including U.S. shipbuilders, maritime unions and some lawmakers, argue the law is critical to maintaining a domestic shipping industry and merchant marine that can support military logistics and national security. But critics — including energy producers, refiners and agricultural groups — say the requirement to use U.S.-built and -crewed vessels sharply raises shipping costs and limits capacity, particularly during disruptions, driving up prices for fuel and other goods. “This extension of an already historically long and ineffective Jones Act waiver is not only an affront to hundreds of thousands of hardworking Americans who put this country first every single day, it sabotages President Trump’s agenda to restore American maritime dominance,” said Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Maritime Partnership. The action is one of several steps Trump has taken to blunt elevated fuel prices and address growing supply concerns, as the U.S.- and Israeli-led war against Iran has triggered a global energy shock. Trump has said crude and gasoline prices are likely to fall once the Iran conflict subsides, but analysts caution that costs could remain elevated even after hostilities end, as supply disruptions, higher shipping costs and a lingering geopolitical risk premium continue to ripple through global energy markets.

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The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinize them instead. The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Warsh, a former Fed official President Donald Trump nominated in January to replace Powell. The investigation was among several undertaken by the Justice Department into the Republican president's perceived adversaries. Powell says the investigation was intended to intimidate the Fed.

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A U.S. special forces soldier who took part in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be released on bond on charges accusing him of using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market, a federal magistrate said Friday. The magistrate in North Carolina ordered Gannon Ken Van Dyke to be released on a $250,000 bond and told him to report to a New York federal courthouse by Tuesday to continue his case there. Van Dyke said little during the nearly hourlong hearing, during which he was appointed a federal public defender. Federal prosecutors say Van Dyke used his access to classified information about the operation to capture Maduro in January to win money on the prediction market site Polymarket. Van Dyke, who is stationed at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, was charged Thursday with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction. He could face years in prison. A publicly listed phone number listed for Van Dyke isn't in service. Van Dyke, 38, was involved for about a month in the planning and execution of capturing Maduro, according to the New York federal prosecutor’s office. He signed nondisclosure agreements promising to not divulge “any classified or sensitive information” related to the operations, but prosecutors say he used what he knew to make a series of bets related to Maduro being out of power by Jan. 31. “This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post. Polymarket, one of the largest prediction markets, said it found someone trading on classified government information, alerted the Justice Department and “cooperated with their investigation.” Massive profits from well-timed bets aroused public attention days after the raid in Venezuela and brought bipartisan calls for stricter regulation of the markets, where people can wager on just about anything. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, announced Thursday that it had filed a parallel complaint against Van Dyke. That complaint alleges that Van Dyke moved $35,000 from his personal bank account into a cryptocurrency exchange account on Dec. 26 — a little over a week before U.S. forces flew into Caracas and seized Maduro. Van Dyke made a series of bets on when Maduro might be removed from power, according to the complaint. He placed those bets between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, with the vast majority occurring the night of Jan. 2 — just hours before the first missiles struck Caracas. The bets resulted in “more than $404,000 of profits,” the complaint says. “The defendant was entrusted with confidential information about U.S. operations and yet took action that endangered U.S. national security and put the lives of American service members in harm’s way,” said Michael Selig, the commission’s chairman.

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President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan soon for talks with Iran's foreign minister, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. Vice President JD Vance is not currently planning to attend but he will be on standby to travel to Islamabad if negotiations progress.

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President Donald Trump says he is considering a taxpayer-backed takeover of Spirit Airlines as the low-cost carrier continues to face serious financial trouble. Trump says the federal government could step in to provide funding, stabilize the airline, and eventually resell it for a profit once conditions improve. The comments come as Spirit Airlines is reportedly in discussions with federal officials during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Trump also said he has someone in mind to potentially run the company if the proposal moves forward.

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A U.S. soldier is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he used classified military intelligence to profit from online prediction market bets tied to a secret operation involving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Authorities say Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning the mission, placed multiple wagers on the platform Polymarket based on nonpublic information about the operation’s outcome. Prosecutors allege the trades generated more than $400,000 in profits. Officials also say he attempted to conceal the money through cryptocurrency accounts after the operation was completed. The case includes charges such as wire fraud and misuse of classified government information and is part of an ongoing federal investigation.

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President Donald Trump is announcing a new agreement with drugmaker Regeneron aimed at lowering prescription drug costs in the United States. The deal includes reduced prices for certain medications covered under Medicaid, as well as a discounted cholesterol drug that will be offered through the administration’s online platform. Officials say the agreement is part of a broader effort to align U.S. pharmaceutical prices more closely with lower costs in other developed countries. More details are expected to be shared with Congress in the coming weeks.

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In this episode, Carl Jackson discusses the importance of election integrity and the Save America Act. He expresses frustration with Senator John Thune's decision to punt on the bill, which aims to ensure federal elections are fair by requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Carl shares examples of voter fraud, including hundreds of unopened ballots found in a dumpster in Washington state and tens of thousands of dead people and non-citizens on voter rolls. He also talks about the need to address the issue of illegals and temporary protected status, and how it affects the country. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carljacksonradio X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/carljacksonshow Parler: https://parler.com/carljacksonshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarljacksonshow http://www.TheCarlJacksonShow.com Visit our Store https://CarlJacksonStore.com

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington. "Our blockade is growing and going global," Hegseth told reporters. "No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy," he said. Peace talks between Iran and the United States could resume soon in Pakistan, three Pakistani sources told Reuters on Friday, after the last round of talks expected earlier this week fell through. Standing next to top U.S. General Dan Caine, Hegseth said the U.S. was "not anxious" for a deal with Iran, and repeated Trump's previous comments of having "all the time in the world." "Iran knows that they still have an open window to choose wisely ... at the negotiating table. All they have to do is abandon a nuclear weapon in meaningful and verifiable ways," he said. Caine said the U.S. Central Command continues to maintain a strict blockade on all ports in Iran. Thirty-four ships had been turned around as of Friday morning, he said. The U.S. military would continue to interdict Iranian vessels in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Caine added. "We're enforcing the blockade across the board against any ship of any nationality that is transiting to or from an Iranian port or territory," Caine said. "We're closely tracking vessels of interest headed towards Iran and those moving away from Iran that were outside the blockade area when this blockade was ordered and ... we're prepared and postured to intercept them," he said. The U.S. naval blockade on Iran began on April 13. Hegseth also warned that any attempts by Iran to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz would be a violation of the ceasefire. "Transit (of the Strait of Hormuz) is occurring, much more limited than anybody would like to see and with more risk than people would like to see, but that's because Iran is doing irresponsible things with small, fast boats ... with weapons on them," Hegseth said.

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An appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president’s plan to crack down on migration at the southern border of the U.S. A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and the president can’t circumvent that.

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Two buses have crashed head-on near a Pentagon bus stop, injuring 23 people, including Defense Department personnel. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency says the Omni Ride and Fairfax Connector transit buses struck each other shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday. Emergency personnel transported 18 of the injured to local hospitals for further medical evaluation. Five were treated at the scene. Ten of the 23 injured passengers are from the Defense Department. The accident altered mass transit operations for several hours. It's unclear what caused the crash.

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Officials say a powerful storm churned up multiple tornadoes that barreled through Oklahoma, damaging at least 40 homes and sending emergency crews door-to-door in a hard hit neighborhood. The most extensive damage was in the rural town of Enid in Garfield County on Thursday night, where some homes were reduced to rubble. Video shows a rapidly moving column of air touching down along with totaled homes. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said there were no immediate reports of fatalities and only minor injuries hours after the tornado passed through. The mayor of Enid says some people were trapped in their homes and had to be rescued.

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President Donald Trump granted a 90-day extension to a shipping waiver that makes it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the United States, the White House said on Friday, the latest effort to curb rising energy costs linked to the war with Iran. The move reflects a broader push by the White House to dampen politically sensitive fuel price spikes ahead of November’s midterm elections, where affordability is expected to be a defining issue for voters. Recent polling shows Trump and Republicans losing ground on the economy — once a core political strength — with approval of his economic handling falling sharply and rising gasoline prices weighing heavily on public sentiment. The decision adds roughly three months to the existing waiver that was set to expire on May 17, enabling foreign-flagged vessels to move commodities between U.S. ports through mid-August. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers confirmed on Friday that Trump had issued the extension. "This waiver extension provides both certainty and stability for the U.S. and global economies," Rogers said. The administration is taking the step of extending the waiver three weeks before its expiration to allow ample time for the maritime industry to ensure sufficient vessels are available to keep moving applicable goods to where they are needed, a White House official said. The Jones Act has long been a flashpoint between competing economic and national security priorities. Supporters, including U.S. shipbuilders, maritime unions and some lawmakers, argue the law is critical to maintaining a domestic shipping industry and merchant marine that can support military logistics and national security. But critics — including energy producers, refiners and agricultural groups — say the requirement to use U.S.-built and -crewed vessels sharply raises shipping costs and limits capacity, particularly during disruptions, driving up prices for fuel and other goods. “This extension of an already historically long and ineffective Jones Act waiver is not only an affront to hundreds of thousands of hardworking Americans who put this country first every single day, it sabotages President Trump’s agenda to restore American maritime dominance,” said Jennifer Carpenter, president of the American Maritime Partnership. The action is one of several steps Trump has taken to blunt elevated fuel prices and address growing supply concerns, as the U.S.- and Israeli-led war against Iran has triggered a global energy shock. Trump has said crude and gasoline prices are likely to fall once the Iran conflict subsides, but analysts caution that costs could remain elevated even after hostilities end, as supply disruptions, higher shipping costs and a lingering geopolitical risk premium continue to ripple through global energy markets.

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The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinize them instead. The move could lead to a swift confirmation vote by the Senate for Warsh, a former Fed official President Donald Trump nominated in January to replace Powell. The investigation was among several undertaken by the Justice Department into the Republican president's perceived adversaries. Powell says the investigation was intended to intimidate the Fed.

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A U.S. special forces soldier who took part in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be released on bond on charges accusing him of using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market, a federal magistrate said Friday. The magistrate in North Carolina ordered Gannon Ken Van Dyke to be released on a $250,000 bond and told him to report to a New York federal courthouse by Tuesday to continue his case there. Van Dyke said little during the nearly hourlong hearing, during which he was appointed a federal public defender. Federal prosecutors say Van Dyke used his access to classified information about the operation to capture Maduro in January to win money on the prediction market site Polymarket. Van Dyke, who is stationed at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, was charged Thursday with the unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud and making an unlawful monetary transaction. He could face years in prison. A publicly listed phone number listed for Van Dyke isn't in service. Van Dyke, 38, was involved for about a month in the planning and execution of capturing Maduro, according to the New York federal prosecutor’s office. He signed nondisclosure agreements promising to not divulge “any classified or sensitive information” related to the operations, but prosecutors say he used what he knew to make a series of bets related to Maduro being out of power by Jan. 31. “This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post. Polymarket, one of the largest prediction markets, said it found someone trading on classified government information, alerted the Justice Department and “cooperated with their investigation.” Massive profits from well-timed bets aroused public attention days after the raid in Venezuela and brought bipartisan calls for stricter regulation of the markets, where people can wager on just about anything. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, announced Thursday that it had filed a parallel complaint against Van Dyke. That complaint alleges that Van Dyke moved $35,000 from his personal bank account into a cryptocurrency exchange account on Dec. 26 — a little over a week before U.S. forces flew into Caracas and seized Maduro. Van Dyke made a series of bets on when Maduro might be removed from power, according to the complaint. He placed those bets between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, with the vast majority occurring the night of Jan. 2 — just hours before the first missiles struck Caracas. The bets resulted in “more than $404,000 of profits,” the complaint says. “The defendant was entrusted with confidential information about U.S. operations and yet took action that endangered U.S. national security and put the lives of American service members in harm’s way,” said Michael Selig, the commission’s chairman.

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President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Pakistan soon for talks with Iran's foreign minister, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. Vice President JD Vance is not currently planning to attend but he will be on standby to travel to Islamabad if negotiations progress.

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President Donald Trump says he is considering a taxpayer-backed takeover of Spirit Airlines as the low-cost carrier continues to face serious financial trouble. Trump says the federal government could step in to provide funding, stabilize the airline, and eventually resell it for a profit once conditions improve. The comments come as Spirit Airlines is reportedly in discussions with federal officials during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Trump also said he has someone in mind to potentially run the company if the proposal moves forward.

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A U.S. soldier is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he used classified military intelligence to profit from online prediction market bets tied to a secret operation involving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Authorities say Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in planning the mission, placed multiple wagers on the platform Polymarket based on nonpublic information about the operation’s outcome. Prosecutors allege the trades generated more than $400,000 in profits. Officials also say he attempted to conceal the money through cryptocurrency accounts after the operation was completed. The case includes charges such as wire fraud and misuse of classified government information and is part of an ongoing federal investigation.

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President Donald Trump is announcing a new agreement with drugmaker Regeneron aimed at lowering prescription drug costs in the United States. The deal includes reduced prices for certain medications covered under Medicaid, as well as a discounted cholesterol drug that will be offered through the administration’s online platform. Officials say the agreement is part of a broader effort to align U.S. pharmaceutical prices more closely with lower costs in other developed countries. More details are expected to be shared with Congress in the coming weeks.

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In this episode, Carl Jackson discusses the importance of election integrity and the Save America Act. He expresses frustration with Senator John Thune's decision to punt on the bill, which aims to ensure federal elections are fair by requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Carl shares examples of voter fraud, including hundreds of unopened ballots found in a dumpster in Washington state and tens of thousands of dead people and non-citizens on voter rolls. He also talks about the need to address the issue of illegals and temporary protected status, and how it affects the country. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carljacksonradio X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/carljacksonshow Parler: https://parler.com/carljacksonshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarljacksonshow http://www.TheCarlJacksonShow.com Visit our Store https://CarlJacksonStore.com

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