Trump Eschews Talks With 'Dishonest' Iran, Says Will Keep 'Hitting Them Very Hard' 

3 LA County Residents Charged In Luxury Car Insurance Scam Involving Bear Suit Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, Three Los Angeles County residents were charged on April 16 with insurance fraud involving a bear suit and luxury vehicles. A fourth awaits trial. The California Department of Insurance said the defendants used a person in a bear suit to stage fake attacks on their luxury vehicles, then submitted fraudulent claims for payouts to insurance companies that totaled around $142,000. “What may have looked unbelievable turned out to be exactly that—and now...

Buried On The 4th Of July: Mediators Pledge Quiet Between US, Iran To Allow For Ayatollah Khamenei's Funeral President Trump by mid-week told reporters that the "denuclearization of Iran is moving along well" and that "very good meetings" are being held in Doha - even though no direct talks have taken place, but only an exchange of messages via mediators. On Wednesday US officials told regional media that no frozen Iranian funds have been released, nor will they be until Iran complies to what's been laid out in the MoU....

Pope Leo XIV Suggests Aerial Bombing Campaigns Should Be 'Banned Forever' Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, Pope Leo XIV suggested on Monday that aerial bombing campaigns should have been “banned forever” following the atrocities committed from the sky during the 20th century, as he continues pushing an antiwar message following the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran. “Airplanes should always be carriers of peace, never of war,” Leo said while hosting executives and staff from ITA Airways, Italy’s national airline, and the Lufthansa Group, according to Vatican News. “No one should be afraid that threats of death...