UNPARALLELED PRESIDENTIAL DECEIT! Trump Issues Letter Rejecting Congressional Oversight For War, Citing Ceasefire Has ‘Terminated’ Hostilities<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trump submits letter to Congress at 60-day mark<\/strong>: ceasefire ‘terminated’ hostilities & so doesn’t need authorization, he argues.<\/em><\/li>\n
US Treasury goes after Hormuz payment fees<\/strong>, sanctioning\u00a0 three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses. Bessent issues pressure points\u00a0against Iranian ‘rats’<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n
Trump on Friday rejects Iran’s latest revised proposal to Pakistan mediators<\/strong>.\u00a0Nuclear issue not included: a non-starter<\/strong>, and focus is on ending the war.\u00a0Israeli officials balk<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n
Iran economically squeezed, signs of divided response among leadership, but surviving:<\/i>\u00a0“Weeks of conflict have\u00a0aggravated Iran’s dire economic problems, risking calamity after the war, but the Islamic Republic looks able to survive a standoff in the Gulf for now<\/strong>.” (Rtrs)<\/em><\/li>\n
Alternative routes emerge<\/strong>: “Iran cannot be besieged; We have different ways to export and import,” Iranian official says.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n