Iran said Tuesday it has not yet sent a delegation for new peace talks with the United States, as the temporary ceasefire which paused the Middle East war was set to expire. Iran and the US have accused each other of breaching the two-week truce that is set to end by Wednesday, as uncertainty grows over a push to stop the war from resuming. During initial talks in Pakistan earlier this month, the highest-level discussions between the foes since the founding of the Islamic republic in 1979, analysts pointed to the seniority of the delegations as an indicator of a willingness to strike a deal. But those talks collapsed without an agreement, with Iran since closing the Strait of Hormuz again and US President Donald Trump announcing a blockade of Iranian ports. “So far, no delegation from Iran has departed for Islamabad, Pakistan; whether it is the main or subsidiary delegation; primary or secondary,” Iranian state TV said, dismissing reports suggesting otherwise. Trump has accused Iran of firing on ships in the crucial trade route it has choked, while Tehran says the US blockade and seizure of a ship violated the ceasefire deal. Trump told PBS News that Iran was “supposed to be there” at the talks in Pakistan. “We agreed to be there,” he said, warning that if the ceasefire expired “then lots of bombs start going off”. https://www.breitbart.com/news/no-iran-delegation-sent-to-us-talks-yet-as-truce-expiry-nears/ Virginia voters have passed the redistricting referendum that will benefit Democrats and disenfranchise millions of Virginia independents and Republicans. Abigail Spanberger lied to the people of Virginia on the campaign trail, saying that she would not back this and it was almost the fist thing she did once in office. The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state’s current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge. Democrats must pay a political price for this. So should Abigail Spanberger. On Monday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum to Pentagon leadership and other defense agencies stating that, “effective immediately,” Active and Reserve Components Service members, along with Department of War civilian personnel, will no longer be required to receive the flu vaccine. According to the updated guidance, the shot is “the annual influenza vaccine is voluntary.” This new guidance clearly recognizes the ineffectiveness and unnecessary nature of the flu shot, while also affirming the Constitutionally protected religious rights that support a service member’s objection to it. Consistent with research findings, it can be inferred that the Department of War has acknowledged that the likelihood of influenza was considerably greater for those who were vaccinated than for those who remained unvaccinated. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/war-secretary-pete-hegseth-announces-voluntary-flu-vaccine/ California now operates in a curious contradiction. Over the last decade, the state’s population has barely increased as residents have fled high taxes and onerous liberal policies. At the same time, however, government spending has exploded, even as the visible crises of homelessness, addiction, mismanaged wildfires, and crumbling infrastructure have become more severe. California’s own budget documents show that from 2015 to 2025, the state’s population grew by less than one percent. Over that same period, however, the total number of government jobs increased by 24.5 percent, and total spending nearly doubled, increasing about 48 percent even when accounting for inflation. This dichotomy has now led to a growing chorus of voices asking the obvious question: Where did all the money go? A recent City Journal investigation offers the clearest answer yet. The report found that California has lost at least $180 billion to fraud during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tenure. That’s more than the GDP of 17 U.S. states. The losses are spread across unemployment insurance, Medi-Cal, hospice care, and other major public programs. California specifically has been forced to acknowledge roughly $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims and about $55 billion in improper EDD payments (for unemployment, disability, or paid family leave) overall. While California’s Democrat leaders are now scrambling to appear like they are on top of the problem, they only began to pay attention once it broke into the headlines thanks to an investigation from independent journalist Nick Shirley... The most obvious example is California’s high-speed rail fiasco. Voters approved the project in 2008 as a $33 billion line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco by 2020. It is now projected to cost more than $125 billion, with passenger service still years away. The state has already spent more than $15 billion – without laying even a single mile of track. The incomplete wildlife bridge over the 101 freeway is another black eye for Newsom. At the groundbreaking in 2022, the project was presented as a roughly $92 million undertaking. It has now already cost $114 million, with state funds accounting for about $77 million – and it’s nowhere close to finished. At the same time, Newsom is seeking $19 million for a “California Brand Campaign,” with roughly two-thirds of the money earmarked for advertising and media placements. The campaign is meant to counter what officials describe as “myths driven by misinformation and political rhetoric.” In other words, instead of fixing the fraud and all his bad policies that are driving the state into a financial ditch, Newsom wants $19 million to create propaganda claiming the problems simply don’t exist. Meanwhile, California is facing a projected $3 billion deficit in the next fiscal year. This is fraud and incompetence on a scale never before seen in American history, and it has the potential to negatively impact the entire country. It’s long past time someone in power paid for it. Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy just couldn’t contain his communist, treasonous sentiments in a heinous one-word response to a post reporting that 26 ships in Iran’s shadow fleet made it past the US blockade in the Gulf of Oman. “Awesome,” he posted on X, resulting in the appropriate branding of the senator as a “traitor” for “’cheering for America’s enemy during war.” The man is a stone-cold national security threat that should not be in the Senate, period. https://rairfoundation.com/treasonous-communist-dem-sen-chris-murphy-hammered-after/ 
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BREAKING NEWS: Virginia Passes Redistricting Referendum That Will Favor Democrats – Spanberger’s Betrayal Complete:
War Secretary Pete Hegseth Announces Voluntary Flu Vaccine Policy for Service Members:
California’s $180 Billion Fraud Machine:
Treasonous Communist Dem. Sen. Chris Murphy Hammered After Cheering On Iranian Ships Against US Navy: