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US-Iran peace talks postponed amid heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

On Friday, high-stakes peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran in Switzerland were postponed following a sharp escalation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah.

Vice President JD Vance canceled his planned trip to a Swiss resort where he was set to meet Iranian officials to hammer out a permanent nuclear and sanctions deal. Iranian delegates reportedly delayed the summit to demand a halt to Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, which killed dozens and triggered a brief but intense flare-up. While Israel and Hezbollah have since agreed to a fragile ceasefire to halt the immediate bloodshed, the diplomatic setback underscores how regional proxy conflicts can derail the broader U.S.-Iran peace framework.

Negotiators are now working to reschedule the summit as the U.S. continues to lift naval blockades on Iranian ports to maintain momentum for the deal.

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 @ISIDEWITHlinked…5 days5D

US-Iran talks postponed as Israel launches deadly strikes in Lebanon

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US-Iran talks abruptly called off after Israel and Hezbollah trade deadly attacks

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The Daily Chase: U.S., Iran delay negotiations

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 @BF45TW2Independent from Ohio  commented…5 days5D

we need to resolve that conflict

 @BF45XNY from Minnesota  commented…5 days5D

The President should focus on the fight he threw our country into, not on the other conflict. If he is going to start a war he needs to focus on that. It is so frustrating how he takes this conflict as a joke.

 @BF46HR2 from New York  commented…5 days5D

They should stop fighting because it's leading to a domino effect of bad things happening in both the US and Iran

 @BF4884Rfrom Maine  commented…5 days5D

Israel gotta recognize they don’t eat unless America is feeding them. Trump and America calls the shots.

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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