{"id":911555,"date":"2026-06-09T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/trump-administration-rejects-need-for-iran-war-congressional-approval-despite-deadline-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:16:22","slug":"trump-administration-rejects-need-for-iran-war-congressional-approval-despite-deadline-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/trump-administration-rejects-need-for-iran-war-congressional-approval-despite-deadline-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration rejects need for Iran war congressional approval despite deadline \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><gu-island name=\"EnhancePinnedPost\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{}\"><\/gu-island><\/p>\n<div id=\"pinned-post\" data-gu-marker=\"pinned-post\" data-component=\"pinned-post\">\n<header>\n<h2>Democrats call &#8216;BS&#8217; on Trump&#8217;s letter claiming Iran hostilities &#8216;have been terminated&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Senate Democrats called BS, literally, on <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s claim that the war in Iran is over, in a formal letter the president sent on Friday to Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican senator <strong>Chuck Grassley<\/strong>, the president pro tempore of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 have been terminated,\u201d Trump wrote, as the ongoing war he claimed the US won in the first hour of combat continues with competing Iranian and US blockades of the Persian gulf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s bullshit,\u201d <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong>, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2050299607452700730\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted <\/a>in response to the news. \u201cThis is an illegal war and every day Republicans remain complicit and allow it to continue is another day lives are endangered, chaos erupts, and prices increase, all while Americans foot the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanne Shaheen<\/strong>, the ranking member of the Senate armed services committee, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump declaring the war with Iran \u2018terminated\u2019 doesn\u2019t reflect the reality that tens of thousands of U.S. service members in the region are still in harm\u2019s way, that the Administration continually threatens to escalate hostilities or that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and prices are skyrocketing at home,\u201d Shaheen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFRCdems\/status\/2050298634596479107\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump entered this war without a strategy and without legal authorization and today\u2019s announcement doesn\u2019t change either fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{\"keyEvents\":[{\"id\":\"69f558d68f0850071ff5b669\",\"elements\":[{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement\",\"html\":\"\n\n<p>This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;ad970147-0b63-4200-a8de-82e7ddeb0471&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>The <strong>American Civil Liberties Union<\/strong> filed a suit on behalf of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/louisiana\">Louisiana<\/a><\/strong> voting rights groups, asking a state court to block the state\u2019s governor, <strong>Jeff Landry,<\/strong> and secretary of state, <strong>Nancy Landry<\/strong>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/30\/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act\">suspending congressional elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>Senate Democrats called BS, literally, on <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s claim that the war in Iran is over, in a formal letter the president sent on Friday to Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican senator <strong>Chuck Grassley<\/strong>, the president pro tempore of the Senate. \u201cThat\u2019s bullshit,\u201d <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong>, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2050299607452700730\">posted <\/a>in response to the news. \u201cThis is an illegal war\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>A US appeals court temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, significantly curtailing access to the drug nationwide and particularly in states that have banned abortion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, days after Trump lambasted the German chancellor for saying the US was \u201cbeing humiliated\u201d by Iran\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called special legislative sessions for next week to give Republican state lawmakers the chance to redraw congressional district boundaries ahead of elections for Congress in November.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>Trump delivered a pair of rambling speeches to friendly crowds in Florida, in which he repeated a large number of previously debunked false claims and reiterated his racist comments about Somali Americans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;6e3229f9-f9a0-48a5-becd-cdb2eaa602ac&#8221;}],&#8221;attributes&#8221;:{&#8220;pinned&#8221;:false,&#8221;keyEvent&#8221;:true,&#8221;summary&#8221;:false},&#8221;blockCreatedOn&#8221;:1777686742000,&#8221;blockCreatedOnDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;21.52\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockLastUpdated&#8221;:1777687129000,&#8221;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;21.58\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublished&#8221;:1777687130000,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;21.58\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&#8221;:&#8221;21.58&#8243;,&#8221;title&#8221;:&#8221;Closing summary&#8221;,&#8221;contributors&#8221;:[],&#8221;primaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;Fri 1 May 2026 21.58 EDT&#8221;,&#8221;secondaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;First published on Fri 1 May 2026 06.57 EDT&#8221;},{&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;69f5575b8f0850071ff5b666&#8243;,&#8221;elements&#8221;:[{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his now concluded remarks on Friday night in Palm Beach, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> briefly referenced the failed assassination attempt last weekend at the White House Correspondents\u2019 dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;a062ef5b-2997-4e68-9b35-5827fc360e34&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequential people get in a lot of danger,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou know what I\u2019m talking about, Saturday night. 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In fact, the 60 Minutes interview with Harris was broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJys7OVH24E\">a month before the election<\/a> and the answer Harris gave was edited, so that only part of what she said was used in the broadcast. Such editing is routine and, earlier this week, 60 Minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/trump-unfiltered-the-revealing-moments-cbs-cut-from-his-60-minutes-interview.html\">edited out<\/a> multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/read-the-full-transcript-of-norah-odonnells-interview-with-president-trump-60-minutes\/\">long, rambling answers<\/a> Trump gave during an interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>that the BBC used AI to put words in his mouth that he never said in a documentary that quoted his speech to supporters before they stormed the Capitol on January 6 2021. \u201cBBC has me AI, saying about hate. \u2018We hate, we hate.\u2019 I said, \u2018That\u2019s not me.\u2019 They changed my lips. I couldn\u2019t even tell myself,\u201d Trump said. In fact, the BBC did not use AI and did not put words in Trump\u2019s mouth. The broadcaster spliced together two parts of Trump\u2019s remarks in a misleading edit that made it seem as if statements made early and late in the speech formed part of a single statement. The BBC has apologized for the edit, but Trump filed suit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p>that \u201c25 million illegal aliens\u201d were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration. In fact, according to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cmsny.org\/publications\/jmhs-warren-012824\/\">estimates<\/a><\/strong> from the Center for Migration Studies of New York in 2024, just 10.9 million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, based on Census Bureau and American Community Service data. 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The push has hit repeated roadblocks, including legal defeats in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jan\/16\/california-sensitive-information-voters\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5825874-federal-judge-drops-doj-lawsuit-massachusetts-voter-data\/\">Massachusetts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-seeking-oregon-voter-rolls-rcna256069\">Oregon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/federal-judge-dismisses-doj-lawsuit-seeking-personal-details-about-rhode-island-voters\">Rhode Island<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.azpm.org\/p\/news-articles\/2026\/4\/28\/229498-arizonas-voter-database-is-not-the-dojs-to-demand-a-trump-appointed-judge-rules\/\">Arizona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/federal-judges-dismisses-lawsuit-michigan-voter-rolls-b18568bec27026c97e41885b80d15fe9\">Michigan<\/a>. But the DoJ is also <strong>running into obstacles in some of America\u2019s reddest states<\/strong>, with Trump strongholds <strong>Utah, West Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho<\/strong> all refusing to hand over the requested data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;0bdd6d08-d198-4180-84d1-bd63dccca4b2&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In their objections, the Republican-controlled states cite their <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/artI-S4-C1-2\/ALDE_00013577\/\">constitutionally guaranteed authority<\/a> over election administration, as well as concerns over data security, privacy laws, and the questionable legal grounds of the DoJ\u2019s 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Neff&#8221;}],&#8221;primaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;Fri 1 May 2026 21.58 EDT&#8221;,&#8221;secondaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;First published on Fri 1 May 2026 06.57 EDT&#8221;},{&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;69f46d4e8f08d9968172b6d8&#8243;,&#8221;elements&#8221;:[{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;395ff740-49d7-4f8c-b33c-e0ff0c81ed98&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today marks 60 days since the <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> notified Congress that it was carrying out strikes on Iran \u2013 meaning that under the <strong>War Powers Act of 1973<\/strong>, today is the deadline for <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> to either <strong>end the Iran war<\/strong> or seek <strong>congressional authorization<\/strong> 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href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/30\/senate-republicans-block-trump-iran-war-halt\">told the Guardian<\/a> earlier: \u201cFor war powers resolution purposes, the hostilities that began on Saturday, February 28, have terminated,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;dda88800-82d0-44b0-bcda-f206ea3400ca&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <strong>Senate Republicans<\/strong> again blocked a <strong>war powers resolution<\/strong> put forth by Democrat <strong>Adam Schiff<\/strong> that would have limited the conflict until Congress authorizes further military action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;75abc89a-491e-451c-8e73-7b76e4096170&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the sixth time that Democrats have forced a vote on a war powers resolution related to the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a>, all of which have failed, mostly along party lines. But Republicans in recent weeks have said they would eventually like to see a vote and two Republicans \u2013 <strong>Susan Collins<\/strong> of Maine and <strong>Rand Paul<\/strong> of Kentucky \u2013 voted in favor of the resolution on Thursday (one Democrat, <strong>John Fetterman<\/strong> of Pennsylvania, opposed it).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;58308007-02c4-493a-90e8-b87b96a3e24e&#8221;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I have said since these hostilities with Iran began, the president\u2019s authority as commander-in-chief is not without limits,\u201d Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorCollins\/status\/2049937364856791184?s=20\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cThe constitution gives Congress an essential role in decisions of war and peace, and the War Powers Act establishes a clear 60-day deadline for Congress to either authorize or end US involvement in foreign hostilities. That deadline is not a suggestion; it is a requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;9dbc3b0c-bc49-4130-9342-3ad7ad870c97&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other developments:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;bd1195fe-bbc0-4368-8d61-8a4fa5cf1110&#8243;},{&#8220;_type&#8221;:&#8221;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&#8221;,&#8221;html&#8221;:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington DC, released edited security-camera video of the incident at the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner<\/strong> amid questions about whether or not the suspected gunman, <strong>Cole Allen<\/strong>, fired his weapon before being subdued. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/30\/video-white-house-dinner-shooting\">video shows<\/a> four muzzles flashes from the agent\u2019s gun as he fired at Allen, it was not immediately clear that it does show Allen discharging his weapon after he pointed it at the agent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Sean Curran, the director of the US Secret Service, told Fox News that Allen was stopped not by secret service gunfire<\/strong>, but by a box used to transport a metal detector, which he tripped over.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Congress has passed a 45-day extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,<\/strong> a law that grants US intelligence agencies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/30\/fisa-warrantless-spying-renewal-congress\">warrantless spying powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n <\/p>\n<li>n\n<p><strong>Trump has threatened to withdraw troops from Spain and Italy,<\/strong> two countries that countries have been vocally critical of his war in the Middle East. This comes after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/30\/trump-threatens-to-reduce-troop-numbers-in-germany-amid-growing-row-with-nato-allies\">suggested<\/a> reviewing US military presence in Germany after the country\u2019s chancellor said America was being \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p>n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;,&#8221;elementId&#8221;:&#8221;393d420f-5e97-478d-b4c8-7aa05c5ec11a&#8221;}],&#8221;attributes&#8221;:{&#8220;pinned&#8221;:false,&#8221;keyEvent&#8221;:true,&#8221;summary&#8221;:false},&#8221;blockCreatedOn&#8221;:1777633048000,&#8221;blockCreatedOnDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.57\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockLastUpdated&#8221;:1777632671000,&#8221;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.51\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublished&#8221;:1777633048000,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&#8221;:&#8221;06.57\u00a0EDT&#8221;,&#8221;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&#8221;:&#8221;06.57&#8243;,&#8221;title&#8221;:&#8221;Trump administration rejects war powers deadline as Senate Republicans block resolution&#8221;,&#8221;contributors&#8221;:[],&#8221;primaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;Fri 1 May 2026 21.58 EDT&#8221;,&#8221;secondaryDateLine&#8221;:&#8221;First published on Fri 1 May 2026 06.57 EDT&#8221;}],&#8221;id&#8221;:&#8221;key-events-carousel-mobile&#8221;,&#8221;renderingTarget&#8221;:&#8221;Web&#8221;,&#8221;serverTime&#8221;:1781034568218}&#8221;><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/gu-island><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f558d68f0850071ff5b669\">\n<header>\n<h2>Closing summary<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The <strong>American Civil Liberties Union<\/strong> filed a suit on behalf of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/louisiana\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Louisiana<\/a><\/strong> voting rights groups, asking a state court to block the state\u2019s governor, <strong>Jeff Landry,<\/strong> and secretary of state, <strong>Nancy Landry<\/strong>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/30\/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">suspending congressional elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Senate Democrats called BS, literally, on <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s claim that the war in Iran is over, in a formal letter the president sent on Friday to Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican senator <strong>Chuck Grassley<\/strong>, the president pro tempore of the Senate. \u201cThat\u2019s bullshit,\u201d <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong>, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2050299607452700730\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted <\/a>in response to the news. \u201cThis is an illegal war\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A US appeals court temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, significantly curtailing access to the drug nationwide and particularly in states that have banned abortion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, days after Trump lambasted the German chancellor for saying the US was \u201cbeing humiliated\u201d by Iran\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called special legislative sessions for next week to give Republican state lawmakers the chance to redraw congressional district boundaries ahead of elections for Congress in November.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Trump delivered a pair of rambling speeches to friendly crowds in Florida, in which he repeated a large number of previously debunked false claims and reiterated his racist comments about Somali Americans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<article id=\"block-69f5575b8f0850071ff5b666\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says assassination attempt &#8216;was good for one thing: people are loving my ballroom now&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>During his now concluded remarks on Friday night in Palm Beach, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> briefly referenced the failed assassination attempt last weekend at the White House Correspondents\u2019 dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequential people get in a lot of danger,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou know what I\u2019m talking about, Saturday night. It was good for one thing: people are loving my ballroom now, that\u2019s the only thing. They love my ballroom. They love my ballroom. It\u2019s going to be the best in the world, although I like the one at Mar-a-Lago very much too\u201d.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f551138f08ab365d7fd8d8\">\n<header>\n<h2>Asked to name favorite US history moment, Trump picks apocryphal Robert E Lee warning at Gettsyburg: &#8216;Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>In a brief question and answer session after his speech at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> was asked to name a moment from the founding of the United States that stays with him.<\/p>\n<p>After first stalling, by describing his idea to give US troops a bonus of $1,776, Trump landed on an old favorite of his: the story of what he claims, despite a total lack of evidence, was the warning confederate general <strong>Robert E Lee<\/strong> issued to his commanders at Gettysburg. \u201cIt was, &#8216;Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.\u2019 They fought uphill and they just got wiped out,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to me, that while, the Robert E Lee era, with <strong>Ulysses S Grant<\/strong>, <strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>, I mean, to me, that is such an amazing- you can learn so much from it, but it was such an amazing time. Such a horrible time. Beautiful in certain ways, but such a horrible, horrible time,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were a very much condensed version of a riff Trump has given before, notably in 2024 when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kOaRZx-o2fc?si=rvXeJ28HUz54YNKW&#038;t=318\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">widely mocked<\/a> for apparently inventing a saying no historian ever recorded during a rally speech in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cited the same imaginary tale during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-great-american-comeback-rally-bemidji-minnesota\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a campaign speech in 2020<\/a> in Minnesota, in which he criticized protesters who called for the removal of statues of Lee.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f549ac8f0850071ff5b635\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says USA &#8216;will be taking over&#8217; Cuba &#8216;almost immediately&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>In an aside during his just completed hour-long speech in Palm Beach, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> mentioned an architect who comes from Cuba, and added, \u201cwhich we will be taking over almost immediately\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd laughed, but Trump gave no indication that he was joking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuba\u2019s got problems,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe\u2019ll finish one first, I like to finish a job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ll do, on the way back from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a>, we\u2019ll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the biggest in the world, we\u2019ll have that come in, stop about a hundred yards off shore and they\u2019ll say, \u2018Thanks you very much, we give up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f5462c8f08ab365d7fd8ae\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says staging of UFC fight at the White House on his birthday is &#8216;a coincidence&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s stand-up tour of Florida has moved on to the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, where is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e43eMTACfdM\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">currently speaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has repeated much of the same material from his earlier set at the Villages, and even provided live commentary in the fact that certain material went over better there.<\/p>\n<p>The president said that a temporary, 5,000-seat arena is being built at the White House for a UFC fight \u201cfor the 250th\u201d anniversary of American independence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b3b6c8a9-8ded-4f7f-82b7-e9a36fd42cd6\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-2\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump with UFC president and CEO Dana White during the UFC 327 event at Kaseya Center on 11 April 2026 in Miami, Florida.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/129d28f92b65ad732d66e062a9f5a43bceff4d57\/299_0_3363_2691\/master\/3363.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.08296164139165\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>Donald Trump with UFC president and CEO Dana White during the UFC 327 event at Kaseya Center on 11 April 2026 in Miami, Florida.<\/span> Photograph: Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s going to be June 14th, which is my birthday,\u201d Trump said, \u201cand that\u2019s a coincidence, it is not- I didn\u2019t do that, it just worked out that way, it is actually true, I swear, I did not do it, it worked out that way, but it\u2019s June 14th, at least it\u2019s easy to remember\u2026 It\u2019s going to be a Sunday night, it\u2019s going to be on CBS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen they\u2019re having anywhere from 75 to 100,000 people in the park, right across from the White House, its a beautiful circular park, ellipse,\u201d he added, without mentioning that that was also the location of the speech he gave to supporters on January 6 2021 before they stormed the Capitol in support of his lie that he had not lost the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f5417b8f0850071ff5b60c\">\n<header>\n<h2>Louisiana attorney general celebrates victory over the &#8216;Biden abortion cartel&#8217; on mifepristone<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/aglizmurrill.com\/Article\/512\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a>, Louisiana\u2019s anti-abortion attorney general, <strong>Liz Murrill<\/strong>, welcomed a ruling on Friday by the fifth US circuit court of appeals in New Orleans that blocked a Biden-era federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden abortion cartel facilitated the deaths of thousands of Louisiana babies (and millions in other states) through illegal mail-order abortion pills,\u201d Murrill said. \u201cToday, that nightmare is over, thanks to the hard work of my office and our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom. I look forward to continuing to defend women and babies as this case continues\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"50b03b34-4886-443c-97ee-690a40c89755\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-3\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic in July 2024.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ffd347afd4d27905eaee6b98c1007946c988ebc3\/688_0_6876_5501\/master\/6876.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.0135253054101\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic in July 2024.<\/span> Photograph: Charlie Neibergall\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alliance Defending Freedom, the well-funded conservative legal advocacy group behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, also scored a significant victory at the US supreme court last month when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/02\/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-ruling-impact-meaning\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">successfully challenged<\/a> a Colorado law that prohibited mental health professionals from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQP+ minors through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/06\/alliance-defending-freedom-supreme-court-conversion-therapy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">so-called \u201cconversion therapy\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats expressed outrage over the court ruling on mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA conservative court packed with Trump-appointed judges just ruled to ROLL BACK access to the abortion pill,\u201d Massachusetts senator <strong>Elizabeth Warren<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/warren.senate.gov\/post\/3mktduh5vps2i\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted<\/a> on Bluesky. \u201cThis is a page straight out of extremist Republicans\u2019 anti-abortion playbook. Let me be clear: the abortion pill is safe and effective. We must fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California congressman <strong>Ro Khanna<\/strong> also denounced the restrictions on mifepristone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder no circumstances can women\u2019s body autonomy be up for debate,\u201d Khanna <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/2050361739380740250\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted<\/a>. \u201cThis decision was purely political, and not rooted in any science or support for women\u2019s reproductive health. The Democratic Party must use every lever of power at our disposal to protect women and provide resources for those seeking access to abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f53dee8f08ab365d7fd88a\">\n<header>\n<h2>Federal court blocks rule allowing abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>A US appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, significantly curtailing access to the drug nationwide and particularly in states that have banned abortion, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>A panel of the fifth US circuit court of appeals in New Orleans said the state of Louisiana was likely to prevail in its challenge to the 2023 rule adopted by former president <strong>Joe Biden<\/strong>\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>While the ruling is temporary, it is the first to significantly curtail access to mifepristone in a series of lawsuits challenging the drug\u2019s initial approval in 2000 and subsequent rules making it easier to obtain. The 2023 regulation removed a requirement that mifepristone be dispensed in person.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f5326e8f08c9430f9006f8\">\n<header>\n<h2>Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama call special legislative sessions to redraw congressional districts<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called special legislative sessions for next week to give Republican state lawmakers the chance to redraw congressional district boundaries ahead of elections for Congress in November.<\/p>\n<p>Governors <strong>Bill Lee<\/strong> and <strong>Kay Ivey<\/strong> acted to take advantage of this week\u2019s US supreme court decision that effectively legalized the use of extreme gerrymandering in order to dilute the voting power of racial minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Right Act, a central achievement of the civil rights movement, that prevented racial discrimination in the conduct of elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owe it to Tennesseans to ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters,\u201d Lee said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/news\/2026\/5\/1\/gov--lee-calls-special-legislative-session-to-review-congressional-map.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a> calling the legislature back into session next Tuesday. \u201cI believe the General Assembly has a responsibility to review the map and ensure it remains fair, legal, and defensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the successful 2020 census, Alabama maintained our representation in Congress, and I called a special session to redraw our maps. Since then, we have been battling federal courts and activist groups who think they know Alabama better than Alabama,\u201d Ivey said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KayIveyAL\/posts\/pfbid02ueQAjVDjzzCwcvwXzbjyjDZVCm34FdYDcnVPc47AjWeiZ3u6QuSNPMas3TNkET5Wl\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a> on the session she called for Monday. \u201cAlabama\u2019s redistricting battle is not over. The state remains under a court order prohibiting the use of new congressional maps until after the 2030 census.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy calling the Legislature into a special session, I am ensuring Alabama is prepared should the courts act quickly enough to allow Alabama\u2019s previously drawn congressional and state senate maps to be used during this election cycle. If the court-ordered injunction is lifted, Alabama would revert to the maps drawn by the Legislature for congressional districts in 2023 and state senate districts in 2021,\u201d the Alabama governor added.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f530e48f08c9430f9006f3\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/Lauren_Gambino.png?width=300&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=max&#038;s=3833532f3081d9984bd879152f17b9f6\" alt=\"Lauren Gambino\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Lauren Gambino<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>Donald Trump said in a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday that hostilities with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a> have \u201cterminated\u201d, suggesting that the 60-day deadline to seek approval from the legislative branch no longer applied.<\/p>\n<p>Friday marks 60 days since the US president notified members of Congress that the US and Israel launched strikes against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a> on 28 February. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president can deploy troops to respond to an \u201cimminent threat\u201d but must receive congressional approval within 60 days to continue military operations.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, dated 1 May, Trump said he initiated Operation Epic Fury against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> and notified Congress on 28 February \u201cconsistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests at home and abroad, and in furtherance of United States national security and foreign policy interests\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn April 7, 2026, I ordered a 2-week ceasefire,\u201d the letter, addressed to Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican senator Chuck Grassley, the president pro tempore of the Senate, continues. \u201cThe ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter effectively waves off the 1 May legal deadline, which was already expected to lapse without intervention from Republican lawmakers, most of whom have been reluctant to challenge the president\u2019s unilateral use of force.<\/p>\n<p>As he departed the White House on Friday, Trump told reporters that he had no intention of seeking congressional approval for the military campaign because \u201cit\u2019s never been sought before\u201d and suggested the War Powers Act was \u201ctotally unconstitutional\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"1abf4a61-990e-4d02-8e52-4fc71f1523c9\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":6,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders\",\"elementId\":\"1abf4a61-990e-4d02-8e52-4fc71f1523c9\",\"role\":\"inline\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/01\/trump-iran-war-hostilities-letter\"},\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk\",\"format\":{\"design\":12,\"display\":0,\"theme\":0}}\"><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<article id=\"block-69f5296d8f08ab365d7fd853\">\n<header>\n<h2>Ilhan Omar responds to Trump&#8217;s &#8216;unhinged rant&#8217; by calling him a criminal &#8216;held accountable for rape&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Ilhan Omar<\/strong>, the Somali-born Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, posted a withering response to the latest remarks about her, and Somali Americans, from <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis unhinged rant would solicit anger if it wasn\u2019t coming from a criminal, who has 34 felony convictions, held accountable for rape and accused of being a pedo,\u201d Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/2050331925244444821\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a> on social media aboce video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/may\/01\/us-war-iran-ceasefire-war-powers-oil-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&#038;page=with%3Ablock-69f514de8f0850071ff5b533#block-69f514de8f0850071ff5b533\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Trump\u2019s remarks<\/a> in Florida on Friday. \u201cI still don\u2019t know how anyone would willingly humiliate themselves like this but here we are. Btw, the pedophile protection party should find new material for their deflection\u201d.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f5248f8f0850071ff5b592\">\n<header>\n<h2>Pentagon reportedly plans to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Germany in response to criticism of US war on Iran<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, the Pentagon spokesman <strong>Sean Parnell<\/strong> told Reuters and Fox News on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary of War has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 troops from Germany,\u201d Parnell said in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/2050326413342048674\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a> to Fox News. \u201cThis decision follows a thorough review of the Department\u2019s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground. We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/king-charles-new-york-donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-iran-us-politics-live?filterKeyEvents=false&#038;page=with%3Ablock-69f2a1608f087c2bf494797a#block-69f2a1608f087c2bf494797a\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">threatened a drawdown<\/a> in forces earlier this week after the German chancellor, <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/27\/us-humiliated-iran-leadership-trump-merz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told students<\/a> on Monday \u201cthe Americans clearly have no strategy\u201d for ending the war and that \u201can entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"db56bd90-f5f3-4f9c-9532-bfc254601ce3\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-4\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In this May 2011 file photo, Soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the US Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e95e5a6982773b29cb6544992d72cfbbeb687f23\/0_274_4362_2619\/master\/4362.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"279.1918844566713\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>In this May 2011 file photo, Soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the US Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany.<\/span> Photograph: Michael Probst\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The planned withdrawal would reduce US forces in Germany by nearly 15%. Germany is the US military\u2019s biggest basing location in Europe, with some 35,000 active-duty military personnel, and serves as a key training hub.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters recent German rhetoric had been \u201cinappropriate and unhelpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is rightly reacting to these counterproductive remarks,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said the withdrawal was expected to be completed over the next six to twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>Merz has said Germany and other US allies in Europe were not consulted before the US and Israel attacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> on 28 February, and that he had conveyed his skepticism about the conflict directly to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has been very clear about his frustrations about our allies\u2019 rhetoric and failure to provide support for U.S. operations that benefit them,\u201d the senior Pentagon official said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"b37dc153-9a94-4310-b148-649d97871393\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":10,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US \u2018humiliated\u2019 by Iran\",\"elementId\":\"b37dc153-9a94-4310-b148-649d97871393\",\"role\":\"inline\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/01\/trump-threatens-withdraw-troops-italy-spain-strait-hormuz\"},\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk\",\"format\":{\"design\":12,\"display\":0,\"theme\":0}}\"><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<article id=\"block-69f51e8d8f0850071ff5b567\">\n<header><\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s rambling speech to supporters in Florida has just concluded and he left the stage doing his familiar impersonation of someone dancing to the strains of YMCA by the Village People, which he referred to earlier as \u201cthe gay national anthem\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I started to write that this line might have been the only new thing he said during the entire 90 minute speech, but I thought to check and it turns out that he did previously use the phrase in <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-interview-full-send-podcast-march-9-2022\/#305\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a podcast interview<\/a> with <strong>the Nelk Boys<\/strong> in 2022 and again in <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-interview-fox-news-the-five-march-26-2026\/#76\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a telephone interview<\/a> with the Fox News host <strong>Jesse Watters<\/strong> this year.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the speech was a rehash of comments he has made for years, including familiar attacks on <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong>, <strong>Ilhan Omar<\/strong>, CBS News and the BBC based on easily disproven false claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not talk about anything until it gets finished,\u201d Trump said about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the Associated Press reports, Trump made a series of familiar false claims about his policies. The president, for instance, claimed to have eliminated taxes on social security benefits, when in reality his signature legislative package only reduced the portion of social security recipients who pay no tax on those payments by about 4 percentage points.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f514de8f0850071ff5b533\">\n<header>\n<h2>In Florida, Trump calls concerns about affordability &#8216;bullshit&#8217;, and repeats racist attack lines about Somalis<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s remarks to seniors in Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utjvqfAkIdo\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">are still going<\/a>, but if you haven\u2019t had time to tune in, don\u2019t worry, the president is mostly saying nothing new, merely reciting what he thinks of his greatest hits, in a speech made up almost entirely of boasts, lies and attacks on his rivals he has made in previous speeches.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the president boasted about his performance on cognitive tests, confusing them with intelligence tests, in the exact same terms he had posted on social media this week.<\/p>\n<p>The president, who instructed his lawyer ahead of his 2016 campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/02\/28\/michael-cohen-testifies-trump-threatened-colleges-over-any-release-his-grades\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">to threaten officials<\/a> at the high school and colleges he attended with jail if they revealed his grades, then repeated a false claim he has made before about <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong> having been admitted to Harvard Law School despite bad grades as an undergraduate at Columbia. Before he ran for president, Trump pivoted from demanding that Obama release his birth certificate, which he did, to demanding that he release his college transcript.<\/p>\n<p>Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, which means his grade point average was in the top 10% of his class, and told a biographer that his grade point average at Columbia was 3.7.<\/p>\n<p>He then went on to mock Democrats for drawing attention to the affordability crisis his policies have exacerbated, first through tariffs and now through the attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> that has spiked fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats start screaming, \u2018Affordability! Affordability!\u2019 They\u2019re the ones that caused the problem,\u201d Trump said, putting on a comic accent as he pronounced the word \u201caffordability\u201d. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what, they got one good line of bullshit,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2050312243993035225\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">one disturbing passage<\/a>, Trump again attacked Somali Americans, in clearly racist terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomalia, it\u2019s a beautiful place,\u201d the president said with sarcasm. \u201cIt\u2019s got no anything. It\u2019s got one thing that\u2019s really strong: crime. It\u2019s got a lot of crime. They have no police. All they do is run around shooting each other. It\u2019s filthy dirty, disgusting dirty. It\u2019s a horrible place. They come here, and Ilhan Omar, you ever hear of her? She heads it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink of it,\u201d the president said, riling up the crowd against the Minnesota congresswoman he has been singling out for racist abuse since his first term. \u201cAnd then she comes here, from Somalia, and she tells us how to run the United States of America,\u201d the president said to a chorus of boos from his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says, \u2018the constitution gives me certain rights,\u2019\u201d the president said of the elected lawmaker, putting on, for some reason, a faux English accent. \u201cGet the hell out, what a phony!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the crowd roared, the president mixed a lie with a viral conspiracy theory. \u201cShe married her brother to come in,\u201d Trump claimed, falsely. Omar came to the US as a refugee from Somalia and obtained citizenship before briefly marrying a man she has insisted is not her brother and who is a British citizen. Despite years on scrutiny from reporters and rightwing bloggers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/nation-world\/politifact-did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-the-minneapolis-star-tribune-investigated-and-heres-what-they-found-20190719\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">no evidence<\/a> to support the viral claim that Omar married her brother has been found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t she despicable?\u201d Trump asked. \u201cTheir whole life is based on fraud and a scam,\u201d the president said of Somali Americans. \u201cThe whole thing is a scam and we ought to get those people the hell out of our country,\u201d he said, to wild applause.<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f50c458f08ab365d7fd7bb\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump repeats false claims and familiar grievances to seniors in Florida<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> is speaking to seniors in Florida now, against a background emblazoned with the words \u201cGolden Age for your Golden Years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Before the president, who turns 80 in six weeks, took the stage to speak to his elderly supporters, the crowd was treated to a rally playlist that included the song <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2050306008400994595\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Live and Let Die<\/a>. The same song was previously a feature of Trump\u2019s pre-speech playlist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertMackey\/status\/1291453071428472832\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"f29e2861-891f-480e-ada2-5833b3f0440a\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-5\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump spoke to seniors on Friday at The Villages Charter School in Florida.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ff8d832916c6f2ad9e754f8733cba1ef0c7a6224\/0_0_5897_3931\/master\/5897.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"309.97371544853314\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>Donald Trump spoke to seniors on Friday at The Villages Charter School in Florida.<\/span> Photograph: Nathan Howard\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his rambling remarks, which the president himself noted was an example of the sort of wild swings in topic he has called \u201cthe weave\u201d, the president repeated a number of previously debunked false claims, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>that 60 Minutes had broadcast an interview with <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong> \u201cthe night before the election\u201d in 2024 in which they replaced her answer to one question with an answer to a different question, to make her sound more coherent. In fact, the 60 Minutes interview with Harris was broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJys7OVH24E\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a month before the election<\/a> and the answer Harris gave was edited, so that only part of what she said was used in the broadcast. Such editing is routine and, earlier this week, 60 Minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/trump-unfiltered-the-revealing-moments-cbs-cut-from-his-60-minutes-interview.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">edited out<\/a> multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/read-the-full-transcript-of-norah-odonnells-interview-with-president-trump-60-minutes\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">long, rambling answers<\/a> Trump gave during an interview on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>that the BBC used AI to put words in his mouth that he never said in a documentary that quoted his speech to supporters before they stormed the Capitol on January 6 2021. \u201cBBC has me AI, saying about hate. \u2018We hate, we hate.\u2019 I said, \u2018That\u2019s not me.\u2019 They changed my lips. I couldn\u2019t even tell myself,\u201d Trump said. In fact, the BBC did not use AI and did not put words in Trump\u2019s mouth. The broadcaster spliced together two parts of Trump\u2019s remarks in a misleading edit that made it seem as if statements made early and late in the speech formed part of a single statement. The BBC has apologized for the edit, but Trump filed suit.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>that \u201c25 million illegal aliens\u201d were allowed to enter the United States during the Biden administration. In fact, according to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cmsny.org\/publications\/jmhs-warren-012824\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">estimates<\/a><\/strong> from the Center for Migration Studies of New York in 2024, just 10.9 million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, based on Census Bureau and American Community Service data. The Department of Homeland Security, had produced <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ohss.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-06\/2024_0418_ohss_estimates-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-residing-in-the-united-states-january-2018%E2%80%93january-2022.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a similar estimate<\/a>, <\/strong>that has now been removed from the web. About 40% of the undocumented population are also estimated to have <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R47848\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">overstayed<\/a><\/strong> their visas. The same estimate suggested number of undocumented in the US increased by just 650,000 from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>that the administration has \u201cremoved 300,000 illegal aliens from the Social Security rolls and we\u2019ve removed more than 100,000 migrants from Medicare eligibility\u201d. In fact, the 2025 tax and spending law Trump signed passed by Republicans in Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/articles\/300000-lawfully-present-immigrants-newly-ineligible-for-health-care-help-in-open-enrollment-period\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">restricted access to affordable health care tax credits<\/a> for many low-income immigrants considered \u201clawfully present\u201d, including green card holders in their first five years of residency and people with temporary statuses. According to a Congressional Budget Office estimate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2025-08\/61506-marketplace.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">300,000 lawfully present immigrants<\/a> with low incomes were disqualified from those tax credits.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>that Trump got \u201c97%\u201d of the vote in the part of Florida the event was held in, The Villages, in the 2024 election. In fact, Trump took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villages-news.com\/2024\/11\/05\/trump-maintains-grip-on-the-villages-despite-buzz-created-by-kamala\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">68% of the vote<\/a> in 2024 in Sumter County, where most of the sprawling retirement community is located.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<article id=\"block-69f5093f8f08ab365d7fd79b\">\n<header>\n<h2>Democrats call &#8216;BS&#8217; on Trump&#8217;s letter claiming Iran hostilities &#8216;have been terminated&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Senate Democrats called BS, literally, on <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s claim that the war in Iran is over, in a formal letter the president sent on Friday to Republican House speaker Mike Johnson and Republican senator <strong>Chuck Grassley<\/strong>, the president pro tempore of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 have been terminated,\u201d Trump wrote, as the ongoing war he claimed the US won in the first hour of combat continues with competing Iranian and US blockades of the Persian gulf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s bullshit,\u201d <strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong>, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2050299607452700730\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted <\/a>in response to the news. \u201cThis is an illegal war and every day Republicans remain complicit and allow it to continue is another day lives are endangered, chaos erupts, and prices increase, all while Americans foot the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeanne Shaheen<\/strong>, the ranking member of the Senate armed services committee, agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump declaring the war with Iran \u2018terminated\u2019 doesn\u2019t reflect the reality that tens of thousands of U.S. service members in the region are still in harm\u2019s way, that the Administration continually threatens to escalate hostilities or that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and prices are skyrocketing at home,\u201d Shaheen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFRCdems\/status\/2050298634596479107\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cPresident Trump entered this war without a strategy and without legal authorization and today\u2019s announcement doesn\u2019t change either fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f502bd8f0850071ff5b4a5\">\n<header>\n<h2>Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/static\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2014\/9\/9\/1410298545138\/George-Chidi.jpg?width=300&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=max&#038;s=c01643cb3d3919e9c3b292ea62ad9ab2\" alt=\"George Chidi\"><\/p>\n<p><span>George Chidi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>The <strong>American Civil Liberties Union<\/strong> filed a suit on behalf of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/louisiana\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Louisiana<\/a><\/strong> voting rights groups today, asking a state court to block the state\u2019s governor, <strong>Jeff Landry,<\/strong> and secretary of state, <strong>Nancy Landry<\/strong>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/30\/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">suspending congressional elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Landry suspended the state\u2019s congressional primary election yesterday \u2013 even after early voting had begun \u2013 to enact new districts for the 2026 election. The move came after the supreme court\u2019s 6-3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/29\/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">decision<\/a> in the <strong>Louisiana v Callais<\/strong> case on Wednesday, which invalidated swaths of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/01\/state-voting-rights-acts-supreme-court-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Voting Rights Act<\/a> and declared that a Louisiana congressional district with a majority-nonwhite voting population violated equal protection provisions of the US constitution.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"97afb8cf-8004-4d84-8d2f-caf158b7e537\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-6\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Louisiana state Capitol stands prominently in April 2023 in Baton Rouge.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/10f806e93603bf2de1c3b71b5386645f870d0630\/385_0_2750_2201\/master\/2750.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.1690909090909\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>The Louisiana state Capitol stands prominently in April 2023 in Baton Rouge.<\/span> Photograph: Stephen Smith\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other races on the ballot, as well as votes for amendments to Louisiana\u2019s constitution, will continue, according to Landry\u2019s order. While the congressional race will remain on the ballot, its votes will not be counted, Landry ordered.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>League of Women Voters of Louisiana<\/strong>, the Louisiana state conference of the <strong>NAACP<\/strong>, the <strong>Power Coalition for Equity and Justice<\/strong>, and three individual voters filed suit in a state court in Baton Rouge today, seeking a temporary restraining order. They argued that an order delaying an election had only previously been issued \u201cdue to natural disasters or similar emergencies that posed threats to health and safety\u201d, and that a supreme court decision did not constitute state of emergency under Louisiana law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the executive order sows chaos into an already-confusing election and puts Louisianians\u2019 votes at risk, especially those who have already cast absentee ballots,\u201d the NAACP said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"441d4c03-adae-4a0a-9bc4-82e4c56d06cc\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{\"richLinkIndex\":6,\"element\":{\"_type\":\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\",\"prefix\":\"Related: \",\"text\":\"Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections\",\"elementId\":\"441d4c03-adae-4a0a-9bc4-82e4c56d06cc\",\"role\":\"inline\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/01\/louisiana-jeff-landry-election-suspension\"},\"ajaxUrl\":\"https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk\",\"format\":{\"design\":12,\"display\":0,\"theme\":0}}\"><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<article id=\"block-69f4f6b78f0850071ff5b43f\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says he doesn&#8217;t need congressional authorization for military operations in Iran, citing ceasefire<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said in letters sent to Congress today stating that, due to the ceasefire, he doesn\u2019t need congressional authorization for military operations in <strong>Iran<\/strong> &#8211; despite the conflict reaching the 60-day mark this week and despite US armed forces remaining in the region \u2013 and that he considers the war \u201cterminated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn April 7, 2026, I ordered a two-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between the United States Forces and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> since April 7, 2026. <strong>The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated<\/strong>,\u201d Trump wrote in the letters, one of which was sent to the House and one to the Senate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"cb59b1c1-499b-452a-a2bc-0bfb58472b5d\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-7\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This handout photo released by US Central Command via their X account shows AH-64 Apaches flying above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol on 17 April 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b4e03311c308ac2a667552b9ef0fc149609267b5\/80_0_800_640\/master\/800.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>This handout photo released by US Central Command via their X account shows AH-64 Apaches flying above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol on 17 April  2026.<\/span> Photograph: US Central Command (CENTCOM)\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he also suggested the war isn\u2019t actually over, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\">\n<p><svg viewBox=\"0 0 22 14\" style=\"fill:var(--block-quote-fill)\"><title>double quotation mark<\/title><path d=\"M5.255 0h4.75c-.572 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941H0C.792 9.104 2.44 4.53 5.255 0Zm11.061 0H21c-.506 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941h-8.686c.902-4.837 2.485-9.411 5.3-13.941Z\" \/><\/svg>Despite the success of United States operations against the Iranian regime and continued efforts to secure a lasting peace, <strong>the threat posed by Iran to the United States and our Armed Forces remains significant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I have and will continue to direct United States Armed Forces consistent with my responsibilities and pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct United States foreign relations and as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<article id=\"block-69f4ee9d8f08c9430f900545\">\n<header>\n<h2>Trump says he&#8217;s not satisfied with Iran&#8217;s latest proposal for talks<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> said earlier that he was not satisfied with the latest <strong>Iranian<\/strong> proposal for talks on the Iran war, while Iran\u2019s foreign minister said Tehran was ready for diplomacy if the United States changes its approach.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Iranian state media and a <strong>Pakistani<\/strong> official said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Iran<\/a> had submitted its latest proposal for negotiations, raising some hope that a deadlock in efforts to end the war might be broken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to make a deal, but &#8230; I\u2019m not satisfied with it,\u201d Trump told reporters as he left the White House to head to Florida, adding that the Iranian leadership was \u201cvery disjointed\u201d and split into two or three groups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"bb4fb3e3-2a0f-4dd8-bed7-e28e5399a5aa\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div id=\"img-8\"><picture><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 660px)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\"><source  media=\"(min-width: 320px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for Florida on 1 May.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5db6a6787044ece9cb2709d54340e84c21f98138\/529_0_4776_3823\/master\/4776.jpg?width=465&#038;dpr=1&#038;s=none&#038;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.2141959798995\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\"><span><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><span>Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for Florida on 1 May.<\/span> Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump also praised Pakistan\u2019s mediation efforts, saying negotiations by phone were continuing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve made strides, but I\u2019m not sure if they ever get there,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019re asking for things that I can\u2019t agree to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s foreign minister <strong>Abbas Araghchi<\/strong> said his country was ready to pursue diplomacy if the United States changes what he called its \u201cexcessive approach, threatening rhetoric and provocative actions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, Araghchi added in a post on his Telegram channel that \u201cIran\u2019s armed forces remained ready to defend the country against any threat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"LiveBlogEpic\" 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