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Trump Rejects Cash-for-Uranium Deal With Iran

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President Donald Trump on Friday pushed back on a report that the United States and Iran may include a proposal that would see Washington release up to $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for Tehran surrendering its enriched uranium...

GOP hard-liners derail government's spying power despite pressure from Trump

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The House has failed to pass an 18-month extension of FISA after 20 Republicans defied President Donald Trump and tanked the late-night vote.

Republican leadership intended to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act through October 2027, but 20 GOP members blocked the extension in a 2:07 a.m. vote Friday, citing major privacy concerns. Due to growing frustration from conservatives, FISA was instead extended only through April 30 to give the conference more time to continue meaningful negotiations before approving a long-term extension.

'I am willing to risk that.'

These hard-liners are: Republican Reps. Sheri Biggs of South Carolina; Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Tim Burchett of Tennessee; Eric Burlison of Missouri; Michael Cloud of Texas; Andrew Clyde of Georgia; Eli Crane of Arizona; Warren Davidson of Ohio; Paul Gosar of Arizona; Andy Harris of Maryland; Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee; Thomas Massie of Kentucky; Mary Miller of Illinois; Ralph Norman of South Carolina; Andy Ogles of Tennessee; Scott Perry of Pennsylvania; John Rose of Tennessee; Keith Self of Texas; and Victoria Spartz of Indiana.

"Last night between midnight and 2am, they tried to pass two bad versions of FISA," Massie said in a post on X. "Both would have allowed Feds to unconstitutionally spy on Americans. We stopped both versions, but the fight isn’t over. Eventually, it was decided to give them two more weeks to fix FISA."

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Republicans were well on their way to "fixing" FISA, with conservatives making progress on key requirements. Hard-liners insisted on meaningful warrant requirements and guardrails for central bank digital currency, a source familiar with the negotiations told Blaze News. A two-month extension was also floated in order to give Republicans more time to hammer out these crucial provisions.

Despite negotiations in good faith, this progress was thrown out the window in the 11th hour when a five-year extension with weak warrant requirements was put up for a vote, prompting hard-liners to tank the effort altogether.

This internal rebellion came about despite Trump's advocacy for a FISA extension because "it is extremely important to our Military."

"While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk that as a Citizen in order to do what is right for our Country," Trump said in a Truth Social Post.

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Heroic gas station clerk saves girl from sex offender amid alleged kidnapping after she mouths desperate plea to him

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A 16-year-old Michigan girl was waiting for a bus in Hamtramck around 7:05 a.m. Monday when a male allegedly approached her, put a handgun to her back, and forced her into a van, WJBK-TV reported. Hamtramck is about 10 minutes north of Detroit.

The girl is a student at Frontier International Academy, the station said, and a fellow student witnessed the incident and reported it.

'I see the police outside. I point to him. I go, "That's the guy."'

The victim allegedly was sexually assaulted inside the suspect's vehicle, WJBK said.

Police went to the victim's school and met with students who were tracking her cell phone location, WJBK said, adding that officers used the data to track the victim to a Detroit gas station.

Around 7:30 a.m., the suspect brought the girl into the Sunoco gas station, asked for cigarettes — and told the girl to pay for them, WXYZ-TV reported

Store clerk Abdulrahman Abohatem told WXYZ that struck him as odd: "When he ask her to pay for the cigarettes, I said ... 'There's something wrong.'"

The girl then sent him a silent, desperate signal.

"She mouth-talked to me, like, with no sound," Abohatem told WXYZ.

He said her message was one word: "Help."

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With that, Abohatem came out from behind the protective glass and confronted the suspect, WXYZ said: "I go out, I kick him out, I ask the girl, 'Go behind me.'"

As Abohatem was escorting the male out of the store, police pulled into the parking lot, WXYZ said.

"I see the police outside. I point to him. I go, 'That's the guy,'" Abohatem added to WXYZ.

The suspect was quickly taken into custody, WXYZ reported.

City of Hamtramck Mayor Adam Alharbi told WXYZ the suspect is "a criminal who had a history of rape charges, and we will make sure that he gets what he deserves."

The girl's family said she is safe at home processing the incident and is thankful the community stepped up, WXYZ reported.

Hamtramck Police Department Chief Hussein Farhat told WXYZ the incident was random and the suspect and victim didn't know each other: "This suspect could have driven anywhere, saw the opportunity, and took advantage of it."

Hamtramck Police said 48-year-old Donald J. Fields of Detroit was arraigned Thursday.

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Police said Fields was charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual assault, one count of kidnapping, one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, one count of felonious assault, and five counts of felony firearm. He also was charged as a habitual offender — third offense, police said.

Fields was taken to the Wayne County Jail and ordered held without bond, police said.

In a separate story, WXYZ reported that Fields is a registered sex offender, and that Judge Alexis Krot — who denied his bond — stated that "despite me saying one minute before that he's a habitual offender, Mr. Fields has the audacity to say he has no criminal history."

WXYZ said Fields previously spent time in prison in connection with a home invasion and assault with intent to commit sexual contact.

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