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Mint
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Mint
White House Lockdown: Secret Services close grounds after ‘security breach' — What we know so far
The White House was thrown into a brief lockdown on Tuesday afternoon following a security breach at the premises of the official residence of President Donald Trump. The Secret Service implemented a full lockdown of the White House grounds and temporarily closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic. The White House was put under a brief lockdown following an incident in the midday, after a 'phone' was supposedly thrown over the security fence. Secret Service agents responded to reports of an object being hurled over the North Lawn fence. The incident prompted immediate action. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the incident to reporters, saying that 'somebody threw their phone over the fence'. However, she did not provide additional details on the incident. The Secret Services reached the White House promptly and implemented a full lockdown of the grounds of the official residence of the POTUS. The agency also temporarily closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic. The security measures were lifted by 11:56 am, allowing journalists to return to the North Lawn. Members of the press corps, who were waiting to speak with Education Secretary Linda McMahon during her Fox News appearance, were quickly escorted into the James S. Brady Briefing Room as agents secured the area. Following the lifting of the White House lockdown, reporters were permitted to reassembled at 12:20 pm in the Palm Room ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled departure for an event in Pennsylvania. The lockdown was lifted after authorities found the object thrown over the fence to be non-threatening. However, it is unclear if the government is taking action against the person behind the incident. The White House has not yet issued an official statement regarding the matter. This is not the first time a security breach has been reported from the White House this year. Earlier, a child had crawled through the North Lawn fence and attempted to enter the White House. The incident also comes exactly a year after an assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump during one of his rallies in Pennsylvania.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Trump Gives Away Melania's Reaction To Putin's 'Rosy Phone Calls', But Ends Up Delivering A Fumble
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a crucial conversation he had with his wife behind closed door. However, he delivered a fumble immediately after revealing Melania Trump's views. As per the POTUS, first lady Melania has some thoughts on Vladimir Putin. She is not convinced with the rosy picture Russian president presents on phone calls with Trump, with respect to Russia-Ukraine tensions. While making reference to this, Trump twice mentioned remarks Melania has made to him in private. However, immediately after he delivered a fumble while claiming Putin 'fooled a lot of people' but him. Watch- Read More
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First Post
a day ago
- Politics
- First Post
‘India, Pakistan were going to nuclear war in a week': Trump claims success in ‘settling' military conflicts
The US president has time and again staked a claim in ending hostilities between India and Pakistan after the former's Operation Sindoor that was launched in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which killed 26 people read more US President Donald Trump has once again said that he negotiated a peace deal between India and Pakistan that ended the military conflict following the Pahalgam attack. His comments came during a meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday. Trump said, 'We've been very successful in settling wars. You have India and Pakistan. You have Rwanda and the Congo, that was going on for 30 years. India, by the way, Pakistan would have been a nuclear war within another week, the way that was going. That was going very badly, and we did that through trade.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD VIDEO | US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) on India and Pakistan military conflict says, "We've been very successful in settling wars. You have India and Pakistan. You have Rwanda and the Congo, that was going on for 30 years. India, by the way, Pakistan would have been a nuclear… — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 14, 2025 The US president has time and again staked a claim in ending hostilities between India and Pakistan after the former's Operation Sindoor that was launched in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which killed 26 people. While New Delhi has repeatedly denied such claims, Islamabad has thanked Trump for his mediation. What has India said? Earlier this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar denied US role in mediation between the two neighbouring countries. In an interview with Newsweek, Jaishankar said, 'I can tell you that I was in the room when Vice President Vance spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the night of May 9, saying that the Pakistanis would launch a very massive assault on India…We did not accept certain things, and the Prime Minister was impervious to what the Pakistanis were threatening to do.' 'On the contrary, he (PM Modi) indicated that there would be a response from us,' he added. The next communication with Washington occurred the following morning, when the Foreign Minister spoke with the US Secretary of State. During the conversation, Marco Rubio conveyed that 'the Pakistanis were ready to talk,' Jaishankar added. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Later that afternoon, Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations, Major General Kashif Abdullah, directly contacted his Indian counterpart, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, to request a ceasefire.
India Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
We did that through trade: Trump again claims he averted India-Pak conflict
US President Donald Trump has once again said that he played a key role in stopping conflict between India and Pakistan. During a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday (local time), Trump claimed that things were getting dangerous between the two countries after the Pahalgam terror attack, but his actions helped avoid a nuclear conflict."We have been very successful in settling wars, India, Pakistan... India, by the way, Pakistan would have been a nuclear war within another week, the way that was going. It was going very badly," Trump said that he used trade talks as a bargaining tool: "We did that through trade. I said, we are not going to talk to you about trade, unless you get this thing settled, and they did."VIDEO | US President Donald Trump (@POTUS) on India and Pakistan military conflict says, "We've been very successful in settling wars. You have India and Pakistan. You have Rwanda and the Congo, that was going on for 30 years. India, by the way, Pakistan would have been a nuclear Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 14, 2025 He had made a similar claim in June while talking to reporters on Air Force One."You know, I did something that people don't talk about, and I don't talk about very much, but we solved a big problem, a nuclear problem potentially with India and with Pakistan," he said."I spoke to Pakistan, I spoke to India, they have really great leaders, but they were going at it, and they could have gone at it nuclear," Trump has often taken credit for helping calm tensions between the two countries, especially after India carried out air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 REJECTS TRUMP'S CLAIMSIndia has firmly denied President Trump's claims, saying that all matters related to Jammu and Kashmir must be handled bilaterally between India and Pakistan, with no foreign a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, "As you are aware, we have a long-standing national position that any issues pertaining to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally. That stated policy has not changed."The MEA also reminded that the main issue remains Pakistan's occupation of Indian territory: "The outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian Territory by Pakistan."The Indian government also rejected Trump's claim that trade was used to settle the conflict. Officials clarified that during the time of 'Operation Sindoor', no discussion about trade took place between Indian and US the time OPERATION SINDOOR commenced on 7th May till the understanding on cessation of firing and military action on 10th May, there were conversations between Indian and US leaders on the evolving military situation. The issue of trade did not come up in any of these discussions," the MEA launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure inside Pakistan and PoK in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. After defending itself from Pakistan's military action, India cripple Pakistan's between India and Pakistan ended after a call from Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to his Indian counterpart, leading to an agreement to stop further military action.- EndsWith inputs from ANIMust Watch
Gizmodo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Gizmodo
Trump Aides Float New Strategies to Get Themselves Out of This Epstein Mess
The Trump administration's refusal to shed any more daylight on the notorious Jeffrey Epstein case has, ironically, only served to make everybody pay a lot more attention to it. As the crisis continues to snowball, officials in the government are quietly considering at least three different ways to disclose more information about the dead pedophile and thereby dispel accusations of a coverup, Axios reports. Those strategies include appointing a special counsel who would be tasked with investigating the case and producing a comprehensive report on the matter. Officials have also suggested petitioning courts to unseal any remaining Epstein case files (the dead pedophile's crimes took place in several different states, leaving a trail of criminal cases). Another approach includes un-redacting already released Epstein files to share more information with the public. Many of those files have been heavily censored. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that Trump is super interested in any of those strategies. Axios spoke with multiple Trump officials and outside advisors in recent days, many of whom seemed to feel that the government has been stalled by the president. 'The president said to put this behind us, so we're putting this behind us,' a top adviser said. 'If he changes, then the policy changes. Period.' 'I love POTUS, but I think he's delusional about how awful this looks,' another advisor, who does not work in the government, told the outlet. Gizmodo reached out to the Trump administration for more information. Over the past week, Trump has made it clear that he isn't interested in talking about Epstein anymore. During a press event last Tuesday, the exasperated President said: 'Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?… Are people still talking about this guy, this creep?' A Fox News clip also recently resurfaced showing Trump claiming he might not be interested in releasing further Epstein documents because they might contain 'phony stuff.' You can kind of see why Trump wants the whole thing to go away. The scandal has threatened to destabilize the president's Justice Department, which is reportedly at war with itself over how best to handle the controversy. A supposed feud between the Deputy Director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, and Attorney General Pam Bondi has resulted in significant internal strain and the appearance of an agency that doesn't know what it's doing or who is in charge. To make matters more interesting, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's ex-girlfriend (who was convicted of child sex trafficking in 2021 and sentenced to twenty years in prison), has said that she would be willing to testify before Congress about the dead financier's activities. However, many voices on the right have voiced skepticism over whether Maxwell would be a reliable source of information. Trump has admitted that he personally associated with Maxwell and Epstein. When Maxwell was sentenced to prison, Trump merely said: 'I wish her well.' Other odd details about the case continue to bubble to the surface. According to a blog post from Judd Legum, a lawyer who briefly represented Epstein prior to his death later went on to become part of President Trump's legal defense team during his impeachment trials. That lawyer, David Schoen, has claimed that he can say 'authoritatively, unequivocally, and definitely that [that Epstein] had no information to hurt President Trump.' How could he be sure? Well, according to Schoen, Epstein told him as much before he kicked the bucket. Such details have only served to pique public interest, as web users seek answers that are not forthcoming from the government. Meanwhile, even the slow-to-do-anything Democrats have seized upon the Epstein issue and begun to politicize it to their advantage. A group of House Democrats is currently attempting to force Bondi to release all of the Epstein documents. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) told Axios that he wants to file an amendment to an upcoming cryptocurrency bill that would force Bondi to 'retain, preserve and compile any records or evidence related to any investigation, prosecution or incarceration' of Epstein, before publishing it to a public website.
