It appears as though the U.S. and Iran have a peace deal, according to a report on Saturday. That’s exceptionally good news for an anxious nation still grappling with the high cost of living.
Not long ago, President Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that a deal has largely been reached. It comes following what sounds like a productive phone call with Middle East allies:
I am in the Oval Office at the White House where we just had a very good call with President Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, of The United Arab Emirates, Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Minister Ali al-Thawadi, of Qatar, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, of Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, of Türkiye, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of Egypt, King Abdullah II, of Jordan, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, of Bahrain, concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE.
An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed.
Separately, I had a call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, which, likewise, went very well. Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly.
In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.
Separately, the Washington Times reported exclusively:
The U.S. and Iran are expected to announce the finalization of a draft proposal of a peace deal to end the fighting on all fronts by Sunday afternoon, a source close to the negotiations told The Washington Times.
A draft proposal was agreed to early Saturday and expected to be announced within 24 hours, the source said.
Top negotiators, including Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalifbaf, Vice President J.D. Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, have approved the draft.
The draft version of the peace deal has been sent to leaders of both nations for final approval.
If successful, the deal would transform what has been a fragile six-week truce into a permanent peace, even as Mr. Trump has hinted fresh strikes would be possible.
If the deal goes through fully, that is exceptional news. Americans have been anxiously waiting for a deal as gas prices have soared again.
Trump Just Made Another Big Move to Aid His Ongoing Mass Deportation Operation
President Trump ran on a core set of issues, and one of them was to rid the country of the millions of people here illegally. Sealing the border was done almost immediately, so Trump has had his Department of Homeland Security laser-focused on mass deportations.
But he’s helping that effort too through various Executive Orders and Executive Branch policies, another of which he dropped earlier this week:
Here’s more:
The order directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining loans or credit cards. However, the order is less aggressive than banks had expected, as earlier reports suggested the White House was drafting an order that would make collecting customers’ citizenship information mandatory.
In the order, the White House framed the decision that banks would face credit risks if one of their customers were deported and any loans could no longer be repaid. The White House said it would not “permit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.”
Since banks have never collected any information about their customers’ citizenship or immigration status, there are no reliable public figures on how much risk these customers pose to the financial system.
Supporters of Trump’s deportation efforts have long stated that eliminating access to benefits like jobs, access to financial services, and other economic avenues will contribute to self-deportation.
Trump’s order began:
America’s financial institutions serve a critical role in safeguarding the American people against financial fraud and abuse. My Administration has taken significant steps to lower the costs of providing financial services for Americans and reduce unnecessary and burdensome Federal regulations that restrain economic growth and hamper the competitiveness of financial service providers nationwide.
However, it has long been the policy of the United States to adopt tailored measures to safeguard our financial system from illicit use and promote safe and sound lending and other practices by financial institutions. My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system posed by the extension of credit or financial services to the inadmissible and removable alien population.
I agree with the above tweet. The one thing I remember well from Trump’s first term was how he exposed all of the phony ‘cruise ship conservatives’ like William Kristol and his ilk.
For years they preached the very same policies Trump was implementing or trying to implement, but they fought him every step of the way because they didn’t like him and they really didn’t believe in America-first, true-conservative principles and values. Grifters to the max.
But as for Trump’s new bank policy, how anyone can be against it is beyond me. No other country allows foreigners – especially if they are in the country illegally – to bank there.
The RNC Just Got A Huge Election Integrity Win In A Potential Swing State
The Republican National Committee, along with the Trump Justice Department, continues to score voter integrity victories months before early voting begins in this year’s midterm elections. Of course, Democrats hate every one of them because – we know why.
The latest win was in North Carolina. The state now must purge its voter registration rolls of any and all persons who don’t have U.S. citizenship:
The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party say they secured a consent judgment requiring the North Carolina State Board of Elections to use jury-duty records to identify registered voters who have acknowledged they are not U.S. citizens.
Those noncitizens will have to be removed from voter rolls, a significant legal victory in forcing a state to purge its voter rolls amid strong Democrat opposition.
“This agreement is a major win for election integrity in North Carolina,” RNC Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox News Digital in a statement. “It’s straightforward: if someone admits they’re not a U.S. citizen during jury duty, that information should be used to check the voter rolls and remove anyone who doesn’t belong.”
More:
The agreement was accepted by Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford after an 19-minute online hearing Wednesday.
“This type of information, I think the General Assembly has made somewhat clear, should not fall on deaf ears,” Bedford said, The Carolina Journal reported, adding that information submitted to the court system should also be recognized by other agencies.
The agreement sets a schedule through 2028 for clerks to send the information to the elections board. Within 30 days of receiving it, the board must review voter-registration and citizenship status, send county elections boards reports on any registered voters identified, and refer cases to the State Bureau of Investigation and district attorneys if a person appears to have voted before becoming a U.S. citizen.
The agreement arises from a lawsuit filed by GOP groups in 2024. They accused the state board of not complying with a North Carolina law that mandates clerks of court to report individuals who seek to be excused from jury service by claiming they are not citizens.
A majority of North Carolinians agree that that states should remove non-citizens from voting rolls, with a bare majority of Democrats saying so, Fox noted.
But this isn’t an issue to be decided by ‘a majority.’ It’s only common sense that voting rolls contain only U.S. citizens. Good on the RNC and the Trump DOJ to force states to clean up their outdated registration rolls. Democrats have been using them to cheat for years.
DOJ Set to Issue Multiple Grand Jury Subpoenas In John Brennan Probe
Fox News reports that the Justice Department is preparing several grand jury subpoenas as part of an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.
Here are the details:
Justice Department officials in Miami and Washington, D.C., are actively preparing to issue several grand jury subpoenas relating to an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, Fox News has learned.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones is supervising the probe, Fox News is told.
Fox News first reported that Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey were under investigation as of early July 2025. Thursday’s development intensifies that investigation. Comey is fighting his case in court with a trial set for January.
Brennan has not been indicted, and it’s unclear if a grand jury would indict him, but evidence will be presented in South Florida.
As USA Journal readers know, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted last month and pleaded not guilty on October 8. His case just took a big turn, however, and there’s more on that here.
Just the other day, Brennan was confronted about his role in the Steele Dossier. Here’s what our Frank Bruno noted about it at the time:
Former Obama CIA Director John Brennan got a dose of reality Thursday at George Mason University — and it’s safe to say he didn’t see it coming.
The architect of some of the most politically tainted intelligence operations in modern history found himself face-to-face with someone who actually understands national security: Thomas Speciale, a national security consultant and former senior advisor to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Brennan was reportedly fuming over Gabbard’s actions after she took over as Director of National Intelligence — and for good reason. She did what he never had the courage or integrity to do: clean house.
When Gabbard declassified key documents exposing the Russia collusion hoax — a political smear Brennan himself helped breathe into life — the former CIA chief lost one of his favorite weapons: secrecy.
Speciale didn’t hold back — and good for him. During a panel featuring Brennan and fellow swamp relic Michael Hayden, he confronted the former CIA director twice and asked the question the media has avoided for years: why on earth was the debunked Steele dossier included in the intelligence community assessment?
Brennan completely lost it:
