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Guardians fan robs young girl of home run ball, issues public apology in viral moment
With the weather starting to heat up and the nights getting longer, I can’t think of a better way to spend the spring and summer months than taking in a baseball game at the ballpark.
How could it get any better than that?
I’ll tell you how: catching a home-run ball.
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Cleveland Guardians’ Chase DeLauter jogs the bases after hitting a solo home run against Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert during the first inning of an opening day game in Seattle, Wash., on March 26, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)
There are few things more thrilling than taking home a dinger from your favorite team’s home game, but one man may have taken things a bit too far in his endeavors to bring back a souvenir from a Cleveland Guardians game earlier this week.
In the bottom of the 5th inning, Guardians outfielder Daniel Schneemann mashed one over the wall in left field, and our overzealous Cleveland fan pounced on it as if it were a loose ball in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
The only problem — he wasn’t the only one going for the ball.
Stealing a ball from a little girl, be it inadvertently or otherwise, on national television, no less, has to be the worst look in the world for a grown man.
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Bieber sits in the dugout during the fourth inning of the Major League Baseball interleague game against the Colorado Rockies on July 30, 2025, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. (Rank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
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According to ClutchPoints, the adult fan’s name is Maxx Quinn and the young robbery victim is named Evelyn, and, as you can see in the video, Evelyn is pretty bummed she got outmuscled and outhustled for that long fly.
Apparently, someone from the team emerged to give Evelyn and her brother some signed baseballs, but that didn’t stop the people of the internet from going after Quinn for his actions.
It got so bad that Quinn even appeared on a local news show to issue a public apology.
“I mean, first of all, I want to put out an apology. I just want to say, I am sorry. I am sorry to the family, I am sorry to the parents, the little girl, her brother,” Quinn said, live on air.
“I’m so utterly sorry for everything that’s transpired. Like you said, it was a heat-of-the-moment thing. I made a bad decision; a lot of bad decisions. I’m paying for it online. And I understand the backlash, and I understand that everything that everyone has said to me. But there was no mal intent, and I did give it back to her. You know, I didn’t do it in a timely fashion. If I could do it all over again, just grab it, give it to her, and be done with it.”
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Good Lord! They roasted him so badly he turned into Tim Tebow after his loss to Ole Miss.
Cleveland Guardians’ Chase DeLauter celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert during the first inning of an opening day baseball game in Seattle, Wash., on March 26, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
In all seriousness, it’s nice to see he’s contrite for his actions, and, to her credit, Evelyn accepted his apology.
“Hi Maxx, thanks for giving us the ball back. We forgive you for it. We know the internet has been going wild over this. We hope they forgive you,” she said.
See, all’s well that ends well!
Now the internet can stop calling this guy a scumbag and get back to arguing over redistricting practices and the war in Iran.
Hurray for a return to normalcy!
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Average price of gas in California edges past $6 a gallon, highest level in four years | California
The average price for a gallon of gas in California rose to $6 this week as fuel prices across the US reached their highest level in almost four years.
The American Automobile Association reported on Friday that California consumers were paying an average of $6.06, while the national average hit $4.39. The Golden state is the most expensive US market for gas but costs have also risen nationally with a 27-cent rise this week following two weeks of falling prices, AAA said in a statement.
The surge marks the peak in prices since the start of the US war with Iran, which has significantly disrupted the global oil market and driven up gas prices around the world.
The conflict has had significant impacts on US consumers. Americans have paid $21.7bn more to fill their gas tanks since 1 March, Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at the firm GasBuddy, said on Thursday. Across the US, gas prices have risen about 44% since late February.
Because of the California’s strict emissions standards, high taxes and reliance on imported petroleum, state residents already pay more for gas than anywhere else in the US. California’s fuel stockpiles hit record lows in April, and gasoline imports dropped sharply.
“California is arguably the state most impacted by the strait of Hormuz in the United States, which has been largely insulated from the events,” said Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at Dow Jones Energy.
With prices rising across the US, Gavin Newsom, the California governor, has been critical of Donald Trump.
“Every American who fills up their tank this week, buys groceries or books a flight is paying Donald Trump’s Iran war tax,” Newsom said in a press release on Thursday.
Miguel Angel Cruz, who owns a landscaping business that requires him to drive, told Reuters that he used to fill up his truck for $50 but it now costs $80.
“I cannot drive any less,” Cruz said. “Every time we get a new president in the White House, they say this year is gonna be better. But nothing’s changed. It’s the same story, except now it’s worse because of the war in Iran.”
A recent survey found that people are planning fewer vacations over the next six months, and far fewer people are planning to drive to their destinations.
The US is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Route 66, which stretches across eight states to connect Chicago with Los Angeles, with a series of events. About 41% of Americans planned to visit some portion of the route during this year’s celebration, according to an AAA survey.
Reuters contributed reporting
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Virginia man accused of offering house to drop child sodomy charges
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Cameron Scott Jared Mayo, who is facing charges for sodomizing an 8-year-old girl, tried to bribe the girl’s mother with a house to drop the charges in January, a Virginia prosecutor alleged.
A grand jury indicted Mayo, who was already facing 10 charges, including forcible sodomy, on a fresh count of bribery in February, according to the indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.
Mayo allegedly sent text messages to the victim’s mother, Christine Houff, who he shares a home with, asking her to help make the charges go away.
In court, Albemarle Circuit Court prosecutor Lawton Tufts read the texts Mayo allegedly sent Houff.
Cameron Scott Jared Mayo is facing 10 counts of sodomy and sexual abuse of a minor and one count of bribery. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail)
“If yall are willing to stop all this, you can have 100%,” Mayo allegedly wrote.
Mayo and Houff share a Virginia home that the mother was willing to sell and split the proceeds from, Tufts argued Wednesday during Mayo’s pretrial hearing, The Daily Progress reported.
An outside view of the Albermarle County Circuit Courthouse where Cameron Scott Jared Mayo is being tried. (Google Maps)
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“You have the power to stop this, if you wanted to,” Mayo continued in the texts.
“The case doesn’t exist without your cooperation,” Mayo allegedly added, according to the prosecutor.
“He’s essentially saying you can have the house if you make the case go away,” Tufts said in the hearing.
The Albermarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, where 31-year-old Cameron Scott Jared Mayo is being held without bail after being indicted on sodomy charges (Google Maps)
Mayo was originally charged with the sodomy counts in December 2023.
A separate grand jury indictment obtained by Fox News Digital alleged that he repeatedly sodomized the young girl between June 2022 and June 2023. During that time, she was between the ages of 8 and 9 and he was between the ages of 27 and 28.
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Mayo, who is being held without bond at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, will have a four-day jury trial in October.
Mayo could face life in prison if convicted on the sodomy charges.
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UK defence firm Ultra Electronics to pay £15m after SFO bribery investigation | Serious Fraud Office
The British defence company Ultra Electronics has accepted responsibility for failure to prevent bribery and agreed to pay £15m after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
The penalties are part of a deferred prosecution approved by the high court on Friday, after an investigation opened in 2018, when the company referred itself to the UK law enforcement agency a month after corruption allegations were published by Algerian media.
Ultra agreed to pay a £10m penalty and £4.8m to cover the SFO investigation costs, after it admitted failing to prevent bribery in connection with three public sector contracts in Algeria and Oman, sought through the use of agents.
Graham McNulty, the interim director of the SFO, said: “Bribery undermines that trust and corrodes the systems on which society relies. Today’s outcome underlines the Serious Fraud Office’s determination to investigate and hold companies to account where those standards are breached.”
The contracts in question were a £200m deal awarded by Oman’s ministry of transport and communications, another for technology and e-commerce solutions at Houari Boumediene airport in Algiers, and a third for encryption technology for Algeria’s ministry of post and telecommunications. The Algerian contracts – which were ultimately not secured by the company – were expected to generate a profit of £1.4m.
Ultra agreed to take steps to reform its business practices, and must provide yearly reports for the next three years to the SFO to demonstrate the effectiveness of its anti-bribery and compliance programme.
Ultimately owned by the US-based private equity group Advent International, Ultra had been listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by rival UK defence company Cobham in 2021 in a £2.6bn deal. Cobham had previously been bought by Advent in 2020.
The agreement represents a much-needed win for the SFO, which was been hit by the collapse of high profile cases against companies including Serco, G4S and London Mining. The agency is now searching for a new leader, and the last time it imposed a penalty for corporate bribery was in 2022, when it fined the mining company Glencore £281m.
“This DPA is a welcome deal to end a drought of corporate bribery successes for the SFO,” said Helen Taylor, the deputy director of the nonprofit Spotlight on Corruption, which has been following the case. “Coming at a time of growing geopolitical instability and rising defence spending, this enforcement action sends an important signal to those in the defence industry tempted to cut corners to secure lucrative public contracts.”
However, she decried the level of penalty, saying there was a risk defence groups would simply “factor such penalties into the cost of doing business in a high-risk, high-reward sector”.
It comes three years after Ultra agreed a similar deal with public prosecutors in Canada. The 2023 remediation agreement found the company accountable for two counts of bribing officials in the Philippines, and one of defrauding the Filipino government.
The offences, which took place between 2006 and 2018, related to the procurement of ballistic missile systems for the Philippine national police, and the company was ordered to pay over C$10m (£5.4m) in penalties, surcharges and forfeiture charges.
While the original 2018 SFO investigation related to Algeria, it was expanded to cover Oman in 2023. The agency said it was widening the scope further in October 2024 to include the company’s worldwide operations.
The SFO said on Friday it had previously withdrawn from negotiations with Ultra after concluding “the conditions for a meaningful agreement were not in place”. Negotiations only resumed after what it described as “significant changes to the company’s ownership, structure and leadership”.
In a statement, Ultra said it had “fully cooperated” with the investigation, and that the SFO “acknowledged Ultra’s exemplary cooperation and the extensive enhancement to Ultra’s compliance programme” since its acquisition.
It said: “The agreement reached between Ultra and the SFO, approved today by the court, recognises Cobham Ultra’s status as a model of good practice within the defence industry.”
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Mayor recounts ordeal after wife bitten by copperhead snake: ‘Excruciating pain’
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A North Carolina politician is spreading awareness after his wife was bitten by a copperhead snake in a frightening incident this week.
Robert Burns, mayor of Monroe, a suburb southeast of Charlotte, shared the harrowing incident in an X post on April 30.
“So … word has gotten out that my sweet wife was bitten by a large copperhead last night,” he began. “When it happened, we rushed her to the ER.”
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The Republican mayor said that, though his wife Lauren’s vitals have stabilized, they’re “not out of the woods yet.”
“She is in a lot of pain, probably more than I’ve ever seen her in,” Burns wrote.
Robert Burns described the frightening moment his wife was bitten near a wooded area on their property, leading to hours of medical monitoring. (Actual snake not shown.) (iStock; @RobertBurns82 via X)
“We’re a busy family with a lot going on right now, but we truly cherish your prayers and are grateful for all the support, texts, calls, emails and well wishes,” he added.
The copperhead snake is the most common and prevalent venomous snake in the state, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s website.
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“In many areas, including most of the larger urban areas of the state, it is the only venomous snake,” the site says. “Because they are so widespread and tolerate living near people, copperheads account for probably over 90% of venomous snakebites in North Carolina.”
“She is in a lot of pain, probably more than I’ve ever seen her in.”
Speaking to Fox News Digital on Friday, the mayor said his wife is currently “resting in bed as best as she can.”
“I’ve not seen her in this consistent amount of pain before,” he said. “We’ve had six children, and I’ve also seen her with kidney stones. I’ve seen it all, and she is in excruciating pain right now.”
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Burns, who is known as “NC’s mayor,” said the incident happened while he was outside grilling food as Lauren spoke on the phone with her father.
Lauren was walking near a rope swing in a wooded area on their property when she was suddenly bitten by the reptile.
Copperheads rely on camouflage to blend into their surroundings, making them difficult to spot before an encounter. (iStock)
“All I heard was, ‘Babe, it’s not good, this is not good,’ and I’m like, ‘Are you okay?'” he recalled. “She ran around the side of the house, and she’s like, ‘Babe, I think I got bit by a snake.”
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Burns quickly used his cell phone flashlight and found two puncture wounds on her left ankle.
“They were bleeding. They were big enough,” he said.
Copperhead snakes are the most common venomous snakes in North Carolina, accounting for the vast majority of bites across the state. (iStock)
When Burns asked what type of snake it was, his wife said it may have been a copperhead. They went back and found the likely culprit.
“This was about a 4-foot snake,” he said. “It was probably about as thick as my wrist to my forearm.”
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Burns added, “The second you see a copperhead, you know it’s a copperhead, because it’s a copper color and it has a pattern on its back, and it was big.”
The couple’s 14-year-old daughter had just been walking barefoot in the same area moments before the bite, he said. She may have even tripped over the snake without realizing it.
“These are the types of snakes that don’t run,” Burns said. “They don’t flee … they stand their ground.”
Copperheads are responsible for more than 90 percent of venomous snake bites in North Carolina, according to state officials. (iStock)
Doctors monitored Lauren for several hours, tracking her vitals and consulting poison control as as swelling spread from her foot up her leg.
While the bite caused significant pain and inflammation, her condition stabilized, and the family ultimately chose not to use anti-venom due to potential risks. Lauren was discharged to recover at home, where they are managing her pain.
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Burns encourages people to be cautious.
“Any snake bite, you want to take seriously,” he said. “Because you don’t really know, especially if you don’t get eyes on it.”
“I’m very grateful for all the support and help.”
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Trump tears up EU tariff deal and raises some import duties | Trump tariffs
Donald Trump has said he is tearing up part of the tariff deal he struck with EU leaders at his golf course in Scotland last summer, criticising Brussels for taking so long to ratify the deal.
Blindsiding Brussels late on May Day bank holiday on Friday, he announced that he would be increasing tariffs on cars and lorries imported into the US from the EU from 15% to 25% from next week.
Vehicles made in the US by EU companies would be exempt from the increase, he wrote on Truth Social.
“I am pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our full agreed to Trade Deal, next week I will be increasing Tariffs charged to the European Union for Cars and Trucks coming into the United States,” Trump said.
In a follow-up comment, he said – appearing to refer to EU promises of investments – that “many automobile and truck plants are currently under construction with 100 Billion Dollars being invested, A RECORD in the History of Car and Truck Manufacturing. These Plants, staffed with American Workers will be Opening Soon.”
The EU parliament’s international trade committee chair, the German MEP Bernd Lange, responded immediately, saying Trump’s announcement proved how untrustworthy the US now was.
“This is no way to treat close partners,” Lange said. “Now we can only respond with the utmost clarity and firmness, drawing on the strength of our position.”
Although the European parliament voted at the end of March to progress the deal, it still has not been formally signed off in what is known as the “trilogue” process, involving signatures from the European Commission, the European council of EU leaders and the parliament.
The EU is likely to launch an intense diplomatic campaign to bring the deal back from the brink but if it does not the deal may well be delayed again.
The latest tariff development comes as Trump threatened to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain, a day after saying he was looking at reducing the number deployed in Germany.
Asked late on Thursday whether he would consider pulling US troops out of Italy and Spain, he told reporters: “Probably … look, why shouldn’t I? Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible, absolutely horrible.”
His announcement on tariffs also comes a week after European Commission vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, made a three-day trip to Washington, meeting all the relevant senior figures in Trump’s administration, including the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, the US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, and the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. It was the first trip Šefčovič had made since the July EU-US tariff deal was signed.
The news also comes weeks after the European parliament voted to ratify the deal, having twice paused the formal process for the tariff deal.
In January MEPs formally suspended the process in protest at Trump’s threat to take over Greenland from Denmark, and in February the parliament paused the voting procedure following an adverse supreme court ruling.
Although the 15% tariff deal was ruled illegal by the supreme court earlier this year, the tax on cars was imposed under separate legislation known as section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
The Turnberry deal in Scotland agreed a 15% tariff on imports from the EU on most goods, including cars, which were then facing tariffs of 50% on exports to the US.
Following heavy lobbying from the EU, the German car manufacturers and words from the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Trump relented, agreeing to include cars in the 15% baseline all-inclusive tariff rate. But 50% tariffs on steel continued and, as a quid pro quo, the EU agreed to buy $750bn of energy from the US and make $600bn investment in the US.
The EU has been approached for a response.
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Five dead after Cessna 421C crashes near Wimberley, Texas
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Five people were killed in an overnight plane crash in Texas, according to authorities.
First responders were called to the scene after receiving a report of a crash in the 200 block of Round Rock Road in Wimberley, according to FOX 7 Austin.
The aircraft has reportedly been identified as a Cessna 421C that was carrying five passengers when it crashed.
All five individuals are confirmed dead, the outlet reported.
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Authorities are investigating after a Cessna 421C airplane crashed in Wimberley, Texas, on May 1, 2026. (KTTV)
A preliminary investigation reportedly revealed the aircraft was traveling at a high rate of speed before it crashed, but did not show any indication of a midair collision.
A second plane that was traveling in the area subsequently landed without incident at the New Braunfels airport.
All five passengers died after a Cessna 421C airplane crashed in Wimberley, Texas, on May 1, 2026. (KTTV)
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the incident.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NTSB for comment.
The five individuals identities’ have not yet been released as authorities work to notify next of kin.
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Letter bomb in Uttarakhand! Congress attacks Dhami government, questions raised on real and fake
The rhetoric has once again intensified in the politics of Uttarakhand. This time the root of the controversy has become a viral letter, due to which Congress and BJP have come face to face. But the interesting thing is that the truth of the letter on the basis of which Congress is cornering the government has not been made clear till now.
Congress State President Ganesh Godiyal held a press conference at the party headquarters on Friday (May 1) and made many serious allegations against the Dhami government. He raised questions on the presence of police officers in a bar located on Rajpur Road and also raised the issue of not being able to meet the Governor.
The biggest issue was an alleged letter viral on social media, which is being linked to the name of Arvind Pandey. In this letter, questions have reportedly been raised on the working style of the Chief Minister.
Big question on the authenticity of the viral letter
The most important question amid the entire controversy is whether this letter is genuine? Neither has it been officially confirmed yet nor is it clear who actually wrote it.
Political experts say that making allegations on the basis of any document without verification raises many questions in itself. If this letter is true, what was the way to make it public? And if it is wrong, then who made it viral?
Questions were also raised on the role of Congress
The role of Congress in this matter has also come under question. It is being said that this letter could be a part of the internal communication of BJP. In such a situation, the question arises that how did it reach Congress?
There is discussion in political circles that Congress is trying to take political advantage by giving more importance to this issue. Some analysts even said that this has become a situation like “Abdullah going crazy in a foreign marriage”.
Arvind Pandey’s silence increased the suspense
Till now no clear response has come from the MLA in whose name this letter is going viral, i.e. Arvind Pandey. His silence has made this entire matter more mysterious. If the letter is genuine, it may point to internal differences in the BJP. But if it is fake, then it could also be part of a bigger conspiracy.
In the press conference, Ganesh Godiyal has demanded a SIT investigation into this matter. But the question is also arising whether this demand is for an impartial investigation or a strategy to put pressure on the government. Because demanding investigation on the basis of a letter without authenticity is also being considered a political move.
BJP’s silence increased the stir
Till now no official statement has come from Pushkar Singh Dhami or BJP in this entire matter. This is the reason why the market of speculation has become more heated. Political experts believe that in the coming days, BJP will clarify its stand on this issue, after which the situation may become more clear.
At present, this issue has completely dominated the politics of Uttarakhand. Amidst the allegations and counter-allegations, questions are being raised in the minds of common people as to what is the truth. Until the authenticity of this viral letter is revealed, it would not be wrong to say that the truth seems to be left behind in this noise of politics.
US warns shippers against paying Strait of Hormuz tolls, ‘donations’ | US-Israel war on Iran News
Latest warning comes as Iranian state media reports Tehran has presented new peace proposal to US.
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The United States has warned that any shippers paying tolls or other fees to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz risk being sanctioned.
The warning on Friday comes as a US naval blockade of the strait continued for its third week, amid stalled US-Iran ceasefire talks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called the ongoing siege on the country’s ports “intolerable”.
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list of 3 itemsend of listIran’s influence over, and ability to effectively close, the Strait of Hormuz emerged as a key point of leverage shortly after the US and Israel began launching attacks on Iran on February 28.
About one-fifth of the global crude oil and liquefied natural gas maritime shipments pass through the arterial waterway.
In its past proposals to end the war, Iran has proposed charging fees or tolls for vessels seeking to pass through the state. Washington has repeatedly rejected the prospect.
The advisory from the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Iran may offer shippers fiat currency, digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments.
It said those also included payments framed as charitable donations, including to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Bonyad Mostazafan, or Iranian embassy accounts.
“OFAC is issuing this alert to warn US and non-US persons about the sanctions risks of making these payments to, or soliciting guarantees from, the Iranian regime for safe passage,” it said.
“These risks exist regardless of payment method,” it said.
Both the government of Iran and the International Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) remain under US sanctions.
The advisory on Friday came as Iranian state media reported that Tehran had sent a new proposal for a lasting ceasefire to the Trump administration.
A White House spokesperson said it does not “detail private diplomatic conversations”, declining to confirm receipt of the proposal.
The spokesperson, Anna Kelly, added that “Trump has been clear that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon, and negotiations continue to ensure the short- and long-term national security of the United States”.
Both sides have largely halted attacks since reaching a tentative agreement to pause fighting on April 7. Trump has repeatedly threatened to resume attacks amid the stalled negotiations.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that Tehran remains open to diplomacy with the US if Washington alters its “expansionist approach” and “threatening rhetoric”.
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