{"id":210491,"date":"2026-05-12T13:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-says-he-didnt-even-finish-reading-irans-peace-proposals-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:12:15","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-says-he-didnt-even-finish-reading-irans-peace-proposals-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-says-he-didnt-even-finish-reading-irans-peace-proposals-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president says he \u2018didn\u2019t even finish reading\u2019 Iran\u2019s peace proposals – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ceasefire on \u2018life support\u2019, Trump says as he considers restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz \u2013 key US politics stories from 11 May 2026 at a glance
Donald Trump has dismissed Iran\u2019s latest peace proposals as stupid and denied he was under any domestic pressure to reach a deal.
Referring to the ceasefire in force since 7 April, Trump said: \u201cI would call it the weakest, right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us \u2013 I didn\u2019t even finish reading it.
\u201cI would say the ceasefire is on massive life support, where the doctor walks in and says: \u2018Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.\u2019\u201d
Trump\u2019s latest comments came after oil prices jumped again when Iran said there would be no further talks about ending the blockade of the strait of Hormuz unless he accepted its terms.
Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on \u201clife support\u201d and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.
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Alabama<\/a> can use a congressional map a lower court had previously said was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black voters in the state, the US supreme court ruled on Monday.
The court\u2019s decision on Monday shows how aggressively the justices are willing to move to free up Republican states to redraw districts that dilute the influence of Black voters.
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Chuck Schumer<\/a>, the US Senate\u2019s top Democrat, has vowed to oppose a Republican plan<\/a> to spend $1bn on security improvements for the ballroom<\/a> Donald Trump<\/a> is seeking to build on the White House\u2019s former East Wing. The money is set to be included in a measure Republicans<\/a> plan to pass that would allocate about $70bn to the federal agencies leading Trump\u2019s mass deportation campaign, with the intention of keeping them operational through the remainder of the president\u2019s term.
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A group of 40 House Democrats have described \u201cgrave concerns\u201d over the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s secretive program of deportation flights and demanded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) address allegations of mistreatment and inhumane conditions on ICE charter jets.
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Pete Hegseth<\/a> said he had referred senator Mark Kelly<\/a> to Pentagon lawyers for allegedly disclosing classified information about depleted US weapons stockpiles \u2013 information Kelly said he heard from the defense secretary, in public, under oath.
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The suspect accused<\/a> of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump<\/a> last month at a gala in Washington DC has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Cole Tomas Allen did not speak in court on Monday as his attorney entered the plea on his behalf.
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Donald Trump has once again nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) after Hamilton was previously fired for publicly opposing plans to abolish the agency.
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A historic preservation group on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to halt Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing renovation to the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s reflecting pool<\/a>, the latest in a string of court challenges to efforts to remake Washington DC landmarks from the US president and former real estate developer.<\/p>\n

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The US supreme court<\/a> extended a short-term order to continue allowing nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone<\/a><\/strong>, an abortion medication, in a shadow-docket decision on Monday.
Virginia Democrats asked the US supreme court on Monday to revive a congressional map designed to boost their party\u2019s chances in November\u2019s midterm elections<\/a><\/strong>, turning to the court as Republicans \u2013 including allies of Donald Trump \u2013 seek to preserve narrow control of Congress.
The US Senate is expected to confirm Kevin Warsh this week as chair of the Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong>, as Donald Trump continues his campaign to influence the world\u2019s most important central bank.
A new research tool found a 42% drop in visitors from Canada to big metropolitan areas in the US<\/a><\/strong>, suggesting Canadians during the second Trump administration are avoiding US cities in particular.
New legal action aims to head off a Trump administration plan to open up to 24m acres of federal lands to cattle grazing<\/a><\/strong>, which opponents characterized as a gift to big agriculture and said could cause a spike in deaths among already imperiled wolves, grizzlies, steelhead salmon and other wildlife.
The family of one of two people killed in an April 2025 shooting at Florida State University<\/a> (FSU) has filed a federal lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, OpenAI<\/a><\/strong>, alleging that the suspected gunman carried out the attack \u201cwith input and information provided to him during conversations with ChatGPT<\/a> over a period of months, and specifically in the days leading up to the shooting\u201d.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 10 May 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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