Trump claims Hamas disarmament deal; Threatens to pull AG pick over two GOP senators

President Trump says Hamas has agreed to disarm

The problem? Hamas isn't saying so. Plus, Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general hits a wall

But he could still end up running the Justice Department. And he bought his son the gun used in a school shooting

Now he's heading to prison for more than a decade. The stories that matter, clear and credible

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Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. President Trump says he has reached a major new milestone in his Gaza peace plan

announcing what he calls a historic agreement for Hamas to disarm. In a Truth Social post Thursday night, Trump announced what he says is, quote

a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza

calling it a monumental step toward lasting peace and that Israel will have the security it deserves

The Board of Peace says Hamas has agreed to a roadmap for the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire after months of negotiations

Trump also said the agreement would put Gaza under a new Palestinian government

Hamas has not publicly confirmed the agreement. Meanwhile, Iran's military claims it launched drone strikes against U.S. military sites in Kuwait overnight

saying it targeted aircraft shelters, satellite communication systems, and equipment storage facilities in retaliation for American strikes on Keshem Island

U.S. Central Command has not confirmed any attacks. President Trump is threatening to pull the nomination of his own attorney general pick rather than give in to Republican holdouts

The standoff began after the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote on Todd Blanche's nomination

Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Tillis of North Carolina say they won't support Blanche

unless the Justice Department puts in writing that a controversial tax settlement cannot be used to revive the scrapped anti-weaponization fund

or shield future Trump tax filings from IRS audits. Speaking to reporters, Tillis said, quote

Somebody is telling him to not do what Blanche said they were going to do

Whoever that person is, is giving the president bad advice. The only reason why we wouldn move forward with this language is because that same advisor wants to bring it back to life at some point On X Cornyn said President Trump is wrong if he thinks the pushback stops with just the two of them Trump called Blanche a star on Truth Social criticizing both senators and saying he rather temporarily withdraw the nomination than give in to their demands writing

I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's name if they did not do the right thing and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office

Cornyn and Tillis are both not on the November ballot. But even if Trump pulls the nomination, Blanche would likely still remain in charge of the Justice Department

Under federal law, the deputy attorney general automatically assumes the duties of the attorney general when the office is vacant

Since Blanche is already serving as deputy and acting attorney general, a withdrawn nomination may change his title, but not his day-to-day authority

Just days after a deadly shooting at a Seattle food festival, the city's police chief has resigned

John Barnes submitted his resignation Thursday, and Mayor Katie Wilson accepted it, saying multiple factors led to the decision

Barnes came under fire after the shooting that killed three people, including two bystanders and one of the teen suspects

over the department's slow and inaccurate public updates, including erroneously reporting that two suspects had been arrested when only one was in custody

Barnes also faced questions about frequent travel outside Seattle. His family lives in Chicago, and he was in Dallas for a law enforcement conference the night of the shooting

Three Seattle council members criticized losing another police chief, saying the city has now gone through four chiefs in just two and a half years and needs stability

The Police Officers Guild, meanwhile, accused Mayor Wilson of creating confusion and sending mixed messages about Barnes' future

Down south, a judge sentenced a Georgia father to prison time for his role in his son's deadly school shooting in one of the first cases of its kind in the country

55-year-old Colin Gray received 15 years in prison after a jury found he ignored repeated warning signs about his son's mental health

then bought him the rifle used in the Appalachee High School shooting in September of 2024

Prosecutors had asked for an 80-year sentence. I don't have a concern that you're going to commit future crimes

You're 55 years old and you have no criminal history. You didn't intend to commit these crimes that you've been convicted of

But the loss here is profound. But I still have to distinguish your acts from the malignant heart and the acts that Colt Gray committed upon the Apalachee School

Outside the courtroom, District Attorney Brad Smith said the case should be a warning to other families

That people need to understand that this is a phenomenon going through our society and do not take these things lightly

and I own guns. I'm not against people owning guns. I own them myself

But when you see someone in distress, please take away their access to guns

A jury convicted the father, Colin Gray, earlier this year of second-degree murder

involuntary manslaughter, and other charges. He's the first parent in Georgia convicted in

connection with the mass school shooting committed by their child, and the first in the country

convicted of a murder in a case like this. His attorneys plan to appeal. The sentencing comes

just two days after his son, Colt Gray, now 16, was sentenced to life in prison without the

possibility of parole. More evidence in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation has led to

another dead end as the Pima County Sheriff's Office in Arizona also faces the threat of legal

action. Investigators say they were unable to develop a usable DNA profile from a hair found

inside Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson. Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News the sample was just

one part of the broader DNA ysis still underway, though he did not say what other

evidence is being tested. Meanwhile, lawyers for two men detained during the search for Guthrie

along with one man's mother, have filed a notice of claim against Sheriff Nanos and a detective

A notice of claim is the required first step before filing a lawsuit. One of the men, Carlos Palazuelos, was held at gunpoint and detained for hours

10 days after Guthrie's kidnapping. Authorities released him without charging him. The notice argues investigators have never publicly cleared Palazuelos

or stated he is not a suspect, leaving him to live under what his attorneys call a cloud of suspicion

Police handcuffed the second man, Daniel Maddox, and held him for several hours that same day at a home investigators were searching for evidence

The claim also includes Maddox's mother, who owns the home, alleging investigators damaged the property during the search

Finally this morning have you ever lost your keys and torn the house apart looking for them Annoying right Now imagine misplacing a flash drive that contains the only master copy of an unreleased Hollywood thriller

starring Nicolas Cage. That's the center of a new $105 million lawsuit. A UK-based production

company is suing Netflix, claiming the streaming giant failed to safeguard the master copy of the

unreleased World War II thriller Fortitude, starring Nicolas Cage, Ben Kingsley, and Ron

Perlman. The lawsuit says an associate producer hand-delivered the drive to Netflix for an

internal screening with instructions to delete the files afterward and return the drive. But

nine days later, Netflix reported the drive had been stolen from its Hollywood office

Netflix denies it's responsible, saying the movie was delivered without standard security

protections. The filmmakers are now seeking $105 million, saying they spent seven years and more

than $45 million making the film, and that the missing master copy has jeopardized its release

Oh my gosh. Did you hear that? It's like, uh, whoops. Oh, and by the way, honey, have you seen

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Those are your unbiased updates for this Friday. We'll see you back here on Monday. For all of us here at Straight Arrow, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Have a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend

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