Additional reading: The United States is negotiating with “A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME” in Iran, President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday, but is also prepared to move forward with attacks “blowing up and completely obliterating” the Islamic Republic’s oil infrastructure if a deal is not reached. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a subsequent ABC News appearance that “we also have to be prepared for the possibility, maybe even the probability,” that Iran will reject a deal. Iranian oil infrastructure isn’t the only potential target: Trump “is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran,” a mission that would likely require an “elite special operations team specially trained to remove radioactive material from a conflict zone,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Hundreds of Special Operations Forces recently arrived in the Middle East. At a traditional Passover Seder, the youngest capable child in attendance is tasked with reading the traditional “Four Questions.” At the “Seder” Zohran Mamdani attended Monday night, the task was assigned to Don Lemon, the 60-year-old former CNN host who was arrested earlier this year for storming a church in Minnesota. Another featured attendee at the Downtown Seder—obviously not a traditional one—was Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, the subject of the 2024 documentary film Sabbath Queen, which followed Lau-Lavie’s “epic journey” as a “drag-queen rebel.” Mamdani has dismissed criticism of his wife Rama Duwaji’s support for terrorism and use of a variety of slurs online by describing Duwaji as a “private person.” That’s BS, a number of the New York City mayor’s allies told Politico. “As the leader of New York City, he has to start addressing this,” said Moms United For Black Lives NYC’s Tanesha Grant. “It’s not good enough to just say she’s ‘a private person’—she’s not.” As another Mamdani ally put it: “She has a police detail and a government staff.” Left-wing Senate candidate Graham Platner signed a “Patients Over Profits” pledge in which he swore to refuse campaign donations from health care industry lobbyists—days after he held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., “hosted by lobbyists who have represented the sector,” the Bangor Daily News reported. Check out our full Tuesday lineup below. Michigan’s El-Sayed Says Free Beacon ‘May Have Illegally and Unethically Obtained Recording’ and Employs Diversion Tactic Discussed in Campaign Strategy Call Mamdani Sinks $260 Million Into Office of Community Safety, Where Social Workers Replace Cops, as Big Apple Faces Historic Budget Crisis Harvard’s Prayer-Free Pritzker Economics Building Is Called ‘Unconstitutional’ HHS Sued For Race-Based Program Reserved For ‘Native Hawaiian’ Students Washington Free Beacon Victorious Over AOC Campaign Photographer As Federal Court Tosses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit ‘She Has a Police Detail and a Government Staff’: Mamdani Allies Urge NYC Mayor To Confront Wife’s Controversial Social Media History Mamdani Attending ‘Postmodern’ Passover Seder With Don Lemon and ‘Drag Queen’ Rabbi US Negotiating With ‘NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE REGIME,’ Trump Says, But Will Strike Energy Infrastructure Without a Deal Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts. Subscribed