Additional reading: That was fast: Vice President J.D. Vance and the rest of the U.S. negotiating team left Pakistan after less than 24 hours of negotiations with Iran. President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic was—imagine this—”UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS.” As a result, Trump vowed to implement a U.S. blockade of ships entering and exiting Iranian ports—he said he would blockade the Strait of Hormuz but CENTCOM later clarified the operation is narrower—conduct a mine-clearing operation, and “BLOW TO HELL” anyone who fires at the United States while doing so. “Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully ‘LOCKED AND LOADED,’ and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran!” Trump said. Liberal congressman and California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell is facing a criminal investigation from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after former staffers accused him of sexual misconduct, including one who said Swalwell raped her in a New York City hotel room in 2024. Swalwell is now facing calls to resign from Congress. He hasn’t resigned, though he did suspend his gubernatorial campaign on Sunday night, saying he “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment” while simultaneously pledging to “fight the serious, false allegations that have been made.” The left-wing candidate in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, Graham Platner, vowed to work with Kentucky Republicans “Ron Paul” and Thomas Massie if elected to the upper chamber. Platner—who appeared to mistake the 90-year-old Paul with his son, Sen. Rand Paul—named the pair after an attendee at a Friday virtual town hall asked Platner, “Do you think bipartisanship is still possible, and in what ways would you be willing to work with Republicans?” Platner said he is “completely” and “very much” aligned with Paul and Massie on issues like foreign policy. The New York City cops who stopped a machete-wielding maniac at Grand Central Terminal on Saturday were working overtime subway station shifts—the sort of assignment that could plummet under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who pledged during his campaign to eliminate NYPD’s overtime budget in an attempt to save money. Check out our full Monday lineup below. Gavin Newsom Said He Had a ‘Moral Duty’ To Release His Tax Returns Every Year He Served in Office. He Hasn’t Since 2022. Meet the California Millionaire Funding Anti-Oil Lawsuits—And the Columbia Academics Working To Influence the Judges Handling The Cases Managing the Mullahs: What a Negotiated Victory Over Iran Looks Like How to Handle Your Out-of-Control Ivy Guests of the Nation Former Eric Swalwell Staffer Says California Democrat Sexually Assaulted Her Twice: ‘I Blacked Out and He Had Sex With Me’ Texas Democratic Senate Hopeful James Talarico Sought To Create ‘New Generation of Climate Activists’ by Mandating Climate Change Lessons in Texas Schools ‘That Ain’t My Party’: Al Sharpton Says It Would Be ‘Crazy’ for Black People To Celebrate America’s 250th as 2028 Dem Hopefuls Pay Homage to Him El-Sayed Campaigns With UMich Board of Regents Candidate Who Shared Since-Deleted Posts Praising Hezbollah and Iranian Regime Maine Democrat Graham Platner Vows To Work With ‘Ron Paul,’ Thomas Massie if Elected to Senate: ‘Very Much Aligned’ GOP’s John Sununu ‘Very Confident’ He Can Win Under-the-Radar New Hampshire Senate Race As Polling Shows Tight Contest No One Is Alone, Except Maybe Stephen Sondheim He’s Crafty: How George Downing Kept His Head Trump Administration Moves Closer To Deporting Mahmoud Khalil as Immigration Board Nixes Agitator’s Last Ditch Plea Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.