Offensive stage of Iran war is over, US Secretary of State Rubio says

Kathryn Armstrong / BBC

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the initial US-Israeli offensive in Iran - known as Operation Epic Fury - is over after it reached its objectives.

"We would prefer the path of peace. What the president [Donald Trump] would prefer is a deal," he told reporters on Tuesday. 

His comments come after a spate of attacks in the Strait of Hormuz raised fears the ceasefire between the US and Iran was in jeopardy. The US has said it aims to guide stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway.

Tehran has not commented on Rubio's statement, but Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf earlier said: "We know well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America, while we are just getting started."

Ghalibaf, Iran's top negotiator in last month's talks with the US, said "Shipping security and energy transit have been jeopardised by the US and its allies with the ceasefire violations and blockade. However, their evil acts will fail". Read more here.

Trump’s nixing Michelle Obama’s student health program and restarting Presidential Fitness Test at US schools 

Emily Goodin / NEW YORK POST 

President Trump formally nixed former first lady Michelle Obama’s student health program and reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test to schools across the country Tuesday as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

Surrounded by school children, champion golfers and cabinet secretaries, Trump announced the new Presidential Fitness Test Award, which he called “a certificate in recognition of achievement of the gold standard of physical fitness.”

“I work out so hard on a personal basis. I work out so much – like about one minute a day, max, if I’m lucky,” Trump joked to laughter in the Oval Office.

The original Presidential Physical Fitness Test was scrapped in 2013 and replaced with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, part of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative, which focused more on overall health than personal athletic achievement and performance based standards. Read more, see photos and video here. 

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Just a Thought...

Op-ed:

Bipartisanship or Bust 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

This article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.   

...And herein now lies the problem, for unseen since the days of the great Ronald Reagan has “bipartisanship” been a true and lasting Congressional reality. Why so...because both Democrats and Republicans now seem to thrive on constantly being at each others political throats, thus they never allow themselves to even begin to work together to find common sense solutions to the shared problems at hand. And in their failing to do so, these folks willingly ignore the fact that the act of “bipartisanship” itself can actually help to negate the extreme wings...the overtly vocal and at times physically dangerous wings...of both the Republican and Democrat parties.

And also something to note is that “bipartisanship” does tend to lead to overall governmental stability via the implementation of not only centrist solutions to problems, but accomplishes this while eliminating the fear of policy reversals occurring simply because the party in power has once again shifted hands...the very thing that has allowed round after round of inane partisan bickering to sadly become the new norm.

In other words “bipartisanship” does work best when it's coupled with both parties returning to the letter of the law that is the “United States Constitution.” Read entire article here.

Man allegedly opens fire on Secret Service near White House as child injured in chaos

The Secret Service said a child was injured when the suspect opened fire on officers who were pursuing him

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News  

U.S. Secret Service officers shot an armed person Monday near the White House, according to a federal source familiar with the incident.

The shooting happened near 15th Street and Independence Avenue, a little over a half mile from the White House and close to the Washington Monument. 

Secret Service Uniformed Division officers engaged the individual after the person pulled a gun, a federal source told Fox News Digital.

In a press conference, Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said that a juvenile bystander was struck by the suspect. The child who was struck did not sustain any life-threatening injuries, but is receiving treatment at the hospital, Quinn said.

Quinn said the confrontation began after trained surveillance personnel spotted a "visual print" of a weapon.

"My understanding is they observed a print," Quinn said. "These are trained surveillance detection personnel out there looking every day to look for just that... and they observed a visual print of a firearm."

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