Date: May 22, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
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Here’s a sample of stories Jim shared during the first quarter hour. Hear the rest, as well as how listeners responded, on this edition of Crosstalk.
–Tulsi Gabbard has resigned from her post as Director of National Intelligence. She explained she is leaving this position in order to support her husband who has a rare form of bone cancer.
–A New Jersey Shore town is calling in an impressive show of force in preparation for Memorial Day Weekend following a surge of viral teen takeovers, pop-up parties and a past of chaos.
–Iran is reportedly still reviewing the latest peace proposal from the U.S.
–Iran’s parliament reportedly is considering a bill calling for the assassination of both President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
–The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counter-intelligence agent accused of providing national defense information to Iran.
–Iran has been caught teaching children how to use AK47 rifles, just as its Ayatollah declared jihad in a series of ominous social media posts.
–The Treasury Department announced new sanctions Tuesday targeting businesses, vessels, and financial networks accused of helping Iran move billions of dollars through oil sales, foreign currency exchanges and covert shipping operations despite existing U.S. sanctions.
–The Senate voted to advance a war powers resolution Tuesday aimed at halting U.S. hostilities against Iran.
–U.S. officials suspect that Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states.
–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces now control roughly 60% of the Gaza Strip.
–Israel has said it has killed the leader of Hamas’ military wing and one of the key planners of the October 7th, 2023 attacks that sparked war in Gaza.
–The U.S. announced last Friday evening that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended for another 45 days, even as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continues along Israel’s volatile northern border.
–Pakistan has deployed about 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a confidential mutual defense pact.
–Nearly 100 people, many of them children and teachers, were abducted in two separate attacks in Nigeria last weekend, intensifying fears over ongoing jihadist violence and growing insecurity across the nation.
–Elon Musk comments on self driving cars, their rise in popularity, and his brain chip company where he uses the phrase: “Jesus level miracles.”
