00:01Iran mulls the latest U.S. peace offer, but hours after saying he's in no hurry, President Trump says he
00:07may have to finish the job.
00:09Plus, a billion-dollar fight heads to court.
00:13Two January 6th officers are suing to block a fund they say could end up putting taxpayer money in the
00:19wrong hands.
00:20And SpaceX wants to reach Mars, but first it's heading to Wall Street.
00:24The Elon Musk company now taking a big step toward what could be a record stock debut.
00:32The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.
00:38These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow.
00:44Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelly.
00:46This morning, Iranian officials say they're reviewing the latest U.S. peace proposal.
00:50While Pakistan's army chief is expected in Tehran today as part of a push to keep negotiations moving.
00:57President Trump said he's not rushing to get a deal done.
01:01When asked Wednesday about negotiations, Trump said he's not interested in a narrow agreement that would only reopen the Strait
01:07of Hormuz.
01:08So we're going to give this one shot.
01:10I'm in no hurry.
01:11You never think, oh, the midterms, I'm in a hurry.
01:13I'm in no hurry.
01:13I just, ideally, I'd like to see a few people killed.
01:17Hours later, though, Trump struck a tougher tone during a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy,
01:24saying the military may have to go in and, quote, finish it up if Iran doesn't get smart and agree
01:29to a deal.
01:30At the same time, there are new concerns the ceasefire could unravel,
01:34with Washington and Tehran trading fresh threats and Israeli military officials saying they remain on high alert.
01:41Trump dismissed those concerns when asked about Israel's next steps, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will, quote,
01:49do whatever I want him to do.
01:51Two police officers who fought to defend the U.S. Capitol on January 6th are now suing the Trump administration.
01:58They're trying to block a nearly $2 billion fund they believe could end up paying rioters.
02:03Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday
02:10challenging the administration's new anti-weaponization fund.
02:14The program was created as part of a settlement between President Trump and the government
02:18after he agreed to drop his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax records.
02:24In the lawsuit, they write, quote,
02:26In the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century,
02:30President Donald J. Trump has created a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund
02:37to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups that commit violence in his name.
02:42The officers argue the money could reward people who took part in the Capitol attack,
02:47including groups that led the breach of the building.
02:50The suit also argues the fund violates the Constitution and points to the 14th Amendment,
02:55which states, quote,
02:57Neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
03:02incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.
03:06The Justice Department has defended the program,
03:09saying it is open to anyone who believes they were targeted by a weaponized legal system
03:14during the Biden presidency, not just January 6th defendants.
03:18Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche also refused this week
03:21to rule out the possibility that some January 6th defendants could apply for payments.
03:27Former FBI Director James Comey is asking a judge to push back his court case
03:33for at least three months in the case stemming from his controversial 8647 social media post.
03:40Comey's lawyers filed a motion Wednesday seeking to delay his arraignment until October,
03:45saying they need more time to review evidence turned over by prosecutors.
03:49Right now, the proceedings are set to begin July 15th.
03:53A grand jury indicted Comey on charges of threatening the president
03:56after he posted a photo, this one, to Instagram,
04:00showing seashells on a beach, arranged in the numbers 8647.
04:04The number 86 is commonly used as slang for getting rid of something,
04:09while Trump is the nation's 47th president.
04:12Prosecutors and Trump allies argue the post crossed the line.
04:16In Wednesday's filing, Comey's attorneys said they expect to file multiple motions
04:21seeking to dismiss the indictment on constitutional grounds.
04:25Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the post fell outside of First Amendment free speech protections.
04:31Critics of the case argue the prosecution is part of a broader effort to target political opponents.
04:37A federal judge has ordered top White House officials to preserve presidential records,
04:43rejecting the Trump administration's position at the Presidential Records Act does not apply.
04:49The ruling requires most White House staff and top advisers to save text messages
04:54and other official communications under the Presidential Records Act.
04:58The order applies to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles,
05:02Stephen Miller, the National Security Council,
05:05and other staff inside the executive office of the president.
05:08President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance are not covered by the directive.
05:13Judge John Bates wrote that the law is likely constitutional,
05:17rejecting the administration's argument that the White House could set aside parts of the law.
05:21Quote,
05:22While the presidency is a singularly important institution,
05:26that gravity does not free it from modest constraint.
05:29Congress has validly determined that this act helps to maintain that trust
05:34by shining some light on the activities of the president and his aides.
05:38The White House indicated it plans to keep fighting the case
05:41and said it believes it will ultimately win in court.
05:45SpaceX is taking a big step toward what could become the largest stock market debut in American history.
05:52The Elon Musk-led company filed paperwork Wednesday to go public,
05:56with plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX.
06:00The filing doesn't say yet how much shares will cost or how much money the company hopes to raise,
06:06but the stock could start trading as early as mid-June.
06:09SpaceX is already a massive player.
06:12The company is valued at about $1.25 trillion after its combination with Musk's AI company, XAI.
06:20The filing also offers a look under the hood.
06:23SpaceX reported nearly $18.7 billion in revenue last year,
06:27but still finished 2025 with a $4.9 billion loss.
06:32The company also reported another $4.3 billion shortfall in the first three months of this year.
06:38Musk will keep majority voting control,
06:41while the company says its biggest growth opportunities are tied heavily to artificial intelligence.
06:47Finally this morning, we've all heard the joke about the T-Rex's tiny arms.
06:52Well, it turns out there may have been a very good reason for them.
06:56Researchers now say the Tyrannosaurus rex did not end up with small arms by accident.
07:02As the massive predator evolved to hunt bigger prey, its bodies started making some trade-offs.
07:08Scientists say as the meat-eating T-Rex developed a bigger skull, stronger jaws,
07:14and more powerful biting force, its arms became less important.
07:19Huh.
07:19The idea is pretty simple.
07:21There's only so much energy to go around.
07:23Who knew, right?
07:24Lead study author Charlie Rogers Shearer of University College London explains.
07:30If it needs all of that energy to maintain its equipment for hunting,
07:35like a very strong, very heavy skull,
07:37it doesn't really want to.
07:39Evolution doesn't want to use it for anything else.
07:42So it kind of says, okay, we'll take away from the arms,
07:45because the arms aren't really much used to us anymore.
07:48They're not using them as a hunting, hunting thing.
07:53We'll put all of that energy into growing a bigger, stronger skull.
07:56The T-Rex lived near the end of the Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago.
08:03Researchers looked at the evolutionary history of 82 different two-legged dinosaur species,
08:09known as theropods,
08:10and concluded that for the T-Rex, a bigger head and stronger bite may have been worth far more than
08:17longer arms.
08:18Hmm.
08:19I need my arms to anchor.
08:22Like this.
08:23Let's see.
08:24Before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
08:26I guess I don't.
08:26At 8.30, we get the latest weekly jobless claims numbers and another snapshot of the Labor Department.
08:32At 10, NOAA releases its outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season,
08:36with many forecasters expecting fewer storms this year as El Nino develops.
08:41Tonight at 6.30, Eastern, SpaceX launches the newest version of Starship
08:46in another key test flight for the world's largest rocket.
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