News Roundup and Comment

Here's a sample of stories Jim shared during the first quarter hour. Hear the rest, as well as how listeners responded. --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.