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Bureau: Washington
Iran's deputy foreign minister killed Round Two of the Islamabad talks Saturday morning. Ninety minutes later IRGC gunboats fired on cleared Indian tankers. The tracks were not parallel.
Twenty House Republicans blew up the long-term FISA extension Friday morning. Eleven days remain to April 30. Through Saturday, no named rebel has committed to a public April 30 position.
Ansari's count has grown from eight to thirteen cosponsors since filing — every addition a Democrat, every Republican seat still empty.
Day three of the fifty-thousand-worker reclassification ended with the same litigation docket as day one — a pre-existing suit and a FOIA action, nothing new.
Trump at the White House Saturday, on the day his navy opened fire: 'We're talking to them.' Iran's deputy FM told AP the US 'has not abandoned their maximalist position.' The gap is the story.