The Threat Arrived at Gracie Mansion on a Saturday Afternoon [WATCH]

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Two men from Pennsylvania drove to New York City on a Saturday, brought homemade bombs to a protest outside Gracie Mansion, and threw them. They were not sophisticated actors. They were, by all accounts, young, angry, and radicalized by what they had been reading online. That is, in its own way, the most unsettling part of the story. “I can confirm this morning that this is being investigated as an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday. She said it plainly, without hedging, which was the right thing to do. The devices were not smoke bombs. They

THE WORD OF THE LORD: Operation Epic Fury: Confronting Iran [LISTEN]

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On the latest episode of The Word of the Lord, host Jeffrey Lord discusses Operation Epic Fury in the context of Iran’s history of attacks on Americans and American bases throughout the years. “The date: November 4th, 1979. The place: the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran. On that day, in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution that had overthrown the Shah, followers from the Muslim student followers of Imam’s line, as they were called, descended on the United States Embassy, supported by the leader of the revolution — Khamenei” Lord says. “The students took 66 hostages from the embassy staff,

Son of a Gun: President Trump Blasts Khamenei Heir as ‘Lightweight’

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In an eight-minute phone call with Axios — his second recent conversation with the outlet on the administration’s war planning — President Trump made explicit what Washington had only implied: the U.S. intends to shape what comes next in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment,” Trump said, drawing a direct parallel to the administration’s role in Venezuela’s leadership transition. “Like with Delcy.” The immediate catalyst was Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ali Khamenei, killed during the ongoing U.S.–Israeli campaign. Mojtaba had been widely viewed as the most likely successor. Trump dispatched that notion without ceremony. “They

On Iran, Senate Republicans Stay With Trump

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There are moments in Washington when the vote itself tells you everything. Wednesday was one of them. Senate Republicans closed ranks behind President Trump, defeating a Democratic resolution that would have curbed the administration’s military authority in Iran. The margin was not surprising. The meaning was not subtle. Senate Republicans, by and large, have decided this is their war too — or at least that it is not their place to say otherwise. The resolution, brought by Virginia’s Tim Kaine, would have required explicit congressional authorization before further hostilities against Tehran could continue. It failed largely along party lines, a

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