Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon podium Tuesday and said what commanders rarely say until they mean it: the enemy is losing, measurably, visibly, and on a timeline not of their choosing. Iran’s ballistic missile launches against neighboring states are down 90% since the operation began February 28. One-way drone strikes have fallen 83%. More than fifty Iranian ships have
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
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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
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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
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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
They were counting votes. Israel was counting targets. On Tuesday, Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council as officials gathered to select a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a senior Israeli official who spoke to Fox News. “Israel struck while they were counting the votes for the appointment of the supreme leader,” the official
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio strode into the Capitol and delivered a message as crisp as a gavel strike: President Trump did not need Congress’s permission to hit Iran. “No,” Rubio said, when asked if lawmakers had to weigh in first. The answer was not wrapped in legalese. It was wrapped in confidence. “We notified Congress. We notified the Gang
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The past has a way of pulling up a chair. Former President Bill Clinton sat before the House Oversight Committee on Friday and denied knowing anything about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. The setting was closed-door. Clinton, the first former president compelled to testify before Congress, read from a prepared statement. He defended his past interactions with Epstein and said he saw
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Democrat Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of politically weaponizing religion by “rebuking” Democrats who support abortion, and the congressman suggested that these Catholic churches should
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