Posts on Saturday, February 28, 2026
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem revealed on Thursday that certain DHS staffers had allegedly installed spyware on her phone and computer, as well as on devices belonging to other political appointees.
“You wouldn’t even believe what I’ve found since I’ve been in this department,” Noem told conservative podcaster Patrick Bet-David .
Noem said she discovered the spyware last year with the assistance of former DOGE chief Elon Musk and his team.
“They helped me identify that some of my own employees in my department had downloaded software on my phone and my laptop to spy on me to record our meetings,” Noem said.
Today marked a historic victory for not only the United States and Israel, but the Iranian people as well. The U.S. and Israel launched a massive military strike on the Islamic nation overnight Eastern time, striking at military targets and the Iranian leadership. At least 40 members of the Iranian regime leadership have been killed, including the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself, according to multiple sources. Khamenei was killed in the Israeli strikes on his compound, per multiple reports.
President Trump has released a statement on the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, following more than 12 hours of continuous strikes by the United States and Israeli military forces.
"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," the president This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, confirming an assassination that he said gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back the country” but that also put the future of the Islamic Republic in doubt and raised the risk of regional instability. The strikes opened a stunning new chapter in U.S. intervention in Iran, marking the second time in eight months that the Trump administration had attacked the country during talks over its nuclear program. The reported killing of Khameini after decades
U.S. Central Command officials have confirmed that airstrikes launched on Iran on Saturday involved the first combat use of the U.S. military’s new autonomous kamikaze drone.
The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, was launched as part of Operation Epic Fury, which targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and military airfields, CENTCOM officials announced.
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Built by the Arizona-based SpektreWorks, the drone, which can be launched via catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff and mobile ground systems, is a spinoff of the company’s FLM 136 target model
Delivery giant FedEX said it will return to customers any refunds it gets from President Trump's tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful last week. (snip) "If refunds are issued to FedEx, we will issue refunds to the shippers and consumers who originally bore these charges," FedEx said in a statement on Thursday. (snip) In its ruling, the Supreme Court did not specify a means nor a timetable for when the Trump administration must distribute refunds to companies that incurred the costs of the tariffs.
A site in Iraq that is associated with the Iranian-backed militias has reportedly been struck amid the clashes that have broken out between the US, Israel, and Iran. Shafaq News in Iraq “reported that a security source and another in the Popular Mobilization Forces reported on Saturday that an Israeli missile strike targeted the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces in the Jurf al-Sakhr area, specifically targeting the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah.” This apparently happened on Saturday morning in the context of US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Iran has retaliated with attacks across the region. Kataib Hezbollah is an Iraqi militia closely linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran latest: Supreme leader Ayatollah
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the clerical ruler who transformed Iran into one of the Middle East’s dominant powers, was killed by US-Israeli strikes on Saturday, a senior Israeli government source has told The Independent.
The source confirmed that he had been killed by the joint US-Israeli airstrikes which flattened his compound. The US launched a “major combat operation” overnight, Donald Trump said on Saturday. The Israeli military later confirmed that 200 warplanes were involved in attacking Iran.
The Iranian Supreme Leader's office accused the country's enemies of "mental warfare" following the Israeli claims.
Israeli officials informed Khamenei assassinated
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in Iran strike, body said to be found
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Tehran, with his body found under the rubble caused by an Israeli airstrike, senior Israeli officials were informed on Saturday evening.
Documentation of Khamenei's body was reportedly shown to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A total of 39 people now face charges in the anti-ICE invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul last month, according to a superseding indictment that the federal district court unsealed Friday. (snip) The new indictment includes the original charges, but brings them against 30 more defendants. (snip) According to the indictment, (snip) two defendants noted "the location of parking areas, where they could 'pull up,' and that 'my thoughts are to be able to clog up this whole alleyway right here.'" Obstructing access is a key aspect of a FACE Act violation.
The death penalty is officially off the table for accused healthcare CIO killer Luigi Mangione. (snip) Mangione won't technically be charged with murder in the federal case, and will instead face a charge of "stalking" Thompson, leading to the father-of-two's death. (snip) In order to seek the death penalty, Garnett wrote, prosecutors needed to show that Mangione had killed Thompson while committing another "crime of violence." (snip) The judge acknowledged that her ruling might seem "tortured and strange" to the average person, but she stressed its the legally correct move, writing that "the law must be the court's only concern."
Some immigrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were arrested by Border Patrol have been released into the United States by the Department of Homeland Security despite the Trump administration's claim that "zero" releases have occurred over the past nine months, according to four sources aware of the releases. (snip) that some illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. at all appears to contradict President Donald Trump's claim during the State of the Union address, as well as numerous statements by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (snip)
Americans woke up Saturday to something big. The United States and Israel launched a massive joint offensive against Iran’s regime, known as Operation Epic Fury. According to reports, targets included Iran’s supreme leader and president. Major combat operations are now underway, and the implications are global. Predictably, Democrats in Washington and even some Republicans are questioning the strikes. But let’s be honest — this moment was long overdue. Iran’s reign of terror didn’t start yesterday. In fact, this confrontation is the direct result of the Obama administration’s disastrous decision a decade ago to appease, enrich, and embolden Tehran.
Barack Obama and his administration sold the world a fantasy with
Dem governor under fire after illegal
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alien allegedly stabs woman to death at
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Exclusive: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia's Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop. Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone earlier this week on charges of second-degree murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed a woman, Stephanie Minter, 41, who was found dead at a local bus stop with several wounds to the upper body.
The alleged suspect, Abdul Jalloh, 32, also has a criminal history of more than 30 arrests,
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has been one of the most consistent Republican defenders of the EB-5 investor visa program over the past several years — advocating for its reauthorization, intervening in its implementation, and signaling support for preserving it even amid President Donald Trump’s proposed “Gold Card” alternative.
During much of that same period, Cornyn’s daughter, Haley Cornyn, worked at Greenberg Traurig, a global law and lobbying firm that has structured billions of dollars in EB-5 investment deals and lobbied on matters related to the program.
The overlap between Cornyn’s legislative advocacy and the financial interests of his daughter’s employer raises questions about political optics and potential conflicts of interest
The Department of War announced that the agency will continue supporting Scouting America after the youth group agreed to scrap diversity initiatives and revise membership policies.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the decision in a video posted February 27, saying the department had been “seriously considering” ending its longstanding partnership with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America.
“After 2012, however, the Boy Scouts lost their way, and a once-great organization became gravely wounded… DEI crept in, the name was changed to ‘Scouting America.’ Girls were accepted. The focus on God as the ruler of the universe was watered down to include
LA Democrats Advance Charter Reform To
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Abolish City Controller's Office Amid
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In a move that has ignited fierce backlash, the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission voted 9-2 on Thursday to advance a proposal that would effectively eliminate the independent City Controller's office, shifting its core functions -- including audits, accounting, payments, revenue forecasting, and fraud investigations to a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) appointed by Karen Bass and accountable to the City Council. This reform, framed by supporters as a consolidation of financial operations to address the city's budget crisis, comes just weeks after Controller Kenneth Meija's office played a significant role in exposing a $23 million homeless fraud scheme (snip)
President Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning that the United States and Israel launched massive joint air strikes against the Iranian regime.
The Times of Israel reports that Israeli intelligence is now assessing that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the longtime puppet master of the world’s biggest terror state, was likely killed in the strike on his compound in Tehran. However, there has been no confirmation yet.
Israel “assesses” that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was likely killed in an Israeli strike earlier today, Channel 12 says, citing unnamed Israeli sources.
Paramount is closer than ever to acquiring CNN parent company Warner Bros. after Netflix declined to raise its bid for the media conglomerate. That's bad news for the failing network's stable of overpaid hacks, many of whom will be first in line for layoffs (or drastic salary reductions) once the acquisition goes through. Not surprisingly, the Trump administration has already signaled its support for the move.
Larry Ellison, whose Paramount Skydance empire recently took control of CBS News, met with White House officials late last year to discuss potential changes at CNN, including the possibility of "axing" some of Donald Trump's least favorite on-air personalities. The president is particularly disinclined toward
Words liked “panicked,” apoplectic” and “freaking out” are being tossed around to summarize the reaction of CNN staffers as they realize the media giant Paramount Skydance will be buying Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company.
The reason? The new owners want “a more politically centrist approach to news,” according to the New York Post.
Paramount Skydance took over CBS last year, prompting screams of outrage as the network was dragged, kicking and screaming, towards the political center. CNN President Mark Thompson sent out a memo Thursday urging staffers to see what the future holds before hitting the panic button.
To see just what lunacy is in store for the nation if Democrats flip the House in November’s midterm elections, consider Tuesday night’s “State of the Swamp” rally, “counterprogramming” President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) gave Dems’ public-facing reply, but the party’s true heart was on display at the event sponsored by the Democratic National Committee-associated Defiance.org.
They’re revving up the old #Resistance machine and studying their old playbook for ideas.
Election denier Stacey Abrams — the failed Georgia gov candidate who supposedly saved “our democracy” — made a videotaped appearance,
The Iranian regime tried to undermine President Donald Trump's reelection bid in 2020, then doubled down in 2024 through a host of election-meddling efforts and even assassination attempts in 2024. (snip) the Biden ODNI's report in March 2021 concluded: "We assess with high confidence that Iran carried out an influence campaign during the 2020 election season intended to undercut the election prospects of former President Trump."(snip) The Iranian regime stepped up its election influence efforts in 2024 (snip) "specifically influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns."
Music legend Neil Sedaka has died after being hospitalized in Los Angeles on Friday morning. He was 86. The crooner’s family confirmed the news in a statement to TMZ: “Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Neil Sedaka. A true rock and roll legend, an inspiration to millions, but most importantly, at least to those of us who were lucky enough to know him, an incredible human being who will be deeply missed.” Sedaka did not feel well and was taken from his home in an ambulance around 8 a.m. local time, according to a report.
European leaders expressed their unease with President Trump’s attack on Iran, making it clear they took no part in it, with some calling it “dangerous” for stability in the Middle East. In a joint statement, the heads of France, Germany and the United Kingdom called for both sides to return to the negotiation table. “We call for a resumption of negotiations and urge the Iranian leadership to seek a negotiated solution. Ultimately, the Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
A blockade on oil imports is leaving Cuba with few resources. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants Cuba's government on its knees. The situation has become even more tense following a fatal confrontation at sea. In the early hours of Wednesday, a speedboat carrying 10 Cuban exiles drew near the coast of Cuba. It appears to have set out from Florida . It was intercepted by a patrol boat of the Cuban coastguard. There was an exchange of fire that left four people in the speedboat dead and the other six injured.
As the United States and Iran depart their third round of nuclear talks amid growing fears of another possible war in the Middle East, one man is hoping the US will launch a targeted attack on Iran, regardless of whether or not they reach a deal.
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, has spent almost 50 years living abroad, serving as a rallying — but at times polarising — figure for opponents of Iran's regime.
In his view, if the US strikes the Iranian regime's nuclear facilities and apparatus, that could further weaken it and give Iran's people the chance to rise again.
The Green Party may be jubilant about its triumph in Gorton and Denton, but some voters are already expressing buyers’ remorse. Waqas Khan, 40, owns Al-Mecca Butchers on Stockport Road, where a “Vote Green” poster hangs in the shop window. He has lived in the constituency for almost 20 years. He and his family had previously been lifelong Labour voters, but all switched to the Greens on Thursday.
Until informed by the Telegraph, however, Khan was unaware of the Greens’ plans to legalise drugs and prostitution and to remove restrictions on pornography. “I checked the manifesto before, but I didn’t see that. It seems they hid those policies,” he says. Khan,
Bhattacharya goes from US health policy
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outsider to leading top agencies at Trump's
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The head of the National Institutes of Health is now at the helm of a sub-agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says President Trump personally asked him to take the CDC job temporarily until a permanent director can be named.
“It's hard to say ‘no’ to the president. What it means is that I will still be the director of the NIH. That's my main day job,” Bhattacharya told "Full Measure" in a recent interview at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.
Rodríguez used the words in the context of President Trump similarly referring to socialist Venezuela as a “new friend” of America’s following Maduro’s capture. Trump has repeatedly referred positively to Rodríguez, a hardline socialist who was among Maduro’s closest confidantes, as someone Washington could work with. He has also implied that Rodríguez is not actually in charge of the country, but carrying out orders from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whom polling shows is the most popular politician in Venezuela.
Semafor reported that, given Democrats’ chances of retaking the House, top Democrats are now devising how to focus on alleged corruption in the Trump administration amongst other issues in their investigative agenda.
“There’s opportunities to look at not just corporations that we think are enabling some of Trump’s corruption, but certainly corporations that are not supporting American families and not really focusing on affordability,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said he might focus on potential violations of the Emoluments Clause, which bars the president from receiving gifts from foreign powers or American taxpayers.
A major geopolitical flashpoint erupted across the Middle East on Saturday after Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting multiple Gulf nations, prompting Saudi Arabia to issue a blistering condemnation of what it described as “brutal Iranian aggression.”
Saudi officials made it clear that Riyadh is standing in full solidarity with the nations targeted in Saturday’s coordinated Iranian assault.
In its statement, the Kingdom warned that the attacks represent blatant violations of international law and expressed its readiness to assist its regional allies with “all its capabilities.”
According to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry:
For weeks, the Trump administration attempted to achieve a diplomatic outcome, only to have those efforts rebuffed with arrogance and an unwillingness to move on key issues. While Iran's negotiators claimed to be garnering concessions, the American president kept publicly expressing his increasing discontent with the situation.
With the arrival of the USS Gerald Ford carrier group into the region, the stage was set to end the obvious stalling by the Iranians, and the show has now started. According to multiple reports, the first round of strikes, which were carried out by the IAF, directly targeted the regime's leadership, and some big names have been eliminated.
As of this writing, the United States and Israel have begun what I can only assume to be the first round of military strikes on Iran. I also assume that the eventual goal is regime change, effected by the United States, but driven by the Iranian people. And I'm not alone. Over the past few days, the so-called “think” tanks are falling all over themselves to be the first to prophesy a quagmire, a “trap,” a “forever war,” and Iraq 3.0. The dregs at Foreign Policy took a break from clamoring for a post-American world order to demand we not bomb Iran precisely to more quickly usher in said order.
The second Trump administration is very different from the first. As 45th president, Donald Trump was saddled with disloyal officials who constantly undermined his agenda. The Ukraine impeachment scandal, among other events, was the result of this internal subversion.
But the second term sets a new standard for loyalty. The administration will no longer tolerate rogue officials making their own policy. This was made clear last week when the administration pushed out Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief. Slater made a name for herself by going against administration policy and insisting on her personal priorities. While some misguided conservatives praised Slater as a “MAGA patriot,”
Welcome to "The New Monroe Doctrine," where I give you an update on what's going on in the Western Hemisphere, south of our border, especially as it relates to the United States.
China's been embedding itself in Latin America and the Caribbean for years. Decades, even. We know this. We know that during four years of whatever you want to call the Joe Biden administration, it got even worse. While Congress was arguing over pronouns and gender ideology, and the president was alienating our allies in the region, like Nayib Bukele; bending over for our adversaries, like Nicolás Maduro; and, well, probably taking lots of naps, China was setting up
In an unsurprising reversal of its own stated principles, the United Nations elevated the Islamic Republic of Iran, the serial human-rights-abusing regime, by appointing it vice-chair to a body charged with overseeing the UN Charter.
The European Union failed to block the appointment, despite having previously acted to prevent Russia from holding certain international positions after it invaded Ukraine. European governments possess diplomatic leverage and experience in stopping controversial candidates, yet in this instance they chose silence.
t's bad enough that Rep. Eric Swalwell, who's running for governor of California, doesn't live here, as court filings allege.
Now it's coming to light that he doesn't seem to have much loyalty to the country it's actually in.
He's taken, and continuing to take, big campaign cash from a lawyer with abnormally strong ties to the Communist Party of China.
According to Fox News:
Rep. Eric Swalwell's, D-Calif., gubernatorial campaign continues to be bankrolled by Keliang "Clay" Zhu despite concerns over his ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Zhu donated another $25,000 to Swalwell's campaign earlier this month after he had already donated $5,000 to Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign in November
I was raised to believe that democracy came with duties as well as rights. You voted. You accepted the outcome. You argued your case, made your peace with defeat when it came, and waited for the next election. Politics was competitive, sometimes bruising, but it was not meant to be an existential threat. The opposition’s role was to hold the government to account, not to weaken the country for political gain.
That older civic instinct now feels rather quaint.
In theory, the idea of the “loyal opposition” remains central to democratic life. But in practice, it is disappearing before our eyes. We still have opposition parties, of course. What we increasingly
So I gather “mogging,” and/or “mogged” is the new hip term for . . . something . . . among the Gen Z or Millennials, like “flexing” a decade ago. And it seems “maxxing” goes with it somehow. I can’t keep up. But somehow I suspect both terms can be used creatively with Gruesom Newsom, whose 2028 presidential campaign is already over, though he won’t know this for another couple years. Has there ever been a more phony person in politics? Yes, I know there are many contenders, but he has to be at the top of the heap by now. Meanwhile, the one and only job
U.S., Israel launch major attack on Iran
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The United States and Israel launched a massive aerial attack Saturday on Iran after negotiations failed to strike a deal over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian people to use the moment to seize control of their government.
“I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand,” Trump told Iranians in an eight-minute video posted on his TruthSocial platform in which he confirmed the U.S. military had launched “major combat operations” against Tehran alongside Israel.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,"
Just a few months after I was born in Iran, the Islamic (Demonic) Revolution took place, hijacking the country of my birth and, today, 90 million Iranians, giving birth to the Islamic Republic. Make no mistake, the Islamic Republic was conceived by evil, born in sin, and against the United States to the core of its DNA. Anyone who thinks that a war against the Islamic Republic and the ayatollahs is wrong does not know history and does not understand the dangerous threats that it poses to all Americans.
The United States together with the State of Israel have begun major military combat operations against Iran. Early reports indicate several top Iranian military leaders have been killed. President Trump made the announcement moments ago According to the Associated Press (AP) “The U.S. strikes took place from both air and sea, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations.”
President Trump Releases Fiery Late-Night
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President Donald J. Trump released a statement early Saturday morning following reports that the United States has begun what he described as “major combat operations in Iran” after Israeli forces launched pre-emptive strikes on Iranian targets overnight.
The Commander-in-Chief confirmed that American forces are now engaged in what he described as a “massive and ongoing operation” aimed at neutralizing the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten U.S. troops, American allies, and the homeland itself.
President Trump outlined a decades-long pattern of Iranian aggression, reminding Americans that the regime has openly chanted “Death to America” since its inception in 1979 while backing terrorist attacks that have killed U.S. service members across the Middle East.
In Great Britain, the Labour Party no longer represents the interests of organised labour, the Conservative Party has not for a long time been remotely conservative, and even the Monster Raving Loonies now appear comparatively sane. At first sight, the Green Party, too, look to have gone down this same nominatively anti-determinist path, diluting its former focus upon worshipping Gaia and becoming much more of an Islam-pandering vehicle for worshipping Gaza. But, in another sense, the Greens really are still the party of green issues – because green is the historical colour of Islam.
As our managing editor Jennifer Van Laar reported earlier Friday night, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, has launched a daytime military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran after talks failed to bring a breakthrough over the despotic regime’s nuclear ambitions. Iran is now responding to the ongoing mission, dubbed “Operation Epic Fox News reporter Trey Yingst said that air sirens are going off in the Jewish state’s second-largest city, Tel Aviv:
Well, it's on. The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, to the surprise of almost no one. Well, maybe to the surprise of the Iranian regime. This is from our stalwart Townhall colleague Matt Vespa:
As I write this, the information is coming in at a furious pace. Whenever things like this are happening, the task is to filter what's helpful and what is not. Even with my skills, this story makes that a challenge. Here is an official confirmation of what we know so far: They’ve lied about everything—from the economy to your gas stove. And they’re not stopping.
Joint American-Israeli strikes against Iran took place over night, with U.S. President Donald Trump addressing both the nation and the people of Iran. Announcing the strikes to eliminate “imminent threats from the Iranian regime” which “directly endangers the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world”, Trump said: “A short time ago, the United States Military began major combat operations in Iran”.
Iranian retaliatory strikes have been launched against Israel.
The US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran Saturday morning in response to the regime’s refusal to dismantle its nuclear program after weeks of negotiations.
The attacks — which the Department of War called “Operation Epic Fury” — follow a massive US military buildup in the Middle East and come after President Trump repeatedly warned Tehran that it would face consequences if it didn’t make a deal with the US.
Iran then launched missiles towards Israel in a retaliatory attack as officials claimed the response would be “crushing.”
Israel launched what it called a “preemptive strike” on Iran’s capital of Tehran Saturday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced.
According to CNN, the attack was in coordination with the U.S. A state of emergency was declared across the country.
The strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the Associated Press.
Katz described the attack as being done “to remove threats" without being more specific.
The artificial intelligence startup OpenAI announced Friday night that it has reached an agreement to deploy its technology at the Pentagon — while imposing the same kinds of ethical guardrails that have triggered the Trump administration to sever ties with the company’s archrival Anthropic.
“Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X, adding that the Defense Department “displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome.”
Two of the most crucial safety principles for OpenAI are “prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use
Someone's lying. And in this case, I'd bet it's not the lawyer.
Yesterday, Reuters reported that hidden files within the FBI revealed communications surveillance on now-FBI Director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in 2022-23. The "toll records" surveillance supposedly came as part of the Department of Justice probes into Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified material at Mar-a-Lago and the January 6 riot. Neither Patel nor Wiles played a role in either, however, although both had begun working for Trump's nascent presidential campaign during that same period.
This alone raises significant questions about the nature of Merrick Garland's DoJ and Jack Smith's actions
President Donald Trump suggested on Friday a possible “friendly takeover” of Cuba, adding that the country is in a “big deal of trouble” economically.
“They have no money. They have no anything right now,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba.” Trump’s remarks hinted at a softening of the U.S. approach to Cuba.
Instead of harsh forecasts about regime change, top Trump aides have lately emphasized first having economic reforms in Cuba. This comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has engaged in conversations with Cuban representatives about the future of the island country.