President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Iranian regime is ‘running out of launchers’ as its forces are ‘being decimated.’ The president made the remarks despite saying that the Iranian military is expected to ‘keep lobbing missiles for a while,’ according to Politico. The State Department is urging Americans to depart immediately from more than a dozen countries across the Middle East, warning of ‘serious safety risks’ as the Iran war intensifies. ‘They’re running out,...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday said the department is reviewing interviews with some individuals who crossed the border under former President Joe Biden to identify potential threats following the conflict with Iran. Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, questioned Noem during a DHS oversight hearing, asking about the ‘millions of people’ who entered the U.S. under Biden’s ‘open border policy’ and what steps Homeland Security has taken to protect against potential Iranian sleeper...
President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on Iran have eliminated much of the regime’s anticipated leadership succession bench, raising new questions about who will emerge to lead the Islamic Republic after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ‘Most of the people we had in mind are dead,’ Trump told reporters Tuesday. ‘So, you know, we had some in mind from that group that is, is dead. And now we have another group....
Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby told lawmakers that the administration’s latest defense strategy proposal does not sideline the U.S.’ European allies, but rather it aims to go back to a ‘Cold War mentality’ with an emphasis on ‘burden sharing.’ The Pentagon policy chief was grilled on Tuesday as members of the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS). The strategy outlines a shift in U.S. priorities to keep Washington...
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is warning Democrats not to play politics with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding, particularly as the country is on high alert for any fallout from the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. ‘Put the safety and security of the American people first and stop playing political games to appease the far-left base, especially at a time like this,’ Scalise said in an interview with Fox News Digital. The ongoing...
Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration, accusing federal health officials of illegally withholding $243 million in Medicaid payments from the state. Attorney General Keith Ellison and the Minnesota Department of Human Services sued the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), arguing the funding freeze violates federal law. The state is seeking a temporary restraining order to immediately block the action....
The findings of two new national polls conducted in the hours after President Donald Trump launched strikes on Iran are clear — only a minority of Americans approve of the operation and Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye to eye over the attacks. Twenty-seven percent of those questioned in a Reuters/Ipsos national survey conducted Saturday and Sunday after the start of ‘Operation Epic Fury’ by American and Israeli forces on Iran that resulted in the...
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed Democrats who claim that the Iranian regime was not a threat to the U.S., calling the notion ‘absurd.’ ‘It’s absurd for Democrats to say the Iranian regime was no threat to America. For decades, they targeted American troops, made the spread of terrorism a priority, relentlessly pursued nuclear weapons, built missiles aimed at our bases, and plotted assassinations against President Trump and other U.S. leaders — myself included...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee described what he believes is the ‘best option’ for Americans looking to flee Israel amid the ongoing unrest across the Middle East. Huckabee said overnight, ‘We are getting a lot of requests regarding evacuating from Israel from American citizens who are currently in Israel or who have family here,’ and that there are ‘very limited’ options available. ‘As of now, the best is utilizing Israel’s Ministry of Tourism shuttle bus to Taba, Egypt...
New satellite images offer a stark look at the devastation inside Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes, while also revealing the damage left behind by Tehran’s retaliatory attacks across the region. According to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, U.S. forces struck more than 1,250 targets during the first two days of Operation Epic Fury. Planet Labs satellite imagery captured burning ships and damaged facilities at the Konarak base in southern...
