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President Trump has said that there will be no deal with Iran “except unconditional surrender” in his latest post on social media. “After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before,” wrote the US president. “IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).”

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump has named Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is out.https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2029629285720314087

The Talk Shows March 1st, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi; Sen Tom Cotton (R-Ark); Sen Ted Cruz (R-Tex); Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); former Surgeon General of the United States (Trump Admin first term) Jerome Adams; new CBS polling with Anthony Salvanto. Panel: retired Gen. Frank McKenzie (USMC), David Albright, founder of the non-governmental Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) and Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream:...

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Israeli attacks, with U.S. support, on Saturday. He was 86 years old. A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Israel's defense ministry said it had launched a "preemptive strike" on Iran as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and people across the country received phone alerts about an "extremely serious" threat. Middle East conflict Iranian supreme leader killed in Israeli airstrike, source says President Trump announced the Iranian leader's death on social media, saying Khamenei could not avoid U.S. intelligence and surveillance. A source...

🍀🍀 MAGA MARCH 🍀🍀 The State of Our Union is Strong!

The War Between Iran and the Western World was renewed and the US has launched Operation Epic Freedom and Israel has begun Operation Shield of Judea. Apparently the US has launched a decapitating Operation and the Houthis and Hezbollah have launched counter attacks.

Khamenei's offices and IRGC hit. Thousands killed.

President Trump announces attacks on Iran. Says Revolutionary Guard will have immunity if they throw down their arms. Certain death if they do not.

Live thread for President Trump's State of the Union address. Please chime in with other news sources, and post-speech commentary links. I'm starting with the C-Span coverage. Kit

A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FLorida, the U.S. Secret Service announced. The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an "unauthorized entry" at the property. The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office confronted the man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Talk Shows Feb 22nd, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: President of the European Central Bank Christine Legarde; Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi; White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett. Governor’s Panel: Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN), Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH), and Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS). FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: House Minority Leader Hakeem “Dollar Store Obama” Jeffries (D-NY); Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN); Texas Republican AG Ken Paxton; Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX). Panel: Ben Ferguson, Michael Allen, Meridith McGraw and...

WASHINGTON — Delivering a major blow to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that he exceeded his authority when imposing sweeping tariffs using a law reserved for a national emergency.

The Talk Shows Feb 15th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Tom Homan; House Minority Leader Hakeem “Dollar Store Obama” Jeffries (D-NY); Sen. Thom Tillis (RINO-N.C.) ; Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.); Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.);Texas Republican AG Ken Paxton; Fox News “Ruthless” Podcasters: Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook. Panel: Guy Benson, Horace Cooper, Josh Kraushaar and Leslie Marshall. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by...

❤️ HAPPY FEBRUARY! ❤️ MORE FAFO is in the AIR!

The Senate struck a deal to fund a large portion of the government on Thursday evening, just a day before a shutdown deadline.The agreement will split the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from a “minibus” package of five other major funding bills. The Senate will instead move a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund DHS at current levels until Feb. 13.The two sides had haggled over the length of the CR, with Democrats insisting on the two-week version that won out.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to Portland city councilors. The condition of the two people who were shot wasn’t immediately known but Portland City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said as far as she knew they were still alive.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is expected to announce his withdrawal from the 2026 re-election campaign amid increasing scrutiny over fraud allegations, particularly concerning Medicaid programs and Covid-related relief efforts. This decision follows a meeting with Senator Amy Klobuchar and comes in the wake of intensified criticism from Republican lawmakers, who have called for his resignation due to claims of significant fraudulent activity. Federal action has also been triggered, with the SBA suspending thousands of loans linked to suspected fraud in Minnesota. As Walz prepares to address his political future, the implications of these controversies could reshape Minnesota's political landscape moving...

A person is in custody after an incident at the home of Vice President JD Vance in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and was already doing so.The legal authority for the strike — and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand — was not immediately clear. The stunning, lightning-fast American military action, which plucked a nation’s sitting leader from office, echoed the U.S. invasion of Panama that led to the surrender and seizure of its leader,...