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Reports from Iran indicate that Mojtaba Khamenei, an Iranian cleric and political figure best known as the second son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and long discussed as a possible successor, has been killed in the strike on the presidential palace

US President Donald Trump says Cuba is "in a real bind" and proposes an American "friendly takeover" of the island. After attempts to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Havana's most important ally in the region, Washington has tightened its long-standing trade blockade on Cuba, as the communist-ruled island is hard-pressed by an energy crisis and economic difficulties. "They have no money, they have nothing right now. But they are talking to us and maybe we will see a friendly takeover of Cuba," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday. The Cuban government is talking to us,...

Missiles streaked across the skies of the Middle East on Saturday morning as the United States and Israel began “Operation Epic Fury,” a joint operation targeting the Iranian regime—and one that President Donald Trump hopes will not only destroy the Iranian ballistic missile and nuclear program, but deliver regime change itself. After months of moving American military assets into the region, the Americans and Israelis began their attack by striking regime infrastructure. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Tehran palace was turned to rubble, killing the Supreme Leader, according to officials. Additional reports said that the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, had been targeted....

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt suggested he does not think Democrats are supporting lax border security policies for the goal of getting illegal immigrants to vote for the party. The governor, who is known to have a tenuous relationship with President Donald Trump, said that in his view, Democrats’ intentions are not to make foreign nationals part of the country’s voter rolls, in an interview with NPR that aired Thursday. The Oklahoma Republican’s colleagues come as the Senate is considering the Trump-backed SAVE America Act, which would, in part, require proof of citizenship for voter registration, amid fierce opposition from...

With Bill and Hillary Clinton giving their depositions to the US House Government Oversight Committee over Clinton ties to Jeffrey Epstein a man known as a 'financier' I am certainly reminded of those "Clinton Years" of the 1990's. Those years punctuated by financial questions about the Clinton's from the 'cattle futures' windfall for Hillary to the Whitewater project questions surrounding them and those infamous Rose Law Firm billing records. But in the end it was all for nought as a probe of the Clinton's centered on financial wrongdoing descended into the pit of Bill Clinton's illicit sexual relationships and his...

Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration will temporarily halt certain Medicaid funding to Minnesota as part of its effort to combat rampant fraud in the state. "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money,” Vance said on Wednesday. Vance explained that the providers in Minnesota have already been paid, and the Trump administration is halting federal payments that will...

Rene Campos, a registered sex offender, has launched a campaign to represent Fresno, California’s District 7, ABC30 reported Wednesday. Campos, who was charged with possession of child sexual abuse material in 2018, says his campaign will focus on safety. Campos told ABC30 he has “experienced the laws” his team is “trying to reform.” “They say let’s choose somebody outside the box, somebody who knows the system from inside out,” Campos said in the interview, “because me, I’ve experienced the laws that we are trying to reform right now.” His campaign website mentions reducing violent crime and “clean, safe neighborhoods.” The...

The scope and depth of the evil now coming into plain view across the Western world defies comprehension. More baffling still is the fact that, in many cases, the West brought this evil upon itself. Monday on the social media platform X, British politician Rupert Lowe, Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth, posted a “Statement from the Rape Gang Inquiry” filled with shocking details of police behaving as “active perpetrators” in the extreme sexual abuse and murder of young British girls “predominantly perpetrated by Pakistani-heritage men.” Lowe’s statement described testimony from a survivor of Pakistani rape gangs whose ordeal began...

Before we move to the big picture of the Middle East, I want to remind you that the fight in Gaza is still not over. If you follow my Telegram channel, you know that nearly every day I am reporting on terrorists who exit their tunnels on nefarious business. The IDF is doing what it can to address the situation, but the task is enormous. They’ve destroyed 150km of tunnels (about 100 miles), but that’s less than a third of the 500km of tunnels that originally existed. The work is difficult and dangerous. Early yesterday morning, St.-Sgt. Ofri Yafe, 21,...

A man was left bleeding on a subway platform Tuesday evening after a mob of 10 unruly teenagers kicked him into a moving train — and the response from Boston progressives might be even more shocking than the attack itself. The victim, who was targeted during a dispute over a fare card at Back Bay Station, suffered a severe head laceration after being shoved into the train as it pulled into the station. A nurse who happened to witness the horrific scene rushed to help, keeping the bloodied man conscious while a transit police officer applied pressure to his wound....

1995: CBS’s Dan Rather warns that Americans are being “replaced by foreigners.” I found an entire one-hour episode of CBS’s 48 Hours about the harms of both legal and illegal immigration, titled “Slamming the door.” Let’s go through the whole thing in detail. 🧵

This is one of those stories that sounds made up until you read the federal release yourself. A Liberian national who federal authorities say had no legal status in the United States was allegedly working as a Minnesota corrections officer, posing as a U.S. citizen, and at one point serving in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard before going AWOL. According to USCIS, the case was uncovered through “Operation Twin Shield,” a DHS enforcement effort targeting immigration fraud in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. If the allegations are accurate, this was not a clerical error. It was a years-long chain of deception...

With Mamdani as Mayor residents are reporting hearing the “Islamic Call to Prayer” on the streets of Manhattan. Five times a day! Amy Mek added: My lord, America – the conquest we’ve warned about is exploding now. The Adhan isn’t a “beautiful call to prayer”; it’s a militant declaration: “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is greater than your gods, laws, freedoms), “There is no god but Allah” (all other faiths are false). Blared 5× daily from loudspeakers – 5 AM wake-ups included – it’s forced submission on non-Muslims, pure civilizational jihad straight from the Muslim Brotherhood playbook. THIS IS NOT NORMAL –...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than $6.8 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a Valentine’s rose shipment at the Texas-Mexico border. The massive drug bust at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge on February 10 yielded approximately 516 pounds of cocaine concealed among fresh flowers. Officials reported the haul contained enough cocaine for roughly 190,000 lethal doses. A CBP officer flagged the tractor-trailer for secondary inspection after it arrived at the crossing. The driver had declared the cargo as roses and fresh flowers. Officers deployed a canine team and non-intrusive imaging technology during their search. They discovered 211 packages...

Breaking Palantir was allegedly hacked. An AI agent was used to gain super-user access and here”s what the hackers allegedly found: Peter Thiel and Alex Karp commit mass surveillance of world leaders and titans of industry on a massive scale. They have thousands of hours of transcribed and searchable conversations of Donald Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk. They have backdoored the devices, cars and jets of world leaders and accumulated the biggest archive of blackmail material. Palantir is creating nuclear and bio weapon capabilities for Ukraine and is working closely with the CIA to defeat Russia. They believe they...

NEW: Two people start playing bumper cars on the I-20 in Villa Rica, Georgia. Someone in a red truck was seen driving very slowly in the left lane when a driver in a box truck tried to run them off the road. "Some Villa Rica Georgia, Monday morning road rage. Yes I called 911 and gave them the footage," the man who witnessed the incident said. Video: ccaldwell5 / tt

The Department of Homeland Security has revoked deportation protections for Yemenis living in the United States, ordering them to return home, according to a draft press release obtained by the Daily Caller. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that Yemen no longer meets the statutory requirements for Temporary Protected Status after a department review of conditions in the country. She said ending the designation would protect national security interests while returning the program to its original temporary intent. “Allowing TPS Yemen beneficiaries to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to our national interest,” Noem wrote. “We are prioritizing...

BREAKING: Judge blocks Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth's attempt to discipline/demote Sen. Mark Kelly over his comments re Trump-ordered boat strikes. Judge Richard Leon (GWBush) says admin is trying to strip 1st Amendment rights of military retirees. Doc: https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2026cv0081-37

JUST IN: Judge BOASBERG has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelan men illegally deported under the Alien Enemies Act and who are currently in countries other than Venezuela. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.247.0_4.pdf

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are detaining and arresting “legal observers” using their vehicles to follow agents during federal immigration enforcement operations. ICE is reportedly detaining and arresting thousands of Minnesota protestors under Title 18, Section 111 of the US Code, which prohibits citizens from interfering with a federal officer conducting official duties, according to Reuters. A recent trend began amongst protestors to follow ICE agents in their vehicles as “legal observers” of federal law enforcement operations following the deadly shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January. “When agitators willingly involve themselves and...