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I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to “just do it,” but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke...

Iran has launched at least 100 suicide drones against Israel. Iran's retaliation may be underway.

Global oil prices jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Benchmark oil contracts, Brent Crude and Nymex light sweet, were up by more than 10% after the news emerged. Traders are concerned that a conflict between Iran and Israel could disrupt supplies coming from the energy-rich region. The cost of crude oil affects everything from the price of food at the supermarket to how much it costs to fill up your car.

BRET BAIER: “I just spoke to President Trump. One thing the president was aware of Israel's action before it happened.” “He gave me a quote. He said: ‘Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb. We're hoping to get back to the negotiating table.’” “The President is looking to see if there is retaliation... the US will defend itself and Israel if Iran retaliates."

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 9, 2025 U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE STAFF JUNE 9, 2025 1:51 PM - UPDATED: JUNE 11, 2025 7:13 PM These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 9, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Iran is set to OFFICIALLY declare war against Israel, per state media

Israel has launched what it called “preemptive strikes” against Iran and a state of emergency has been declared in Israel, according to the country’s Defense Minister Israel Katz. “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future” Katz said in a statement. Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported repeated explosions could be heard in Tehran.

Texas Is Funding Its Own Demise $13 Million in State and Federal Money Handed to Islamic Mosques and Community Groups - Some Recipients Praise Hamas, Pledge Allegiance to Iran, and Are Not in Your State to Assimilate, but to Dominate. Many of these mosques are openly aligned with terrorist groups and regimes - including the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Jamaat-e-Islami, and even the Iranian regime. While Texans struggle to preserve their culture, security, and values, the state government is quietly bankrolling the very forces determined to dismantle them. These are not fringe groups. They operate in the heart of Texas cities....

Al-Arabiya reports that military aircraft, believed to likely be Israeli, are currently flying over Southern Syria.

On Monday 113 Democrats voted against a resolution “denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.” Although the measure passed 280-113, “Democrats fumed over language in the resolution expressing ‘gratitude to law enforcement, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland,’” the New York Post reported. The resolution was submitted by Colorado’s Rep. Gabe Evans, a Republican, who wrote that Mohamed Sabry Soliman is an “Egyptian national illegally in the United States” who “committed a terrorist attack.” 113 Democrats voted against the resolution that included that affirmation, while no Republicans opposed the initiative, Axios reported. “As a...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was deported from Israel after taking part in a flotilla which sought to break Israel’s naval blockade to Gaza, landed in Paris on Tuesday evening, before later returning to her country. Speaking to reporters upon her arrival and quoted by The Associated Press, Thunberg called for more actions to support aid efforts for Gaza, while leveling accusations at Israel over its treatment of Palestinian Arabs. Thunberg called for the release of the other activists who were detained aboard the Madleen flotilla, and said that the conditions the activists aboard the ship faced “are absolutely nothing...

House Speaker Mike Johnson called Tuesday for California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to be “tarred and feathered” over his response to the riots raging in downtown Los Angeles. Declining to weigh in on whether Newsom should be arrested — as President Trump and White House border czar Tom Homan have floated — Johnson (R-La.) ripped into the Golden State governor’s light-touch approach to the chaos in Los Angeles. “I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered,” Johnson told reporters during a Capitol Hill news conference....

What’s happening in LA is going to happen all over the country." ... Below is a warning posted by Laura Loomer on X that raises the alarm on what the United States may very well be facing. It may be high time for our nation to take it’s blinders off about the real threat that the Unholy Alliance poses to our nation. Prepare for massive civil unrest. As I discussed with Border Czar@RealTomHoman last night, there are over 2 million “got aways” who came into our country illegally under Joe Biden and have never been identified or found. Many of...

As violent leftists and illegal aliens stage an uprising in Los Angeles, California, some of them are partaking in one of the left’s favorite protest activities. Lighting cars on fire across the city, attacking law enforcement, destroying police cars, and hurling explosives at an ICE facility isn’t enough for the liberal domestic terrorists and criminal illegal aliens overtaking the streets. Los Angeles Police are receiving reports from local business owners that their stores were broken into and looted. On Sunday at approximately 10:20 pm PDT, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Central Division posted on X, Business owners are reporting stores...

Authorities have identified Elpidio Reyna as the suspect who allegedly threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles in Paramount, injuring an agent. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Chief Gregory Bovino emphasized their commitment to finding Reyna and continuing immigration enforcement despite protests. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna's arrest. ... LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Authorities have now identified the man they say threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles Saturday in Paramount, injuring one of their agents. According to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the suspect has been identified as Elpidio Reyna. "He thinks he's untouchable,"...

Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Greta Thunberg and the activists aboard the Gaza flotilla were brought to a screening of the film documenting the October 7 massacre atrocities upon their arrival in Israel, but refused to continue watching after seeing what it entailed. "The antisemitic flotilla members close their eyes to the truth and have once again proven that they prefer the murderers over the victims, continuing to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, adults, and children,"...

Greta Thunberg and her posse of international activists will be forced to watch footage of the Oct. 7 terror attack after Israeli forces intercepted their Gaza-bound “selfie yacht,” Israel’s defense minister revealed Monday. Israel Defense Forces captured and boarded the Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, after the Swedish activist and the others on board tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip — just hours after Israeli officials demanded they call off the stunt. ... “I congratulate the IDF for the quick and safe takeover of the ‘Madleen’ flotilla to prevent them from breaking the blockade...

Thunberg’s pathetic, self-serving stunt ended with sandwiches and water. As Israel’s Foreign Ministry says, the ‘show is over’.. The picture of Greta Thunberg being offered a sandwich and a bottle of water by an IDF soldier is perfect. Here she is, smiling sheepishly, revealing the utter hollowness of her activism. .. Thunberg and her fellow passengers aboard the MV Madleen, the boat which tried to run the naval blockade of Hamas-run Gaza, have been now taken into custody by the Israeli navy. No injuries ... Israel described the Madleen as a “media provocation”, but whatever images the activists hoped to...

Hamas and other terrorist groups have issued a warning to residents of the Gaza Strip, urging them not to trust what they described as “false promises from the occupation” or participate in “enemy plans,” threatening that doing so could provoke a severe response. In an official statement, the groups claimed that the humanitarian aid distribution centers operated by the United States have become “death traps,” where civilians are allegedly lured by hunger and killed in what they referred to as daily “massacres.” The statement further alleged that the true objective behind these aid centers is to dismantle UNRWA and shift...

A planned exchange of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war failed to take place on Saturday, with Moscow accusing Kyiv of postponing the swap at the last minute, something Ukrainian officials dismissed as “dirty games” from the Kremlin. Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them. Ukraine rejected Russia’s account of the events, saying that the two sides had agreed to exchange seriously wounded and young troops on Saturday but...