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Two high school mariachi musicians were released Monday with their family from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Texas after pressure from a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Officials released Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, who was detained and held at the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville, Texas. His brother and fellow mariachi player,…

Kirk has zero military experience.

Brett Kavanaugh had claimed the Supreme Court has treated Donald Trump and Joe Biden similarly when it comes to its emergency docket.

Iran has blocked ships from entering the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S. military strikes. President Donald Trump said they should go through anyway.

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Retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane said Monday that the Iranian government “fundamentally miscalculated” President Trump as conflict in the Middle East persists. “What these guys did, Rita and John, is they fundamentally miscalculated President Trump,” Keane told radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on WABC’s “Cats & Cosby” program. “They bought into…

The former MSNBC host skewered President Donald Trump over his ongoing war on Iran and tackled a narrative espoused by untold Republicans.

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Tuesday said the Russians have not been sharing intelligence with Iran to target the United States as it fires off retaliatory attacks on Gulf partners in the region. “I can tell you that yesterday, on the call with [President Trump], the Russians said they have…

Exxon Mobil has evacuated some personnel from the Middle East amid growing instability in the region due to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, CEO Darren Woods told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. “Our first and highest priority is ​making sure our people remain safe, and we evacuated folks who weren’t critical or essential…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Tuesday afternoon as tensions with Iran stretch into its 11th day. President Trump on Monday signaled the U.S. military operation in Tehran could wrap up “very soon” but acknowledged that the Pentagon has not ruled out deploying troops to the region in the future. Defense Secretary…

Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) warned Tuesday that the midterms could be “disastrous” for his party if the war in Iran continues. “Already, we are behind the eight-ball as far as the electoral process,” Paul told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business’s “Mornings with Maria.” “I think if you add in high gas prices, high…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday called President Trump’s recent claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles that it used on a girls school, killing over 100 civilians, is “beyond asinine.” “He claims that Iranian Tomahawk missiles were responsible for the bombing of an all girls school that killed 170 people, including many children,”…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concerns Tuesday about the ongoing U.S. military operations in the Middle East. In translated remarks published by Politico, Merz said, “With each day of war, more questions arise.” “What concerns us most is that there is clearly no common plan for bringing this war to a swift and convincing conclusion,”…

Almost three-quarters of American voters expect the U.S. conflict in Iran to last for months or longer, according to a new poll. In the Quinnipiac poll, 71 percent said they believed the Iran conflict would go on for “months,” “about a year” or “longer than that” into the future. Three percent said the conflict would…

Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Tuesday warned the Strait of Hormuz will “either be a strait of peace and prosperity for all” or a “strait of defeat and suffering for warmongers” as President Trump threatens retaliation against Tehran for disrupting the flow of oil. The narrow channel between the…

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, is warning the U.S. and Israel against targeting his country’s infrastructure.  “Let the enemy know that whatever they do, we will undoubtedly respond with a proportionate and immediate retaliation; no malice will go unanswered, and today we decree the rule of ‘an eye for an eye’;…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing “black rain” could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. “Black rain,” also referred to as “acidic rain,” falling over Tehran “is indeed a danger” to the city’s inhabitants, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in…

Solar installations in the U.S. decreased by 14 percent last year, a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie found. The report, released Monday, found that the solar industry installed 43.2 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of capacity in 2025, down from above 49 GWdc the year prior.  Since President Trump…

Former CIA Director John Brennan expressed concerns on Monday about the long-term implications of President Trump’s ongoing military operations in the Middle East. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have not ruled out putting boots on the ground in Iran, though Trump told the New York Post on Monday that the administration was “nowhere…

In just one week, Israel’s U.S.-backed campaign has displaced 700,000 people, killed more than 10 children per day and left no diplomatic off-ramp in sight.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Monday criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his defense of the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying that he does “NOT” tell President Trump how to oversee the conflict. “There are some in the Senate that advocate for war everywhere,” Luna wrote on the social platform X. “Lindsey Graham…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday suggested a mutual defense agreement with Saudi Arabia amid the ongoing U.S. operation in Iran. “Finally, to my friends in Saudi Arabia: I’ve been your biggest champion. I think the crown prince has taken Saudi Arabia in a completely different direction, in a good way,” Graham told Fox News’s…

President Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors, having her replace her late husband. Consisting of 16 members, the Board of Visitors is responsible for making recommendations to the Defense Secretary for changes at the Air Force Academy. The board provides an…

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that several agencies failed to adequately respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests pertaining to any plans to deploy federal agents at election sites.   The lawsuit alleges that the DNC sent close to a dozen FOIA requests to the Justice Department (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

The “Last Word” host noticed a curious change in rhetoric from President Donald Trump about the now-regional Iran war.