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Israel bombs Iran’s top mullahs as they count votes for next supreme leader
The Israeli air force struck a top Iranian meeting on Tuesday where
Tehran’s senior clerics had gathered to select a replacement for slain
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to multiple reports.
The Assembly of Experts, made up of 88 top clerics, were together in
the holy city of Qom when an airstrike hit their building overnight,
the Times of Israel reported.
The strike came just as the mullahs were counting the votes to appoint the next supreme leader, according to Fox News.
It remains unclear how many members of the assembly were attending the vote when the building was hit.
Oil Surges to $85 a Barrel
Oil prices continued soaring Tuesday, with Brent crude jumping 9% to
above $85 a barrel — its highest level since July 2024. European
natural gas prices rose another 45%.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $4.68, or 7%, to $75.91 after hitting its highest since June at $76.02.
It is the third session oil prices have risen as the U.S.-Israeli
conflict with Iran widens, disrupting fuel shipments and heightening
fears of further Middle East oil and gas supply disruption.
The U.S. and Israeli air war against Iran has widened since Israel's
first attacks on Saturday, with Israel attacking Lebanon and Iran
responding with strikes against energy infrastructure in Gulf countries
and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the
world's oil and liquefied natural gas typically passes.
US Closes Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait After Iran Drone Attacks
The U.S. closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Tuesday as
Iran escalated retaliatory attacks across the Gulf, targeting U.S.
diplomatic and military facilities in the region.
The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh shut down for the day after two drones
struck the compound, sparking a small fire and causing minor damage,
according to Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry, The New York Times
reported.
Hours later, Saudi officials said they intercepted and destroyed eight
additional drones near Riyadh and the city of Al-Kharj. The embassy
urged Americans to avoid the area as a precaution.
Trump: US Stockpiles Ready to 'Win Big' Despite Biden's Moves
President Donald Trump said U.S. munitions stockpiles are enough to
triumph against Iran despite his predecessor "giving away" what he
described as the "highest end" weapons to countries such as Ukraine.
In a Truth Social post late Monday, Trump insisted American munitions,
particularly at the mid- and upper midgrade levels, have "never been
higher or better," dismissing concerns about shortfalls at the Pentagon.
"As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of
these weapons," Trump wrote, adding that "wars can be fought 'forever,'
and very successfully, using just these supplies (which are better than
other countries finest arms!)."
Pilot, passenger who crash landed in ‘another miracle on the Hudson’ made jokes after swimming ashore
The pilot and passenger who miraculously survived a small plane crash
in the icy Hudson River were in “good spirits” and cracked jokes after
they swam to shore Monday night.
The pair was found by first responders in Newburgh inside a waterfront
warehouse, where they had changed into dry clothes they had found.
“The pilot was making jokes to us about the clothes he was wearing
because they had taken clothes from the warehouse that weren’t theirs —
obviously to get out of the wet clothes,” Carrie Massari-Carey,
Assistant Chief at the Town of Newburgh Emergency Medical Services,
told The Post Tuesday.
Their Cessna 172 went down in the frigid river near New York Stewart
International Airport around 8 p.m. — with the pilot and passenger
swimming to safety in a feat Gov. Kathy Hochul called “another miracle
on the Hudson.”
Trump criticizes Biden for transferring weapons to Ukraine but insists US is 'stocked' to win
Trump claims Biden failed to replace high grade munitions after supplying Ukraine for 'free'
Former CENTCOM Director Joe Buccino details the U.S. military's
Operation Epic Fury to dismantle Iran's weaponry, including naval ships
and ballistic missile capabilities.
President Donald Trump on Monday accused former President Joe Biden of
failing to replenish U.S. weapons stockpiles, though insisted that the
U.S. is still "stocked" to win as Operation Epic Fury continues to
devastate Iran.
U.S. munitions at the medium and upper medium grades have "never been
higher or better," Trump said on Monday in a post on his Truth Social
platform. He added that "we have a virtually unlimited supply of these
weapons."
Nancy Guthrie disappearance: Sheriff says authorities looking into car caught on Ring cam, haven't made ID yet
Chris Nanos says authorities are 'looking into' vehicle caught on camera around time of 84-year-old's suspected abduction
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said authorities are "looking into" the
car caught on Nancy Guthrie's neighbors' Ring camera footage that
appeared shortly after she disappeared.
Nanos made the remarks in an interview with NBC News, referencing Ring
camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital from a resident in the
Catalina Foothills neighborhood. The video shows 12 vehicles driving by
on the morning of Nancy Guthrie’s suspected abduction, including
activity around 2:30 a.m., roughly the same time authorities say the
84-year-old’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone.
When Nanos was asked specifically about the Ring camera video obtained
by Fox News Digital, he said: "We're aware of it, and we're looking
into it. Just like any other piece of evidence."
Zelenskyy Warns Iran War Could Disrupt Ukraine Arms
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that escalating U.S.
involvement against Iran could threaten the steady flow of American
weapons that Kyiv relies on to fight Russia.
In an interview
with Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper, Zelenskyy said a previous
round of fighting between Israel and Iran last year "slowed down" arms
deliveries to Ukraine.
"This time, it has not happened yet, but I fear it could," he said.
Zelenskyy
argued that broader conflict in the Middle East could strain Western
resources, even as Ukraine remains locked in its grinding war with
Moscow.
Why Trump must finish what he started with Iran’s regime
President Trump’s most difficult decision is ahead
By Hugh Hewit
President Donald Trump has proven again and again to have mastered
strategic and tactical surprise in conflict, and to depend upon the
military professionals advising him. Now, however, he faces a decision
on when to end the battle with the Islamic Republic of Iran or whatever
regime follows its collapse.
In making that decision, the events of 35 years ago should figure in his calculation.
The American-led international coalition that assembled to drive Saddam
Hussein’s Iraqi troops from Kuwait began that war with a massive aerial
and naval bombardment of Saddam’s forces in Kuwait and some targets in
Iraq on January 17, 1991. The first phase of the first Gulf War lasted
five weeks. The second phase, a ground invasion of Kuwait, began on
February 24, 1991, and famously (or infamously) concluded after 100
hours.
Serious military professionals have long debated the decision by then
President George H.W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell to end military
operations when they did. A huge tactical success had been achieved and
the strategic benefit of such an overwhelming display of force, and
almost certainly some Americans are alive today who would not have
survived an extended campaign to depose Saddam Hussein 35 years ago.
Candace Owens attacks Erika Kirk for clout. Don't fall for it
Opinion by Nicole Russell,
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's horrifying assassination on Sept.
10, I hoped that at least something good might come from it. I did see
a renewed energy among conservatives, revival among young people and a
message of forgiveness, the heart of Christianity, on the national
stage for all to see.
But in the months since he died, something else has risen up, too:
Candace Owens, a former colleague of Charlie Kirk, and her
ever-spiraling grift. At first, I was saddened by the grip she seemed
to have on everyday conservatives, caught up in her bombastic
storytelling and bizarre tendency toward conspiracy theories.
Now with her latest venture − a multipart "exposé" on Charlie Kirk's
widow, Erika Kirk − Owens has gone well beyond grifter, opportunist and
conspiracy theorist. She is purposefully harming a widow whose husband
was brutally assassinated, for fame and money.
It is wrong, evil and I am no longer sad. I am angry. I am appalled
that thousands, if not millions, of conservatives seem to be happily
drinking the sludge Owens is offering, smearing and slandering Charlie
Kirk's memory, his widow and, in effect, conservatism at large.
