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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation US strikes Iran’s oil-critical Kharg Island — as Trump warns ‘whole civilization will die’  The US unleashed targeted strikes on Iran’s critical Kharg Island on Tuesday — as President Trump chillingly declared that “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Roughly 50 strikes were carried out on military targets on the Islamic Republic’s oil-critical stronghold, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing senior US officials. Kharg Island, which is one-third the size of Manhattan and located in the Persian Gulf, controls roughly 90% of Iranian crude oil exports. The mission included airstrikes along the northern side of the Island, hitting military bunkers and storage facilities, air defense systems, and other military facilities, an official told NBC News.
Probe to snare Iran rescue leaker 'underway' as Trump threatens jail for imperiling arduous operation Trump says leak put the missing airman and hundreds of rescuers at 'great risk' during search mission  An investigation is "underway" to determine who leaked to the press that one of the two American airmen was still missing after their fighter jet was shot down in Iran on Good Friday, a White House official told Fox News Digital. During a Monday afternoon press conference centered on the successful rescue mission, President Donald Trump said his administration is working "very hard" to determine who the leaker is, which he said put the missing pilot at greater risk. "We think we'll be able to find it out because we're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going to say, 'National security, give it up or go to jail,'" Trump said. "When they did that, all of a sudden the entire country of Iran knew that there was a pilot that was somewhere on their land that was fighting for his life. And it also made it much more difficult for the pilots and for the people going in to search for him." Artemis II launch live updates: NASA reveals breathtaking photos from far side of the moon in historic first  NASA’s Artemis II saw astronauts orbit the moon in a mission the likes of which have not been seen in more than 50 years. On Monday, the four-person crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen and pilot Victor Glover — had their historic flyby of the moon. The mission’s showstopper event gave the astronauts the world’s first-ever glimpses of parts of the lunar dark side, which they described as being “impossibly rugged” and “alien” — and broke the historic record set more than 50 years ago by Apollo 13. Terrorist killed, two others seriously injured in gun battle outside Istanbul’s Israeli consulate  At least one terrorist was killed and two others seriously injured in a 10-minute gun battle with cops outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, authorities said. The terrifying ordeal erupted near a permanent security checkpoint just outside the building that houses the consulate in the Turkish capital, according to authorities and witnesses. Footage showed one of the attackers — wearing a dark top and backpack — firing shots from an automatic rifle and a handgun as he moved among white police and security buses. Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan Leaders Meet With Witkoff on Iran  Egypt's foreign minister has met with President Donald Trump's envoy and regional counterparts as part of a renewed push to de-escalate the conflict involving Iran, according to a statement released by the Egyptian government on Tuesday. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Badr Abdel-Aty held talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Iraq's Fuad Hussein, and Pakistan's Mohammed Ishaq Dar during meetings on Monday, reports NBC News. Also attending was Jean Arnault, the U.N. secretary-general's personal envoy for the Middle East. The discussions focused on "an assessment of the rapidly evolving situation and the efforts being made to reach understandings between the United States and Iran to achieve de-escalation and reduce tensions," the ministry said, describing the moment as a "critical juncture and delicate turning point" for the region.
Wild video shows fireball consume Panama Canal’s Bridge of the Americas, killing one  Apocalyptic footage shows the moment a fuel tanker exploded under a bridge near the Panama Canal, almost engulfing traffic in a fireball. Orange flames came perilously close to consuming vehicles in Panama City on Monday, according to footage shared online. The fireball shot up the side of the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, and thick, black smoke billowed into the sky. The ‘violent’ reality of ejecting from an F-15 faced by brave US pilots revealed: ‘Instantaneous 10 to 20 Gs of force’  A Navy veteran pulled back the curtain on the “violent” experience airmen like the ones on the downed F-15E endure when ejecting from an aircraft — revealing the emergency maneuver includes little to no parachute training. Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a Topgun graduate and president of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation, told The Post that the Air Force colonel and his pilot made “a pretty stark choice to either die or eject” last week when they were shot down over Iran. Few would know better than Buckley, who piloted F-18 Hornets in 44 combat missions during two tours in Iraq. “You’re always worried about the condition of the aviator and aircrew, if they had to eject, because ejecting is one of the most violent experiences a body can go through,” Buckley explained, noting that no human is built to withstand “instantaneous 10 to 20 Gs of force.” Buckley described the “rocket ride” combined with “500 miles an hour of wind blast” as a recipe for disaster if the ejector’s body isn’t in the perfect position. Trump unconcerned about legality of Iran bridge, power strikes as anti-regime protesters ‘want us to keep bombing’
American E-4B ‘doomsday plane’ takes to the skies as Trump weighs all-out strikes on Iran Vital 15-mile bridge linking Saudi Arabia to Bahrain closed over Iranian threats as Trump’s deadline nears Pentagon Seeks $4.5 Billion to Rebuild Tomahawk Stockpile  The Pentagon is preparing to request roughly $4.5 billion in fiscal 2027 to replenish Tomahawk cruise missile stockpiles, underscoring the growing strain on U.S. military resources amid sustained global operations. According to a Bloomberg Government report, the funding push comes after heavy use of the long-range, sea-launched missiles in recent conflicts, including the war with Iran, where hundreds have reportedly been fired. The surge has raised concerns inside the War Department about maintaining readiness for future threats. Tomahawk missiles remain a cornerstone of U.S. strike capability, allowing the Navy to hit targets from long distances with precision.
Iran’s elites escape regime’s brutal rules — with traitorous hypocrisy By Nazee Moinian
“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar who is also a hypocrite,” wrote American playwright Tennessee Williams. I thought of Williams’ scathing quote when news broke this weekend that two Iranian women, 47-year-old Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarina Sadat Hosseiny, 25, had been arrested by US immigration officials in Los Angeles. The niece and grand-niece of the notorious Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani, slain head of the Quds Force, had been living luxe lives in Los Angeles. And the hypocrisy does not end there. While the Islamic Republic is killing its women for the “sin” of showing a strand of hair, Afshar and Hosseiny have used their social-media accounts, stocked with lavishly staged photos of themselves in barely-there outfits, to heap praise on Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the regime’s terror activities. GOP started the gerrymander fight — but in Virginia, may not have the guts to finish it By Daniel McCarthy
This year’s midterm elections aren’t just about who wins in November — they’re about who wins the fights over gerrymandering taking place right now. Nowhere is the battle fiercer than in Virginia, a state where voters just six years ago approved a constitutional amendment to take partisanship out of congressional redistricting. Now Democrats want to make an exception to the rule that Virginia voters approved by a nearly two-thirds majority in 2020. They want this year’s congressional map to be drawn up by their own state legislators, erasing the districts set up by the bipartisan board established by the amendment just a few years back. |
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