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In his announcement unveiling U.S. attacks on Iran, President Trump assailed the Islamic Republicβs βproxiesβ in the region. βFrom Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts,β Trump declared Saturday. The United States, Trump vowed, was determined to…
βAmerica firstβ was Donald Trumpβs promise on the 2024 campaign trail, but his administration broke that oath late Friday when it launched a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Now the presidentβs staunchest supporters are echoing the anti-war cries of lefties. Itβs an odd turn of events when MAGA mouthpiece Tucker Carlson and lefty icon Jane…
Reza Khaleghian, 70, came bursting through the door of Naab Cafe on Saturday morning, phone pressed to his ear, fist held in the air, screaming the news in Farsi at anyone who would listen: βKhamenei is dead!β Soon, President Trump would confirm the death of Iranβs supreme leader in a historic attack by the United…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iranβs politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East. President Trump announced Khameneiβs…
Embassy staffers and dependents evacuating, airlines suspending service, eyes in Iran warily turning skyward for signs of an attack. The prospects of a showdown between the U.S. and Iran loom ever higher, as massive American naval and air power lies in wait off Iranβs shores and land borders. Yet little of that urgency is felt…
GUADALAJARAΒ βΒ The notorious drug kingpin was sick, his kidneys failing. To ensure smooth management of his multibillion-dollar cartel while he underwent dialysis, Nemesio RubΓ©n Oseguera Cervantes, known as βEl Mencho,β delegated day-to-day control to several top lieutenants. Each managed a separate region, had his own group of hit men and developed his own fearsome reputation. Mexican…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ For the first time in more than 40 years, a former president will appeal directly before Congress to fend off criminal allegations. Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before the House Oversight Committee this week in its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators. The couple…
Recently, I asked Claude, an artificial-intelligence thingy at the center of a standoff with the Pentagon, if it could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Say, for example, hands that wanted to put a tight net of surveillance around every American citizen, monitoring our lives in real time to ensure our compliance with government. βYes….
An independent expenditure committee backed by Silicon Valley executives spent $4.8 million on television ads supporting San Jose Mayor Matt Mahanβs gubernatorial bid that will begin airing Thursday. The two 30-second ads highlight the Democratβs life story β being raised in a working-class family and working on a grounds crew and as a middle school…
The race to replace termed-out California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a tight contest between five candidates, according to a new poll released Wednesday. Three Democrats β former Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Eric Swalwell and hedge fund founder Tom Steyer β and two Republicans β conservative commentator Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco β…