When Iranian drones struck an airport terminal in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave last Thursday, injuring at least two civilians and narrowly missing a school, Tehran accomplished something remarkable: it threatened the one neighbor that had studiously avoided the escalating conflict between Iran and the West. The attack was strategically senseless. French intelligence claims that Baku explicitly […]
Imagine for a moment that you are the governor of a failing state. Would you try to improve the state by repealing failing policies, or would you spend taxpayer money on an ad campaign to try to improve your national image without helping the residents of your state? If you chose the second option, you […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted CNN Friday morning for its coverage of the Iran war, exclaiming that the “sooner” Paramount CEO David Ellison “takes over that network, the better.” “Fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz. Patently ridiculous, of course. For decades, Iran...
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President Trump boasted of the U.S. military’s strength in an early Friday morning social media post, threatening Tehran with new attacks. “We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time - Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. “They’ve been killing innocent people all over...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a press briefing about the military operation in Iran on Friday morning, the second this week. It comes after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq on Thursday, killing four of the six service members onboard. Central Command said rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two service members...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine will brief reporters on Friday morning as the Iran war nears the two-week mark. The U.S. and Israeli militaries have decimated Iran's air defenses and munitions manufacturing centers, striking thousands of targets across the country. However, Iran's ruling regime remains largely intact, showing no...
Four of the six service members onboard a refueling aircraft died when the plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) confirmed on Friday. Rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two service members as of 5:30 a.m. EST. “The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Pressure rises to end Iran conflict ▪ US eases Russia oil sanctions ▪ American aircraft crashes in Iraq ▪ Updates on Michigan, Virginia violence The shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will officially reach the one-month mark tonight at midnight, with...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Friday morning press briefing that the U.S. "is decimating the radical Iranian regime's military" and that the Islamic Republic's new supreme leader was injured and "likely disfigured."
"Desperate and hiding, they've gone underground, cowering," Hegseth said of Iranian leadership.
"That's what rats do. We know the new so-called not-so-Supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured," he said.
Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the beginning of the war, issued a written statement on Thursday that Hegseth described as "weak."
"It was a written statement," Hegseth said. "Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. His father dead. He's scared, he's injured, he's on the run and he lacks legitimacy. It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? Iran may not even know."
Senior GOP lawmakers tell Fox News Digital that a reconciliation bill may be the only way to bolster defense spending and modernize the military amid rising threats from Iran.
