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Trump, Rubio face NATO chief as US moves to 'reexamine' alliance after Iran clash
Trump has called NATO a 'one-way street' and told European allies to 'start learning how to fight' for themselves
President Donald Trump will meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
Wednesday at the White House, just as transatlantic relations within
the alliance have frayed during U.S. operations in Iran.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the U.S. from NATO and
slammed European nations for blocking base access and providing limited
help to the Iran offensive known as Operation Epic Fury.
Despite a good relationship with the head of NATO, who once called him
"daddy" of the alliance, Trump has said he views NATO as a "one-way
street."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also meets with Rutte on Wednesday,
told Fox News recently: "After this conflict is concluded, we are going
to have to reexamine that relationship. We're going to have reexamined
the value of NATO in that alliance for our country."
Saudi Arabia intercepts drone attack after voicing support for Trump-Iran ceasefire deal
The Saudi Arabian government said it intercepted and destroyed nine
drones on Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's ceasefire deal
with Iran.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense announced the interception
and destruction of nine drones over the past hours. Meanwhile, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs championed the ceasefire deal.
"The Foreign Ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's welcome
of the announcement by President Donald Trump of the United States of
America and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of
the ceasefire agreement reached between the United States of America
and the Islamic Republic of Iran," the ministry said in a statement.
"The Kingdom commends the productive efforts undertaken by the Prime
Minister and the Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Forces of
Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in reaching this agreement."
Hegseth: 'Iran Begged' for Ceasefire After Crushing Defeat
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday declared that the U.S.
military delivered a "historic and overwhelming victory" over Iran,
saying the campaign left the country's military "combat ineffective for
years to come."
"Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the
battlefield. A capital V military victory," Hegseth said at a morning
press conference, aired live on Newsmax and Newsmax2, just hours after
a ceasefire was reached.
"By any measure, Epic Fury decimated Iran's military and rendered it combat ineffective for years to come."
Hegseth, accompanied at the press conference by Gen. Dan Caine, the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, framed the operation as the
culmination of years of escalating tensions.
Trump Signals Some Embrace of Iran's 10-Point Plan, Raising Concerns
President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that his administration is
actively engaging with an intermediary figure, "Ronn," as part of
ongoing back-channel diplomacy tied to a sweeping and highly
controversial 10-point proposal submitted by Iran.
The plan is believed to have dangerous provisions, including protection
for Hezbollah and Iran given the right to collect tolls from ships
moving through the Strait of Hormuz.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement
Wednesday claiming that the two-week ceasefire deal struck with Iran
does not include Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The emerging framework, which Trump described as "significant" but "not
good enough," marks a notable shift in tone after days of escalating
threats of military action.
Inside Antifa-linked group's plan to 'structurally change' the US as May Day unrest approaches
Obtained slides outline goals including Green New Deal legislation and dismantling the 'billionaire 2 party system'
A far-left activist group with ties to anti-ICE protests, Antifa and
broader left-wing organizing is openly calling for a "political
revolution" and a sweeping overhaul of the American system that
includes pressure on college campuses, according to newly obtained
training materials.
Slides from a March 2026 Sunrise Movement membership meeting, obtained
by Defending Education, lay out a vision to "structurally change the
foundations of this country" in pursuit of "eco-socialism" and a
"multi-racial democracy."
The internal presentation outlines what the group describes as its
"grand objective," including the passage of Green New Deal legislation
and dismantling what it calls the "billionaire 2 party system."
Biden ally tells Spanberger to exit ‘bunker’ as ex-gov renews debate push
Michael LaRosa says Spanberger squandered goodwill and let the GOP define her within months of taking office
A former top official in the Biden administration slammed Virginia Gov.
Abigail Spanberger as wrongly following Joe Biden’s playbook,
squandering "goodwill" and allowing the GOP to define her, demanding
she "come out of her Biden bunker."
The swipe comes as former Gov. George Allen offered to debate her
virtually on the subject of redistricting if timing was an issue in her
original rejection, and Spanberger briskly avoided a Fox News Digital
reporter who confronted the tight-lipped governor in Richmond this week.
Michael LaRosa, former first lady Jill Biden’s longtime top aide and
spokesperson, slammed Spanberger on Tuesday, unfavorably comparing her
to former President Joe Biden and calling a Washington Post poll
showing her as the governor with the highest unfavorables dating back
to Allen’s era "entirely self-inflicted and avoidable."
Artemis II snaps interstellar photo of Milky Way galaxy on its way back to Earth
NASA released a historic interstellar photo taken from Artemis II, capturing "the breathtaking photo of our galaxy."
"Sky full of stars," NASA wrote Tuesday night on X.
"Following a successful lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts captured
this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026."
The Orion capsule left the moon's sphere of influence and was
re-engaged by Earth's predominant gravitational pull Tuesday as the
Integrity crew sped back home at more than 1,700 miles per hour.
A new economic iron curtain is falling across America as trillions in wealth flee to the 'Boom Belt'
The 11-state region has absorbed 70% of all U.S. population growth in the last five years, governors say
A new economic iron curtain is falling across America as the "Boom
Belt" — an 11-state powerhouse in the U.S. Southeast — shatters records
and challenges the traditional financial dominance of New York and
Chicago.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined forces in
Miami on Tuesday to celebrate a $9 trillion gross domestic product
(GDP) region that is now outpacing every other quadrant of the country
in population, jobs and capital investment.
"I often tell people, as Governor of Florida, my job is to closely
follow California, Illinois, New York, so I can do precisely the
opposite of what they do," DeSantis said during the panel held at the
Pérez Art Museum. "Florida's had more adjusted gross income move into
our state since I've been governor than has ever moved into any state
in the history of the United States."
Trump’s Iran cease-fire makes the left lose its mind, but let’s just take the win … for now
By New York Post Editorial Board
“TACO,” anti-Trump crackpot Rick Wilson posted on social media, shortly
after the president announced a two-week cease-fire that has Iran
agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
This “Trump always chickens out” sentiment was repeated by left-wing
pundits, who only hours before were furious that President Trump was
threatening to “blow up the whole country.”
So which is it? You’re mad when he threatens to bomb a country, then mock him when he doesn’t?
No matter how many times Trump turns to the same playbook — maximum
pressure and outrageous threats to force a deal — Democrats and the
press are shocked, shocked by his actions.
This blue state's latest attack on free speech is awful and sneaky, too
New law forces lawyers to certify they won't share court data with immigration officials
By Jonathan Turley
Colorado's tourism slogan, "It's Our Nature," has a menacing meaning
for free speech advocates. Colorado is now arguably the most anti-free
speech state in the union, pushing an array of measures attacking those
with opposing social and political views. The irony is that the state
has proved a bonanza for free speech with spectacular legal failures
that reaffirmed rather than restricted the First Amendment. Now, the
Democratic legislature and governor are back with new unconstitutional
measures, including a requirement that lawyers not share information
with federal immigration officials as a condition for filing with state
courts.
Colorado legislators and judges have spent years attacking core free
speech and associational rights. In the last election, the state
attempted to strip President Donald Trump from the ballot with the
support of a majority of its Democratic-controlled state supreme court.
(The effort was later declared unconstitutional in a unanimous decision
by the Supreme Court. Colorado could not even get any of the liberal
justices to support its actions).
The state is responsible for the efforts to force business owners to
create products celebrating same-sex marriages. That effort led to the
Masterpiece Cake Shop case and then the 303 Creative case. Even after
losing earlier efforts against Masterpiece Cake Shop owner Jack
Phillips, the targeting of its owner continued for years. That
litigation proved to be a tremendous victory for free speech.
