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Iran Knew Trump's Location Before Air Force One Ruse
The decoy effort to get President Donald Trump out of Turkey last month
occurred after the threat of a surface-to-air missile against Air Force
One was deemed sufficiently credible.
Iran also knew remarkably specific details about Trump's stay in Ankara
during the NATO summit, including where he was staying and even which
floor of the building he was on, according to two U.S. officials cited
by The New York Times.
U.S. intelligence picked up multiple streams of information as Trump
headed into the summit's final day on July 8, including a specific
threat against whichever aircraft was carrying the president and a
report that someone near the summit had been spotted with a
shoulder-fired missile.
The intelligence triggered an extraordinary security operation designed to conceal Trump's movements.
Iran, US Not Discussing Ceasefire Extension, Senior Iranian Official Says
There were no discussions between Iran and the United States to extend
their ceasefire because, from Tehran's perspective, the deal had no
start date and therefore had nothing to extend, a senior Iranian source
told Reuters on Wednesday.
The source's comments came after Turkey's Anadolu news agency, citing
Pakistani government sources, reported on Wednesday that Tehran and
Washington had agreed to extend a 60-day ceasefire under their interim
deal signed in June.
The deal declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military
operations on all fronts," but quickly unraveled, with President
Donald Trump saying it was "over" on July 7 and Iran's foreign ministry
declaring it "suspended" a week later.
"There is no talk of an extension because, from Iran's perspective,
there is no period that began and therefore nothing to extend. The
United States violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was
reached and withdrew from it a few days later," the source told Reuters.
Holiday-hating Francesca Hong loses to David Crowley in Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly upset Democratic
socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial
primary Tuesday night, despite polls showing Hong in front by
double-digits in the final stretch before polling day.
Crowley’s campaign said the 37-year-old state legislator and member of
the Democratic Socialists of America called Crowley early Wednesday to
concede the race. Hong trailed her rival by more than 3,200 votes out
of more than 787,000 ballots cast as of 6 a.m. ET., a margin of 0.41
percentage points.
Under Wisconsin law, Hong could have requested a recount since she
trailed by under one percentage point, but would have had to pay for it
since her deficit was greater than 0.25 percentage points. State law
does not provide for automatic recounts in close races.
Iran claims it still has 75% of its missile and drone capability
Iran's military claims it still maintains 75% of its missile and drone
capabilities, a senior Iranian military official told a state-run news
agency.
Iranian Army Deputy Commander for Executive Affairs, Brig. Gen. Alireza
Sheikh, told Iran's state-run news agency IRNA that U.S. and Israeli
strikes had not been as effective as the U.S. has claimed.
"More than 75% of Iran's missile and drone capabilities remain intact
and ready," he asserted, going on to claim that Iranian's drone fleet
have "become the enemy's nightmare."
President Donald Trump said last month that U.S. estimates are that Iran is down to just 22% of its missile supplies.
Russia cannot afford its Ukraine death benefits — so families say the army is labeling the war dead as deserters instead
A mother of a Russian soldier speaking to RFE/RL has told the
broadcaster the last time she heard from her son, a Russian soldier
deployed to the front line, was when he was dispatched on a combat
mission on 20 July 2025 – more than a year ago.
He had transmitted a photo to her that same day and had also messaged
her that he had been wounded but not seriously when a drone exploded
near his position.
The woman, whose first name is Marina, then recounted that an officer
in her son’s unit contacted her ten days later, saying that her son was
OK and would contact her as soon as he had the opportunity.
Marina did not provide her last name out of concern for what happens to
many Russians who speak ill of the manner in which the conflict is
being conducted by Moscow's higher-ups.
Russia warns Ukraine to stay away from European ally or face 'entire Union State'
When nations link their military defenses, a threat to one automatically becomes a threat to the other.
That core principle is now front and center. Moscow just issued a stark new warning regarding its closest ally.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin recently delivered a
sharp message regarding ongoing tensions in Eastern Europe. He made the
Kremlin’s position perfectly clear. Any attempt by Ukrainian forces to
destabilize Belarus would cross a major red line.
Speaking to the Russian state news agency TASS, the senior diplomat
warned that Moscow would treat any such actions as a direct attack on
its own interests. He specifically pointed to the political and
military alliance between Russia and Belarus, known as the Union State.
US general in Europe abruptly removed from command 2 months ahead of schedule
A top U.S. gerneral in command of military operations in Europe has been removed, the U.S. Army confirmed.
Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commander of the Army's V Corps since 2024,
was removed from two months before his command was due to end.
An Army spokesperson confirmed that he was removed in recent days. The
spokesperson did not detail what led to the shake up in command.
Deadly disease outbreak kills 2,000 as experts reveal what Americans should know
Bundibugyo strain is genetically distinct from previous Ebola variants, making existing treatments less effective
As the death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) surpasses 2,000 people, infectious disease
experts say Americans should remain aware of the humanitarian crisis
overseas while understanding the reality of domestic risk.
The virus has spread rapidly across parts of eastern and northeastern
DRC, with earlier cross-border cases in Uganda. Published government
data shows a total of 4,381 confirmed cases.
"There's a lot of people who live there. So this is not breaking out in
a town of 50, but in rural cities of hundreds of thousands," David
Wohl, M.D., a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious
Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told Fox
News Digital.
"Compared to previous outbreaks, the pace at which this is moving is unprecedented," he went on.
Trump's DC crime crackdown 'working' as city sees homicides plummet 43% since 2025: slain intern's mom
Tamara Jachym said the National Guard's presence means residents 'notice a difference' and 'feel safer'
The mother of a Congressional intern who was killed in 2025 says
President Donald Trump's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., is
working as homicides have plummeted by over 40% over the past year.
New data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association shows that homicides
in Washington, D.C., have dropped by 43.9% in the first half of 2026
compared to the previous year. In total, there were 46 homicides during
that time period in 2026 compared to 82 in 2025.
The drop in Washington, D.C., homicides came after Trump deployed the
National Guard and took control of its police force in early August
2025 to "rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and
squalor and worse."
ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Painful Electric Shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with
gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain
compliance from combative individuals.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of
"conductive distraction and de-escalation devices" for officers and
agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the
Department of Homeland Security.
The devices are known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low
Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies
LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some
jails and police departments.
Sophie Cunningham makes former ESPN mouthpiece Ryan Clark look like a clown after disgusting remarks
The former ESPN analyst called Cunningham a 'divisive' 9-point scorer for speaking on locker room protections in the WNBA
Ryan Clark, less than a month removed from being able to spout off nonsense on ESPN, is back to gaslighting on his podcast.
There's always an outlet for woke drivel, folks. It's 2026, after all.
Clark was laid off from ESPN last month, along with dozens of others,
including Cam Newton and Karl Ravech. Clark's removal was the most
high-profile given it happened during a live taping of NFL Live, and
also suspiciously came after OutKick told the network we knew Clark was
amongst the oncoming layoffs.
That's neither here nor there, though. Semantics!
AOC doesn’t deny breaking up with fiancé Riley Roberts, gives head-scratching response after posting egg retrieval video
Far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez haughtily proclaimed
she doesn’t discuss her personal life just days after posting a video
showcasing every step of her ongoing fertility treatment in
excruciating detail.
She declined to answer when a Post reporter asked about her split from
longtime fiancé Riley Roberts as she exited her Queens apartment
building Wednesday morning to walk her French bulldog, Deco, whom she
shared with Roberts.
“I don’t comment on my private life – thank you,” the Democrat darling
said with a smile before clamming up and refusing to respond to any
follow-ups.
But for the past week, Ocasio Cortez, 36, has taken to Instagram to
give her 9.6 million followers a look into her private life — as she
publicly documents the process to freeze her eggs.
Four ways to harden America's power grid before our global enemies strike
Advanced militaries and societies like the US have more to lose from attacks on our energy than less electrified countries
By Alan R. Howard , Brenda Shaffer
Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan reports from the White House on U.S.
economic strategies against Iran as Fox News senior strategic analyst
Gen. Jack Keane discusses military readiness amid the Strait of Hormuz
blockade.
Since World War II, the U.S. military has benefitted from uncontested
strategic logistics, including energy supplies. This is no longer the
case.
The cyberattacks Iran conducted on U.S. water supply sites in at least
seven states were not carried out in isolation. In keeping with its
longstanding military doctrine, Iranian representatives have recently
threatened to target American domestic energy supplies and other
strategic infrastructure.
China and Russia also include attacks on American and allied energy
infrastructure in their war doctrines, and it’s past time to prepare
accordingly. America must take the following four steps to protect its
energy from Iran and other adversary threats.
Hochul is running scared from the pied-à-terre tax —but her prints are all over the proposed disaster
By Michael Goodwin
After a Staten Island judge halted the city’s muddled implementation of
the unpopular pied-à-terre tax, the governor ducked any responsibility
despite proposing the tax and pushing it through the Legislature.
On Monday, that history seemed like the work of a governor from another
planet when Hochul shifted into the role of an innocent bystander so
smoothly that it looked rehearsed.
At an appearance after the court ruling, she began by making an inane
observation of the obvious, saying people are “frustrated with the
rollout” of the tax but quickly shifted into “don’t blame me” mode.
“We are not responsible for the rollout,” she said shamefully.
