Ret. Centcom Commander on Iran: "I've simulated this many times in many positions; we're a little further along than we would expect to be at this point in all the simulations I've seen." "This is not back-of-the-envelope calculations. We've been working on this for many years."
Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. Hegseth's broker at Morgan Stanley contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in the asset manager's Defense Industrials Active ETF, the people said, shortly before the US launched military action against Tehran.
The inquiry on behalf of the high-profile potential client was flagged internally at BlackRock, according to the people familiar with the matter. BlackRock, Morgan Stanley and the Pentagon declined to comment.
According to Iranian state-linked media, lawmakers have backed a plan to introduce tolls for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz - the narrow corridor through which roughly a fifth of global oil supply flows. The proposal also includes a provision to block transit by ships associated with the United States and Israel.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies.
The law would only apply to Israelis convicted of murder whose attacks aimed at "ending Israel's existence", meaning it would mete out the death penalty for Palestinians but not for Jewish Israelis who committed similar crimes, critics say.
The Trump administration bombed a school with an "untested" missile on the same day as a strike that killed 175 at another school, according to a report. A new Precision Strike Missile, which has never been tested in combat and only made it out of the prototype phase last year, was used in the attack, The New York Times reported. The Times reported that "a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed U.S.-made ballistic missile," known as a PrSM, hit a sports hall and adjacent elementary school near an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps military facility in southern Iran. The attack came on the first day of the war on Feb. 28, the same day a double strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, killing 175, including more than 100 schoolgirls, according to Iranian media.
A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report. The woman conducted four interviews with the FBI in 2019 in which she detailed alleged abuse by Trump and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her interviews referencing Trump were initially withheld by the Department of Justice.
Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement.
Many different factors play into your risk of a heart attack, stroke, and heart failure, and a lot of them involve lifestyle choices most people can do something about -- including three small upgrades in sleep, diet, and physical activity highlighted in a new study.
Mullins, the UConn men's basketball team's freshman guard, hit a 35-footer with 0.4 seconds left on Sunday to cap an incredible 73-72 comeback win over Duke in the East Regional finals and send the Huskies to their eighth Final Four. UConn (33-5) will face South Regional champion Illinois on Saturday at 6:09 p.m. (TBS/truTV) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis -- Mullins' hometown.
Iran's parliament speaker has accused the United States of plotting a ground attack despite publicly pushing for a negotiated deal, as the US deploys thousands of military personnel to the Middle East. Read more
Daniel Tocci (31), pardoned by Dummkopf Trumpf for attacking the US Capitol on 6 Jan 2021, has been sentenced to four years for possession of child pornography. Federal investigators found more than 110,000 illicit images on his devices, including unspeakable images of toddlers, bestiality, a woman being shot in the head, and gruesome animal cruelty including a cat being put into an Osterizer.
Dummkopf Trumpf Pardoned Disgusting Maniacs
On Friday, an Iranian missile and drones reportedly hit the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The airbase, about 96km (60 miles) southeast of the Saudi capital, Riyadh, is run by the Saudi air force but is also used by US forces. The attack damaged multiple KC-135 tankers, which refuel US aircraft in flight, and an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, Air & Space Forces Magazine, a publication that covers US air defence and national security issues, reported on Saturday. Read more
AI can lead mentally unwell people to some pretty dark places, as a number of recent news stories have taught us. Now researchers think sycophantic AI is actually having a harmful effect on everyone.
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's administration is pushing to embrace the nuclear power industry and proposing the state build more nuclear plants, components, and fuel enrichment sites. The push comes as data centers and heavy industry are popping up in Louisiana, creating a major need for new power generation.
Solar and Wind Power Are the Future, Not Nuclear Power or Fossil Fuels
Gulf Arab states are telling the US that any deal with Tehran should do more than end the war, and must permanently curb Iran's missile and drone capabilities and ensure global energy supplies are never again "weaponized," four Gulf sources said.
President Donald Trump is toying with renaming one of the world's most critical shipping routes after -- who else -- himself. Speaking at an investor forum in Miami on Friday night, Trump casually referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the "Strait of Trump," before quickly correcting himself, then insisting it wasn't a slip.
