President Donald Trump ordered a strike on military targets on Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island, on Saturday — 38 years after he first promised to be &#8220;harsh&#8221; with the despotic regime and take aim at the oil hub.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) shared video of the strikes on X, noting that it was aimed at &#8220;naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites.&#8221;
In addition, CENTCOM explained that the strike had selectively targeted only military assets, leaving the nation&#8217;s oil capabilities intact: &#8220;U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure.&#8221;
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Last night, U.S. forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island, Iran. The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites. U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg… <a href="https://t.co/2X1glD4Flt">pic.twitter.com/2X1glD4Flt</a>
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Trump gave a similar explanation in a Truth Social post, saying that it would obviously have been easier to simply destroy the island in its entirety — but that his goal had been to only take out the military targets and leave the oil production infrastructure untouched.
&#8220;Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,&#8221; Trump posted. &#8220;Our Weapons are the most powerful and sophisticated that the World has ever known but, for reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island.&#8221;
Trump went on to say that he was keeping his options open, however, and would consider additional strikes on the island — and the oil production capabilities — if Iran made additional attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
&#8220;Should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;During my First Term, and currently, I rebuilt our Military into the Most Lethal, Powerful, and Effective Force, by far, anywhere in the World. Iran has NO ability to defend anything that we want to attack — There is nothing they can do about it! Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the ability to threaten the United States of America, the Middle East or, for that matter, the World! Iran’s Military, and all others involved with this Terrorist Regime, would be wise to lay down their arms, and save what’s left of their country, which isn’t much!&#8221;
Trump hinted at just this kind of action while promoting his book, &#8220;The Art of the Deal,&#8221; in 1988. Saying that he would be &#8220;harsh,&#8221; with the Iranian regime, Trump explained, &#8220;They&#8217;ve been beating us psychologically, making us look like a bunch of fools. One bullet shot at one of our men or ships, and I&#8217;d do a number on Kharg Island.&#8221;

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FBI agents provided an active shooter training seminar for leadership and staff at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, just six weeks before armed security at the synagogue successfully stopped a shooter on the premises.
The FBI&#8217;s Detroit Field Office shared a photo and some information about the training on January 30, 2026, as two special agents joined Temple Israel&#8217;s clergy and staff members to walk them through active shooter scenarios and drills that could help them to prepare for the unthinkable.
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FBI Detroit led an Active Shooter Attack Prevention and Preparedness (ASAPP) training for the clergy and staff of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. The FBI course combines lessons learned from years of research and employs scenario-based exercises to help participants practice… <a href="https://t.co/qvtJIkClkS">pic.twitter.com/qvtJIkClkS</a>
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&#8220;FBI Detroit led an Active Shooter Attack Prevention and Preparedness (ASAPP) training for the clergy and staff of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;The FBI course combines lessons learned from years of research and employs scenario-based exercises to help participants practice the decision-making process of the Run, Hide, Fight principles and take necessary actions for survival.&#8221;
&#8220;We appreciate them for having us. Our Division has partnered with many organizations in Michigan and is committed to protecting schools, workplaces, houses of worship, medical facilities, transportation centers, government facilities, other public gathering sites, and communities,&#8221; the post concluded, encouraging other organizations to reach out for access to similar training. &#8220;Contact us or your local FBI Field Office for questions regarding active shooter training.&#8221;
Just six weeks later, on March 12, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-respond-to-reports-of-active-shooter-as-michigan-synagogue-goes-up-in-smoke">shooter attacked</a> the massive synagogue. Ramming the building with his vehicle first — and armed with a rifle — security personnel on site were able to quickly evaluate the situation and engage the shooter.
As The Daily Wire initially reported, a security guard at the synagogue engaged the attacker and “shots were fired,” according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. The shooter was found dead in the vehicle. One security guard was injured after he was hit by the attacker’s vehicle, but he’s expected to recover, according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
The Republican Jewish Coalition commented on the fortuitous timing of the training, saying in an X post, &#8220;@FBI led an Active Shooter Attack Prevention and Preparedness (ASAPP) training at Temple Israel less than two months [ago]. @FBIDirectorKash. No doubt this helped to prevent a mass casualty event today.&#8221;
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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Retired U.S. Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland, 68, went missing on February 27 — and the search has intensified amid reports linking McCasland to highly-sensitive space weapons programs and rumors about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
McCasland was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retired-air-force-major-general-missing-new-mexico-william-neil-mccasland/">last seen</a> near his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, around 11 a.m. local time — and according to officials, he left his phone behind and has not been in contact with any friends or family members in the nearly two weeks since he disappeared.
The retired astronautical engineer held degrees from the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University — and while serving in the Air Force, held a number of posts that gave him access to highly-sensitive information.
McCasland, as CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/us/retired-air-force-general-fbi-search">reported</a>, served for a time at the Pentagon overseeing several programs related to space weaponry. He was the chief engineer on the Global Positioning System program within the Department of Defense, and served as program director for the Space Based Laser Project Office as well.
He also served for a time as commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which has long been rumored to be the &#8220;storage&#8221; facility where UFO debris from Roswell, New Mexico, was held. The Air Force has consistently denied that is the case, but Wright-Patterson was also home to Project <a href="https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104590/unidentified-flying-objects-and-air-force-project-blue-book/">Blue Book</a> — the military program that studied 12,618 reported UFO sightings between 1952 and 1969.
After his retirement, McCasland worked with Blink-182 musician Tom DeLonge as a consultant regarding UAP for DeLonge&#8217;s company, To The Stars, Inc.
McCasland&#8217;s wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/susanmccasland.wilkerson/posts/26567647242840474?ref=embed_post">posted</a> on Facebook after he disappeared, saying that she did not believe he knew anything that would have made him a target for abduction.
&#8220;It is true that Neil had a brief association with the UFO community. This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil. Neil does not have any special knowledge about the ET bodies and debris from the Roswell crash stored at Wright-Patt,&#8221; she said.
Luis Elizondo, a former Department of Defense intelligence officer, added, &#8220;I hope and pray this is not one of those cases where a former senior military officer was specifically targeted and that he will be found happy and healthy in the immediate near term for his sake and the sake of his loved ones.&#8221;
Elizondo said that the best thing for everyone would be to wait for law enforcement officers to do their jobs.
Authorities have interviewed hundreds who live in the vicinity and have asked neighbors to provide footage from security cameras in an effort to determine which direction McCasland went when he left home, apparently on foot. They have also issued a Silver Alert on him, in part because the retired service member reportedly also has a medical condition that was not specified.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico has requested help from the public in locating McCasland, noting that he is an &#8220;avid outdoorsman&#8221; who routinely runs and hikes in the surrounding neighborhoods and in the foothills of the nearby Sandia Mountains.
&#8220;Due to his background and established partnerships, BCSO is coordinating closely with multiple agencies,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said in a statement, noting that the FBI and McCasland&#8217;s previous Air Force duty stations were among those agencies.

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President Donald Trump blamed former President Joe Biden and his lax immigration enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border for any Iranian &#8220;sleeper cells&#8221; that may have made it into the United States.
Trump said on Wednesday that his administration had &#8220;eyes on&#8221; a number of suspicious people who he said had crossed the border during the Biden administration, adding, &#8220;We know where most of them are. We&#8217;ve got our eye on all of them, I think.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/pdoocy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pdoocy</a>: &#8220;Have you been briefed about how many Iran sleeper cells there could be inside the US right now?&#8221;
PRESIDENT TRUMP: &#8220;I have been and a lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border. But we know where most of them are. We&#8217;ve got our eye on all of them,… <a href="https://t.co/VrAqcXgfkr">pic.twitter.com/VrAqcXgfkr</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/2031889078027723153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Fox News Senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump about an alert — sent by the federal government to law enforcement offices all across the country — indicating that an encrypted message appeared to originate in Iran shortly after the launch of Operation Epic Fury and may have been designed to activate &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-dept-issues-worldwide-caution-alert-amid-report-iran-threatened-trump-with-sleeper-cells">sleeper cells</a>&#8221; already in the United States and other parts of the world.
&#8220;Have you been briefed about how many Iran sleeper cells there could be inside the US right now?&#8221; Doocy asked.
&#8220;I have been and a lot of people came in through Biden with his stupid open border. But we know where most of them are. We&#8217;ve got our eye on all of them, I think,&#8221; Trump replied.
&#8220;Is it dozens?&#8221; Doocy pressed, looking for clarification.
&#8220;They came in through the open border policies of &#8216;sleepy &#8216;Joe Biden. One of the worst&#8230;the worst president in the history of our country and we&#8217;ve got our eyes on all of them,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But the war itself is being prosecuted at a level that nobody&#8217;s seen before. It&#8217;s pretty — it&#8217;s pretty amazing to watch.&#8221;
President Trump has taken every opportunity to tout his administration&#8217;s actions and the accomplishments of the United States military — alongside the Israeli Defense Forces — in Operation Epic Fury&#8217;s first ten days, telling Republican members at a recent conference, &#8220;No other president could do some of the sh*t I&#8217;m doing.&#8221;

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As the 2026 midterm elections approach, Democrats are fighting to claim the majority in one or both chambers of Congress. But, according to a recent poll, the Democratic Party is polling below almost every key figure and organization — with the exception of the brutal Iranian regime.
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/27777984-nbc-news-march-2026-poll-03-08-2024-release-final/">An NBC News poll</a>, published by the legacy news outlet on March 8, asked a number of standard questions regarding the economy, military action in Iran, and the overall performance thus far of President Donald Trump — but it also ranked a number of key figures and organizations based on their net favorability.
The Democratic Party, with a net favorability rating of -22, ranked near the bottom of the list — in fact, only the Iranian regime ranked below the Democrats, albeit with a much lower net favorability of -53. Pope Leo the 14th ranked highest overall with a net favorability of 34.
President Donald Trump (-12) and the Republican Party (-14) were near the middle of the list — and as far as 2028 presidential contenders, Republicans fared far better than Democrats did there as well. Two of the most likely Democratic primary candidates — former Vice President Kamala Harris at -17 and Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feminist-hero-katie-couric-asks-gavin-newsom-if-hes-too-hot-to-be-president-in-hard-hitting-interview">Gavin Newsom</a> (D-CA) at -18 — ranked decidedly lower than current Vice President JD Vance (-11) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (-7). Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is rumored to be considering either a presidential bid or a move to unseat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, was the only Democrat to break into the top half of the list, tying with Vance at -11.
The poll surveyed 1000 registered voters, just over half of whom were female. They were evenly divided along political lines, with 42% saying they leaned Republican, 42% saying they leaned Democrat, and the rest identifying themselves as either independent or other.
As to the other questions, just under half (44%) said they approved of President Trump&#8217;s performance thus far, and 54% disapproved. On border security specifically, the president fared much better, with just over half (53%) approving of his actions and a little less than half (44%) disapproving. On foreign policy, 43% approved and 54% disapproved — a slight shift from one year prior, when 45% approved and 53% disapproved. On the war in Iran, more than one-third (41%) approved of the president&#8217;s actions, and just over half (54%) disapproved.
A number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/odds-have-gone-plummeting-down-cnn-data-guru-says-democrat-hopes-of-flipping-house-are-fading">polls</a> in recent months have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-abandon-democrats-support-hits-lowest-level-in-more-than-three-decades-poll">spelled trouble</a> for the Democrats, with one from The Wall Street Journal (in July of 2025) noting that Democrats had sunk to their lowest approval rating in decades, with well over half (63%) holding a negative view of the party.

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CNN attempted to do a little damage control on Tuesday after a post coddling two New York City terror suspects — both of whom swore allegiance to the Islamic State after being taken into custody — drew fierce criticism.
The post, which was deleted on Tuesday amid the backlash, read, &#8220;Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather. But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs.&#8221;
The network was roundly mocked for characterizing the pair — one of whom said his goal had been to execute an attack more deadly than the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three in 2013 — as regular teenagers who&#8217;d just happened to pick Saturday to throw improvised explosive devices (IEDs) into a crowd of civilians.
&#8220;Classic Pennsylvania teenager behavior: throwing IEDs and pledging allegiance to ISIS. Boys will be boys!&#8221; The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles commented.
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Classic Pennsylvania teenager behavior: throwing IEDs and pledging allegiance to ISIS. Boys will be boys! <a href="https://t.co/KfcMFBXdxK">pic.twitter.com/KfcMFBXdxK</a>
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Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://x.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/2031344100318863724">added</a>, &#8220;CNN got this headline wrong. It should be: &#8216;Two radical Islamic terrorists came to NYC pledging allegiance to ISIS with bombs meant to kill Americans&#8217;&#8230;There. Fixed it for you.&#8221;
&#8220;What on Earth? CNN acts like they were sightseeing and accidentally found some bombs. NO. They bought chemicals, made the bombs and went to NYC to commit a terrorist attack,&#8221; another comment <a href="https://x.com/JimHansonDC/status/2031345695567835363">said</a>. &#8220;CNN is an unfunny version of the Onion designed to misinform.&#8221;
Another post from <a href="https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/2031321288912797744">@honestreporting</a> criticized the outlet for &#8220;infantilizing&#8221; the people who carry out violent crimes driven by ideology.
&#8220;Wow. ISIS-inspired perpetrators commit a literal terrorist act, and this is what CNN comes up with? Oh, those poor &#8216;Pennsylvania teenagers,&#8217; whose lives have &#8216;drastically changed&#8217; because they made the conscious decision to throw bombs. When will the media stop employing narrative storytelling to infantilize perpetrators of ideologically motivated crimes?&#8221;
After deleting the post, CNN attempted to explain it away with a follow-up: &#8220;A post regarding the two individuals arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home failed to reflect the gravity of the incident thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It has therefore been deleted.&#8221;
Edits were also made to the story itself, which had initially included the same descriptions of the perpetrators. The accompanying <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/us/mamdani-gracie-mansion-protest-what-we-know">editor&#8217;s note</a> read, &#8220;A previous version of this story included a summary that does not reflect the gravity of the incident, thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It therefore has been changed.&#8221;
A post from Brian Stelter&#8217;s &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221; newsletter conceded that the X post was problematic but claimed that &#8220;the story itself was solid&#8221; — but critics pointed out that the post had been lifted directly from the story.
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This morning&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/ReliableSources?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ReliableSources</a> newsletter has the context &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/v9NLjgs75l">https://t.co/v9NLjgs75l</a> <a href="https://t.co/S5pR7kirMB">pic.twitter.com/S5pR7kirMB</a>
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&#8220;&#8216;The story itself was solid. But the tweet was outrageous,'&#8221; Jerry Dunleavy <a href="https://x.com/JerryDunleavy/status/2031380748930863374">quoted</a>, adding, &#8220;The tweet in question ***was also the lede of the story*** before the article was stealth edited.&#8221;

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Whoopi Goldberg and her cohosts on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; suggested during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast that President Donald Trump may have started a war with Iran to keep the American people distracted from the Epstein files and the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case.
Goldberg raised the possibility first, saying it was &#8220;nutty as hell&#8221; that a major military conflict — involving a known bad actor and American interests and allies in the Middle East — was sucking up all the oxygen in the media space and arguing that it was an intentional play to redirect public focus.
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Whoopi claims the conflict with Iran is a distraction from the search for Nancy Guthrie and the Epstein files:
GOLDBERG: Well, I mean, it&#8217;s just nutty as hell. It&#8217;s nutty as hell and you&#8217;re right, every day is something new. And it&#8217;s &#8212; you know, I was thinking about it… <a href="https://t.co/Boyu2mYouH">pic.twitter.com/Boyu2mYouH</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/2031400257192374744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I mean, it&#8217;s just nutty as hell. It&#8217;s nutty as hell and you&#8217;re right, every day is something new,&#8221; Goldberg began. &#8220;And it&#8217;s — you know, I was thinking about it yesterday, because I thought, well, okay, why haven&#8217;t we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what&#8217;s going on there?&#8221;
&#8220;And her mother,&#8221; Sunny Hostin interjected.
&#8220;Why haven&#8217;t we not been — why have we not been talking about the Epstein files? Because that&#8217;s still there,&#8221; Goldberg continued. &#8220;This is meant to get us so worked up that we are unable to see anything else.&#8221;
The audience and the others around the table applauded and voiced their agreement.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a very wag-the-dog feeling. Very wag-the-dog feeling,&#8221; Hostin said, employing the slang term for use of a military action that is intended to divert public attention from a politically damaging issue.
The panel then pivoted to claim that the Trump administration viewed members of the military as &#8220;cannon fodder.&#8221;
Cohost Sara Haines said that anyone who waged war should keep the human cost in mind, and Goldberg immediately claimed that the Trump administration did not do that.
&#8220;They don&#8217;t have that feeling, because to them, we&#8217;re cannon fodder,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;They don&#8217;t care, you know? It&#8217;s how — It&#8217;s why they — it&#8217;s how they also treat our vets. It tells you a lot. You&#8217;ve heard him talk about vets.&#8221;
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth were all on hand for the Dignified Transfer to receive the remains of the first six American service members killed during Operation Epic Fury. Vice President Vance, a Marine Corps veteran himself, attended the Dignified Transfer for the seventh. Trump referred to the ceremony as &#8220;the toughest thing I have to do as President.&#8221;

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Additional explosives were reportedly found in a storage unit that was searched in connection with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-breaks-silence-after-nypd-confirms-bomb-was-used-in-terror-attempt">terror suspects</a> who threw improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at a group of protesters outside New York City&#8217;s Gracie Mansion on Saturday.
FBI agents searched the storage unit in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, on Monday as part of the ongoing investigation, and local authorities shared information about what had been discovered in a Tuesday Facebook post.
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&#8220;Update Regarding Overnight Activity at Local Storage Facility,&#8221; the Middletown Township Police Department titled the post, adding, &#8220;Last night, residents in the area of the storage facility on S. Flowers Mill Road may have heard several loud bangs during the overnight hours.&#8221;
&#8220;As part of the ongoing federal investigation that took place yesterday, the FBI safely disposed of explosive materials that were recovered during the execution of search warrants. These controlled detonations were conducted by trained personnel and were carried out in a controlled manner,&#8221; the post continued. &#8220;While the noise may have been startling to some residents, there was no danger to the public at any time. The operation at the storage facility has now concluded and the location has returned to normal operations. We appreciate the community’s patience and understanding while federal authorities conducted this investigation.&#8221;
Middletown Township, a suburb that sits just northwest of Philadelphia, is located in Bucks County — the same general area from which bombing suspects Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, had come.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-opens-terror-probe-after-homemade-bombs-in-nyc-linked-to-isis">FBI&#8217;s Joint Terrorism Task Force</a> has taken over the investigation after both suspects pledged allegiance to and claimed they&#8217;d gotten their inspiration from the Islamic State. According to authorities, Balat also told law enforcement that he&#8217;d intended to inflict more damage than the Boston Marathon bombers, lamenting the fact that they had only killed three people.
The type of explosives used in the bombs recovered on the scene in New York City, Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP), is favored in terrorist circles and has been nicknamed &#8220;Mother of Satan.&#8221; Reports have not indicated whether the explosives detonated by the FBI at the Pennsylvania storage unit were the same type.
New York City has been at the center of several scares in recent days, with law enforcement blocking off part of the Upper East Side on Sunday when a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-terror-scare-deepens-as-bomb-squad-races-to-new-threat-near-mayors-mansion">suspicious device</a> was found in a vehicle near where the suspects had first attacked.
On Monday, Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/2031057686675206571">announced</a> charges against Balat and Kayumi, whom she called &#8220;the two alleged ISIS-inspired terrorists,&#8221; adding, &#8220;We will not allow ISIS&#8217;s poisonous, anti-American ideology to threaten this nation.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had initially been a little bit “upset” when he learned the United States military had destroyed high quality Iranian ships instead of capturing and repurposing them.
Trump made the comments while speaking at the Republican Members Conference, saying that he’d wondered at first why it wouldn’t have made more sense to keep the ships for American use rather than sink them.
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🚨 JUST IN: President Trump said he was a little &#8220;upset&#8221; that our military SUNK 46 Iranian ships rather than CAPTURING them, because they were high quality ships 🤣
&#8220;I said, &#8216;what quality of ship?&#8217;
&#8216;Excellent, sir. Top of the line!&#8217;
I said &#8216;why didn&#8217;t we just capture the ship?… <a href="https://t.co/17ftu4S4Ek">pic.twitter.com/17ftu4S4Ek</a>
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“Their missile capability is being utterly demolished. The navy is gone, all lying at the bottom of the ocean — 46 ships, can you believe it? In fact, I got a little upset with our people.”
Trump said that he’d posed the question to military leadership, asking whether the ships would even have been worth keeping: &#8220;I said, &#8216;What quality of ship?&#8217;”
“Excellent, sir. Top of the line!” was the reply.
“I said, &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t we just capture the ship? We could&#8217;ve used it! Why did we sink them?!&#8217;” Trump continued, adding, “He said, &#8216;It&#8217;s more fun to sink them.'&#8221;
Everyone laughed then, as he continued.
&#8220;They like sinking them better,” he repeated. “They say it&#8217;s safer to sink them. I guess it&#8217;s probably true!&#8221;
”But think of it, we knocked out 46 [ships] and actually it took three and a half days,” the president said. “Their terrorist leaders are gone, or counting down the minutes until they will be gone.”
Trump also said on Monday that he believed the war was more or less finished — or at the very least, was far ahead of his original four-to-six week timeline.
“Think of it, they had leaders and they’re gone, and they had new leaders and they’re gone,” Trump added. “And now nobody has any idea who the people are that are going to be the head of the country.”

Trump Floats What U.S. Could’ve Done With Iran’s Navy Ships Instead Of Sinking Them

American military action in Iran has entered its second week — and the political war at home is in full swing. Democrats and legacy media are racing to brand President Donald Trump the architect of yet another “forever war,” accusing him of violating the Constitution and demanding he seek congressional approval if he wants to continue bombing Iran.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their weekends glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
In addition to complaining about Trump taking action without first getting the support of Congress, the key note struck by legacy media outlets was the notion that war with Iran — which has thus far lasted just over a week — will necessarily snowball into the same kind of long, drawn-out affair the United States saw in Iraq and Afghanistan: a &#8220;forever war.&#8221;
To kick off the weekend, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) sat down with HBO host and comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-bill-maher-tricks-adam-schiff-who-thought-he-was-criticizing-donald-trump">Bill Maher</a>, where he repeated the same refrain being sung by most Democrats: Trump must first go to Congress.
Maher quickly laid a rhetorical trap for the lawmaker: &#8220;This statement from the administration: ‘The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.’ That’s too vague for you?”
“Totally vague,” Schiff agreed.
Maher dropped the other shoe then, saying, “OK. Because that’s from Obama about Libya.”
Schiff scrambled, saying that then-President Barack Obama had taken the issue to Congress when he wanted to take action in Syria in 2013. He ignored Obama&#8217;s 2011 actions in Libya entirely, largely because the Obama administration continued those actions for months without ever getting congressional approval.
By Sunday morning, the narrative had shifted to focus on whether or not Iran would be another &#8220;forever war.&#8221;
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; anchor Martha Raddatz spoke with correspondent Ian Pannell about the objectives — which they said were thus far unclear — and suggested that it would be difficult to evaluate whether the U.S. and Israeli coalition had &#8220;won,&#8221; and if so, when.
&#8220;The president tells us we’re winning. How do we know that we’re winning, and if we don’t know that, how do we know when it ends?&#8221;
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ABC News’ Ian Pannell joins Martha Raddatz in Jerusalem as the UAE joins the U.S. and Israel in firing shots into Iran: “The president tells us we’re winning. How do we know that we’re winning, and if we don’t know that, how do we know when it ends?” <a href="https://t.co/zjSQAcbPh6">https://t.co/zjSQAcbPh6</a> <a href="https://t.co/1XV7irvDGi">pic.twitter.com/1XV7irvDGi</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/2030643012712235099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz pushed back on Raddatz later in the show, explaining that the objectives in Iran were fairly straightforward. The Trump administration, he says, is &#8220;focused on an Iran that can no longer pose a threat to Americans, in an American-first foreign policy, but also no longer pose a threat to our allies in the region.&#8221;
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U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz tells Martha Raddatz that President Trump “is focused on an Iran that can no longer pose a threat to Americans, in an American-first foreign policy, but also no longer pose a threat to our allies in the region.” <a href="https://t.co/FIig18PSLv">https://t.co/FIig18PSLv</a> <a href="https://t.co/wHxMAznCAY">pic.twitter.com/wHxMAznCAY</a>
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Admiral (Ret.) Mike Mullen, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs at the end of former President George W. Bush&#8217;s last term and the beginning of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s first, warned that wars can start small and grow quickly, especially if the declared objectives change in any way.
&#8220;Wars expand, objectives change, circumstances come up that you didn&#8217;t expect,&#8221; he said.
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Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he worries the current war with Iran could drag on for years: “Wars expand, objectives change, circumstances come up that you didn&#8217;t expect.” <a href="https://t.co/6dNhTiUoMP">https://t.co/6dNhTiUoMP</a> <a href="https://t.co/UG2pVmwtjy">pic.twitter.com/UG2pVmwtjy</a>
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&#8220;Yes, the [Iranian] supreme leader is dead, but I don&#8217;t think the regime change that we&#8217;re talking about is represented just by that,&#8221; Mullen added, saying that &#8220;the regime is embedded, deep, dedicated, and sees this war as a war of survival for Iran.&#8221;
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“Yes, the [Iranian] supreme leader is dead, but I don&#8217;t think the regime change that we&#8217;re talking about is represented just by that.” Ret. Admiral Mike Mullen says that he thinks “the regime is embedded, deep, dedicated, and sees this war as a war of survival for Iran.” <a href="https://t.co/F5yMWOLhcf">pic.twitter.com/F5yMWOLhcf</a>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper pressed Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) on his vow to vote against funding for any military action in Iran.
&#8220;You have said you&#8217;re a &#8216;hell no&#8217; on funding the war. We have seen this movie before. We know that vote will be cast as — especially if you run for higher office — you voting against the troops,&#8221; Tapper prompted.
&#8220;Oh come on I mean, the American people don&#8217;t want this war,&#8221; Murphy scoffed. &#8220;They don&#8217;t want this war. They have seen what happens when American troops go into places like Iraq, places like Afghanistan. Ultimately we get a lot of people killed, we waste a lot of dollars, the one thing the American people are clear about is they do not want the United States dragged into another long term war in the Middle East.&#8221;
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TAPPER: &#8220;You have said you&#8217;re a &#8216;hell no&#8217; on funding the war. We have seen this movie before. We know that vote will be cast as &#8211; especially if you run for higher office &#8211; you voting against the troops.&#8221;
MURPHY: &#8220;Oh come on I mean, the American people don&#8217;t want this war.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/lTB5isM8I7">pic.twitter.com/lTB5isM8I7</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2030640466153107679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Although President Trump has said that he is willing to continue military action in Iran as long as it takes to achieve his objectives, his initial assessment was that the entire thing could be handled in a matter of weeks.

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Spin Cycle: Media, Dems Dub Iran ‘Forever War’ As Conflict Expands To Second Week

Spin Cycle: Media, Dems Dub Iran 'Forever War' As Conflict Expands To Second Week

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Liberal comedian Walter Masterson stood in front of Gracie Mansion, home of Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and shouted at anti-Islam protesters, &#8220;We welcome everyone!&#8221; Seconds later, terror suspect Emir Balat threw a bomb over his head into the crowd.
Masterson, a Democratic comedian and political satirist, posted video from the incident that took place on Saturday — an incident that is being investigated by the FBI&#8217;s Joint Terrorism Task Force after both suspects professed their allegiance to ISIS upon being apprehended.
&#8220;I was in the middle of saying &#8216;as a born and raised New Yorker, we welcome everyone into this city&#8217; when he threw that over my head,&#8221; Masterson commented on the video.
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I was in the middle of saying “as a born and raised New Yorker, we welcome everyone into this city” when he threw that over my head. <a href="https://t.co/i5iD3MVf7h">pic.twitter.com/i5iD3MVf7h</a>
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&#8220;We were born and raised in New York, and we want everyone to stay in New York,&#8221; he said into a megaphone, shouting at the protesters gathered there. &#8220;You don&#8217;t get to come from outside and then tell everyone else —&#8221;
As he was speaking, someone else began to scream. Masterson appeared to instinctively duck down slightly, at which point Emir Balat — one of the suspects who was quickly apprehended — ran right up behind him and tossed something over his head.
People responded to Masterson&#8217;s video, suggesting that maybe he&#8217;d learned a valuable lesson that day – but Masterson, who claimed that he hadn&#8217;t been scared because the bomb looked fake, doubled down: &#8220;I’m the guy who didn’t run when a bomb was thrown over his head, I also didn’t become a xenophobic bigot.&#8221;
Masterson attempted to justify Balat&#8217;s actions — because he was targeting January 6th defendant Jake Lang — saying in an <a href="https://x.com/waltermasterson/status/2031066754928054611">X post</a>, &#8220;A terrorist jumped over my shoulder to throw an explosive at a pardoned terrorist from January 6th.&#8221;
In what appears to be a bizarre coincidence, Masterson appeared three years earlier at a school board meeting in the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/parents-of-alleged-nyc-bomb-thrower-own-2-5m-home-are-naturalized-citizens-from-afghanistan/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">Pennsylvania community</a> from which the New York City suspects had come.
There to mock parents concerned about pornographic materials in school libraries and LGBTQ propaganda flooding classrooms, Masterson pretended to be a concerned conservative parent and complained about, among other things, a book that showed two penguins holding hands.
He also claimed that &#8220;The Giving Tree&#8221; was an overt reference to communism, and argued that all PRIDE flags should be replaced with copies of the Declaration of Independence: &#8220;It&#8217;s not just a piece of paper, it&#8217;s a map that leads to a treasure of Templar gold. That is why Nicolas Cage tried to steal it. As these liberals try to steal our Constitution the only way to stop it is to steal it first.&#8221;

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‘We Welcome Everyone,’ Liberal Comic Says — Then NYC Terror Suspect Throws Bomb Over His Head

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The FBI is reportedly looking at an attempted bombing in New York City as a potential act of terror after at least one of the suspects — who wielded a homemade bomb at a protest outside Gracie Mansion the day before — claimed that he had been inspired by ISIS.
NBC News correspondent Tom Winter reported on Sunday that one of the suspects referenced ISIS directly in statements to law enforcement after his apprehension, prompting the terror probe.
CNN reported that both suspects admitted to being &#8220;inspired by ISIS,&#8221; but said that officials do not believe that there is a connection between the New York City attack and the military action unfolding in Iran.
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&#8220;Law enforcement sources [are] also telling us that the two suspects that were arrested in relation to those explosive devices have admitted to being inspired by ISIS,&#8221; correspondent Gloria Pazmino reported.
According to a report published Sunday by CBS News, the FBI&#8217;s Joint Terrorism Task Force has taken over the investigation into Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19 — both of whom live in Pennsylvania — after a lab in Quantico confirmed that what appeared to homemade bombs were not &#8220;hoax devices&#8221; but deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) using components that have been seen in previous terror attacks.
The devices, two sources told CBS, contained sports drink bottles filled with explosives that were set inside glass jars packed with nails, bolts, and screws. The explosives were connected to a firework described as an &#8220;M-80-type&#8221; with a fuse.
The sources said that the explosive material inside was called triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, which is a white powder made from two readily available household chemicals: acetone and hydrogen peroxide.
Multiple reports suggest that the investigation is also likely to probe the recent travels of the suspects, both of whom have made extended visits to Istanbul in the last two years. Balat stayed in the Turkish city for months, from early May of 2025 to late August of the same year. Kayumi also traveled to Istanbul, but only stayed for a few weeks in July and August of 2024. He also traveled to Saudi Arabia in March of 2024.
Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin also reported that &#8220;New York City IED suspect Emir Balat’s parents are both from Turkey &amp; were naturalized into US citizens in 2017, while Ibrahim Kayumi’s parents are both from Afghanistan. Mom naturalized in 2009, dad naturalized in 2004.&#8221;
New York City&#8217;s Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-breaks-silence-after-nypd-confirms-bomb-was-used-in-terror-attempt">issued a statement</a> about the attack on Sunday, which had taken place as competing protests played out in front of Gracie Mansion.
Mamdani specifically named January 6th defendant Jake Lang — who led a protest of about 20 people — and referred to him as a &#8220;white supremacist,&#8221; saying his demonstration was &#8220;rooted in bigotry and racism&#8221; and was not welcome in New York City.
While he condemned the violent act that followed, he did not mention the names of the terror suspects or their potential inspiration. Instead, he said simply, &#8220;The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.&#8221;

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FBI Opens Terror Probe After Homemade Bombs In NYC Linked To ISIS

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