U.S. Kills Iranian Official Who Plotted
2024 Trump Assassination Attempt
Posted By: Mercedes44, 3/5/2026 6:17:59 AM
The U.S. military killed an Iranian leader who led an attempted assassination plot against President Donald Trump, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed on Wednesday. “We’ve known for a long time that Iran had intentions on trying to kill President Trump and/or other U.S. officials,” Hegseth told reporters in the Pentagon’s briefing room in an update on Operation Epic Fury. “And while that was not the focus of the effort by any stretch of the imagination, in fact, never raised by the president or anybody else, I ensured, and others ensured, that those who were responsible for that were eventually part of the target list.”
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Sixteen months after Kamala Harris cackled her way into a loss to President Trump, the Democratic Party seems to have realized its candidates need an image makeover to get voters to forget what their team actually believes.
The name of the game is acting normal and talking like a moderate.
For Democrats, that’s a stretch.
James Talarico of Texas is their bright new “moderate” hope. He won a US Senate primary election this week largely by touting his Christianity, being respectful to his opponents, and generally presenting himself as the boy-next-door counterweight to his excitable opponent, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas).
Look at this sane man, declared the media.
Time magazine touted his “authenticity” and gushed,
Chairman of January 6 subcommittee subpoenas
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T-Mobile for records of alleged January 5
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Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., of the House Select Subcommittee on January 6, has subpoenaed T-Mobile for the communications records of Brian Cole Jr., who is alleged to have planted the pipe bombs near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee on January 5, 2021.
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The letter said “We believe T-Mobile possesses information critical to our oversight and legislative reforms.”
Loudermilk blasted then-FBI Director Chris Wray’s failures in the investigation.
Trump says he wants to remove Iran's leadership,
has list of those who 'would do a good
job' leading 5 replies
has list of those who 'would do a good
job' leading 5 replies
President Trump said that he wants to remove Iran's leadership, and has a list of people who "would do a good job" as a leader.
"We want to go in and clean out everything," Trump told NBC News on Thursday. "We don't want someone who would rebuild over a 10-year period. We want them to have a good leader. We have some people who I think would do a good job,” he added, declining to name anyone.
Trump said that he is taking steps to ensure that the people on his list make it through the war alive.
"We are watching them, yeah," he said.
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Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales Drops Out
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After saying he “always fought for the greater good,” citing his commitment to border security and his work after the school shooting in Uvalde,
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movement after talker’s Iran war criticism:
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President Trump cast Tucker Carlson out of his Make America Great Again movement following the conservative talking head’s loud criticism of the US and Israeli assault on Iran.
“Tucker has lost his way,” the commander-in-chief told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on Thursday. “I knew that a long time ago, and he’s not MAGA. MAGA is saving our country. MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that.”
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Tucker Carlson smiles while Donald Trump,
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Katie Miller:
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Sean Hannity:
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“This is a historic step forward for advanced nuclear energy in the United States and reflects our commitment to delivering timely, predictable decisions grounded in a rigorous and independent safety review,” NRC Chairman Ho Nieh said in a statement.
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Bragg’s office dropped charges against the students back in June 2024, citing its “understanding that the students would be subject to Columbia’s internal disciplinary proceedings.”
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Incompetent and preposterously self-promoting,
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Tucker Carlson smiles while Donald Trump,
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The potential appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei is proving what Israel has long known: It has no intention of ever abandoning its destructive doctrine: Death to America, and death to Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second-eldest son of former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, is reportedly set to succeed his slain father as Iran’s next supreme leader, as the Islamic Republic moves to preserve continuity while battling Israel and the United States.
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Last night, San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, was attacked by two men while being driven through the Tenderloin district. According to a report from an ABC News outlet, the confrontation arose after a group of people blocked the SUV that Lurie was being driven in; at one point Lurie himself exited the vehicle to engage the individuals on the street, but quickly scuttled back behind the safety of his security detail when the confrontation turned physical. Classic. Clearly the men were bums, based on the handcuffed man’s appearance: