Posts on Monday, March 16, 2026
President Trump was stunned to learn last week that US intelligence indicates new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay — and that his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, feared his suitability to rule the Islamic Republic for that reason, The Post can reveal.
Trump couldn’t contain his surprise and laughed aloud when he was briefed on the intel, according to sources.
Others in the room also found it “hilarious” and joined the president’s reaction, while one senior intelligence official “has not stopped laughing about it for days,” said one person familiar with the briefing.
President Gustavo Petro’s proposal to move toward a dual citizenship arrangement between Colombia and Venezuela for citizens who have lived in both countries has opened a new front in the debate over the relationship between the two nations, which share a history and a border.
The initiative aims to allow citizens of both countries—who share a common history on both sides of the border—to hold both Colombian and Venezuelan citizenship simultaneously, with access to civil, political, and economic rights in both countries.
The proposal comes amid a process of political rapprochement between Bogotá and Caracas, in which the two governments are trying to deepen cooperation in trade, energy, and border security.
An illegal alien truck driver has been accused of causing a crash that left a U.S. citizen in critical condition in Indianapolis, Indiana.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 25-year-old Sukhdev Singh and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the illegal alien had a commercial driver’s license (CDL) that was issued by the state of New York. [Tweet]
The crash happened on the evening of March 6 when Singh allegedly hit a pedestrian at E Raymond Street and I-65.
The Indiana State Police responded to the scene, took the suspect into custody, and contacted ICE officials.
“ICE arrived at the scene and arrested Singh that evening.
Trump Wins Deportation Ruling at Appeals
Court on Transporting Migrants to ‘Safe
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Court on Transporting Migrants to ‘Safe
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Attorneys in President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) persuaded an appeals court to reverse a judge’s block on the deportation of illegal migrants to so-called “Safe Third Countries.”
The 2:1 decision means that ICE can continue deporting migrants to countries where they were not born, including countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. It also marks another win over the many lower-court, Democratic-nominated judges who are blocking, impeding, and delaying Trump’s 2024 mandate for mass deportation.
Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the win: [Tweet]
The New York Times described the 2:1 win for Trump:
The movement to put federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies at polling places is having the effect of flushing out into the open those from the left who want to protect shady election systems. The one-party state of New Mexico, with Democrat majorities in the House and Senate and a Democrat governor, was the first to pass legislation and have it signed into law that bans military or armed federal agents from polling places and ballot drop box locations.
One of the lesser known woke governors in the country, and one of the more extreme ones, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed into law SB 264,
President Trump stunningly announced Monday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with “early-stage breast cancer.”
“She has a fantastic medical team, and her prognosis is excellent!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “During the treatment period, she will be spending virtually full time at the White House, which makes me, as President, very happy!
“Her Strength and her Commitment to continue doing the job she loves, and does so well, while undergoing treatment, tells you everything you need to know about her.” Wiles, 68, appeared alongside Trump at an event in the White House East Room moments after the announcement,
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Wiles' Cancer Diagnosis — but Prognosis
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The White House announced some serious but hopefully not tragic news Monday: Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will undergo treatment right away.
She is wearing pink today during a press briefing and appears to be in good spirits.
Since she is apparently tough as nails, she will continue her duties even as doctors treat the cancer. The good news, according to Trump: “her prognosis is excellent!”
He hailed Wiles in a Truth Social post Monday morning: [Tweet]
Here is the full text of the president's statement:
Susie Wiles is an incredible Chief of Staff,
Many Americans fear U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran could spark another refugee crisis, but experts say the Trump administration has policies in place designed to prevent that outcome — even if officials have not clearly communicated the strategy.
Researchers with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) told the Daily Caller that Trump’s war plans, Middle East travel restrictions and the refugee system’s current structure suggest the administration is not preparing to admit refugees at scale and instead expects Iranian migrants in the United States to return home. “I think it’s safe to say there’s no plan for a wave of new Middle Eastern refugees to the United States of America,”
Rhode Island Democrat House members are pushing legislation to require Rhode Islanders to obtain a “Firearm Safety Training Certificate” prior to purchasing a gun.
The legislation, H 7755, is sponsored by state Reps. Jennifer Boylan (D), Teresa Tanzi (D), Justine Caldwell (D), Robert Craven (D), Matthew Dawson (D), Earl Read (D), and others.
The text of H 7755 requires the would-be buyer of a handgun to “Present to the person selling the firearm a valid firearm safety training certificate issued by the office of the attorney general.”
Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and CBP Operations Commander Gregory Bovino is set to retire at the end of March, bringing an end to a nearly 30-year career with the agency. Bovino is best known for leading U.S. Customs and Border Protection teams in the most sweeping mass-immigration enforcement operations in the agency’s history, according to DHS.
Chief Bovino spoke with Breitbart Texas on Sunday and announced he would be leaving the agency with a sense of immense pride, saying, “The greatest honor of my entire life was to work alongside Border Patrol agents on the border and in the interior of the United States in some of the most challenging
Media, 29 Federal Judges Freak Out Over
Rude Words In Dissent Attacking Attacking
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Rude Words In Dissent Attacking Attacking
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Judge Lawrence VanDyke pre-emptively nuked corporate-media pearl-clutching in his recent dissent from a Ninth Circuit decision forcing a nude, female-only Korean spa frequented by minors to admit men in the name of "trans rights." "Squirm as we might, I think it only fair for our court to have a small taste of its own medicine," VanDyke wrote. "Sometimes 'dignified' words are employed to mask a legal abomination." (snip) Twenty-nine federal judges left the underlying decision untouched while complaining about VanDyke vividly attacking it. (snip) It's clear that they care neither about vulgar language nor about the horrifying reality that they're enabling the abuse of women and children.
What Fresh Hell Is This, NPR?
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We don’t criticize the media enough. There’s no shock value anymore, but it’s important to note: the liberal media has an obsession with Muslim terrorists, and it’s seriously unhealthy. Last week, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali attacked Temple Israel, a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Luckily, no innocent bystanders were hurt, as Ghazali rammed through the front entrance before he was killed by armed security. He died like a terrorist, but National Public Radio chose to portray him as the victim and focus on how he’s being mourned and all that. It’s all nonsense:
This probably will not get as much attention as the traditional gold medals won by team USA in both the men’s and women’s hockey. However, the USA team has won the paralympic hockey gold medal beating Canada in the final.
Super cool. For the first time ever, Team USA won all three gold medals in hockey.(VIA Associated Press) – Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals, the Americans overcame their neighbors again to win Paralympic gold and complete the sweep at Milan Cortina.
In front of a packed arena, Jack Wallace scored a hat trick to help the U.S. beat Canada 6-2
If Samuel Alito decides to call it quits this summer – and there are good reasons for him to do so that have nothing to do with his stellar performance as a justice on the US Supreme Court – last week’s dissent in one of the most appalling court decisions in recent memory – which is saying something – should shoot Judge Lawrence Van Dyke to the top of President Trump’s SCOTUS shortlist. We need a straight shooter. We need a fearless fighter. We need someone who’s willing to call a… well… let me explain.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
Fairfax County, Virginia, has lost the plot. Just a couple of weeks ago, the soft-on-crime policies of Attorney Steve Descano and his office led to the death of Stephanie Minter at the hands of Abdul Jalloh, an illegal immigrant and violent career criminal. Fairfax police warned Descano's office multiple times that Jalloh was dangerous and that it was only a matter of time before he killed someone. Those warnings were ignored.
Now we're back in Fairfax County, where officials are not only allowing a 19-year-old illegal immigrant to attend high school as a junior, but are defending the man who has groped several teenage girls.
Gun control advocates do not just oppose civilian gun ownership; they argue that guns in the hands of police make people less safe. (snip) Currently on its website Brady International explains: "Why police violence is gun violence . . . As we work to tackle the gun violence epidemic in America, we cannot ignore police violence or its devastating effects." (snip) Gun control groups sometimes openly acknowledge their goal of banning all guns. (snip) Gabby Giffords (snip) answered a question about her goal by saying "no more guns." When the interviewer asked whether she meant no more gun violence, Giffords clarified: No (snip.) "guns, guns. No more guns. Gone."
We’ve seen so much media malfeasance in recent times, but it’s arguably gotten worse since the start of the Iran conflict, as the Fake News mainstream conglomerates have been posting false stories with regularity.
Multiple liberal outlets implied or outright alleged that the recent jihadist attempted bomb attack at Gracie Mansion was targeted at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Of course, it had already been verified that the two teen terrorists were trying to indiscriminately maim and kill people attending dueling pro and anti-Iranian regime protests. Meanwhile, the BBC “mistranslated” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s remarks to say that he said “death to the Iranian people” when he actually said
In just the first five months of the new fiscal year, the federal government has already spent more than $3 trillion – more than it spent in all of 2009 – $1 trillion of which it had to borrow.
And what is all this money going toward? The federal government was told 15 years ago to take a full, annual inventory of everything it does. It’s never been able to get that done.
“Each year, the federal government spends trillions of dollars on federal programs that support the American people and address policy goals,” notes the Government Accountability Office in a report released earlier this month.
Why France is bolstering military presence
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in the Middle East, as Macron prepares
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France’s government is bolstering the country’s military presence in the Middle East, dispatching its aircraft carrier and other warships, while President Emmanuel Macron engages with key players in the conflict, including Iran, in a bid to position Paris for future diplomatic talks.
Macron said that France’s military involvement is strictly “defensive” and aims to avoid making the country a party to the war.
He reaffirmed that position after one French soldier was killed Thursday in a drone attack in Iraq.
“We are not at war with anyone,” Macron said.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to discuss billions of dollars in energy deals that were secured.
Secretary Burgum attended the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum in Tokyo this weekend.
“Joining me now from in this Sunday Morning Futures exclusive, live from Japan for talks about energy security with Indo-Pacific allies is the US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who has just locked up some 57 billion dollars in some 20 new deals with Asian partners around energy security,” Bartiromo said.
“Let me ask you about the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump anounced that Ric Grenell was moving on from heading up the Kennedy Center.
Trump praised the work he had done to improve the Center. Grenell explained that things were a mess when he came in. That's one of the reasons it's now been closed for renovations. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) tried to attack Grenell. But the response from Grenell was savage. I think Sheldon is not used to being so completely upended. He's likely to remember this one. Now that's a satisfying drubbing of the execrable Whitehouse, who certainly deserved it.
Lies, disinformation and fictional accounting are the order of the day as a desperate hard-Left UK government, aided by its pet Climate Change Committee, tries to keep its impossible Net Zero controlling agenda intact. The bedrock unproven science claims surround the suggestion that recent limited global warming presents an existential threat to the planet. Statistics are routinely tortured to produce claims of up to 1.7°C warming from the pre-industrial age, notable as reported in a recent silly ‘Trump’s brave new world’ article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the Telegraph. In fact, temperatures have only risen by around 1.1°C over the last 100 years.
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a trend, and four times is CNN.
CNN staffers have spent the past few weeks worrying about a potential merger that could hand editorial control of the network to CBS editor in chief Bari Weiss. They have good reason to be scared — especially after several CNN employees this past week bungled the basic facts of the recent ISIS-inspired bombing attempt in New York City, leading staffer after staffer to issue the same shamefaced, totally avoidable correction. (These high-profile embarrassments, by the way,
This may be the first time a country won Women’s hockey gold, Men’s hockey gold, and paralympic sled hockey! It’s been a rough losing streak for the Canucks! The most brutal loss the US men’s team defeating Canada in overtime at the Olympics in February.
The US men’s hockey team won its first gold medal in in 46 years!
President Donald Trump spoke from the White House to the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team Sunday after their thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Canada to win the gold medal in Milan, Italy.
The rumor that's circulating in Middle Eastern political networks claims that Iranian cleric Hojtaba Khamenei may be in poor condition while he struggles to command respect among key figures inside the regime.
Mojtaba Khamenei remains widely viewed as the center of Iran's leadership after the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who served as Iranian supreme leader for over 30 years and whose death created a sudden leadership vacuum.
Iranian state media later confirmed the killing and declared a 40-day national mourning period as the regime moved quickly to maintain control and reassure supporters that the government remained intact. The Iranian supreme leader has held ultimate authority over Iran's military forces,
The waiver allows that oil to move into global markets for a short period while energy prices face pressure from the conflict in the Middle East.
The decision came as oil markets tightened following the confrontation with Iran and disruptions in regional shipping lanes. Energy traders have warned that sudden supply shocks can push gasoline and heating costs sharply higher. The oil already sitting on tankers represents existing production instead of new drilling, and allowing those barrels to move simply puts supply into circulation that otherwise would remain stranded.
Trump warns of ‘very bad’ future if
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NATO allies refuse to help open critical
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President Trump on Sunday warned NATO faces a “very bad” future if the US allies fail to help reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, as oil prices soar during the Iran war.
Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times that European nations and other global powers that rely on Gulf oil should join a US-led effort to secure the waterway — where roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply normally flows.
“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told the British outlet,
In just the first five months of the new fiscal year, the federal government has already spent more than $3 trillion – more than it spent in all of 2009 – $1 trillion of which it had to borrow.
And what is all this money going toward? The federal government was told 15 years ago to take a full, annual inventory of everything it does. It’s never been able to get that done.
“Each year, the federal government spends trillions of dollars on federal programs that support the American people and address policy goals,” notes the Government Accountability Office in a report released earlier this month. “However,
Friday the 13th marked the beginning of the third week of the Iran war. And despite the doom and gloom from Democrats in Congress and their spokespeople in the media, we are winning. Big time.
According to the secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Caine, we have destroyed 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles and 95% of their drones, and we are well on the way to destroying their ability not just to assemble more, but to manufacture missile and drone components.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has drawn criticism for calling on migrants in Germany to vote against the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Merkel, who served as the architect of the European Migrant Crisis in 2015, when she unilaterally decided to open the EU’s borders to unprecedented waves of foreigners from the Middle East and Africa, resulting in dramatic demographic transformations in her country and across the continent, appears to have let the cat out of the bag as to her motivation for doing so.
Democrat tries to boot Swalwell from California
governor race with evidence dug up by
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governor race with evidence dug up by
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criminal referral first filed by a Trump administration official is now emerging as a new point of contention in the 2026 California governor’s race, as Democratic candidate and billionaire Tom Steyer seeks to use the allegations to challenge the candidacy of fellow Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell.
The issue stems from a November 2025 referral submitted by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In the letter, Pulte alleged that Swalwell may have made false statements on mortgage documents tied to a Washington, D.C., property by indicating the home would serve as a primary residence, which can qualify borrowers for more favorable loan terms.
‘One Battle After Another’ triumphs
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LOS ANGELES — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards, handing Hollywood’s top honor to a comic, multi-generational American saga of political resistance.
The ceremony Sunday, which also saw Michael B. Jordan win best actor and “Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw make Oscar history as the first female director of photography to win the award, was a long-in-coming coronation for Anderson, a San Fernando Valley native who made his first short at age 18 and has been one of America’s most lionized filmmakers for decades. Before Sunday, Anderson had never won an Oscar.
But “One Battle After Another,”
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said President Donald Trump was no longer fit for office.
Buttigieg said, “What I’m worried about is not the soldiers and the people who are serving. What I’m worried about is their political leadership, like Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. You know, we lived through a war that was sold to us on false pretenses when I was younger. This war has not been sold on any pretense. The president just went ahead and did it. Here’s the biggest thing that has not changed since the war in Afghanistan or the war in Iraq.
Anthropic Donors Gave 99.8 Percent of
$200M to Democrats While CEO Calls Trump
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$200M to Democrats While CEO Calls Trump
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Anthropic’s political orbit has directed more than $200 million in campaign money since the 2020 election cycle, with nearly all of it backing Democrats, while cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei has built a public record of opposition to President Donald Trump that has become part of the broader clash between the artificial intelligence company and the administration.
Starting with the 2020 presidential election cycle, Anthropic’s founders, board members, and employees have contributed more than $200 million to political campaigns and causes. Only about $335,000 of that total went to Republicans
Republican candidate Rodney Anderson defeated his Democrat opponent Ana Coca in a runoff election for a city council seat in Grand Prairie, Texas, in a county previously won by former Vice President Kamala Harris.
According to election results for the Grand Prairie Special Runoff election in Dallas County, Anderson received 1,445 votes, or 56.36 percent of the vote, while Coca received 1,119 votes, or 43.64 percent.
The city of Grand Prairie is located in three counties: Dallas County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County, according to the city’s website:
Areas of the city of Grand Prairie are located within Dallas County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County.
There are six council
Two former campaign managers for former President Barack Obama warned that the Democratic Party is a mess ahead of the 2028 presidential election, due to not knowing what they stand for.
Jim Messina explained to Axios that while Democrats are planning to rely on voters’ frustrations with President Donald Trump and his administration to pick up additional seats in the upcoming midterm elections, that is not enough to win the presidency.
Meanwhile, David Plouffe warned that Democrats are not ready to win “in what are now red states in neutral and even challenging environments.”
The partial Shutdown of the government has now been going on for almost a month as Democrats refuse to budge on their demands for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms. Although ICE is fully funded due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, other departments like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are not, leaving the nation at risk of attack and creating travel nightmares at the airports.
On Sunday, 10 CEOs from the largest airlines joined forces to tell Congress, enough already! The tweet continued:
Today, the @washingtonpost published an open letter to Congress from 10 aviation CEOs—representing the largest U.S. passenger and cargo carriers
It’s easy to get discouraged about the ongoing redistricting wars with recent developments in California and Virginia, but Republicans did score a significant victory last week that may help. A Missouri judge has cleared the way for a new congressional map that strengthens the GOP’s position and puts a longtime Democratic stronghold squarely in play.
Jackson County Circuit Judge Adam Caine ruled that the revised map complies with the Missouri Constitution—this hands Republicans a much-needed win in the escalating national fight over mid‑decade redistricting.
“The decision of what municipalities to split is a political and policy determination that is properly