WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee has released video recordings of closed-door depositions given by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton as part of its ongoing investigation into financier Jeffrey Epstein and the late Epstein’s network of associates. The videos were made public after the committee said they […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – U.S., Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury” on Iran after the regime refused to scrap its nuclear program — Trump vows to eliminate threats. Iran’s “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, who led the Islamic Republic with an iron fist since 1989, sponsoring terror at home and across the region, was killed […]
By Luke McCoy USACarry ROCK HILL, SC – A 16-year-old girl is facing murder charges after an alleged attempted robbery ended with the death of her 18-year-old accomplice in Rock Hill early Friday morning. As reported by Queen City News, officers with the Rock Hill Police Department responded around 2:20 a.m. on February 20 to a parking […]
PERSIAN GULF — Vessels operating in and around the Strait of Hormuz have reported receiving radio transmissions from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stating that no ship is allowed to pass through the strategic waterway, according to officials with the European Union’s naval mission Aspides and multiple maritime agencies. The narrow maritime chokepoint connecting […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities are searching for retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, a former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, who was reported missing Friday morning. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) issued a Silver Alert after McCasland was last seen near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque. Deputies […]
Law enforcement and national security officials are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to elevate the national terrorism threat level following recent U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iranian leadership and a deadly shooting in Texas that investigators are examining as a possible act of terrorism. Former DHS advisor Charles Marino said Monday that the current threat […]
A new report from congressional investigators reveals European government officials were engaged in a decades-long operation aimed at censoring the political speech of American citizens. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee reports in a statement it “released a interim staff report titled ‘The Foreign
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said this week that federal authorities should consider questioning — and potentially charging — actor Robert De Niro over recent comments he made about President Donald Trump. During a sit-down interview with MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, De Niro sharply criticized the Trump administration and became emotional while discussing the state […]
I joined the Marine Corps because Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. I was young, but not confused. A dictator had crossed a border with tanks, absorbed a weaker neighbor, and dared the world to respond. President George H. W. Bush did respond. He assembled a coalition, liberated Kuwait, and then stopped. At the time, I felt […]
A 53-year-old gunman who opened fire at a popular Austin nightlife venue early Sunday morning was wearing clothing bearing religious and Iranian imagery, according to multiple reports, as federal and local authorities investigate what they describe as a potential nexus to terrorism. The shooting occurred at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden along Sixth Street in Austin. […]
At least 35 people were killed, and scores more were injured, on Sunday after hundreds of Shiite protesters attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate in Karachi amid violent demonstrations sparked by confirmation that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, Pakistani authorities and local
The Conquest That Changed Persia Forever
When U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iran this weekend, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and 40 of his most hardline deputies, the world held its breath. For many observers, it was a sudden rupture in the geopolitical order. But for those who have studied the deep arc of Persian civilization, the event felt less like […]