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A fierce power struggle is gripping the top of Iran’s regime, with hardline security figures pushing to escalate the conflict with the United States as questions mount over who is actually wielding authority in the absence of the country’s unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. A sweeping New York Times report published Sunday details how those divisions erupted into open conflict after a hardline faction allegedly launched attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in July without the knowledge of President Masoud Pezeshkian, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, or Iran’s Supreme National Security Council…

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said if he became president, he would wipe out all the changes President Donald Trump has made in Washington D.C.. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “President Trump is putting his mark on Washington, DC quite a bit, building a White House ballroom. He plans to build an arch, attempts to rename the Kennedy Center, the reflecting pool, and on and on and on. It seems clear to me that this is going to be a big issue for Democrats running for president in 2028. I know you haven’t made a…

New details reveal the scale and material cost of an operation to recover two American airmen shot down near Isfahan Newly declassified footage has revealed US troops operating deep inside Iran during an April mission to recover two American airmen whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down near Isfahan.More than 90 US service members ultimately deployed on the ground, while several hundred personnel were in the air and several thousand supported the operation, CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper told CBS’ 60 Minutes. He described them as the first acknowledged US “boots on the ground” in Iran in 46 years.The two-seat…

President Trump on Sunday told reporters that he likes the controversial license plate-reading Flock cameras on roads across the country.  Concerns have been raised by Americans about the right to privacy and unwarranted surveillance on ordinary motorists, tracking their every move and storing the information in a database. Several Republican lawmakers and state officials have also expressed opposition to the technology. When asked about the cameras on Sunday, Trump said, “I sort of like them because of that,” noting that law enforcement uses them to apprehend suspects. “I sort of like them because of that, because of law enforcement, but…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said if the Democrats win the majority in the midterms, they haven’t ruled anything in or out in terms of impeachment. Partial transcript as follows: JEFFRIES: Well, we’re focused right now on taking back control of the House of Representatives. That is the only mission that’s important, so we can lower the high cost of living, lower the cost of gas, lower the cost of groceries, lower the cost of housing, certainly fight to make health care affordable for every single American, and combat the unprecedented corruption that’s…

Raad Alanbagi (Credit: HSI) Homeland Security Investigations special agents have arrested Raad Alanbagi after an HSI-led investigation uncovered information tying him to prior service as a high-ranking Iraqi intelligence officer during the Saddam Hussein era. HSI Detroit announced the arrest in a social media post, stating that special agents discovered information linking Alanbagi to Iraq’s intelligence apparatus during Saddam’s rule. “HSI special agents arrested Raad Alanbagi after an HSI-led investigation uncovered information tying him to prior service as a high-ranking Iraqi intelligence officer during the Saddam Hussein era.” .@HSIDetroit gets results. HSI special agents arrested Raad Alanbagi after an HSI-led…

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said “the lack of intellectual curiosity” in the White House is stalling the government from setting up artificial intelligence (AI) guardrails. Partial transcript as follows: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: If they’re out there on the campaign trail now, they’re not going to feel distant from it. This is a real grassroots rebellion going on. CHRISTIE: Yeah, you can feel it. You can feel it. This is a — this is a parents at their kids’ soccer games issue, in the same way it’s an issue inside universities and in other places…

The US president has argued that Washington cannot afford to slow down as China rapidly closes the technological gap US President Donald Trump has brushed aside mounting warnings from leading artificial intelligence executives that increasingly powerful AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, insisting that Washington’s priority should be defeating China in the technological race.Speaking to reporters in Ireland on Sunday, Trump acknowledged that some safeguards could be introduced but suggested the dangers were being exaggerated by unspecified “negative forces.”“We’re leading China in AI, we’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it…

Mexican authorities said they arrested an American who allegedly was bringing ammunition into Mexico for a drug cartel. The woman had 5,400 rounds of ammunition with her when she was detained, Mexican authorities said, according to the New York Post. The name of the woman was given variously as “Yanet ‘N’” and Yanet Dowden. The second name was based on a report from the Mexican newspaper Excelsior, which said an Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry identification card calling the suspect “Yanet Dowden” was found on the suspect. The card said she was a “Level II correctional officer.” The…

Mexico’s top military official confirmed that his forces have not shot down or intercepted a single cartel drone along its northern border after recently having announced a team-up effort with U.S. authorities. This as U.S. forces shot down more than 300 drones so far this year. Earlier this month, Mexico announced the start of operation Aguila Alta (High Eagle), a joint operation between U.S. and Mexican authorities where they would share information and have each side work to intercept cartel drones. For the operation, Mexico’s Army revealed that they had deployed 800 troops in the western part of the border.…