Author: Press Room

Hundreds of square kilometers of territory up to the Litani River should be seized, Bezalel Smotrich has said Israel should seize vast swathes of land in southern Lebanon as part of its ongoing campaign against Hezbollah militants, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated. The new border should be moved all the way to the Litani River, located nearly 40 kilometers from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, he said on Israeli radio on Monday.West Jerusalem started a military campaign against Hezbollah in early March after the Lebanese-based militant movement launched waves of strikes on the Jewish state in retaliation for the…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new wave of airstrikes against regime infrastructure in Tehran on Monday, even as President Donald Trump said “good and productive” talks with Iran could bring the conflict to an end soon. The Israeli military said a “wide-scale wave of strikes” against Tehran began on Sunday night and were followed by a second round of strikes on Monday. Al Jazeera News correspondents in Tehran reported detonations of “unprecedented” intensity on the eastern side of the Iranian capital while Iranian air defenses sought to repel American and Israeli drones. “One person was killed after a…

President Donald Trump stopped at Graceland before heading back to Washington, DC, on Monday following a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable in Tennessee. Trump told reporters how much he admires Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, and his music. “I love Elvis. Elvis, you know, they all say, ‘Did you know Elvis?’ I knew Frank Sinatra. I knew most of them. Unfortunately, I never met Elvis, and that would be one I would have liked a lot, but I do like his music,” Trump said. Trump told reporters that this was his first-ever visit to Graceland. “I’ve never…

Though much of the media now expresses doubt about Trump’s war, the moral foundation of anti-war opposition has largely disappeared, replaced instead by a narrow strategic debate over costs, risks, and political consequences. Doubtless, the war launched by US President Donald Trump is not popular among ordinary Americans. According to the latest public opinion poll, only a minority of Americans—part of the dwindling core of Trump’s supporters—believe that the US-Israeli aggression against Iran has merit. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in early March 2026, only 27 percent of Americans approve of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran—while 43 percent disapprove and 29 percent are…

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro is the subject of several ongoing probes by U.S. federal prosecutors over his alleged ties to drug traffickers, several outlets reported over the weekend. The left-wing New York Times, citing three unnamed sources, first reported on Friday that Petro was being investigated by U.S. attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn to determine if Petro met with drug traffickers and if his presidential campaign solicited donations from them. The separate investigations, according to the Times, are in the early stages and have involved the participation of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations…

“Germany made a huge strategic error” by rushing to shut down its nuclear power plant fleet, a mistake which has exacerbated the energy crisis in Europe, the director of the International Energy Agency said. The Turkish economist who has led the International Energy Agency (IEA) for over a decade, who is engaged in shuttle diplomacy to persuade first world producer nations to stop throttling their own domestic oil and gas extraction, has said the present contraction in supply would be less severe had Germany not bottled it in the past decade and rushed to become nuclear-free. Instead, Germany declared it…

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said that he fears the DHS shutdown “is doing irreparable harm” to the TSA and “The object of the fight that Democrats are putting up resistance over, CBP and ICE, are actually being funded through discretionary funding within the Department of Homeland Security.” Johnson said, “I’m not taking sides in the current political fight. I do feel that someone needs to speak for the 250,000 workers at the Department of Homeland Security and the American people. I think what’s happening right now in this funding fight is sheer insanity.…

Islamabad has reportedly proposed holding discussions involving top aides from Washington and Tehran Pakistan could host talks between the US and Iran on ending the Middle East conflict, according to reports.The South Asian nation has offered to host talks in its capital, Islamabad, as early as this week, the Financial Times reported on Monday.The talks would likely involve senior officials from Washington and Tehran, the report said.Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir spoke with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday.Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held…

The Wall Street Journal’s latest Iran commentary argues for a major escalation in U.S. involvement, with former Pentagon official Seth Cropsey urging President Donald Trump to put boots on the ground in southern Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and complete what he says is an “unfinished” campaign. In an opinion piece on Sunday headlined American Credibility Is on the Line in Iran, Cropsey contends that Trump must escalate the conflict by deploying ground forces, writing that “President Trump must put boots on the ground to open the Strait of Hormuz and demonstrate the unquestionable supremacy of American power,” while…

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) stated that President Donald Trump deserves some credit for the decrease in crime in Memphis because having more federal law enforcement there helped because the city has a shortage of police officers, but crime was falling prior to the federal surge. Co-host Sara Sidner asked, “Trump is taking some credit for bringing down the crime in a district that you’re well familiar with there in Memphis. Do you give him some credit for that?” Cohen responded, “Give him a little bit of credit. We need more policemen. We’re about…