Mercedes Schlapp told NEWSMAX viewers that President Trump and his advisers believe the confrontation with Iran will be swift and focused, a short-term campaign to roll back Tehran’s ability to threaten American interests rather than an open-ended occupation. That framing — a surgical, time-limited approach — is becoming the administration’s public rationale as it tries More
The State Department on March 9, 2026 raised its travel advisory for southeastern Turkey to the highest level, urging Americans to avoid the region and ordering non-emergency U.S. government employees and family members to leave the Consulate General in Adana out of an abundance of caution. This move is a clear acknowledgment that the fallout More
Iran’s theocracy moved fast and predictably over the weekend, anointing Mojtaba Khamenei as the nation’s new supreme leader after the sudden death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. What should concern every American is not only the hereditary turn inside Tehran’s clerical elite but the immediate signal that the regime intends to press on with its malign More
President Trump’s pledge of a “GREAT CHANGE” for Latin America isn’t empty rhetoric — it’s a full-throated return to the Monroe Doctrine reimagined as the Donroe Doctrine, and Republican leaders like Sen. Bill Hagerty are making it clear that America will no longer tolerate foreign actors or criminal cartels operating as if the Western Hemisphere More
President Trump ordered and U.S. forces — alongside Israeli partners — launched Operation Epic Fury at the end of February, a decisive campaign meant to crush Iran’s missile networks and military command hubs. The operation began as a coordinated, high‑intensity strike package designed to seize the initiative and deny Tehran the ability to threaten its More
America struck first and struck with purpose when Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, 2026, a coordinated U.S.-Israeli campaign designed to degrade the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten our nation and allies. The timing and scale were no accident; military planners stacked precision strikes and naval actions to hit key nodes in Tehran’s offensive More
