12 Americans injured in Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia

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Twelve U.S. service members were wounded in an Iranian missile and drone attack on a military base in Saudi Arabia, Fox News has confirmed.

The strike hit Prince Sultan Air Base on Friday, damaging several U.S. refueling aircraft, officials said. Two of the wounded troops were reported to be in serious condition.

At least one KC-135 air refueling aircraft was hit and caught fire during the strike, according to a senior U.S. official.

The attack comes as the monthlong conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran continues to escalate and follows earlier reports that more than 300 U.S. service members have been wounded since the start of Operation Epic Fury.

The Pentagon is continuing to move additional forces into the region, while officials say military options remain on the table as the situation evolves. (Read more from “12 Americans injured in Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia” HERE)

Bank of America to Pay $72.5 Million to Jeffrey Epstein Victims Who Brought Lawsuit

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Bank of America will be dishing out $72.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that accused the bank of ignoring Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking operation, joining two other big banks that have also settled with multimillion dollar payments.

The lawsuit, based in Manhattan, accused Bank of America of providing accounts and processing transactions for Epstein and his associates despite “obvious red flags,” the New York Post reported Friday.

The Bank of America settlement, which still has to be approved by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, joins settlements already paid by JPMorgan Chase for $290 million and Deutsche Bank for $75 million.

The plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, filed under a pseudonym “Jane Doe,” claim that Bank of America failed to report suspicious activity that could have enabled law enforcement to crack down on the disgraced pedophile years earlier.

The lawsuit was brought by women who have accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse. (Read more from “Bank of America to Pay $72.5 Million to Jeffrey Epstein Victims Who Brought Lawsuit” HERE)

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Pentagon Considering Sending 10K Troops to the Middle East: Report

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By New York Post. The Pentagon is reportedly considering a plan to send an additional 10,000 troops to the Middle East amid the war with Iran.

The potential deployment would likely include infantry and armored vehicles and would be on top of the 5,000 Marines and sailors and roughly 2,000 members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division who have already been dispatched to the region, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“All announcements regarding troop deployments will come from the Department of War,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told the outlet. “

As we have said, President Trump always has all military options at his disposal.”

The reinforcements would provide President Trump with an even wider range of military operations, including potentially putting troops on the ground, as his administration pushes for a peace deal with Iran. (Read more from “Pentagon Considering Sending 10K Troops to the Middle East: Report” HERE)

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Additional 10,000 US Ground Troops Could Be Sent to Middle East: Report

By Newsweek. The Pentagon is considering the deployment of an additional 10,000 U.S. ground troops to the Middle East amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, The Wall Street Journal reports on Thursday, citing Defense Department officials with knowledge of the planning. . .

Those previously reported plans include potentially sending up to 3,000 paratroopers to join thousands of Marines moving toward the Middle East, augmenting an estimated 50,000 U.S. personnel already in the region.

The force would likely include armored vehicles and infantry, according to the Journal report. It is immediately unclear where the forces would be deployed, but would likely be within striking distance of Iran and Kharg Island, the report says.

The reported planning comes as the White House allegedly pushed a 15-point peace proposal, while regional attacks and counterstrikes continue, underscoring the risk of a broader escalation. (Read more from “Additional 10,000 US Ground Troops Could Be Sent to Middle East: Report” HERE)

Joe Kent Says FBI Stopped Him From Looking At Possible Iran Link To Would-Be Trump Assassin

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Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent said Friday that the FBI stopped him from investigating the possibility that the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pa. was linked to Iran.

Kent said the Bureau concluded would-be-assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, acted alone without adequately probing whether the Butler attempt was connected to an Iran-linked Trump assassination plot foiled the day before — and he also said the Bureau stopped his own investigation into the matter. The former Trump administration official — who on March 17 abruptly resigned from his post over the Iran war — made the allegation during his Thursday interview with “The Young Turks” host Cenk Uygur.

“Initially, we were just told, ‘Hey, Crooks, lone gunman, he was killed.’ And then Crooks was kind of an enigma, and we just didn’t hear much more about him, like there was literally nothing about the guy,” Kent told Uygur regarding the little-known 20-year-old gunman, whom a Secret Service sniper killed immediately after Crooks fired shots at Trump.

“Two days prior to Crooks taking the shot in Butler, there was a guy named Asif Merchant who was hired by the Iranians to come here and assassinate President Trump in retaliation for killing Qasem Soleimani,” Kent said. “When Merchant came over here, obviously … the FBI, was all over him.”

Authorities arrested Merchant, who admitted to being an agent of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on July 12, 2024, just one day before Crooks attempted to kill Trump. A federal grand jury convicted Merchant on March 6. (Read more from “Joe Kent Says FBI Stopped Him From Looking At Possible Iran Link To Would-Be Trump Assassin” HERE)

Ousted Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro Loses Bid to Toss Drug Case as Protesters Clash Outside NYC Court

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Ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s brazen bid to toss his drug-trafficking case was flatly denied Thursday — as lawyers warred over who would foot the tyrant’s legal bills.

The toppled strongman, 63, wearing a tan jail jumpsuit and black glasses and seated beside his co-defendant wife, Celia Flores, 69, who was also clad in prison-issue garb, calmly jotted down notes during his first court appearance since January, where he had defiantly claimed that the US military had “kidnapped’’ him.

The hearing unfolded inside a packed Manhattan federal courtroom, as crowds of dueling protesters clashed outside.

Maduro’s current attorney, Barry Pollack — known for helping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secure a favorable plea deal that allowed him to return to his home in Australia — made a longshot bid to toss the case on the grounds Maduro’s constitutional rights to put up a defense were being interfered with.

The request prompted Judge Alvin Hellerstein to flatly reply, “I’m not going to dismiss the case.” (Read more from “Ousted Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro Loses Bid to Toss Drug Case as Protesters Clash Outside NYC Court” HERE)

Trump Reveals His Shocking Nickname for Kimberly Guilfoyle — Newsom Ex Who Was Engaged to His Son

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President Trump stunningly referred to Kimberly Guilfoyle — his son’s ex-fiancée, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ex-wife and the current US ambassador to Greece — as “Kimber-lay” during a Greek independence day celebration at the White House.

“I love calling her ‘Kimber-lay,’ that’s my little pet name, right?” Trump said as he invited to her to stand alongside him on stage. “But you are the greatest and I heard they love you over there. And I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends.

Donald Trump Jr. ended his six-year relationship with Guilfoyle in December 2024 — the same month that the president announced his intention to nominate her for the far-flung diplomatic posting in Athens. (Read more from “Trump Reveals His Shocking Nickname for Kimberly Guilfoyle — Newsom Ex Who Was Engaged to His Son” HERE)

Millions of Americans Urged to Prepare for Disaster as 2026 Hurricane Predictions Revealed: ‘Make Sure Your Emergency Supplies Are Stocked Up’

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Atlantic hurricane season 2026 is afoot — and Americans are being urged to brace themselves ahead of the hubbub.

AccuWeather is predicting 11 to 16 named storms, including four to seven hurricanes and two to four major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher, according to new reports.

Preparedness is “critical” as three to five direct impacts on the US are expected this year.

The areas at greatest risk of direct impacts from a tropical storm or hurricane are in the northern and northeastern Gulf Coast — including, but not limited to, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and the Carolinas.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1. (Read more from “Millions of Americans Urged to Prepare for Disaster as 2026 Hurricane Predictions Revealed: ‘Make Sure Your Emergency Supplies Are Stocked Up’” HERE)

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‘White Plague’ Is on the Rise in the US — It’s Deadlier Than COVID and Becoming Antibiotic-Resistant

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One of humanity’s oldest and deadliest killers is staging a modern-day comeback.

The so-called “white plague” reclaimed its title as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023 after being briefly overtaken by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic.

And the US isn’t immune. While the country still has one of the lowest rates globally, cases have been climbing steadily since 2020 — reversing three decades of decline.

Just this week, in fact, the man accused of murdering 18-year-old Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman failed to show up for a detention hearing because he’s being treated for tuberculosis.

Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 10,260 tuberculosis cases were reported nationwide in 2025, including a staggering 967 in New York alone.

But the real toll could be even higher. TB symptoms are often mistaken for more common illnesses like the flu or RSV, meaning cases can be missed or treatment delayed. (Read more from “‘White Plague’ Is on the Rise in the US — It’s Deadlier Than COVID and Becoming Antibiotic-Resistant” HERE)

Traders Made Hundreds Of Millions In Suspiciously Timed Iran Bets

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Stock traders made oil bets totaling in the nine figures in a two-minute period just over a half hour before President Donald Trump revealed there had been “productive conversations” between the U.S. and Iran, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

Traders dealt more than 6,000 Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contracts — collectively worth $580 million — between 6:49 a.m. and 6:50 a.m. ET Monday, according to the FT. At 7:23 a.m., Trump sent a Truth social post announcing the conversations between the two nations, which have been engaged in a war since Feb. 28.

Brent and WTI are the two main global oil price benchmarks. Both benchmarks’ trading values leaped simultaneously at 6:49 a.m., per the FT. It remains unknown whether one or multiple actors engaged in the trades, the outlet reported.

“If nobody goes to jail for this, we’ve entered the ‘every man for himself’ stage of empire decline,” economist Chris Martenson remarked in a Wednesday X post sharing the FT’s headline.

(Read more from “Traders Made Hundreds Of Millions In Suspiciously Timed Iran Bets” HERE)

Kristi Noem Keeps Her Lover Corey Lewandowski Close by Her Side for First Appearance in New Job After She Was Fired at DHS

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Kristi Noem kept her lover Corey Lewandowski close at hand as she made her first appearance in her new job after she was booted from the Department of Homeland Security.

Noem and Lewandowski sat side-by-side across from Guyanese President Irfaan Ali during a meeting in the South American country on Tuesday.

She was all smiles during the meeting, which came just weeks after she was grilled over the supposed affair in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier in March.

Noem dodged questions about the affair as her husband sat behind her at that hearing.

That disastrous hearing resulted in her dismissal as Secretary of Homeland Security. (Read more from “Kristi Noem Keeps Her Lover Corey Lewandowski Close by Her Side for First Appearance in New Job After She Was Fired at DHS” HERE)

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