The US Central Command on Tuesday released footage of Navy-guided missile destroyers delivering “overwhelming firepower” in Operation Epic Fury.
“U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are delivering unrelenting, overwhelming firepower from regional waters. DAY and NIGHT,” CENTCOM said.
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CENTCOM also released footage of the US military vaporizing Iranian drones.
“The Iranian regime’s killer drones have been a menace in the Middle East for years. These drones are no longer a tolerable risk,” CENTCOM said.
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According to Fox News, more than 1,000 Iranian combatants have been killed during Operation Epic Fury.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces struck the Iranian Supreme Council as they gathered to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official told Fox News.
The IDF targeted Iran’s “leadership complex” in central Tehran overnight, describing it as the regime’s “most central and significant headquarters.”
Specific targets included the Presidential Office and the building housing the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), a key body advising the Supreme Leader on national security and foreign policy.
BREAKING: Israel believes it killed multiple Iranian officials counting votes to pick next ayatollah, Fox News’ @TreyYingst reports pic.twitter.com/rvXZ2QhSO1
AI-Generated image by Grok – Witkoff heard disturbing nuclear facts straight from the camel’s mouth.
Iran has what it takes to make almost a dozen nukes, according to the top US Envoy.
A billionaire real estate investor and developer, Steve Witkoff, has turned into Donald J. Trump’s ‘jack of all trades’ when it comes to tough geopolitical negotiations.
Be it the never-ending Russia-Ukraine talks, the successful Israel-Gaza peace deal, or lately the negotiations with Iran, Witkoff (often alongside Jared Kushner) has been the face of Trump’s shuttle diplomacy.
Yesterday, Witkoff said to Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Iranian officials told the US negotiators: they have enough enriched uranium to build not one, but 11 nuclear bombs.
Wow. Steve Witkoff:
“In that first meeting, the Iranian negotiators said to us, with no shame, they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium and they’re aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs.”
“’Both the Iranian negotiators said to us directly with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60% [enriched uranium]’, Steve Witkoff told Fox News host Sean Hannity, ‘and they’re aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance’.”
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – Wiki Commons
“Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner engaged in three rounds of indirect talks beginning in Oman Feb. 6 and concluding in Geneva, Switzerland Feb. 26 in what turned out to be a last-ditch effort to prevent US military action against Iran.
‘Jared and I opened up with the Iranian negotiators telling us they had the inalienable right to enrich all their nuclear fuel that they possessed. That’s how they opened up’, Witkoff recounted.”
JUST IN: US claims Iran could have produced 11 nuclear bombs with its enriched uranium. pic.twitter.com/cQhNfaRd9p
The US negotiators warned that Trump had the inalienable right to ‘stop [them] dead in [their] tracks’.
“I know this: They have 10,000, roughly, kilograms of fissionable material. That’s broken up into roughly 460 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, another 1,000 kilograms of 20% enriched uranium …They manufacture their own centrifuges to enrich this material. So, there’s almost no stopping them. They have an endless supply of it. The 60% materials, Sean, can be brought to 90%, that’s weapons-grade, in roughly one week, maybe 10 days at the outside. The 20% can be brought to weapons grade inside of three to four weeks.”
Starmer has disappointed the US by staying ‘neutral’.
Failing Starmer has let the ‘special relationship’ down.
For the first time since WW2, the United States has entered a military conflict without its former most reliable ally, the United Kingdom.
Failing Prime Minister Starmer is under heavy pressure for choosing to keep Britain out of the operations, even though his airbase in Cyprus was attacked.
Now, both US President Donald J. Trump and the Pentagon are openly – and harshly – criticizing the unpopular leftist-Globalist leader.
TRUMP “VERY DISAPPOINTED” — STARMER REFUSES SUPPORT
President Trump has made it clear: he is “very disappointed” in Keir Starmer after the UK refused to allow the use of British bases for offensive action against Iran.
“Donald Trump has suggested that Sir Keir Starmer did not join the attack on Iran because he is pandering to Muslim voters.
[…] When asked if Sir Keir had stayed out of the initial attack because he is afraid of being punished by Muslim voters at the ballot box, Mr. Trump told The Sun ‘could be’.”
This comes after Trump said that he was ‘very disappointed’ in Sir Keir for not taking part in the strikes.
“Sir Keir rebuked Mr. Trump on Monday afternoon by telling MPs that military action in the Middle East had to be lawful and ‘thought-through’.”
BREAKING: Donald Trump has BLASTED Keir Starmer for pandering to the Muslim vote by REFUSING to back the U.S. in the war against Iran
The president also warned that Britain is “no longer a recognisable country.” pic.twitter.com/jlr18ktNQ1
“The Prime Minister was accused of undermining the Special Relationship by banning American bombers from using British bases to launch Saturday’s assault on Tehran.
Sir Keir risked aggravating the White House further by suggesting that the attack, which killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, was illegal and set to unravel.”
This is Secretary Hegseth at his absolute best.
In one minute flat, he SHATTERED the media narrative that the operation in Iran is a “forever war” — and called out allies and the political left for their pearl-clutching.
“In an outspoken intervention, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised Israel for its central role in the offensive – but savaged the legalistic approach taken by Britain and other European allies.
‘Israel has clear missions for which we are grateful,’ he said. ‘Capable partners are good partners. Unlike so many of our traditional partners who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, humming and hawing about the use of force’.”
Hillary Clinton squirmed in her seat as Oversight Committee members asked her about her husband’s salacious hot tub photos with Epstein victims.
The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Epstein depositions.
Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to testify before the Oversight Committee after Chairman James Comer moved forward with holding them in criminal contempt of Congress.
During the deposition in Chappaqua, New York, last week Hillary Clinton was asked about her philandering husband – again.
Clinton was asked about photos of her husband in the hot tub with women.
Bill Clinton hot tub / Epstein filesBill Clinton swims with mystery woman / Epstein documents
She was also asked how she felt when she saw photos of her husband getting massages from young women.
Bill Clinton gets a back rub from one of Epstein’s girls on African tour.
“When you saw photos of your husband in a hot tub getting massaged by other women, and you knew that Jeffrey Epstein was involved…did it concern you?” an Oversight Committee member asked Hillary.
Hillary Clinton looked visibly uncomfortable.
“I am not going to speculate,” Hillary Clinton said.
Spain has moved to distance itself from the escalating US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, refusing to allow American forces to use jointly operated bases on Spanish soil for strike operations.
The decision marks a sharp divergence from other major European powers that have signaled willingness to back what they describe as “proportionate defensive action.”
Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed that at least 15 American aircraft departed the Rota naval base and Morón air base in southern Spain following the weekend attacks. Several of those aircraft were identified as KC-135 “Stratotanker” aerial refueling planes.
At least seven of the aircraft were tracked landing at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Others were seen heading toward France, though some flight paths were not publicly visible.
Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares made Madrid’s position explicit. “The bases are not being used—nor will they be used—for anything that is not in the agreement [with the US], nor for anything that isn’t covered by the UN charter,” he told Telecinco.
Albares emphasized that while Spain supports democracy and fundamental rights for the Iranian people, it rejects military action that falls outside international legal frameworks.
“Europe’s voice must be one of balance and moderation at this time, working towards de-escalation and a return to the negotiating table,” he said.
Defense Minister Margarita Robles reinforced that message, stating categorically that Spain had provided no assistance to the strikes. She argued that the bilateral agreement governing American forces in Spain “must operate within the framework of international law.”
“What is clear is that the tanker aircraft have not carried out and were not going to carry out any support operations,” Robles said. She suggested that Washington’s decision to relocate the aircraft reflected Spain’s stance.
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has gone further, condemning what he called “unilateral military action” by Washington and Jerusalem. He warned that the offensive was contributing to “a more hostile and uncertain international order.”
In a speech in Barcelona, Sánchez sought to draw a distinction between opposing Iran’s regime and rejecting open-ended escalation. “You can be against a hateful regime… and, at the same time, against an unjustified and dangerous military intervention that is outside international law,” he said.
Spain’s refusal makes it an outlier among Europe’s larger powers. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have adopted a firmer tone toward Tehran following Iranian missile and drone retaliation across the Gulf.
In a joint statement, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared: “We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source.”
The joint statement of Britain, France & Germany about Iran strikes on Middle Eastern countries:
“We call on Iran to immediately cease these reckless attacks. We will take steps to protect our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially including taking… pic.twitter.com/BYTlPulHoY
Starmer initially hesitated to permit US forces to use British bases but reversed course after Iranian retaliation reportedly struck a UK facility in Cyprus. President Donald Trump criticized the delay, saying Britain had taken “far too long” to grant access.
Merz, who is scheduled to meet Trump in Washington, said Germany would not “lecture” its partners over the strikes. “Despite all the doubts, we share many of their aims,” he added, acknowledging the dilemma posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Spain, however, has charted a different path. Albares condemned Iran’s “absolutely unjustified” attacks on Gulf countries and Cyprus, an EU partner currently holding the bloc’s rotating presidency, but insisted the solution lies in diplomacy rather than escalation.
Madrid summoned Iran’s ambassador, Reza Zabib, to formally convey its rejection of Tehran’s actions. Spanish officials stressed that the safety of approximately 30,000 Spanish nationals in the region is a priority.
Robles confirmed that more than 1,000 Spanish troops deployed across Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey are taking heightened security precautions. Nearly 700 personnel in Lebanon, serving under the UNIFIL mission, reportedly spent the night in bunkers amid renewed exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah.
The European Commission, for its part, has called for a “diplomatic” resolution, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging preparation for the “fallout from these recent events.” That fallout is already visible in disrupted airspace, rising energy uncertainty, and growing regional instability.
Spain’s leadership argues that escalation breeds further escalation. Albares warned that “a logic of violence… only leads to a spiral of violence,” adding that unilateral actions without UN endorsement lack “a clear objective.”
Whether Madrid’s stance will strain relations with Washington remains to be seen. For the time being, however, Spain has made clear that its bases will not be launching pads for a widening regional conflict.
Image: Wikimedia Commons (National Park Service photo by Mark Lellouch)
On Monday, the Arizona State House put forward and passed a proposed amendment to the Arizona Constitution that could soon introduce a section solidifying an individual’s right to refuse medical mandates, products, or treatments.
Only one ballot measure of this kind has ever passed through a single committee in any chamber of a legislature anywhere in the nation. None has made it through both the House and Senate.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to the author of the potentially historic amendment. Nick Kupper (R-AZ), a retired Master Sergeant from the Air Force and a representative in the Arizona State House, expressed his immense satisfaction with the successful passage of House Concurrent Resolution 2056 through the Arizona House yesterday.
In the next step, the proposal would need approval in the Senate, after which the amendment will be placed on the November ballot for the people of Arizona to decide its fate.
If enacted, the legislation states that “a government may not mandate, require, coerce or compel any individual to accept, receive or administer any medical product or treatment that involves invasion of or affixing any item or article to the body for any reason or purpose, including as a condition of employment, education, entry or access to any facility or space, participation in services or the exercise of any right, privilege or benefit.”
Kupper explained, it doesn’t prevent private companies from running their businesses as they see fit, but it does clarify that it’s not the state government’ s responsibility to impose conditions regarding product acceptance in these situations.
If this proposal advances out of the Senate—and Kupper is optimistic that it will—citizens of The Grand Canyon State will essentially be asked the question on their ballot: Do you want your Constitution to state that the Arizona state government cannot mandate you to take medical products?
As Kupper wrote on X, “Every NO vote on this bill is a representative who does not want the people of AZ to have that opportunity.”
The AZ House of Reps just did something no state has ever done, we passed a bill which lets AZ voters decide if they want the state mandating their medical decisions.
Every NO vote on this bill is a representative who does not want the people of AZ to have that opportunity. pic.twitter.com/ch64dHJZTF
Despite the 23 Arizona representatives who voted against the bill in the House yesterday, Kupper said, “The people of Arizona will have the opportunity in November to determine this for themselves.”
“If it doesn’t pass [on the November ballot], it doesn’t go into the Constitution,” he explained. “If that happens, voters are saying they want the state to mandate what they do to their bodies, and I’ll accept the result.”
“No voter in the country has ever been given this option,” and for Kupper, this is what politics should be about: individual liberty. “This is why I became a politician,” he said, concluding the interview with remarkable enthusiasm.
Javier Ramirez, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, and Miramar Martinez stand in Senate DHS oversight hearing
Senator Eric Schmidt (R-MO) on Tuesday tore into the Democrats for trashing ICE and supporting sanctuary policies that have led to the murder of countless American citizens in response to Democrats asking so-called victims of ICE to stand up during a Senate hearing.
Kristi Noem testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she took questions on her leadership of ICE.
Senator Eric Schmidt began his time for questioning by highlighting American citizens who were murdered by illegal immigrants and went off on the Democrats for nearly 8 minutes before asking questions of Noem.
“Since we’re having folks stand up,” he began, “I would have Laken Riley stand up. I would have Kayla Hamilton stand up. I would have Jocelyn Nungaray stand up. I would have Rachel Moran stand up. I would have the beautiful sons and daughters, who were murdered by illegal immigrants, stand up.”
He continued, “but they can’t, because they’re dead. They were murdered by illegal immigrants that were let into this country by Joe Biden.”
He further highlighted the other cases of illegal aliens, whom Democrats are fighting to keep in our country by denying ICE’s attempts to deport them, killing Americans, including Stephanie Minter, a Virginia woman whose killer is now being protected by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger.
“Forgive me if I don’t want to be lectured by the Democrats on this point. I would think in a different time and a different place, that we could all actually agree that if somebody is here illegally and they’re being released from prison, that we would let federal law enforcement know about it. Apparently not.”
He also went down a list of criminal illegal aliens who are being protected by the Democrats.
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Schmidt: Since we’re having folks stand up, I would have Laken Riley stand up. I would have Kayla Hamilton stand up. I would have Jocelyn Nungaray stand up. I would have Rachel Moran stand up. I would have the beautiful sons and daughters, who were murdered by illegal immigrants, stand up, but they can’t, because they’re dead. They were murdered by illegal immigrants that were let into this country by Joe Biden.
And I think it’s important to set the stage, since we’re having this oversight hearing. So, to set the stage of how we got here. Five years ago, something was done that had never been done in the history of our country. We had a president who willfully ignored immigration laws and immigration enforcement, threw open the border to 15 million— million people, who are here illegally. Tens of Thousands of murderers, hundreds of thousands of hardened violent criminals. And we can debate why. I know why. They’re trying to pump up the numbers for their congressional districts because they lost the case with the American people.
This came after Richard Blumenthal grilled Noem on illegal aliens who were allegedly arrested or detained by ICE and asked Leonardo Garcia Venegas, Javier Ramirez, and Miramar Martinez to stand in the back of the room, while accusing ICE of targeting people for being Mexican.
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US Central Command has released more footage from US strikes targeting Iranian missile launch sites as Operation Epic Fury remains ongoing, and the US military attempts to cripple Iran’s offensive capabilities.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, at least six US service members have been killed by Iranian strikes since Operation Epic Fury began on Saturday.
A video released on Monday evening shows the destruction of Iranian missile launch sites.
“As the Secretary of War stated this morning, U.S. forces are hitting Iran surgically, overwhelmingly, and unapologetically. Operation Epic Fury is laser-focused on destroying Iranian offensive missiles,” CENTCOM said in a statement accompanying the video’s release.
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In another clip, released on Tuesday, “mobile launchers” are seen being obliterated in US strikes.
US CENTCOM Said in a statement, “The Iranian regime is using mobile launchers to indiscriminately fire missiles in an attempt to inflict maximum harm across the region. U.S. forces are hunting these threats down and without apology or hesitation, we are taking them out.”
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Central Command also released footage of US forces eliminating additional missile launch sites as Iran targets Americans with retaliatory strikes.
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US claims Iran could have produced 11 nuclear bombs with its enriched uranium. 
TRUMP “VERY DISAPPOINTED” — STARMER REFUSES SUPPORT
