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The US struck a series of targets across Iran overnight. Iranian reports said air defense systems had been activated and explosions were heard in several areas across the country. A senior US official said US forces struck air defense systems and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's military responded: "As of now, the Strait of Hormuz is closed. We will fire on any ship that tries to pass." By ILH Staff The US launched another wave of strikes against targets in Iran overnight Thursday, just minutes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened that "if we have to negotiate through bombs, we will." Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Thursday morning that, in response, it had launched 12 ballistic missiles at the US Air Force's al-Azraq base in Jordan. US Central Command said the strikes were "additional self-defense strikes against multiple targets in Iran," ordered by President Donald Trump and in response to...

By Tyler Durden Authored by Larry Behrens via WattsUpWithThat.com, The final countdown for America’s 250th birthday is on. Families will be planning road trips, parades, vacations, reunions, and cookouts to celebrate the greatest nation in history. But in six states, politicians have a different idea for the party: raise taxes. Beginning July 1, drivers in California, Washington, Illinois, Maryland , Virginia , and Mississippi are scheduled to see higher state gas taxes. In other words, as the country prepares to celebrate casting aside a tax-heavy king in favor of freedom, these states will use the occasion to fatten government coffers one gallon at a time. The worst offenders will be no surprise. California, Washington and Illinois  — we’ll call them the Axis of Glut. Their governors are often the first to fake outrage when gas prices rise. They blame oil companies. They blame “price gouging.” They blame world events. They blame everyone except the politicians who keep pil...

By Stephen Sorace A former Louisiana mayor convicted of having sex with her teenage son's friend at an alcohol-fueled party was branded a "predator" in court Tuesday by the victim's mother before a judge sentenced the disgraced politician to 90 days behind bars. Misty Roberts, 43, the former mayor of DeRidder, was convicted in March of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile after having sex with the 16-year-old boy during a July 2024 birthday party for her son at her home. Prosecutors had urged the court to impose the maximum 17-year sentence, arguing Roberts had failed to accept responsibility for her actions. "This is not a dumb lady. This is somebody who managed an entire city budget," prosecutor Charles Robinson said according to the  New York Post , arguing that Roberts "has not come to the realization of accountability." Instead, Judge D. Kent Savoie sentenced Roberts to 90 days in jail, along with t...

By JACOB MAGID  US President Donald Trump said the US would be attacking Iran again on Wednesday, indicating that Tuesday night’s strikes against the regime were only the first part of Washington’s retaliation against the Islamic Republic for shooting down an American military helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. “We’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard,” Trump said in the Oval Office, when asked to explain his Truth Social post from earlier today, when he said that Iran would have to “pay a price” for taking too long to reach a deal. “We hit him hard yesterday, and we hit him again hard today — in case you miss it because you don’t turn on your television set,” Trump told reporters. US Central Command said late Tuesday night that it had targeted Iranian military assets in response to the helicopter downing. This led Iran to target several US militar...

By Sarah Anderson On May 20, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Department of Justice had unsealed a federal grand jury indictment of Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, charging him with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft, and murder.  These charges stemmed from his role in the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown in 1996. That's when Castro ordered the Cuban air force to shoot down the organization's unarmed civilian planes in international waters. Three U.S. citizens and one permanent resident were murdered that day.    Castro wasn't the only one who received those or related charges. There were five other co-defendants, including Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez, a now 65-year-old retired Cuban air force pilot and lieutenant colonel , who played a part in that deadly mission 30 years ago.  Well, it looks like at least González-Pardo is now going to face justice for his role in the murders.  In November of last year, G...

By Stephen green "One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing," Oscar Wilde is supposed to have said about Charles Dickens's overwrought melodrama, The Old Curiosity Shop . VodkaPundit readers will be pleased to learn that Yours Truly is more warmhearted than ever, laughing my patootie off at the long-delayed justice finally coming to CNN. By now you must be well aware — and perhaps chortling as hard as I am — of what's happened recently as 60 Minutes , where new CBS News chief Bari Weiss and her henchman, Igor, are in the middle (one hopes) of a much-needed shakeup. Sorry, kidding about the Igor thing. It's just that I spend so much time following the mainstream media, where Weiss is either Dr. Frankenstein or Dracula or some other monstrous villain, and her hand-picked executive producer for 60 Minutes , Nick Bilton, must be Igor or Renfield.  And Another Thing: Please stop trying to get me to appreciate Dickens. He was ...

By Breccan Thies The SPLC was able to ‘de-platform, de-bank, and deny services to every single organization on that hate map.’ Democrats defended the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and its mission to manufacture hate hoaxes and target conservatives by claiming Tuesday that the SPLC is basically a government law enforcement agency and also not at all anything like a government law enforcement agency. At the second edition of the House Judiciary Committee hearing series “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate,” Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., indicated the SPLC has the same power and authority as the FBI or other government law enforcement agencies to maintain confidential informants in extremist groups — and, ostensibly, to then fundraise off the manufactured chaos. In an exchange with Georgetown Law Professor Mary McCord, a Democrat witness, Raskin justified the SPLC’s alleged funding of people to be “undercover as informants to find out what these gr...

By Amy Mek SHARIA HEALTHCARE IN TAMPA: Muslim Doctor & iTAMPA Leader So Brazen They Openly Declare It On Camera Florida, your tax dollars are funding this. A board member and leader of iTAMPA - the new Muslim-only medical network - stood inside a taxpayer-funded Islamic school (yes, one that collects public vouchers) and openly laid out the full plan: “We need… Muslim accountants, lawyers, engineers… all unified under a shura board for Tampa that makes sure everything we do is Sharia compliant.” He continued without hesitation: “Medical, religious, educational, legal, dawah, commercial… promote our Muslim providers preferentially over non-Muslims. I tried to change all my own providers… if I’m going to go to this, I’m going to go to a Muslim.” (ARE YOU HEARING THIS - I WOULD NOT GO TO A SINGLE DOCTOR WHO REGISTERS THEIR NAME ON THIS SITE - BEWARE) They’re already planning a Muslim medical school and Islamic hospital - modeling it after the Tex...

ByJennifer Oliver O'Connell In a late afternoon Tuesday session, the House of Representatives passed the Secure America Act , the $70 billion reconciliation package, which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) on a party-line vote of 214-212. BREAKING: The House just voted 214-212 to pass the Senate's reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP with $70 billion over the next three years. The bill will now head to President Trump's desk for signature. Every Republican present voted yes, every Democrat present voted no.… — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 9, 2026 BREAKING: The House just voted 214-212 to pass the Senate's reconciliation bill to fund ICE and CBP with $70 billion over the next three years. The bill will now head to President Trump's desk for signature. Every Republican present voted yes, every Democrat present voted no. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) voted no. It is now June 9. President Donald Trump set a June ...

By Hank Berrien The man accused of brutally murdering a young Ukrainian refugee won’t face trial anytime soon, after a federal judge ruled that he’s  too mentally unfit  to stand in a courtroom. DeCarlos Brown Jr., 34, was found incompetent to stand trial Tuesday for the August 22, 2025, murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old who fled Russian bombs only to be stabbed from behind while listening to music on Charlotte’s Blue Line light rail. She never saw it coming. Zarutska — a college-educated artist, aspiring veterinary assistant, and devoted daughter — had  survived  two years of war and built a quiet, hopeful life in North Carolina. She walked neighbors’ dogs, studied English, and worked at a pizzeria. She was  thriving .  Then Brown allegedly plunged a pocketknife into her neck and walked away, blood dripping from the blade. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell ruled Brown cannot understand the charges against him and is unable to assist his own defense. Brown’s behavio...