DHS now operating during Iran war with lame duck leader and partial funding

The Department of Homeland Security, created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the lead agency in threat detection, is operating without full funding and now has a vacancy at the top after President Trump ousted Kristi Noem. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett has more. Source link

Who will be Iran’s next supreme leader? One name stands out.

The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the early hours of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran has raised a simple but enormously consequential question: Who will replace him? For nearly four decades, Khamenei sat atop Iran’s complex power structure, serving not just as the country’s highest religious authority but also … Read more

IRS leader Bisignano declines to answer questions over unlawful taxpayer data disclosures to ICE

WASHINGTON — The head of the IRS largely declined to answer questions about recent unlawful disclosures of taxpayer data when he was questioned by lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, saying they happened before his tenure began. IRS CEO Frank Bisignano faced the House Ways and Means Committee to speak about the agency’s progress … Read more

Hegseth says the leader behind effort to assassinate Trump has been ‘hunted down and killed’ in Iran

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that an Iranian leader behind a unit that attempted to assassinate President Trump has been killed in Iran amid Operation Epic Fury. “The leader of the unit that attempted to assassinate Trump has been hunted down and killed,” Hegseth … Read more

War in Middle East Escalates as Iran Moves to Select New Leader

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Dad Who Gave Son Rifle Found Guilty After School Shooting 02:16 See the 2026 Primary Results and Highlights in Key States 02:33 Gas Prices Spike as War Expands and Escalates in Middle East 02:14 Trump Addresses Mixed Messaging on Iran, … Read more

U.S. court convicts Japanese mafia leader for conspiring to traffic nuclear material to Iran

A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons. Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on the drug and weapons charges, along with his Thai co-defendant Somphop … Read more

Notorious cartel leader

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was buried Monday in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels. A federal official confirmed that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was buried in a cemetery in … Read more

Radical US mosques honor Iran’s Supreme Leader’s ‘martyrdom’ with memorial services, eulogy: ‘Our leader’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two United States-based mosques that have faced scrutiny for their ties to Iran held formal events to “honor” Ayatollah Khamenei after U.S. military forces took out the Islamic leader of Iran this weekend, including one mosque in Northern Virginia that referred to Khamenei as “our leader.”  Located … Read more

Trump: ‘I got him before he got me’ after killing Iran’s Supreme Leader

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said he authorized the strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before Tehran could act on alleged plots against him, telling ABC: “I got him before he got me. They tried twice … I got him first.” The president’s blunt remark appears … Read more