Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In these early days of Operation Epic Fury, while much remains unknown, one thing has become clear: how little the conventional wisdom about foreign policy in Washington, D.C. has to do with the realities taking shape on the battlefield. Traditionally, four things were assumed to be near inevitable if the United States and/or Israel were to take significant military action against Iran:Iran’s supreme leader would be untouchable.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would deploy its terrorist proxies to ignite a regional war.Israel would be isolated in the Middle East and vulnerable to attack…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon on Sunday announced that U.S. forces have carried out a lethal strike on a vessel allegedly carrying suspected narco-traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing six people on board.The U.S. Southern Command said it conducted “a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” at the direction of the new leader of the Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan of the Marine Corps, who took over in January.”Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pennsylvania state trooper was shot and killed on Sunday night while conducting a traffic stop in Chester County, according to officials.The shooting happened in West Caln Township shortly after 9 p.m. during a traffic stop near Compass and Michael roads.Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that the trooper, identified as Timothy O’Connor, died from the shooting.”I am profoundly saddened to announce that tonight, Pennsylvania State Police family lost a son, lost a hero, and lost a dedicated public servant,” Shapiro said at a press briefing.”Corporal Timothy O’Connor is killed tonight doing what he’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City officials confirmed Sunday that two devices recovered during protests near Gracie Mansion a day earlier were improvised explosive devices (IEDs).”The FBI and NYPD confirmed the suspicious items to be improvised explosive devices (IEDs),” FBI New York wrote on X. “Additionally, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) will be conducting interviews, reviewing videos, collecting evidence, and chasing down all leads.”A third “suspicious device” was also found Sunday afternoon in a vehicle in Manhattan in connection with the investigation, officials said.In a statement posted to X earlier on Sunday, NYPD…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NYPD announced Sunday that a third suspicious device has been recovered as part of an ongoing investigation into an improvised explosive device (IED) thrown during dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion a day earlier.Police said officers identified a suspicious device inside a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st and 82nd streets and temporarily evacuated nearby buildings while the Bomb Squad assessed the threat.”The NYPD has safely removed the suspicious device from the area for further testing, and those who were evacuated are now allowed to return to their residences. The area…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NYPD has cordoned off a tony Manhattan block near the mayor’s residence amid a continuing probe into a potential terror plot involving improvised, ISIS-style bombs.”Due to ongoing police activity, please avoid the area of East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street in Manhattan,” the NYPD wrote on X on Sunday.According to two NYPD sources, the activity is connected to the investigation into two devices that were thrown during dueling protests outside Gracie Mansion. The activity follows hours after New York City officials confirmed that a device ignited and thrown…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City officials have confirmed that a device ignited and thrown during protests near Gracie Mansion on Saturday was an improvised explosive device (IED) capable of causing “serious injury or death.”In a statement posted to X on Sunday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department’s Bomb Squad determined the device was neither a hoax nor a smoke bomb.”The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday issued a safety warning to civilians in Iran, accusing the regime of launching military operations from densely populated areas and putting civilian lives at risk.CENTCOM said Iranian forces are using “heavily populated” cities, including Dezful, Isfahan and Shiraz, to launch one-way attack drones and ballistic missiles. U.S. forces urged civilians in Iran to remain at home, warning that locations used for military purposes could lose protected status under international law and become legitimate targets.”Iran’s terrorist regime is blatantly disregarding civilian lives by attacking Gulf partners while…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MEXICO CITY: Mexican drug cartels are increasingly calculated in their targeting decisions, often avoiding deliberately attacking American tourists and citizens out of concern it could prompt intensified U.S. retaliation, according to experts.Following last month’s killing of Ruben “Nemesio” Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” the powerful leader of the Mexican Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joined “Fox & Friends” and had a warning for the drug gangs: “The Mexican drug cartels know not to lay a finger on a single American, or they will pay severe…