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The White House reportedly instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate a leak to theNew York Times over the newspaper's reporting of President Donald Trump’s Qatari-donated Air Force One alternative.
Patel was planning to fly to Chicago last week to see his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, a country music singer, and to visit an FBI field office in the city when he abruptly cancelled the trip.
It emerged that Patel was called in to the White House, where he spent “roughly eight hours running the investigation from there rather than FBI headquarters,” on Friday, the newspaper reports. The Times noted the move marked “a major departure from historical practice.”
Two people familiar with the situation told the Times that Patel briefed senior administration officials about the investigation into the paper’s Air Force One report. One person told the newspaper that the FBI director “had his own concerns about the type of information publicly disclosed about the plane.”
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Trump says military will ‘completely decimate and destroy’ Iran if he’s assassinatedThe US has launched fresh strikes on Iran less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump threatened to “decimate and destroy” the country in the event of his assassination.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a message on X Saturday night saying, “Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay.”
Central Command confirmed that its forces attacked Iran in retaliation for the nation’s alleged attack on a civilian-crewed container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The attack comes just hours after Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed revenge for the death of his father at the start of the war.
“Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed,” Central Command said in a statement. “In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ab..

Critics are attacking the Trump administration for a deal to let the United Arab Emirates access cutting-edge U.S. technology, accusing the White House of offering the country preferential treatment because a U.A.E. royal invested millions in a Trump family cryptocurrency company last year.
The Commerce Department announced on Friday that it will allow the U.S. ally license-free access to crucial technology such as AI chips. That status will extend to U.A.E. companies such as G42, which is chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser.
Four days before President Trump’s inauguration, another Tahnoon-backed company reportedly spent $500 million to buy what was initially a secret 49 percent stake in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s fledgling crypto firm. The deal reportedly sent an immediate $187 million to Trump entities and helped fuel the family’s crypto empire.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the change in Commerce Department e..

Israel reportedly shared intelligence with the U.S. about potential plans by Iran to kill President Donald Trump.
The warning about the alleged plot, reported by The Wall Street Journaland CNN, comes amid growing tension between the U.S. and Israel over what the next phase of the Iran war and peace process should like.
The Independent has contacted Iran’s mission to the United Nations and the Israeli embassy in Washington for comment.
When asked about the alleged intelligence tip, the White House pointed to President Trump’s comments yesterday claiming that he was under threat from Iran.
“They want to take out the U.S. leader — me,” Trump said. “I’m on whatever list. I saw this morning I’m on every single one of their lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a bit lucky, but maybe that doesn’t last very long. These are evil, sick people. And we have to root out that cancer. That cancer. You know what you do? You’ve got to cut out cancer early. And that’s the way I feel.”
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Trump says Iran wants a deal 'so badly' after US military actionThe United States and Iran have continued to trade strikes, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a near standstill on Thursday.
More airstrikes were launched against Iran early today, after Donald Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in the strait signalled the end of the ceasefire.
Tehran accused Washington of a strike near a nuclear power plant after the US military said it had struck dozens of sites across Iran overnight.
Iran's deputy governor of Bushehr province told state media a US projectile struck the area surrounding Iran’s Bushehr power plant, shortly after reports of explosions in the southern coastal region.
The official said several locations in Bushehr province, including the perimeter area of the nuclear facility, were hit in US attacks, without specifying when.
Iran also launched fresh strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain in response to the wave of US attacks overnight.
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