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Details emerging about the heroic operation that extracted the US Air Force crewmember from southern Iran point to a high-risk mission executed with precision.

President Donald Trump announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi will leave her post, in a move that comes after days of reports of tensions within the administration and dissatisfaction with her performance, which peaked after she allowed the release of the Epstein files.

According to The Atlantic, the first operation would involve seizing Kharg Island, which handles 90% of Iran’s oil exports, while the second would focus on removing enriched uranium from Iran using special forces. Sources said President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision.

The US president lashed out at allies who refused to join the campaign against Iran, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer drawing his harshest criticism: “You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work.”

The tight-knit Chabad community in New Haven, Connecticut, is mourning Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak HaCohen Katz, 22, whose family helped found the community he grew up in.

Thousands of Iranian nationals entered the US under Biden; hundreds were released into the country pending legal proceedings.

The US Army 82nd Airborne Division, capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours, may be sent to Iran according to a New York Times report.  One option being weighed by the administration is seizing Kharg Island, a critical oil export hub.

The president confirmed he spoke with Netanyahu after the strikes, warned Iran that Kharg Island could be taken down "at any moment," and deflected a question about allied coordination with a pointed Pearl Harbor joke.

Joe Kent resigns as first senior official to break ranks since the campaign began.