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Fox News can confirm that the 2nd crew member of the downed F15E fighter jet has been rescued and he and the members of the rescue team that extracted him from behind enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran. That according to two senior US officials and multiple well placed sources in the region. The Weapons Systems Officer ejected along with the pilot when their F15E Strike Eagle they were flying was struck Thursday night (early Friday local time) in southwest Iran.  The WSO used the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) training to evade capture, hiding on an elevated ridge after hiking away from the wreckage and putting out an emergency beacon.) US Special Operations rescue forces to include PJs (United States Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs) and many layers of elite rescue forces took part in the complex, layered mission to both find the crew member and also keep the Iranian forces who were hunting the American weapons system operator at bay. There are videos that have appeared from local eyewitnesses that show what appear to have been  injured and dead Iranian members of the IRGC and Basij who were looking for the downed American crew member. Fox has learned there was fighting on the ground but no Americans killed during the operation. “It was a very complex operation to retrieve the downed service member,” a well placed source briefed on the operation told me. Many different branches of the US military were involved in the rescue. Fox News can confirm the A10 Warthog that crashed Friday was involved in providing cover for the rescue teams searching for the pilot. That A10 crashed in Kuwait (first reported by ABC Friday) but the A10 pilot managed to eject safely and was rescued. There was destruction of aircraft which have sensitive equipment on board, I am told, all part of this complex CSAR (Combat Search and Rescue) mission. The F15E was pretty much destroyed on impact. Two rescue helicopters were hit by enemy fire on  Friday and crew members onboard were injured by enemy fire but managed to make it out of Iran. There were a lot of elements to this rescue, I am told.

The Constitution is absolutely clear: states run their elections. Not the President. And Arizona will not allow the federal government to seize control of our elections. Full press release here: azag.gov/press-release/…

If the war were going well, the Administration would not be attempting to censor coverage of it. We don't need to see the satellite images; it's enough to know that the Administration doesn't want us to see them.

The horrors inside these ICE facilities are stunning. Don't look away. For a year, we’ve been working to call attention to the lawlessness & inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza and across the country. An agency this rogue and this morally bankrupt (with heaps of human rights abuses) can't be simply reformed with more legislation or more bureaucracy. Abolish the whole damn thing. nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/…

Jesse Ventura: “I’m still not over January 6th. That was treason. All of the people should have been arrested and put in prison all the way to Trump because he and Giuliani and all of them orchestrated the whole thing. He tried to violate the Constitution”

Attacks on refining capacity are likely to take longer to restore than the Strait and risk higher fuel prices globally for longer. Coupled with Ukraine attacks on Russian refineries, this summer could see very elevated prices compared to early year expectations

Do you mean people that are obsessed with the fact that you are unable to tell the truth about anything? Those people? You know you are busted and you are DESPERATE AF!!! Just resign, dummy! Enjoy your evening with Seth at your LD19 home, you complete f'n proven liar and fraud!?

The window to avert a massive global hunger crisis is rapidly closing. Must-read from the @guardian on the food security timebomb that will go off if fertiliser cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz: theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

Trump has not been seen publicly since his primetime speech on Wednesday. 72 hours and counting despite the fact he hasn’t left DC.

NEWS: Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration "It's an extinction-level event for science". The US government is proposing massive cuts to almost every branch of science, from NASA to the National Institutes of Health. NSF would completely eliminate the social, economic and behavioral sciences directorate. This would decimate the world's leading scientific system. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Price increases since the start of the Iran war... Jet Fuel: +95% Sulfur: +73% Heating Oil: +68% WTI Crude Oil: +66% European Natural Gas: +57% Brent Crude Oil: +50% Diesel: +49% Urea: +48% Gasoline: +43% Fertilizer: +31% Palm Oil: +20% Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Nk1CcJ…

An example of how an adult running for office might clearly handle questions of residency. While of course this sounds ridiculous and would put Rachel and/or Seth (pictured here with Jesus...Rodriguez) in further legal jeopardy, it's really the only thing a voter should accept from her at this point aside from a resignation? From: Rachel Keshel, AZ Rep, LD17 As clearly stated in my financial disclosures, filed under penalty of perjury, I have maintained my primary residence in LD17, with my husband Seth Keshel and 2 minor children, for the entire calendar years of 2024 and 2025. We also own a beautiful 2400SF home on 1/4 acre in LD19 (just minutes from LD17!), purchased for $439,000 on January 7th, 2024. Despite covenanting with mortgage bankers that this home would be utilized as our primary residence through at least April of 2026, this home (select one): a. Is utilized as an investment property and rented out to third parties (provide evidence?) b. Has sat vacant for two years while we make payments on the $444K VA mortgage (provide evidence?). We obviously have too much money, please stop donating!!! c. Other? (provide evidence?) Signed Under Penalty of Perjury so help me God! Rachel Keshel

2025 likely had the lowest *absolute* number of murders since 1968. Think about how big of a new story the rise in murder was. Nobody cares about an even more remarkable decline. Pessimism has won regardless of what's happening in reality. richardhanania.com/p/coups-in-afr…

BREAKING: For the first time ever, GasBuddy data showing average diesel prices have risen above $8 per gallon in San Francisco, CA- the first ever U.S. city to reach the $8 mark ever.

🔥🧵1/(1 of 3) BREAKING! Some quick additional smoking gun evidence on the Rachel Keshel case. Since Rachel has not made any clarifications on whether or not she and Seth Keshel actually reside in the 2400SF home that they own in LD19, some folks have advanced the theory that they don't actually live in that home. That they are perhaps committing mortgage fraud or they simply have enough scratch (after 2 divorces with a large smattering of children) to make payments on a $450K home that stands empty, and they have yet another big beautiful home in LD17... The "intelligence officer" wouldn't be dumb enough to actually film himself live in the LD19 home would he? Oh he absolutely be dumb enough! Here is Seth doing "The Sean Spicer Show" (whatever the f@ck that is?) rambling on and on about election fraud YESTERDAY from something that certainly looks like his home office???

Fontes and Mayes join the suit against the President's elections executive order.

The next tipping point in the energy transition is approaching. Overall, solar has already been cheaper than fossil power for a while, but upfront costs used to be higher. That's no longer the case. Solar is now competitive upfront AND has vastly lower operating costs (no fuel)

This will kill people. LIHEAP literally keeps the air conditioning on in blazing Phoenix summers for low-income seniors and families, and keeps those on colder climates from freezing during the winter.

the biggest problem is now rapidly being realized- global oil in transit is plummeting as ships have now delivered their last potential cargoes via the Strait and there's no more of those shipments coming

Just had a long talk with a former IAF commander on why Iran is managing to shoot down these US planes. He told me that since the 12 day war Iran has rethought its entire system after seeing how easily it was bombed. The new system is far better and more resilient and Israeli pilots have noticed how difficult it is to operate there now: 1) Each of Iran's 31 zones now has the authority to operate independently if central command is cut off, allowing local commanders to launch missiles and engage aircraft without waiting for orders from Tehran. That was a major problem for them in the past. 2) Recognizing that fixed sites are easily destroyed, Iran moved many of its restored air defenses into missile cities, deeply buried underground tunnels and rugged coastal terrain that serve as cover for mobile launchers. These targets are now hardened. 3) Since traditional radar gives away a system's location, Iran has leaned into passive infrared (heat-seeking) sensors and new software algorithms that can track jets without emitting detectable signals. 4) Iran has increased reliance on mobile, medium-range surface-to-air SAM systems. Its mobility allows shoot-and-scoot tactics that make it difficult to target with pre-planned airstrikes. 5) Iran has moved away from Russian missiles to its own Bavar-373 which appears to be superior to the S-300 and possibly to the S-400 too. Recent upgrades include increased autonomy for launchers, allowing them to operate even if centralized command centers are destroyed. 6) They use new Majid system, which relies on passive infrared detection rather than radar. Because it doesn't emit radar signals, it is significantly harder for aircraft to detect before a missile is launched. 7) Most important, he confirmed to me that Iran is using HQ-9B, the best long-range surface-to-air missile China has to offer. It has both active radar homing and a passive infrared seeker. This makes it harder for aircraft to spoof the missile with standard electronic countermeasures and improves its ability to track stealth. It seems to be exceeding expectations. He told me, "the days when flying over Iran was a walk in the park are over." In sum, new tactics and a switch from Russian technology to Iranian and Chinese technology have turned Iranian airspace into a contested space. Air superiority there is gone. The IAF and USAF will have to adapt accordingly or lose more aircraft.