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Secretary Hegseth was asked about Tucker Carlson calling the Iran war “disgusting and evil.”

SecWar HEGSETH reacts to recent comments from TUCKER, describing the IRAN WAR as EVIL: “We’re busy executing on behalf of great patriotic Americans with a clear mission that’s 47 years overdue and we’re going to execute on that regardless of what people say about it”

SecWar HEGSETH holds another 8am briefing from the Pentagon this morning: “The United States is decimating the radical Iranian regime’s military in a way the world has never seen before”

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden

POTUS takes questions ahead of his visit to Ohio and Kentucky. He’s joined by Press Sec Karoline Leavitt

NOW: Outside the White House Islamist protesters wave the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran in support of the regime

Questioning @SecWar at his second Pentagon Press Briefing since the start of Operation Epic Fury On Irans allies, Russia+China HEGSETH: “They are not really a factor here” On AI weapons, HEGSETH: We’ve got a lot of autonomous systems, incorporated with smart AI aspects to them

SecWar Hegseth and Chairman Cane take to the podium at the Pentagon for their second press briefing since the start of Operation Epic Fury

President Trump recognizes three US Army soldiers with the Medal of Honor in the East Room, including Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Terry P. Richardson, who’s actions during the Vietnam War helped save the lives of 85 other service members

@brianstelter If he had a pre-selected list of questioners the questioners themselves didn’t know, nor did Hegseth or his staff know or attempt to find out the questions ahead of time

If you're wondering about who was at today's Pentagon press conference, here's some context >>> The Pentagon has severely restricted access to info in the past year. Pete Hegseth credentialed a MAGA media "press corps" last fall after traditional news outlets rejected new press pass rules that media lawyers said criminalized routine reporting. The MAGA crew does relatively little reporting, so most coverage of the US military is now happening from outside the Pentagon's five walls. Journalists from some traditional outlets were allowed to attend this morning's press conference with Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine. But Hegseth only answered Q's from his chosen outlets. I'm told he had a pre-selected list of questioners, and all the reporters were in assigned seats, so he knew who to call on. When NBC's Courtney Kube tried to get a question in anyway and said, "President Trump put a four-week timeline on it — are you saying that is wrong?," Hegseth dismissed it as a "typical NBC sort of 'gotcha' type question."

SoW Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the JCS Air Force General Dan Caine take to the podium at the Pentagon for a press briefing to provide updates on Operation Epic Fury They’re flanked by Advisor Patrick Weaver, ATSW PA Sean Parnell, CoS Ricky Buria, Eldridge Colby, and others

Asked SoW Hegseth if there’s currently any American boots on the ground in Iran HEGSETH: No, but we are not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do … we'll go as far as we need to advance American interests

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@TimcastNews @alexstein99 This a dishonestly captioned clip, I’m glad the commenters were able to see past it

.@POTUS: The Prime Minister of Israel has been a very good wartime prime minister and the President of Israel refuses to give him a pardon. He doesn't want to do it because he'll lose his power.

In his response he also notes that Israeli president Herzog needs to be ashamed of himself for not giving a pardon to Netanyahu in his on ongoing corruption case

Reporter (@elaadeliahu): “Do you believe Bibi bears any responsibility for the security failures that we saw on October 7?” Trump: “October 7 was a rough time. I guess everybody’s responsible … He didn’t see it coming. Nobody else would have seen it coming if they were in his position … but I can tell you he’s been a very good wartime Prime Minister and I’ve been the best friend to Israel I think that they ever had”

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Life begins at conception

.@PressSec Karoline Leavitt answers questions on DHS: On demasking demands from Democrats to fund DHS Leavitt says “it’s something the White House will be discussing with lawmakers” On if withdrawing from Minneapolis will embolden obstructionist protesters: “No … the drawdown only occurred because of the condition that the President of the US set for local states, local counties to turn over illegal aliens to ICE”