Dave Ravicher

White House has provided the dinner guest list for tonight:  A dinner in honor of Her Excellency TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan Thursday, March 19, 2026 1The President of the United States 2Her Excellency TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan 3Mr. Andrew Abboud 4Dr. Miriam Adelson 5Mr. AKAHORI Takeshi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs 6His Excellency AKAZAWA Ryosei, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 7Mr. Jim Allen 8Mr. Cristiano Amon 9Mr. ARAI Masayoshi, Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 10Mr. ARIMA Yutaka, Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11The Honorable Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury 12The Honorable James Blair 13The Honorable Pam Bondi, Attorney General 14Mr. Greg Brockman and Mrs. Anna Brockman 15The Honorable Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior 16The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor 17The Honorable Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation 18Mr. Larry Fink 19The Honorable George Glass, Ambassador of the United States to Japan and Mrs. Amy Glass 20Mr. David Goeckeler 21The Honorable Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative 22The Honorable Bill Hagerty, United States Senator from Tennessee and Mrs. Christine Hagerty 23Mr. HAYASHI Makoto, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister 24The Honorable Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War 25Mr. ICHIKAWA Keiichi, National Security Advisor 26Mr. IIDA Yuji, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister 27Mr. IIJIMA Isao, Special Advisor to the Cabinet 28Mr. Takajiro Ishikawa 29Mr. KANO Koji, Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs 30Dr. Alex Karp 31Mr. Arvind Krishna 32Mr. KUMAGAI Naoki, Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 33The Honorable Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration 34Mr. Palmer Luckey 35The Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce 36Mr. MATANO Motosada, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 37Mr. Hideki Matsuyama 38The Honorable Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education 39Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra 40Mr. Michael Miebach 41Mr. Jason Miller 42Mr. Jeff Miller 43The Honorable Stephen Miller 44Mr. MIMURA Atsushi, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance 45His Excellency MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister of Foreign Affairs 46Mr. NAMAZU Hiroyuki, Senior Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan 47Mr. Michael Needham 48Mr. Tetsuo Ogawa 49Mr. Kelly Ortberg 50Mr. OZAKI Masanao, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary 51Mr. Sundar Pichai 52Mr. Ted Pick 53The Honorable James Risch, United States Senator from Idaho and Mrs. Vicki Risch 54Mr. Horacio Rozanski 55The Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State 56Mr. SAIKI Kozo, Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs 57Mr. Shyam Sankar 58Mr. Masayoshi Son 59Mr. James Taiclet 60Mr. TAKAZAWA Yoshinori, Director, First North America Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 61Mr. Charlie Takeuchi 62Mr. Hock Tan 63The Honorable Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 64The Vice President of the United States 65The Honorable Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget 66The Honorable Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy 67His Excellency YAMADA Shigeo, Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America 68The Honorable Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

A reporter for Russia Today narrowly escaped with his life on Thursday after a missile landed behind him as he reported in southern Lebanon. The incident took place as Israel fights its other war against Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to the news outlet, the journalist and his cameraman were both injured, but are in stable condition.

FUN FACT—helium cools the superconducting magnets in more than 14,000 MRI machines used in hospitals worldwide. We lost the largest helium extraction plant in the world in Qatar. US reserves running low. Helium cannot be produced de novo. Any helium escape is permanent.

I concur, this is a search and rescue pattern. The F-35 must have crash landed. CENTCOM lied again.

The Iranian New Year, Eid Noruz, coincides with Eid al Fitr this year (after 162 years apparently) Everything about this Eid is different. In the cities that haven't been targeted you can feel the atmosphere of the New Year as it used to be, but in cities more involved with the war like Tehran and Esfahan is different.. In these cities the tradition of spring cleaning was halted by the start of the war, since every moment، it's possible your home is targeted and blown up! . Still people going shopping, preparing for Haftsin tradition but they're mostly focused on their presence on the streets. They want to celebrate the Spring Equinox which is the first moment of the New Year on the streets. In fact there are preparations for that. And by Celebrate I mean spending it together mending their wounded hearts with the hope and pride they feel by their resistance. This day is especially difficult since it brings up too many memories.. Every Fitr prayer in Tehran was led by the martyred leader, Iranians looked forward to that every Ramadan. And every New Year he would send a video message, congratulating Noruz and naming the forthcoming year! It was the first thing broadcasted on TV after the year renewal moment. On the first day of Noruz Iranians visit the cemeteries to remember and cherish their departed.. On the other hand there is a custom in Iran concerning families who have lost loved ones. It's called Eid Awwal, it means the first Eid (any Eid) after the passing of a family member. Relatives and friends would visit and pray for the deceased to comfort those who've lost them. Many families who are mourning their martyrs are hosting Eid Awwal, but Iran as a whole is a big family who's lost its father.. Who is to visit and comfort them for this Eid Awwal? Which tomb or grave should they visit to calm down!?.. These Eids are too painful even with all the victories on the battlefield, but Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal wakeel..