Bart Hester

A Finnish Air Force pilot flew the F-35A multirole fighter for the first time on 15 April from Ebbing Air National Guard Base, located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where the practical phase of the Finnish personnel's F-35 initial training is conducted.

Thank you Sen. @BartHester for supporting fully funding Education Freedom Accounts!

Arkansas is now ranked #6 in economic outlook. Conservative legislators aligned with a great leader @SarahHuckabee are producing real results. richstatespoorstates.org/states/AR/

Today I delivered my State of the State Address and shared our vision of lower taxes, better schools, safer streets, and the conservative values that make our state great. The American Dream is alive, and it’s in Arkansas.

🚨🚨 FBI and our partners have arrested a former SOCOM employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media. Outstanding work by @FBICharlotte and the FBI Counterintelligence & Espionage Division - as well as our @TheJusticeDept partners. Let this serve as a message to any would-be leakers: we’re working these cases, and we’re making arrests. This FBI will not tolerate those who seek to betray our country and put Americans in harm’s way.

A cave in Jerusalem was empty 2,000 years ago. And a cave in Iran was empty this Sunday. God is good.

New survey shows Arkansas ranks #1 in teacher satisfaction with 89% of educators happy in their jobs. We are thankful for our great educators and have invested in them and rewarded their hard work - and it’s paying off.

Today, the brave men and women of Arkansas’ 142nd Field Artillery Brigade depart for the Middle East. Arkansas is thankful for their service. May God protect them.

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 This is the greatest Rescue operation in history of America. 48-HOUR RESCUE INSIDE IRAN HOUR BY HOUR APRIL 3 - F-15E Strike Eagle (Viper 21) shot down by Russian missile over southwestern Iran. - Mach 2.8 intercept, proximity fuse detonation. - Both crew eject successfully. HOUR 0 - Pilot recovered within minutes by ground team. - WSO lands alone, injured (broken ankle), deep in enemy territory. HOURS 1-4 - WSO starts evasion using night and terrain. - IRGC launches massive manhunt with drones and dogs. HOURS 4-8 - Thousands of Iranian civilians join the search for bounties. - U.S. jams Iranian radars and communications. HOURS 8-12 - WSO climbs 7,000-ft ridge despite injury. - U.S. strikes crater roads to block IRGC reinforcements. HOURS 12-18 - WSO reaches ridge top, hides in rocky crevice. - Makes first brief radio contact with friendly forces. HOURS 18-24 - A-10 Warthog shot down by Chinese MANPADS. - Pilot safely recovered by naval assets. HOURS 24-30 - Two HH-60W rescue helicopters hit by ground fire during attempt. - Crews wounded but return to base. HOURS 30-36 - U.S. escalates with cruise missile strikes on IRGC air defenses. - WSO survives near-miss drone strike, relocates under fire. HOURS 36-42 - Nighttime full extraction launched. - Special operations teams insert and engage IRGC in firefight. HOURS 42-48 - WSO located, stabilized on site, and extracted under heavy fire. APRIL 5 — EARLY HOURS - WSO pulled out alive and conscious. - Both F-15E crew members safe.

President Donald Trump's executive order regulating college sports: - College athletes can only play a maximum of 5 seasons in a 5-year window - Maximum of one transfer before graduation, otherwise, need to sit a full season - Schools that violate risk losing federal funding

Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones—leaving our service members vulnerable and exposed. That ends today.

Arkansas is #1 in election integrity due to the leadership of @kimdhammer This week the people of Arkansas elected the right man to be the next Secretary of State!

Appreciated the chance to sit down with @BartHester and @RobyBrock at Political Animals. From education to public safety, the Fiscal Session decisions ahead will impact every Arkansas family—glad to share what’s ahead for Arkansans. Thank you @shanebroadway for the invitation.

GOP candidate's expletive post to Tom Cotton roils Arkansas secretary of state race | Fox News foxnews.com/politics/profa…

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you…” - President Donald J. Trump

🚨 JUST IN: Stephen Miller lays it out PERFECTLY Imagine a "native Minnesotan who works as a lineman...worried about his ability to support for and provide his family." "And then imagine that he has a neighbor who's a SOMALI REFUGEE who arrived two years ago and has a Mercedes and NO financial stress and no worries at all in the entire world and never seems to ever go to work at all because he just went to an office in the state, lied on a piece of paper, and got unlimited free money forever for life!" "THAT is the system that is being run and that is the corruption that this task force under the leadership of the Vice President is going to demolish." @StephenM

Palantir CTO @ssankar in 2024: “For $10 billion, @elonmusk put 300 rockets in orbit.” “For $11 billion the state of California has built 1600ft of elevated rail, with no rail.”

Children of Iran's regime leaders are educating America's students at colleges from New York to Los Angeles trib.al/f9YO44l

Kim Hammer is a strong conservative, he's a pastor, and he's a man of integrity. He will make a great Secretary of State and I encourage every Arkansas Republican--get out and vote for Kim on the March 31st runoff election.

🚨 BREAKING: ALL NINE members of an Antifa cell in TX have just been found GUILTY of TERRORISM charges brought by the DOJ, per @MrAndyNgo This is HUGE, as it's the first terrorism trial against Antifa members in US history! A precedent has been SET 🔥 The terrorists AMBUSHED ICE agents at their detention center in Alvarado, TX, shooting one of them in the neck, back in July 2025. Pure TERRORISM. And the FBI, DOJ, and a federal jury of 12 all agreed. "First time ever: the FBI arrested Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists and terrorism charges have been brought for the July 4 Prairieland ICE attack in Texas," @FBIDirectorKash said after their arrests Jurors found the defendants guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy to use/carry explosives, and using/carrying explosives. Many of them will now rot in prison. MUCH deserved. We need MORE of this! Well done, @AGPamBondi 👏🏻