Ryan Davidson

At 4:11 PM ET, President Trump extended his “pause” of US strikes on Iranian power plants and oil prices fell -6%. 40 minutes later, that entire decline was erased. Markets are becoming numb to the headlines.

DIRECT HIT: Israeli emergency officials reported over a dozen casualties after Iranian missiles hit Israel. Eleven people were in mild condition with blast and shrapnel injuries, and one person was in moderate condition.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Democrats flip Florida House District in special election, a deep-red seat that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

BREAKING: Iran tells the US it does not want to hold peace talks with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner and prefers negotiating with JD Vance instead, per CNN.

BREAKING: The US is preparing options for military escalation in Iran, including potential boots on the ground in the case peace talks fail, per Axios. A White House official says the situation is "fluid" and Trump wants to see if Iran will make a deal, but "if not we will go back to bombing them."

So Trump is stalling Iran until Friday, until the troops are in place, and then after market close he’ll say Iran messed up the negotiations to justify a ground invasion. We all agree that’s what’s going to happen?

Mark Levin gets triggered when Joe Kent says the war in Iran is another war on behalf of Israel and could have disastrous consequences. MARK LEVIN: Why have you changed? JOE KENT: I have a problem with Israel driving our foreign policy. Levin calls the idea that Israel forced the United States into war a conspiracy theory. Kent says he resigned so he could speak freely.

BREAKING: The US and Israel have struck new Iranian energy facilities including a natural gas pipeline belonging to an Iranian power plant in Khorramshahr. Brent oil prices are pushing above $100/barrel.

Trump blames Hegseth for the war: "Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up. You said, 'Let's do it.'"