Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said Thursday that Iran’s navy has been decimated and its drone capabilities damaged, as the United States and Israel continues military strikes against Iran.Cooper spoke alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at CENTCOM headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, providing updates regarding Operation Epic Fury, which began early Saturday morning.“We’re now up over 30 ships,” Cooper said of the number of Iranian navy vessels that the U.S. has sunk or destroyed. “And in just the last few hours, we hit an Iranian drone carrier ship roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier, and as we speak, it’s on fire.”RELATEDU.S. combat power has continued to ramp up while Iran’s combat power has declined, according to Cooper.In the last 72 hours, American bombers have struck nearly 200 targets deep inside Iran, including around Tehran, Cooper said. And in the last hour, U.S. B-2 bombers dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrative bombs on buried ballistic missile launchers.The U.S. has also struck Iran’s “equivalent of Space Command,” Cooper said.“The amount of firepower over Iran and over Tehran is about to surge dramatically,” Hegseth said. “When we say more to come, it’s more…

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This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News.  A Global Food Catastrophe Has Been Ignited The United States and Israel have struck Iran, and the consequences are already cascading far beyond the Middle East. This is not merely another regional skirmish; it is the ignition of a global food catastrophe that will unfold with terrifying speed. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global energy and fertilizer shipments, is effectively closed. This single act has severed a massive portion of the world’s natural gas supply, the foundational feedstock for modern agriculture. If nothing changes, the price of staple foods in American and European grocery stores is projected to skyrocket by 8-20% by the end of this year, with far worse to follow in 2027 as depleted reserves and failed harvests compound the crisis. The cascade from energy to fertilizer to crop yields has already begun, yet policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals appear blind to the coming consequences. As one analysis starkly warns, a military conflict ‘could be devastating’ for global nitrogen and phosphate markets [1]. Experts are sounding the alarm, but the political class, perhaps driven by foreign allegiances or sheer hubris, is failing to…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A horrifying video showed the moment a bunk bed gave way in a Texas home, sending a young girl on the top bunk flying as the metal frame collapsed onto her little brother.The top bunk, held up by metal rods, turned downward as they fell, nearly impaling the small boy.In less than a second, the girl jumped into action, asking her brother if he was OK and frantically working to pull the top bunk mattress off the child.The girl could then be heard screaming for her mother, shortly before her grandmother ran into the room and rescued the boy. A third child was seen sleeping in a toddler’s bed just feet away, before being awoken by the crash.The viral video garnered more than 82 million views and five million likes on TikTok, with over 50,000 comments and a staggering 243,600 saves.Commenters praised the older sister for immediately going to the little boy’s rescue in the video, with one user writing, “Older sister mode immediately.” The comment, posted by an account named @fairytalebarbie1, received more than 550,000 likes.Another user, going by the name Luna, said, “all jokes aside look at how fast babygirl…

The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.It’s the second vote in as many days, after the Senate defeated a similar measure along party lines. Lawmakers are confronting the sudden reality of representing wary Americans in wartime and all that entails — with lives lost, dollars spent and alliances tested by a president’s unilateral decision to go to war with Iran.While the tally in the House, 212-219, was expected to be tight, the outcome provided a clarifying snapshot of political support for, and opposition to, the U.S.-Israel military operation and Trump’s rationale for bypassing Congress, which alone has the power to declare war. At the Capitol, the conflict has quickly carried echoes of the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and many Sept. 11-era veterans now serve in Congress.“Donald Trump is not a king, and if he believes the war with Iran is in our national interest, then he must come to Congress and make the case,” said Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Iranian women’s soccer team appeared to pivot from its silent stance at the Women’s Asian Cup Thursday, singing and saluting during its national anthem before its match against Australia. Iranian fans voiced support for President Donald Trump in the stands amid the ongoing joint military campaign against Iran. Before the start of the match against Australia, the women’s team notably participated in the performance of the anthem. The women saluted as rain added to the somber moment.  It was in stark contrast to the opening match against South Korea, when the women’s squad stood silent as Iranian head coach Marziyeh Jafari, also silent, smiled at her team. The silence was interpreted by some as an act of resistance amid the ongoing joint military strikes by the U.S. and Israel against Iran. But, according to reports, the squad was “instructed” to participate in their next match. The team has remained silent on the subject since before the start of the tournament. The Women’s Asian Cup did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The night before Iran’s 4-0 loss to Australia, Iranian striker Sara Didar choked back tears as she shared the concerns of players…

Democrats are condemning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he derided media coverage of the six American service members killed in the war with Iran, accusing the press of focusing on the fallen soldiers to make President Donald Trump “look bad.” “This is what the fake news misses,” Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday, in which he also avowed that the United States was “winning decisively” in its battle against the Islamic Republic. “But when a few drones get through, or tragic things happen, it’s front-page news,” he said, adding, “I get it – the press only wants to make the president look bad. But try for once to report the reality.”The six fallen soldiers were the first American casualties in the new war. The fatalities came one day after the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury.RELATEDIn a statement to Military Times, Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., a 25-year Army veteran, called Hegseth’s remarks “disgusting and despicable.”“Six brave Americans lost their lives in uniform. Their sacrifice deserves honor,” Vindman said. “Instead, the Secretary of Defense is worried about how their deaths make the president look. That is a grievous insult to every service member who has worn the uniform. As a 25-year…

The war in the Middle East is quickly expanding. Israel was pounded with missiles by Iran overnight. The hopes of a “quick victory” are evaporating. Israel was hit hard overnight, according to a report by ZeroHedge. The United States Senate blocked an effort to curb President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury. The vote, which was 53–47 against a procedural motion aimed at limiting the warring operation. At the same time, Iran is increasing its response to the “preemptive” strikes on the country over a failure to come to terms on its nuclear policy.  Tehran officials are saying that the war is expanding beyond just direct airstrikes. President Trump claimed he is still seeking a “quick victory”, according to a report by The New York Times on Thursday. The report further claimed that, “[Trump’s] calculation has been that he can launch military operations with the loss of few American lives and minimal disruption to the economy. The opening days of the war in Iran are challenging that assumption.” Already, six Americans have been killed. Gulf allies are under attack. The stock market wobbled. Gas prices are rising. The U.S. military is spending, by some estimates, hundreds of millions of dollars per day. In…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Travis Kelce got the invite to Tiger Woods’ The Golf League (TGL) earlier this week, and he got close to some presidential blood.The Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end was spotted chit-chatting with President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai, before the event that featured Woods’ Jupiter Links team going against The Bay Golf Club, according to a video from Tyler Boronski.Kelce and his brother, Jason, attended the event, which featured a hole-in-one from Tom Kim, helping Woods’ team reach the playoffs.  Trump was first spotted at the TGL events last year, shortly before Woods and Trump’s mother, Vanessa, the ex-wife of Don Jr., made their relationship public that March.Kelce and the president have yet to meet face-to-face publicly, but Kelce was greeted by former President Joe Biden in both 2023 and 2024 in celebrating back-to-back Super Bowl titles.Woods and Vanessa Trump have kept their relationship relatively quiet — when hard-launching last year, Woods asked for privacy regarding the couple. Both Vanessa and Kai attended the Genesis Invitational last month at Riviera, which Woods hosted. Vanessa was also at Monday night’s TGL event.A report in July said the two were “very serious,” and “wedding…