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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that there will be the “largest strike package yet” in the Iran war after Israel struck an Iranian gas field and Iran retaliated across the region. Hegseth said that the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran, including to its military infrastructure. Hegseth said Thursday will have the “largest strike package yet, just like yesterday was.”The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Pentagon is asking for an additional $200 billion for the war. Hegseth did not directly confirm that number, but said “it takes money to kill bad guys.” “We’re going back to Congress…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary on Thursday ignored a U.S. State Department warning along with pleas from elite Iranian-American wrestlers to not execute 19-year-old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting against the Khamenei regime.Reports say Mohammadi was killed in a public hanging seen as a barbaric move by the Iranian regime to snuff out the ongoing movement seeking to topple it, according to Iranian-American human rights activists and dissidents.Nima Far, a human rights activist and Iranian combat athlete who an expert on elite Iranian wrestling, told Fox News Digital, “His execution…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent under FBI investigation  2. University of Alabama student James Gracey disappears in Barcelona3. Trump warns the US will ‘blow up the entirety’ of major Iran gas fieldMAJOR HEADLINES IMMIGRATION CLASH — Judge orders deportation of NYC council staffer following arrest, Mamdani fires back. Continue reading … CRIMINAL CHARGES — Joseph Duggar arrested for allegedly molesting child after victim’s dad confronted him. Continue…

RCMP say they’ve made an arrest after a “devastating” attack on a New Brunswick musician this past weekend. John McLaren, a solo musician from Shediac, N.B., had been performing at Happy Craft Brewing at 800 Main St. in Moncton on Saturday before the attack.Codiac Regional RCMP said their officers responded to a report of an assault in the area at about 11:50 p.m. They said they responded to the report near 889 Main St., but that based on details from their investigation, the assault is likely to have occurred near 806 Main St.They found a 37-year-old man injured and unconscious. He…

The objectives of the United States are to destroy Iran’s ​missile launchers and its defence industrial base and navy, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

February 28, 2026, will be remembered as the day the law of the jungle returned. On that fateful day, the United States and Israel, in flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, launched Operation Epic Fury, “raining death and destruction” on Iran.Although it was not the first time that the US and its Israeli ally had used negotiations to lull an enemy into a false sense of security before attacking, the US-Israeli assault nonetheless caught Iran off guard. Several high-ranking Iranian officials were killed in the strikes, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Yet the attacks failed to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Rick Jackson, who is seeking the Republican nomination in the Georgia gubernatorial race, appeared to support Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies at Jackson Healthcare, according to unearthed audio of a former DEI executive at his company, but Jackson is now promising to put an end to the DEI push if he becomes the governor.”We’ll ban DEI insanity and criminalize reverse discrimination,” Jackson said in a campaign ad last month.Jackson’s calls to end DEI appear to run counter to praise he received from Matthew Harrison, who formerly served in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida hospital is suing a former patient who it says has refused to leave for five months after being medically cleared and formally discharged.Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) filed the complaint earlier this month, saying the woman was formally discharged on Oct. 6, 2025, but “continues to occupy” an inpatient room.”TMH staff made repeated efforts to assist the defendant in safely completing discharge,” the complaint obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat says. “TMH offered assistance, including coordination with family members and offering non-emergency medical transportation to obtain necessary identification.”Hospital officials say the prolonged…

As the Ontario government cuts funding for seven supervised drug consumption sites in the province, workers at three remaining sites in Toronto that don’t rely on provincial funding say they’re worried the move will further strain their resources and lead to more overdoses and open drug use across the city. The province said Monday it will initiate a 90-day wind-down period to give the seven defunded consumption sites time to transition to the government’s abstinence-based model — homelessness and addiction recovery treatment, or HART, hubs.It said the move affects two sites in Toronto, two in Ottawa and one each in Niagara, Peterborough and…

A former QBE manager who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the insurer and used some of it to buy a Tesla has been sent behind bars.