US_ Trump Makes Bold Suggestion for Strait of Hormuz ( Cameron Arcand - TOWNHALL )

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Trump Makes Bold Suggestion for Strait of Hormuz

Cameron Arcand X Follow @cameron_arcandAugust 14, 2026 4:33 PM

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President Donald Trump suggested that he would turn the Strait of Hormuz into a U.S. territory. “Pretty soon, I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during an address to law enforcement officers in Nassau County, New York, on Friday.

President Trump just announced that he is going to make the Strait of Hormuz a UNITED STATES TERRITORY! pic.twitter.com/uC9NTZKdsT
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 14, 2026

His latest comments come as the conflict with Iran has been somewhat quiet over the past week, as tensions previously escalated after Iran violated the June ceasefire agreement by striking cargo ships traveling through the strait.

Both the United States and the Islamic Republic say they are in charge of the critical waterway.

“The U.S. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, ‘A WALL OF STEEL,’ and there is nothing Iran can do about it,’ Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday.

The Trump Doctrine at Hormuz

Iran has not “won” the Strait of Hormuz. It does not control it. America does.

As President Trump said: “The United States of America controls the Strait of Hormuz , not Iran.”

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US_ Alarming: Trained CCP Sniper Now Owns Building Overlooking White House ( Ward Clark - REDSTATE )

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Alarming: Trained CCP Sniper Now Owns Building Overlooking White House

By Ward Clark | 3:48 PM on August 14, 2026

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File


Sometimes a piece of information comes along that you just know is something that can't possibly end well. And sometimes, these can be real head-scratchers. This is one such, an action that's so egregious that you have to wonder: Did nobody at all look at the national security aspect of all this?

And yet, here we are: A Chinese national, affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, has purchased a building overlooking the White House, with line-of-sight, even. Oh, and he's a trained sniper. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) took to his X account with the news.

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SECURITY_ U.S. leads 41 nations demanding 24-hour pre-launch missile warning after Chinese test ( Bill Gertz - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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U.S. leads 41 nations demanding 24-hour pre-launch missile warning after Chinese test

Chinese military vehicles carrying JL-3 submarine-launched missiles on armoured vehicles take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP … more >

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Friday, August 14, 2026

What to know
* China tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile with minimal warning.
* The U.S. and 40 countries demanded greater advance notice for missile tests. 
* China's missile test did not follow standard notification practices.

China’s recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile without adequate warning prompted the U.S. and 40 countries to demand greater advance notice of such tests, the State Department said in a joint statement.

The joint statement submitted to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament in Geneva by the 41 democratic nations noted recent missile testing in the Pacific — a reference to China’s July 6 flight test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the western Pacific.

“Recent missile testing activity in the Pacific area did not follow the standard practices adopted by most states to notify and deconflict [intercontinental ballistic missile], SLBM and [space launch vehicle] launches,” the multi-nation statement said.

“Conducting nuclear-capable ballistic missile tests without sufficient advance notice and detail is dangerous and disrupts the peace and security of relevant nations in proximity to these tests.”

China’s test of what is believed to be a nuclear-capable JL-2 or JL-3 missile from a submarine was carried out after what U.S. officials said was a few hours of warning time and without providing details on the planned launch or flight path.

The statement said failure to provide adequate notification of missile tests increases the danger of miscalculation, undermines global stability and security, and is “incompatible with the responsibilities that come with possessing long-range missile capabilities.”

The statement called on “relevant countries” to follow internationally accepted protocols for long-range missile and space launch vehicles.

A group of 145 nations takes part in the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. The voluntary code calls for all countries conducting long-range missile tests to announce a pre-launch time window, the type of missile to be fired and the location and direction of its flight.

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OPINION_ Why Iran is so desperate to assassinate Donald Trump ( Tom Rogan - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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Why Iran is so desperate to assassinate Donald Trump

By Tom Rogan
Published August 14, 2026 1:15pm ET | Updated August 14, 2026 1:15pm ET

VIDEO

In his September 2023 address to the United Nations General Assembly, the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that “the blood of the oppressed will not be forgotten, and the ropes of the guilty will bring them to justice.”

Three years later, media attention is focused on President Donald Trump’s use of a catering truck to secretly switch planes before leaving last month’s NATO summit in Turkey. Trump did so on U.S. Secret Service advice amid an Iranian assassination threat.

Raisi’s rhetoric hints at why the threat to Trump isn’t going away. Indeed, as long as the Islamic Republic of Iran exists, it will aggressively seek Trump’s premature demise. It doesn’t matter whether it’s now, a year from now, or ten years from now, Iran desperately wants Trump dead. The rationale for this murderous fixation finds its root at a unique intersection of vengeance and theologically vested history.

Let’s start with the history. The Iranian regime adopts a Khomeinist interpretation of Twelver Shia theology. This ideology places extreme emphasis on valiant resistance against more powerful, unjust, and oppressive foes. It means lionizing those who give their lives as martyrs to this cause. Most notably, Husayn ibn Ali’s death against an Umayyad force at the 7th-century Battle of Karbala.

That brings us back to Trump. After all, Trump has done more to offend the Iranian regime’s ideology than anyone in history.

First, there was Trump’s January 2020 order to kill Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani was responsible for killing hundreds of Americans and wounding thousands more in Iraq. Many were struck with brutal, explosively-formed penetrators which turned their armored vehicles into shrapnel centrifuges. Soleimani masterminded numerous other devastating attacks against the U.S., including a 2011 effort to blow up Washington, D.C.’s Cafe Milano restaurant.

But while his death was due, Soleimani was also a prized partner of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was regarded by the regime as the finest living proof of Iran’s destiny to reign over the Middle East. His loss struck Iran a severe theological and strategic blow.

Khamenei’s response was rapid. He directed the Guard and his Ministry of Intelligence to develop plans to kill Trump and top officials in his first administration. Others on the target list included, as first reported by the Washington Examiner, former national security advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. This led to extensive (and expensive) security details being provided to them and other officials, though Trump later revoked them. Iran subsequently pursued numerous assassination plots against Trump and others.

Then came this year’s war on Iran and the Feb. 28 killing of Khamenei himself.

As supreme leader, Khamenei was regarded by regime ideologues as God’s ordained and most important human servant. They saw him as the ultimate custodian of Islamic justice, a caretaker awaiting the return of the Mahdi (a servant of the Prophet Muhammad, who they believe is currently in physical hiding). By eliminating Khamenei, Trump thus transformed himself from a mortal enemy of the regime to the Iranian equivalent of the Antichrist. Iran believes its holy justice must be purified in the president’s blood and that of his family.

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Whether more directly or through organized crime groups, then, the Islamic Republic is going to keep trying to assassinate Trump. Nothing but the demise of the regime or Trump will change this.

Trump may see himself as a leader uniquely able to move a foreign policy relationship from animus to accord. He may often be right in that regard. But Iran sees his fate as sealed. No offers of diplomacy or new military threats will alter this understanding in Tehran. Hence why Trump is receiving such extensive Secret Service precautionary measures, and why these measures will extend long into the future.

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US_ Scott Bessent: Trump Fixed Biden's 'Mess' — Economy Is Rising ( NEWSMAX )

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Scott Bessent: Trump Fixed Biden's 'Mess' — Economy Is Rising

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By Newsmax Wires | Friday, 14 August 2026 10:36 AM EDT

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight" on Thursday that President Donald Trump inherited an economic "mess" but has engineered an economic turnaround that's "working."

Bessent told host Rob Schmitt that Trump's policies are already delivering lower inflation and improving purchasing power for American workers — a recovery he portrayed as remarkable given the damage he said the administration inherited.

Bessent's interview came as new federal data showed prescription drug costs saw their biggest decline in 60 years after Trump made lowering prices a national priority.

Bessent said Americans have legitimate reasons to remain frustrated after years of elevated prices.

"People should be upset," Bessent said, arguing the Biden years left households facing a substantial loss of purchasing power, with working Americans hit especially hard by higher costs for automobiles, insurance, and rent.

But Bessent said Trump's policies are working.

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US_ Bessent to Newsmax: US to Hit Iran With Unprecedented Economic Isolation ( NEWSMAX )

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Bessent to Newsmax: US to Hit Iran With Unprecedented Economic Isolation

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By Newsmax Wires | Thursday, 13 August 2026 09:39 PM EDT


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Newsmax on Thursday that the Trump administration will announce new measures against Iran next week that he said will take the economic isolation of the country to an unprecedented level.

"And watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of the economic isolation of a country," Bessent told "Rob Schmitt Tonight."

Bessent said the administration is escalating a financial campaign that began after President Donald Trump ordered the restoration of "maximum pressure" against Tehran last year and intensified after the start of U.S. military operations against Iran in February.

"A year ago … the president gave me the order to apply maximum pressure to the Iranian regime, and Treasury did," Bessent said.

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US_ EXCLUSIVE: CCP Intelligence Official Buys Building Steps From White House ( Philip Lenczycki - DAILY CALLER )

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EXCLUSIVE: CCP Intelligence Official Buys Building Steps From White House

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Philip Lenczycki
Senior Investigative Reporter
August 13, 2026 9:00 AM ET


A senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence official is the new owner of a historic building overlooking the White House Complex, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.

Located approximately 650 feet northeast of the White House grounds, the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street was purchased on July 21, 2026 for $8.4 million by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, filings show. The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements.

Qiu did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

“The CCP is like a kind, but firm parent,” Qiu said in 2021, according to a DCNF translation of an announcement from a Chinese intel arm. “It has guided our people out of hardship, led China’s sons and daughters to build a new country and is steering us toward great national rejuvenation.”

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WORLD_ State Department criticizes Beijing-Indonesia naval maneuver as pressure on Taiwan ( Bill Gertz - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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State Department criticizes Beijing-Indonesia naval maneuver as pressure on Taiwan

Warship passage east of island condemned by Taiwan

A China Navy Ship with bow number 574 observes the Philippines United States Japan Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity off a disputed South China Sea shoal on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) more >

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Thursday, August 13, 2026


The State Department on Thursday called a joint Chinese naval maneuver with an Indonesian warship in waters east of Taiwan a destabilizing act, while Taipei denounced the maneuver as “dangerous.”

“The United States urges Beijing to cease its continuous military pressure against Taiwan and instead engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan,” a State Department spokesman said.

“We call on other countries to encourage the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues instead of amplifying Beijing’s destabilizing narratives,” the spokesman told The Washington Times in response to the joint Chinese-Indonesian naval drill Wednesday.

The Chinese Defense Ministry said the exercise was conducted about 70 to 80 nautical miles east of Taiwan. State media said the “navigation exercise” involved two frigates.

Indonesia’s navy said the maneuver was a simple passing exercise involving two warships that coordinated a nearby transit.

In Taipei, the government’s Mainland Affairs Council called the exercise a military provocation and said in a statement that China should “immediately stop this dangerous behavior that undermines the status quo.”

The council said the exercise followed other troubling Chinese actions, including Beijing’s claims of routine “law enforcement patrols” in waters east of Taiwan. 

The Chinese military is now doing military drills with “relevant countries,” the statement said.

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US_ 48 Missing Children Rescued During World Cup Operation in Massachusetts: US Marshals Service ( Aldgra Fredly - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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48 Missing Children Rescued During World Cup Operation in Massachusetts: US Marshals Service

The U.S. Marshals Service said several of the children were located outside state borders after investigators tracked leads across the country.

Members of the U.S. Marshals’ Missing Child Unit during "Operation Never Forgotten 2021" in Atlanta, Georgia. Courtesy of Shane T. McCoy/U.S. Marshals

Aldgra Fredly
8/12/2026|Updated: 8/12/2026


Forty-eight missing children from Massachusetts have been rescued during a multi-agency operation tied to the FIFA World Cup, the U.S. Marshals Service said on Aug. 10 as it announced the conclusion of the operation.

Massachusetts hosted seven matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup from June to July. In the months leading up to and including the tournament, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies strengthened security measures to ensure the safety of the nation and soccer fans from all around the world.

They also launched “Operation Yellow Card,” a collaborative effort to recover children reported missing within and from Massachusetts. It aimed to locate missing children at risk of human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, violence, and other forms of victimization during the competition.

Authorities anticipated an influx of international visitors to the Boston metropolitan area for the tournament, when large crowds can increase the risk of trafficking and child exploitation.

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US_ DOJ Probing Harvard Over Financial Aid Programs Linked to China-Based Sources ( Aldgra Fredly - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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DOJ Probing Harvard Over Financial Aid Programs Linked to China-Based Sources

Harvard had disclosed nearly $4.5 billion in foreign funding of which $630 million came directly from sources in China, the DOJ said.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 4, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

Aldgra Fredly
7/21/2026|Updated: 7/21/2026


The Justice Department (DOJ) said on July 20 that it was investigating whether Harvard University violated Title VI by excluding American students from financial aid programs funded by China-based sources.

The DOJ announced that Harvard’s foreign funding disclosures raised concerns about its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin.

Universities are required by federal law to report gifts and contracts from foreign sources that exceed $250,000 in a year. Harvard had disclosed nearly $4.5 billion in foreign funding, of which $630 million came from sources based in China—the university’s largest source of foreign funding—the department said.

According to the DOJ, Harvard appears to accept funds from China-based sources that require the university to establish financial aid programs “with preference given to students from particular countries.”

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