US_ The Morning Briefing: Marco Rubio Is the Reason I Gave Up on Political Purity Tests (Stephen Kruiser - PJ MEDIA)

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The Morning Briefing: Marco Rubio Is the Reason I Gave Up on Political Purity Tests

Stephen Kruiser | 10:04 PM on April 06, 2026

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Top O' the Briefing

Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Orzfrego had recently been overcome with the urge to drop the word "chanticleer" into at least one conversation a day.

Today we're doing a bit of a retrospective discussion rather than a news cycle thing. I was actually going to cover this in a column a few weeks ago but March was a bit of a blur and several things were piled up on the back burner.

We have discussed the heavy hitters in President Trump's current administration several times, contrasting them with the chaotic backstabbing he had to deal with in his first term. There are a lot of faithful soldiers in the 47 crew, but the big three are Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

There was a time when I was pretty exacting about purity tests for other conservative activists and, to a lesser extent, Republican politicians. Marco Rubio long ago made me abandon them completely for politicians. President Trump reinforced that.

Sarah put together a retrospective of Rubio’s accomplishments as part of the Trump 47 administration, and we'll use her intro to that as a jumping off point:

I haven't been shy about the fact that I've been a Marco Rubio fan from day one, even before he was in the Senate. When he ran for president in 2016, he became the only candidate I'd ever donated to, and in 2024, when Donald Trump chose him to be his secretary of State, I was new here at PJ Media, but I had the honor of breaking that news, and I was so proud.

There's no denying that Rubio's star has risen over the last year. I read comments and hear from people all the time who seem quite surprised that he's so intelligent and competent, and I just smile because I've known that all along. With that in mind, I've been trying to put together a "greatest hits" list of Rubio's biggest moments and accomplishments from the first year (or 14 months) of Trump's second term.

And I do mean greatest hits because creating a definitive list of everything he's done is nearly impossible. He's that good.

It's a good list, trust me.

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OPINION_ Why Chinese Weapons Underperformed in Venezuela and Iran (Wang Youqun - THE EPOCH TIMES)

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Why Chinese Weapons Underperformed in Venezuela and Iran

Military delegates arrive for the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 13, 2024. Xi Jinping, the Party leader, has appointed himself head of a new committee on military reform. Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images

Wang Youqun
4/6/2026|Updated: 4/6/2026

Commentary

The United States carried out two major military operations in early 2026—first capturing then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, then conducting joint strikes with Israel against the Iranian regime. The military equipment sold by China performed poorly in both Venezuela and Iran.

Overall, counter-stealth detection networks, long-range surveillance and command systems, military-grade isolated intranet (the Iranian version of China’s “Great Firewall”), and anti-ship ballistic missiles didn’t function effectively during the conflicts.

In my view, rampant corruption across China’s military and technology sectors, plus the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) authoritarian rule, are the major reasons behind this failure.

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US_ CIA Chief: Trump Ordered a No-Fail Mission and America’s Aviator Came Home (Susie Moore - REDSTATE)

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CIA Chief: Trump Ordered a No-Fail Mission and America’s Aviator Came Home

By Susie Moore | 3:40 PM on April 06, 2026

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AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein


On Monday, President Trump, along with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, held a press conference in the White House Press Briefing Room to discuss the success of the recent missions to rescue two downed airmen in Iran, as well as Operation Epic Fury in general.

After the President spoke for a few minutes, he turned the podium over to Ratcliffe, who provided a rundown of the CIA's role in the rescue mission involving the second airman, as he praised Trump's resolve and the War Department's collaboration for a daring mission behind enemy lines.

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US_ Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot by Tipping Off Iran (Rusty Weiss - REDSTATE)

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Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot by Tipping Off Iran

By Rusty Weiss | 3:30 PM on April 06, 2026

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President Trump vowed to hunt down and jail the leaker who revealed that U.S. forces could not initially reach the second American crew member of an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran.

Speaking in the White House briefing room on Monday, a clearly perturbed Commander in Chief declared that the media's disclosure tipped off Tehran and directly endangered the airman’s life. Not to mention the lives of hundreds of troops searching for the missing crew member.

“We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” he said. “They basically said that we have one, and there’s somebody missing. Well, [Iran] didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.”

The President indicated he would pressure the media outlet that published the story to reveal their sources.

“We think we’ll be able to find it out,” Trump continued. “Because we’re going to go to the media company that released it, and we’re going to say, ‘National security. Give it up or go to jail.’”

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COMMENTARY_ Family of Iran’s regime members living lux in the U.S. (Kelly Sadler - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Family of Iran’s regime members living lux in the U.S.

State Department needs to revoke residency status immediately

Iran’s regime family members living in the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times - Monday, April 6, 2026

OPINION:

Last week, the niece and grandniece of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the deceased terrorist, were arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles after reportedly living a sumptuous lifestyle in the U.S. while promoting Islamist terrorism worldwide.

While touting America as the “Great Satan,” Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, were posting now-deleted Instagram pictures of themselves jet-setting around the U.S.: partying in Miami, vacationing in Alaska, clubbing in Las Vegas and chugging Champagne in front of a helicopter in an undisclosed location in the desert.

In most of their posts, they are scantily clad in designer couture, wearing bikinis, midriff tops, miniskirts and Christian Louboutin high heels while clinging to Louis Vuitton handbags, with their dark hair freely flowing, unrestricted by a hijab.

In Iran, if women are not covered in their hijabs properly, acid is thrown onto their faces, and they are beaten by the morality police, arrested and blacklisted.

“Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced of their arrests Friday. “This week, I terminated both Afshar and her daughter’s legal status, and they are now in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States. The Trump administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes.”

Why Ms. Afshar and Ms. Hosseiny were allowed to live in the U.S. in the first place, given their relation to Soleimani and their vocal support for the IRGC, is concerning.

Ms. Afshar entered the U.S. in 2015 on a tourist visa and was granted asylum in 2019. She became a green card holder in 2021, a year after her uncle was killed in a drone strike ordered by President Trump in his first administration.

Last year, while applying for U.S. naturalization, Ms. Afshar revealed she had visited Iran four times since receiving her green card, an admission that undermined her initial asylum claim. Ms. Hosseiny came to the U.S. with her mother in 2015 on a student visa, was granted asylum in 2019 and received a green card in 2023.

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POLICY_ NATO’s ‘initial refusal’ to aid US against Iran could bring ‘big changes’: Byron York (Asher Notheis - WASHINGTON EXAMINER)

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NATO’s ‘initial refusal’ to aid US against Iran could bring ‘big changes’: Byron York

By Asher Notheis
April 6, 2026 12:34 pm


Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said a former Bush administration official is predicting a “shift in power” in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Ari Fleischer, former President George W. Bush’s first White House press secretary, said on X that NATO will “never be the same” once the U.S.’s war with Iran concludes. He said western European countries like Spain, England, France, and Italy have “sold us out,” whereas eastern European nations are “the heart of NATO.”

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US_ Fears spread about businesses implanting microchips in workers (Susan Ferrechio - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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Fears spread about businesses implanting microchips in workers

Wisconsin-based Three Square Market will soon offer its employees the option of having microchips implanted under their skin. The technology will work in tandem with computers, allow employees to pay for food, and open doors. (KSTP-TV ABC-5 Wisconsin screenshot) more >

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Friday, April 3, 2026


Never mind microchipping your dog. Some companies are giving employees microchip implants that give them access to facilities, company accounts and vending machines with the wave of a hand. 

The new technology sounds convenient and cool, but it alarms privacy rights advocates and some states have moved to ban the practice. 

In March, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill 2303 into law. It prohibits employers from requiring, coercing or even requesting employees to get a microchip implanted for any reason.

“Microchips may seem like science fiction, but the technology is here,” said state Rep. Brianna Thomas, a Democrat and sponsor of the bill. “It creates an opportunity for employers to track employees during work hours and at home. That is scary.”

At least 13 additional states have banned employer-mandated human microchips, and some have imposed stricter regulations as concerns grow over technology’s increasing encroachment on privacy rights.

Nevada banned microchip programs, even for voluntary recipients, in 2019.

In addition to concerns about bosses tracking employees, the new technology could be vulnerable to hacking, which would leave microchip wearers’ personal, health and work information exposed.

Some medical studies found that the rice-sized chips can injure tissues and tendons in the human hand and have been associated with tumors in laboratory mice.

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POLITICS_ Gordon Chang to Newsmax: US-China Moon Race Is About Control (NEWSMAX)

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Gordon Chang to Newsmax: US-China Moon Race Is About Control

By Newsmax Wires | Sunday, 05 April 2026 02:05 PM EDT


The U.S. and China are engaged in an intensifying space race that will ultimately be decided not just by reaching the moon, but by controlling it, China expert Gordon Chang told Newsmax on Sunday, while discussing the Artemis II mission.

"The Chinese are closely watching this because they want to get on the moon first. Now, they probably won't. They're a year or two behind," Chang said on Newsmax, adding that the broader competition is about long-term presence.

"Let's remember there are two space races with China," Chang said. "One is a race to the moon. That's to actually put somebody there."

But the more important race, he said, is to colonize the moon.

"The country that gets to the south pole of the moon first will have the best location for a colony," he said.

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ECONOMY_ China’s Economic Slowdown Hits Jobs, Wages, and Confidence (Michael Zhuang - THE EPOCH TIMES)

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China’s Economic Slowdown Hits Jobs, Wages, and Confidence

From graduates to professionals, many Chinese said layoffs, pay cuts, and uncertainty are reshaping daily life and long-term plans.

Job seekers learn about employment at a job fair in Qingzhou, Shandong Province, China, on Jan. 29, 2023. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Michael Zhuang
4/4/2026|Updated: 4/5/2026


As China’s economic slowdown deepens, workers across the country say opportunities are disappearing, incomes are shrinking, and confidence in the future is fading—pushing many toward gig work or plans to leave the country altogether.

From coastal cities to inland provinces, interviews with residents describe a broad downturn marked by business closures, layoffs, and a weakening private sector. While official messaging continues to project resilience, many say their daily reality tells a different story.

Those interviewed spoke to The Epoch Times on condition of anonymity or by surname only, out of fear of reprisal.

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US_ Bold, Brave, Unstoppable: US Rescue in Iran Defines Our Spirit (Ward Clark - REDSTATE)

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Bold, Brave, Unstoppable: US Rescue in Iran Defines Our Spirit

By Ward Clark | 11:50 AM on April 05, 2026

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AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar


We've been reading and hearing a lot about the brilliant operation to bring home one of our people, an as-yet-unnamed F-15E Weapons Systems Officer (WSO). I won't go into the details of that operation, as that's already been revealed; suffice it to say that the War Department and our people in the air and on the ground performed brilliantly, did the seemingly impossible, even building an improvised airfield deep in Iranian territory, only a short drive from a good-sized Iranian city. The WSO followed his training, escaped and evaded, and managed to surmount a ridge from where he could be extracted while American munitions pounded the goblins who were after him.

The WSO is now on his way home. He's safe. And that's as it should be. We're Americans. That's one of the great things about being an American — knowing that your country will come for you. There have been lapses in this matter; some of us are old enough to remember when Iran held American hostages for over a year, until a president took office who even the mullahs feared: Ronald Reagan.

In some parts of the world, in some cultures, the WSO would have been abandoned. Some countries, some cultures would have decided he wasn't worth the risk, wasn't worth the cost. Not America. Not now. And we should note that this brilliant operation was planned and carried out, literally, in a matter of hours: Special operations people brought in, briefed and deployed, equipment staged forward, even that improvised airfield built and held for the time we needed it. Yes, we had to leave some aircraft behind, destroyed to deny the enemy any intel. So? We can build more. 

This was important. There was an American out there whom we had to bring home. And we did.

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