NYTIMES (Helene Cooper) - There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast
The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the region at roughly 10,000 more than usual.
BITCHUTE - PRINCE: Forced Entry Into Hormuz Would Be a Massive Casualty Event
Aired 3/29/26 PRINCE: CENTCOM says 3.5k more targets, but that’s only what they think they know. History is clear. Enemy doesn’t engage until troops hit the beach. A forced entry into the Strait of Hormuz would be a massive casualty event. Don’t give them the fight they want.
BITCHUTE - PRINCE: Hormuz Is the Center of Gravity, Iran Turns It Into a Toll Gate
Aired 3/29/26 PRINCE: The Strait of Hormuz is the center of gravity. The IRGC can choke the global economy overnight. East Asia is already rationing fuel. Ships are forced through Iran’s toll gate. The U.S. Navy doesn’t control key choke points anymore. This is bad.
BITCHUTE - BANNON to CAPT. FANELL: You Sound Like McNamara, Real War Is Hormuz
Aired 3/29/26 BANNON to CAPT. FANELL: “I feel like I’m getting Robert McNamara’s report during Vietnam.” BANNON: The center of gravity has shifted to the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. Body counts and strike counts miss the real fight. That’s the war.
BITCHUTE - CAPT. FANELL: 11,000 Targets Hit, Iran’s Military Being Systematically Destroyed
Aired 3/29/26 CAPT FANELL: We’re on schedule, even ahead. 11,000 strike missions, 11,000 targets hit. Iran’s navy gutted, air force erased. This is systematic destruction of their military capability.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - IRAN WAR: Week 4 — Trump Points To Progress As Combat Continues | TRENDING
President Trump offered an upbeat report early in the fourth week of joint U.S.-Israel military actions against Iran, suggesting that high level talks might soon lead to a ceasefire. However, Iran's leaders denied speaking directly with American negotiators, and instead presented their own conditions for an end to hostilities. As the one-month mark for the fighting approached, Trump underscored U.S. military strength at a Cabinet meeting, speaking of the damage inflicted upon the Iranian regime through a campaign that has to date been one of air and naval strikes.
DAILYCALLER (Mark Tanos) - ‘Way Less Sexual Tension’: Zohran Mamdani Takes Shots At Media, Roasts Andrew Cuomo, Bill De Blasio At Black Tie Affair
'We don't want to murder each other'
WASHINGTONPOST (Mariana Alfaro, Daniel Wu) - ICE agents may remain at airports even after TSA agents get paid
As the partial shutdown drags on, border czar Tom Homan says the decision will depend in part on whether TSA agents “come back to work.”
NYTIMES (Aishvarya Kavi) - ICE May Remain at Airports Even After T.S.A. Pay Resumes, Border Czar Says
Transportation safety officers are set to be paid on Monday, but Tom Homan, the White House’s border czar, said ICE agents may stay where there are shortages.
BITCHUTE - PRINCE: No Maritime Supremacy, No Safety in Modern War
Aired 3/29/26