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President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Steve Hilton for California governor, reordering a crowded, wide-open race to lead the nation's most populous state. Trump posted late Sunday on his social media platform Truth Social that he has known Hilton for years and called the conservative commentator “a truly fine man” who could turn around a state beset with notoriously high taxes. California, Trump wrote, “has gone to hell.” “With Federal help, and a Great Governor, like Steve Hilton, California can be better than ever before!” Trump added. The endorsement — coming about a month before mail ballots go to voters in advance of the June 2 primary — will help Hilton coalesce conservative support in a race with no clear leader. However, Trump is widely unpopular in heavily Democratic California outside his conservative base and Trump's backing would become a liability if Hilton faces a Democrat in the November election. With a large field, Democrats have been fearful that a quirk in the state's unusual “top two” primary system could allow only two Republicans to reach the November general election ballot — Hilton and GOP rival Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff. Trump's decision — a strong signal to undecided conservative voters — will make that outcome less likely by helping Hilton lure additional support. Democratic consultant Paul Mitchell called Trump's decision “the safe bet” for Republicans. Rather than cling to a long shot hope that both Republicans reach the November ballot — or risk that both Hilton and Bianco fall short — Trump's blessing should consolidate support behind Hilton and allow him to emerge from a large primary field and reach November. “Having a Republican on the top of the ticket is essential" to drive turnout in critical down-ballot races, with control of the U.S. House in play," Mitchell added. In an unpredictable, wide-open race, the smart play for the GOP is to “get one Republican on the ballot.” There are more than 50 candidates on the ballot — including eight established Democrats and along with Hilton and Bianco, the two leading Republicans. An all-GOP general election is possible in California, which puts all candidates on one primary ballot and only the top two vote-getters advance to November, regardless of party. Polling in early February by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found the field had broken into two distinct groups, with Bianco, Hilton and three Democrats — U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, former Rep. Katie Porter and billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer — in close competition, with other candidates trailing. In a statement, Hilton thanked Trump for his support and promised to grow jobs and bring down the state's punishing cost of living. “Together we can turn things around,” Hilton said. Republicans have not won a statewide election in California in two decades. Registered Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in the state by nearly 2-to-1.

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The Artemis II astronauts have kicked off their record-breaking trip around the moon that already is providing unprecedented views of the far side. Monday’s lunar journey comes after the three Americans and one Canadian broke Apollo 13’s distance record, the farthest that humans have ever traveled from Earth. During the hourslong flyby, Artemis II will temporarily lose contact with Mission Control as the capsule passes behind the moon without stopping. Astronauts will split into pairs and take turns capturing the magnificent lunar scenes with cameras. They’ll also don special glasses to witness a total solar eclipse.

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Liberals Will Ignore Trump Rescuing Downed Pilots

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President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be taken out in one night, "and that night might be tomorrow night," warning Tehran it had to make a deal by Tuesday night or face wider bombing raids. Trump had earlier vowed to enforce a Tuesday night deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or face broad attacks on power plants and other critical infrastructure. Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz oil transit waterway. "The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," Trump told a White House press conference. "I hope I don't have to do it," Trump said. Critics have said Trump would be committing war crimes if the U.S. attacked civilian power plants, a point that Trump dismissed on Monday. "I'm not worried about it. You know what's a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon," Trump said earlier on Monday during an Easter egg event for children on the White House South Lawn. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth told the briefing that the largest volume of strikes since day one of the operation against Iran would take place on Monday and warned Tuesday would have even more. Trump, joined by Hegseth and other top national security advisers, described in detail the weekend U.S. operation to recover a downed American airman who hid in mountainous Iranian terrain and eluded capture by Iranian forces. He said the airman, identified only by "Dude 44 Bravo," kept climbing higher in order to improve the chances for recovery. He said the airman was seen moving via an unidentified U.S. camera link. "It was like finding a needle in a haystack," Trump said. Hundreds of American forces were involved in the search and recovery mission and to prevent the Iranians from finding him first, he said. CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who joined Trump at the event, said the agency had engaged in a "deception campaign" to convince the Iranians the airman was somewhere else. Ratcliffe said that on Saturday morning the CIA got confirmation that "one of America's best and bravest was alive and concealed in a mountain crevice, still invisible to the enemy, but not to the CIA." The pilot, shot down on Friday, was recovered on Sunday morning. "In a breathtaking show of skill and precision, lethality and force, America's military descended on the area, the real area, engaged the enemy, rescued the stranded officer, destroyed all threats and exited Iranian territory while taking no casualties of any kind," Trump said. Hegseth said the lost airman used an emergency transponder to show where he was and his first message was: "God is good." General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the recovered airman had been the "back seater" on the downed aircraft. "In this case, the back seater's absolute commitment to surviving made much of our efforts possible," Caine said. Trump said, without providing evidence, that the United States has "numerous intercepts" from Iranian civilians urging the U.S. not to let up in trying to dislodge the Iranian government from power. "They would be willing to suffer that in order to have freedom," Trump said. Speaking to reporters earlier at a White House Easter event, Trump said a proposal offered by Iran was inadequate. "They made a proposal, and it's a significant proposal. It's a significant step. It's not good enough," Trump told reporters during the Easter event at the White House. Trump said the five-week conflict could end quickly if Iran does "what they have to do." "They have to do certain things. They know that, they've been negotiating I think in good faith," he said.

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Do You Want Your Children Facing a Nuclear Armed Iran?

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The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran, a risky mission that President Donald Trump and his top defense aides detailed Monday. U.S. forces rescued the pilot within hours of the jet going down late Thursday, surging helicopters, midair refuelers and fighter aircraft deep into Iran after confirming his location, Trump said in a valedictory news conference at the White House, describing the military operation in an unusual level of detail. The second aviator aboard the aircraft — the weapons systems officer — was rescued nearly two days later. An A-10 Warthog, which was the attack aircraft primarily responsible for keeping in contact with the downed pilot on the ground, was hit by enemy fire while engaging Iranian forces, said Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The A-10 was “not landable,” Caine told reporters, but the pilot continued fighting before flying to a friendly country and ejecting. He was quickly rescued and is doing fine, Caine said. The rescue of the F-15 pilot occurred before the Iranians could marshal a comprehensive search of their own, but finding and bringing home the weapon systems officer was an even more complicated endeavor. The officer, who rode in the backseat of the F-15 flying under the call sign Dude-44 Bravo, was injured but followed his training to get as far from the crash site as possible. He managed to climb mountainous terrain and hide inside a cave or crevice. He contacted U.S. forces Saturday. When a plane crashes in hostile territory, “they all head right to that site, you want to be as far away as you can,” Trump said. CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the spy agency used “exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service” possesses to locate the aviator. At the same time, the CIA mounted a deception operation to mislead Iranians who also were trying to find him. Ratcliffe said the search and rescue operation was “comparable to hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of a desert.” The CIA declined to respond to questions Monday about the kind of technology used to locate the airman. Protected by an “air armada” of drones, strike aircraft and more, rescuers moved in on Sunday to pick up the weapons officer and bring him home. Many of the dozens of aircraft that were part of the operation were there for deception, Trump said. “We were bringing them all over, and a lot of it was subterfuge,” Trump said. “We wanted to have them think he was in a different location.” Back in Washington, national security officials coordinated on a call, keeping the phone line open for nearly two days straight. “From the moment our pilots went down, our mission was unblinking," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. “The call never dropped. The meeting never stopped, the planning never ceased.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be taken out in one night, "and that night might be tomorrow night," warning Tehran it had to make a deal by Tuesday night or face wider bombing raids. Trump had earlier vowed to enforce a Tuesday night deadline for Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal or face broad attacks on power plants and other critical infrastructure. Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz oil transit waterway. "The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," Trump told a White House press conference. "I hope I don't have to do it," Trump said. Critics have said Trump would be committing war crimes if the U.S. attacked civilian power plants, a point that Trump dismissed on Monday. "I'm not worried about it. You know what's a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon," Trump said earlier on Monday during an Easter egg event for children on the White House South Lawn. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth told the briefing that the largest volume of strikes since day one of the operation against Iran would take place on Monday and warned Tuesday would have even more. Trump, joined by Hegseth and other top national security advisers, described in detail the weekend U.S. operation to recover a downed American airman who hid in mountainous Iranian terrain and eluded capture by Iranian forces. He said the airman, identified only by "Dude 44 Bravo," kept climbing higher in order to improve the chances for recovery. He said the airman was seen moving via an unidentified U.S. camera link. "It was like finding a needle in a haystack," Trump said. Hundreds of American forces were involved in the search and recovery mission and to prevent the Iranians from finding him first, he said. CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who joined Trump at the event, said the agency had engaged in a "deception campaign" to convince the Iranians the airman was somewhere else. Ratcliffe said that on Saturday morning the CIA got confirmation that "one of America's best and bravest was alive and concealed in a mountain crevice, still invisible to the enemy, but not to the CIA." The pilot, shot down on Friday, was recovered on Sunday morning. "In a breathtaking show of skill and precision, lethality and force, America's military descended on the area, the real area, engaged the enemy, rescued the stranded officer, destroyed all threats and exited Iranian territory while taking no casualties of any kind," Trump said. Hegseth said the lost airman used an emergency transponder to show where he was and his first message was: "God is good." General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the recovered airman had been the "back seater" on the downed aircraft. "In this case, the back seater's absolute commitment to surviving made much of our efforts possible," Caine said. Trump said, without providing evidence, that the United States has "numerous intercepts" from Iranian civilians urging the U.S. not to let up in trying to dislodge the Iranian government from power. "They would be willing to suffer that in order to have freedom," Trump said. Speaking to reporters earlier at a White House Easter event, Trump said a proposal offered by Iran was inadequate. "They made a proposal, and it's a significant proposal. It's a significant step. It's not good enough," Trump told reporters during the Easter event at the White House. Trump said the five-week conflict could end quickly if Iran does "what they have to do." "They have to do certain things. They know that, they've been negotiating I think in good faith," he said.

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Josh opens the show by discussing the heroic rescue operation over the weekend involving soldiers in Iran. He breaks down the high-level strategy that made the mission possible and the “next-level chess” that went into bringing the service members home safely. Josh also examines the reaction from the Left to the ongoing war, highlighting some of the more outrageous comments that have surfaced. He then addresses the misinformation being spread about Donald Trump before turning to the breaking news of Attorney General Pam Bondi being fired, what led to the decision, and what it could mean moving forward.

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An Update on the Artemis II Mission

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Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump held a press conference with military leaders to give an update on rescue operations over the weekend in Iran and a preview of what's still to come.

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Trump Comments on Pilots Being Rescued

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While liberal lawmakers and their media allies were busy peddling fake news, Donald J. Trump was in the Oval Office directing one of the most audacious special operations in modern history.

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Conservatives know the truth: Trump is the president who actually did something about Iran’s nuclear ambitions while the last five administrations talked tough and did nothing.

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Iran’s State run News agency says Tehran has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, saying it wants a permanent end to the war instead. Officials say Iran will not accept a temporary 45-day truce and will only consider ending the conflict on its own terms.

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With John Hayward, National Security Deputy Editor at Breitbart | @Doctor_Zer0

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With E.J. Antioni, Chief Economist at The Heritage Foundation | @RealEJAntoni

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An Easter Miracle For The U.S. Air Force In Iran

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Faith & Freedom 250 - Episode 18: Abraham Lincoln & The Power Of Prayer Leading A Nation Through Crisis Courtesy of The Herzog Foundation.

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Savannah Guthrie is returning to NBC’s “Today” show Monday for the first time in over two months since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing. Guthrie said the experience has changed her and she is unsure how she’ll manage, but feels she must come back to her “Today” family. Authorities continue to search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing on February 1 in Arizona. The case remains an active investigation, with ongoing efforts by local and federal authorities.

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