Airline pilots were caught making animal noises over a live aviation radio frequency at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, prompting a stunned air traffic controller to shut it down in real time.

According to a now-viral air traffic control (ATC) audio clip circulating online, the incident lasted roughly 15–20 seconds and captured pilots communicating using “meow” sounds and even dog barks instead of standard aviation language.

That’s when an air traffic controller finally stepped in and shut it down.

Here’s how the exchange unfolded:

One pilot can be heard saying, “meow meow.”

Moments later, another voice, believed to be the air traffic controller, responds:
“You guys need to be professional pilots.”

Instead of stopping, the “cat” voice continues:
“meow meow meow meow.”

Then another pilot chimes in with:
“Woof woof woof.”

Then the air traffic controller adds a jab, quite personal:
“This is why you still fly an RJ [regional jet].”

Another “meow meow” follows before the frustrated controller closes it out:
“It was funny the first five minutes, thank you very much.”

WATCH:

The reaction online has been sharply divided: some argue this kind of behavior is completely inappropriate for live aviation communications, while others say pilots operate under constant pressure and can be afforded a brief moment of levity.

The bizarre exchange reportedly took place over a monitored aviation frequency, where pilots are expected to maintain strict communication discipline, especially in congested airspace like Washington, D.C.

This is the same airport where, just 15 months ago in January 2025, an American Eagle CRJ collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing all 67 people on board in one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent U.S. history.

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Iran is moving tens of millions of barrels of oil through covert offshore networks to bypass the new U.S. blockade on its ports, maritime intelligence firm Windward AI says.

The blockade, which took effect April 13, came amid a two-week ceasefire and failed peace talks between the U.S. and Iran, and as President Donald Trump insisted the waterway must remain open, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil passes.

"Iranian oil distribution continues through indirect routing and offshore transfer networks," Windward told Fox News Digital.

"As of April 13, at least 11 tankers carrying approximately 20 million barrels of Iranian oil are positioned offshore Malaysia within a ship-to-ship transfer hub," the firm determined.

TRUMP DETAILS SWEEPING 'ALL OR NOTHING' BLOCKADE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AFTER FAILED IRAN TALKS

"These vessels are likely awaiting counterpart vessels for offloading or preparing for onward movement."

Windward also clarified that the concentration highlights Iran’s "continued use of offshore storage and transfer mechanisms."

This allows Iranian oil flows to "persist outside direct transit through the Strait."

"Dark activity remains a central enabler of ongoing operations, supporting both post-transit port calls and broader evasion strategies," Windward added.

"At the same time, Iranian oil flows are increasingly routed through offshore hubs, reducing reliance on direct Hormuz transit."

U.S. forces began implementing the blockade at 10 a.m. ET April 13 after Trump vowed to block "any and all ships from trying to enter or leave" the strait, following weeks of pressure on Tehran.

IRAN THREATENS TO HALT RED SEA TRAFFIC IN RESPONSE TO US MILITARY BLOCKADE OF PORTS

As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the U.S. military confirmed Wednesday it stopped nine oil tankers from attempting to breach the blockade.

"During the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade on ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, no vessels have made it past U.S. forces," U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

"Additionally, nine vessels have complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around and return toward an Iranian port or coastal area," CENTCOM wrote on X.

Fox News was also told all nine vessels were oil tankers. None of the vessels ordered to turn around needed to be boarded by U.S. forces, a senior U.S. defense official said.

On the first "full day" of the blockade, April 14, however, under active U.S. enforcement, Windward noted vessel behavior indicating "a fragmented and uneven response to the blockade."

"Initial movements show a combination of continued transit, route deviation and potential evasion," the firm said.

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"Sanctioned and falsely flagged vessels remain active, with some proceeding through the Strait while others delay, reverse course or adjust routing patterns.

"Iranian oil flows continue through indirect distribution networks, with significant volumes accumulating offshore rather than transiting directly through Hormuz."

CENTCOM said the blockade would apply only to maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports.

It stressed that U.S. forces would not "impede freedom of navigation" for vessels transiting the strait to and from other destinations.

The blockade on the key trade route would be enforced "impartially" against any vessels entering or departing Iranian ports, including those in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

So far, sanctioned and falsely flagged vessels continue to operate under evolving enforcement conditions.

Rich Starry, a U.S.-sanctioned handy-size tanker signaling laden status, resumed outbound transit after previously turning around.

Windward said that its routing did not follow the Larak Island corridor and instead aligned with the alternative outbound path proposed by Iran.

At the same time, Murlikishan, a U.S.-sanctioned chemical tanker, was also observed journeying inbound, Windward clarified.

The Senate on Wednesday once again blocked a war powers resolution to restrain President Trump’s military action in Iran.

This is the fourth time that Senate Republicans have blocked an attempt to limit Trump’s Iran war powers.

The resolution, introduced by Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth, failed in a 47-52 vote.

GOP Senator Rand Paul voted with the Democrats.

Democrat Senator John Fetterman voted with the Republicans.

CBS News reported:

The Senate on Wednesday defeated another war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Trump’s ability to use further military force against Iran, with Democrats vowing to keep trying to rein in the president.

A motion to discharge the measure from committee failed in a 47 to 52 vote, with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania crossing the aisle.

It was the fourth time Democrats in the Senate had forced a vote on the issue since the war began on Feb. 28.

The resolution, led by Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, would have directed President Trump “to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Iran, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or a specific authorization for use of military force.”

Last month a war powers resolution to restrain President Trump’s action in Iran failed in the Senate in a 47-53 vote.

GOP Senator Rand Paul broke ranks and voted to restrict President Trump.

Democrat Senator John Fetterman voted with the Republicans to block the war powers resolution.

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Despite the incident being deemed an honest mistake, a ban strips a retired Navy officer’s access to various facilities and benefits, prompting him to appeal the decision and raising concerns about the appropriateness of the harsh punishment.

Navy Lieutenant Commander (Ret.) Craig Wortham dedicated over two decades of his life to military service before retiring in 2012. On March 30, 2026, his day began as it would for many retirees, with the anticipation of playing a round of golf.

As he arrived at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek (JEBLCFS) gate in his truck that bears his company logo (Happy Tractor, LLC), Wortham was told he would have to use the contractor entrance. At the other gate, he was required to open all doors and the tailgate to his truck. He stood on the sidewalk as guards conducted a quick search of his vehicle, finding a firearm in the side panel of the driver’s door.

Speaking to The Gateway Pundit, Wortham said, “It wasn’t hard to see. I just forgot to remove it.”

He presented his driver’s license, his retirement identification card, and even suggested sharing his Concealed Carry Permit. Even though he has the Virginia permit, he acknowledged that forgetting there was a gun in the vehicle was an error. And after expressing regret for the oversight, he felt that everyone present understood it was “an honest mistake.”

“No one was angry or upset about it. The only emotion was probably mine, embarrassed to get patted down in front of my son,” Wortham shared.

As he contemplated what to do next, an agent from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) approached, introduced himself, and verified that Wortham was a retired Navy officer. He then inquired about Wortham’s knowledge of firearms regulations on military bases. Wortham, however, declined to answer further questions, expressing a desire not to “incriminate” himself.

The NCIS agent got back in his car and left. Wortham mentioned that his friend’s son was in a car behind him and proposed exiting the checkpoint, leaving the firearm in his vehicle, outside the base, before returning. Everyone consented to this plan, and the lead security guard stopped traffic on both sides to accommodate Wortham’s departure.

After returning to the gate without his firearm, Wortham’s truck was subjected to a quick search, and he was allowed to enter the base. “I still made my tee time,” Wortham shared, saying that “it was wonderful, shooting a low 80 round.”

Twenty-five days later, everything changed. He received an exclusion letter from the Executive Officer for Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, dated April 2.

On Tuesday, Robert A. Green, Jr., author of Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines, shared the letter on X:

Heavy Handed removal of retiree benefits:

A retired LCDR was just banned from all Navy bases and facilities in the Hampton Roads area for accidentally having a personal weapon in his vehicle at the base gate checkpoint.

The retired naval officer has a Concealed Carry Permit.… https://t.co/3MClgDwdkP pic.twitter.com/26eSDTk8a6

— Rob Green (@RobGreen1010) April 14, 2026

Wortham was “administratively barred from JEBLCFS indefinitely,” and according to the letter, “this ban includes, but is not limited to, all buildings, facilities, barracks, Navy Fleet and Family Service Center, Navy Lodge, the Navy Exchange, Commissary, and the Medical/Dental Clinics.” Furthermore, the letter stated there was also “a reciprocal administrative ban from all Navy Region Mid-Atlantic installations, to include Naval Air Station, Oceana; Naval Starion Norfolk; and Naval Support Activity Hamton Roads.”

Coincidentally, though not applicable to Wortham, the letter was dated the same day War Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum authorizing off-duty service members “to request to carry privately owned firearms while in their nonofficial duty capacity” on military installations.

It wasn’t until April 14 that Wortham got the letter, utterly shocked to learn that he would no longer have access to the commissary, the medical facility, or the golf course. “By restricting my access to military bases, they’ve essentially removed my retirement benefits,” Wortham told The Gateway Pundit.

As Green stated in his viral X post with over 1.2 million views, “The subsequent ban was an unexpected shock and a grave heavy-handed response to an honest mistake.”

Wortham will be appealing the decision.

Most notably, Wortham never entered the base with a firearm in his possession. “This all happened at a checkpoint,” he explained. “I never actually made it on the base, regretting the oversight, thinking everything was okay when it was not.”

The entire ordeal raises a significant question: Did U.S. Navy Commander C.L. Gatewood truly intend to endorse this letter? Or was it purely an administrative oversight? By doing so, stripped away the justly deserved benefits of a Lieutenant Commander who dedicated 23 years of honorable service to the Navy.

This draconian incident certainly warrants rectification. Before the dust settles, many believe that Wortham is owed an apology.

As seen below, J.M. Phelps sought comments from Commander C.L. Gatewood, who signed the letter sent to Wortham and serves as Executive Officer for JEBLCFS; Captain Katie H. Jacobson, the commanding officer of JEBLCFS; and Rear Admiral Stephen D. Barnett, the Commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (CNRMA).

However, no responses were received by the time of publication.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is aware of the situation noting on X, “Thank you for sharing. Our team is reviewing. This is unacceptable.”

Thanks for sharing. Our team is reviewing. This is unacceptable. https://t.co/a39PUgkO8f

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 15, 2026

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Wednesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box," House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the Trump administration has presented "zero evidence privately or publicly that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America" from Iran.

The post Jeffries: Trump Administration Has Presented ‘Zero Evidence’ Iran Was Imminent Threat appeared first on Breitbart.

President Trump and Pope Leo XIV have been trading barbs about the Pontiff weighing in on American politics.

Trump recently blasted the Pope as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.”

In addition to slamming U.S. involvement in Iran,  the Pope has repeatedly slammed the Trump administration’s stance against illegal immigration.

Border Czar, a lifelong Catholic, speaking outside the White House, told reporters the Vatican doesn’t know what they are talking about.

“I’m not going to speak for the President, I’m speaking for myself, a lifelong Catholic,” Holman told reporters. “I wish they’d stay out of immigration. They don’t know what they’re talking about.”

“Because if they wore my shoes for 40 years, and talked to a 9-year-old girl that got r*ped multiple times, or stood in the back of a tractor-trailer with 19 dead aliens at my feet, including a 5-year-old boy that baked to death, if they understood the atrocities that happened on the open border, I think their opinion would change!”

“And I welcome discussion with any of them, because they don’t understand illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.”

“Where President Trump had the most secure border in the lifetime of this nation, right now, lives are being saved. He’s saving thousands of lives a year because he has a secure border.”

“Human traffickers are out of business, right?”

“The cartels are going bankrupt because of that secure border.”

“I wish they’d understand that.”

“Because if they did, I think they’d have a different opinion.”

Watch:

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Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist group, saw its command structure across Lebanon come under what Israeli officials described as one of the most devastating blows of the war April 8.

Nearly simultaneously, explosions tore through Beirut, Lebanon, the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon as roughly 50 Israeli aircraft struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets.

The targets were not rocket launchers or weapons depots, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but the nerve centers of the organization: command rooms, intelligence headquarters and offices where Hezbollah commanders planned the next stage of the fight.

The strike marked a new phase in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which erupted March 2 after Hezbollah entered the conflict in support of Iran — one day after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since then, Hezbollah has fired rockets, drones and anti-tank missiles into northern Israel, while Israel has responded with widening airstrikes and a ground offensive inside southern Lebanon.

BROTHER OF MICHIGAN SYNAGOGUE ATTACKER WAS HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST, ISRAEL ALLEGES

"Within only a minute, the IDF eliminated 250 Hezbollah terrorists in three areas simultaneously," the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that the assessment is still ongoing. 

IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani told Fox News Digital the strike was the result of weeks of intelligence work.

Israeli intelligence agencies tracked Hezbollah operatives as they moved between apartments, offices and safe houses across Lebanon.

"The timing had to do with the preparations," Shoshani said. "There was weeks of amazing intelligence."

Asked whether the operation showed Israel still has deep penetration inside Hezbollah despite months of war, Shoshani pointed to the scale of the attack.

"The fact that we were able to find 250 terrorists hiding in different locations in Lebanon, many of them in locations for recent weeks, eliminating them in real time, I think the capabilities speak for themselves," he said.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned Wednesday's strikes.

"The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific," said United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. "Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief."

Hezbollah said the day after the attack that it fired rockets at Israel, "This response will continue until the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases," the group said in a statement.

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The strike drew a comparison to the "beeper" operation in September 2024, when thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah operatives exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria in an operation widely attributed to Israel.

The blasts killed more than 40 people and wounded roughly 4,000, according to Lebanese authorities, while Hezbollah later acknowledged that about 1,500 fighters were taken out of action. The operation shattered Hezbollah's communications network and became the benchmark in Israel for a strike that fundamentally changed the battlefield.

"The beeper had more of an effective injuries that was the purpose of it," Shoshani said. "But both targeted hundreds of terrorists, and within 60 seconds."

Like the beeper operation, he said, the April 8 strike was intended not just to kill operatives but to throw Hezbollah into disarray.

"It was important to the aspect of creating disarray, of breaking their chain of command, breaking their command and patrol capabilities, and kind of tilting the organization out of balance," he said.

A former Israeli intelligence official, speaking on background, said the strike may not have reached the level of the beeper operation, but appeared to hit an unusually broad layer of Hezbollah's middle ranks. 

Hezbollah remains in shock from the blow, according to the former official, even if that has not yet been reflected in a drop in its rocket fire.

But he cautioned against judging the operation only by the number of people killed.

The real measure, he said, is whether the strike changes the course of the war and leaves Hezbollah less able to operate.

The IDF said many of those killed belonged to Hezbollah's Radwan Force — Hezbollah's most capable and best-trained combat unit, intelligence apparatus, missile units and aerial Unit 127. 

The Israeli military said most of the targets were embedded inside civilian areas.

"Most of the infrastructure that was struck was located within the heart of the civilian population," the IDF said.

HEZBOLLAH, IRAN UNLEASH COORDINATED CLUSTER BOMB STRIKES ON ISRAEL IN MAJOR ESCALATION

Shoshani said Israel warned civilians to evacuate before the strikes, but Hezbollah moved its operatives into new civilian locations.

"When we gave the warnings for areas, civilians moved out, then Hezbollah saw that they moved out and started hiding behind civilians in new locations," he said.

Despite the blow, Israeli officials say Hezbollah remains a major threat. Shoshani said the group, which before the war possessed between 150,000 and 200,000 rockets and missiles, still has the ability to fire into Israel.

"They still are a real threat for our civilians," he said.

The strike comes as Israel and Lebanon opened their first direct talks in more than three decades at the U.S. State Department in Washington. 

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has signaled willingness to discuss normalization and the eventual disarmament of Hezbollah, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no ceasefire until Hezbollah is dismantled and pushed back from the border.

Within hours of the diplomatic opening, Israeli warplanes again struck Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel.

Reuters contributed to this report.

AUSCHWITZ: A Holocaust survivor from Canada has warned about growing antisemitism in his country, calling on the nation's leaders to take action against perpetrators.

Nate Leipciger spoke at the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz in Poland on Tuesday as thousands gathered to commemorate those killed in the Holocaust against a backdrop of growing antisemitism in the world. 

The 98-year-old said he was recently targeted in Toronto when mezuzahs (sacred parchment scrolls) were forcibly removed from apartment doors in his building. 

The violence increased in March when his synagogue was also targeted in a drive-by shooting. "The front doors and lobby were destroyed. It is terrible that we have lost our sense of security," Leipciger told Fox News Digital. 

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"Once you lose that, you no longer know when or where the next attack might occur. It is deeply troubling to live in a free, democratic country — where everyone is meant to have equal rights — and to be persecuted in this way," he added.

Born in Poland in 1928, Leipciger was deported to Auschwitz in 1943. He survived multiple camps and a death march before being liberated in 1945, later immigrating to Canada in 1948.

The only way to prevent history from repeating itself, he said, is to advocate for the truth and confront deception and lies.

"The running is over. For centuries, we ran. We have to stand up for our right to live as Jews in any country, including Israel, as free citizens enjoying the fruits of Western culture, of which we are part," he added.

Since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Canada has seen a sharp rise in antisemitism, with B’nai Brith Canada reporting 6,219 incidents in 2024 — more than double the number recorded in 2022.

While figures for 2025 have yet to be released, Public Safety Canada noted that from April to June 2025, "Among hate crimes targeting religion… the majority were directed at the Jewish community (69%)."

CANADA’S CARNEY UNDER PRESSURE TO ACT AFTER SYNAGOGUES SHOT AT IN LATEST ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS

Canadian Jewish communities are "extremely concerned" about a surge in antisemitism, a reality conveyed by Israeli officials both privately and publicly to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government.

"We are aware of extreme concern among Jewish communities in Canada about their safety and well-being, both as individuals and as communities, including their institutions," Israeli Ambassador to Ottawa Ido Moed told Fox News Digital. "Israel views the recent attacks against synagogues as very serious and considers Canada among the high-risk countries in terms of shooting incidents."

Moed said Israel has offered to expand cooperation with Canada across areas including education and security coordination, and has initiated roundtable discussions on policy, regulation and best practices.

U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Yehuda Kaploun told Fox News Digital at Auschwitz that leadership accountability is critical to confronting antisemitism.

"It is incumbent upon law enforcement in various countries to designate terrorist organizations, as we have done with certain aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The world should do so collectively, and America is leading the way in that battle," Kaploun said.

Earlier this month, shots were fired at a Jewish-owned restaurant in Toronto during Passover. In March, Israel’s minister of Diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, sent a letter urging Ottawa to increase efforts to protect Jewish communities after three synagogues in the Toronto area were hit by gunfire within just one week.

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Richard Marceau, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and general counsel at the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, noted that Jewish Canadians are 25 times more likely than any other group to be victims of hate crimes.

"What we have seen in Canada is an all-level systemic failure to address Jew-hatred," he told Fox News Digital.

"Confronting this crisis is essential not only to protect the Jewish community, but to safeguard the future of the Canadian way of life," he continued. "All levels of government must do more to protect Canadians, including ensuring robust and consistent enforcement of existing laws, improving transparency in prosecutorial decisions, strengthening support – including financially – for community security, and addressing the drivers of radicalization in Canada."

SanJaya Wijayakoon, an RCMP superintendent in Vancouver who joined a global law enforcement delegation on the March of the Living, said engagement with the Jewish community is central to policing.

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"A big part of our work is to build contacts and maintain strong relationships through which we can receive information, provide advice and guidance on ensuring safety, and, if something crosses the line into criminality, investigate it fully," he said.

"I think as the years pass, fewer and fewer people within the police understand what happened in 1945 in Europe. Being in this program and on this march allows us to return and speak to our people about what I learned and observed, and they can apply it in their day-to-day work," he added.

Sylvan Adams, president of the World Jewish Congress Israel Region, pointed to the recent synagogue shootings in Toronto and criticized the government's response as insufficient.

"I would like to see the prime minister properly define the problem and stop pussyfooting around, pretending radical Islam does not exist," Adams said.

"We are under attack. Foreign actors are operating in Western countries in three areas: they are sending radical imams into mosques, they are investing massive amounts of money in educational systems and they are targeting us on social media. I find the response by Western leaders, with the exception of President Trump, to be entirely lacking," he said.

"Everyone in the West needs to wake up. They are trying to take away our freedom. It starts with the Jews but never ends with the Jews," he added.

Police in London are on the hunt Wednesday for two masked suspects behind an attempted arson attack on a synagogue that is being treated as an "antisemitic hate crime." 

The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police said the individuals, who were wearing "dark clothing and balaclavas," approached the synagogue in the Finchley neighborhood shortly after midnight Wednesday and "threw two bottles, suspected to contain petrol, and a brick at the building." 

"We are aware of the significant concern that this incident will cause in the community, particularly in the wake of the arson attack in Golders Green last month," Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams said. "We are working with the affected synagogue and continuing to meet with community leaders." 

"I would like to reassure the community that we take incidents of this nature extremely seriously and detectives are working urgently to identify the suspects," he added. 

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Police said neither bottle ignited and no damage or injuries were reported. 

British prosecutors earlier this month charged three suspects — ages 17, 19 and 20 — in an alleged arson attack targeting Jewish community ambulances in north London. 

The March 23 incident unfolded at around 1:45 a.m. in the Golders Green neighborhood, where four ambulances operated by a volunteer emergency service serving the Jewish community were deliberately set ablaze in a synagogue parking lot.

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In the latest incident, the Metropolitan Police said no arrests have been made as of Wednesday afternoon local time. 

"If you have any CCTV, dash cam footage or information that could help officers please contact the police," Williams said.

"Residents can expect to see a heightened police presence in the area over the coming days. We have brought in additional officers and would urge anyone with concerns to speak to them," he added. 

Fox News Digital’s Sophia Compton contributed to this report. 

By Wayne Allyn Root

President Trump, it’s easy to destroy all the clueless, ignorant, bleeding-heart, communist, hypocritical arguments of Pope Leo.

Simply CHALLENGE HIM!

Be the modern-day Ronald Reagan. Reagan changed the world by standing in front of the Berlin Wall and speaking directly to the Soviet Union leader. Reagan made history by saying forcefully……

“Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”

President Trump needs to travel to Italy, and stand outside the Vatican, in front of the media of the world, and issue this powerful challenge to the Pope…

“Pope Leo, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!”

The Pope is upset at the way President Trump, DHS, ICE, and America treat illegal aliens. The Pope says he loves everyone. To him, no one is illegal. The Pope thinks we should be welcoming illegal aliens by the millions. And of course, he hates our wall.

No problem. Here is the 3-part solution…

First, challenge Pope Leo to knock down those Vatican walls, and start inviting immigrants and migrants from around the globe in. You take care of them all. From now on, Pope, they are all yours!

Make the Vatican grounds look like New York City, or LA, or San Francisco, or Chicago. Good luck.

Liberals (i.e., communists) like Pope Leo love to complain about walls, and gates, and guard houses, and guards with guns…

While they live behind walls, gates, guard houses, and are surrounded by militarized guards with guns.

And those same liberal hypocrites think once someone invades our country, and illegally breaks into our country, it’s now our responsibility to feed and house them for the rest of their lives- even if it bankrupts us.

Even if they murder, rape, and assault innocent Americans. Women and children.

So, here is Part 2 of this powerful challenge…

Once all these millions of poor, unskilled, military-age males and pregnant women are inside the Vatican, Pope Leo, please accept that they are your responsibility for life.

Please acknowledge that the Vatican and the Catholic Church are responsible for them. Forever. You pay their bills. You pay for their welfare, food stamps, housing, free medical, and school for their millions of children. You pay for their police, court, and prison costs.

Dear Pope, if you love them so much, then you pay the bill.

Finally, we come to Part 3 of the challenge to Pope Leo…

President Trump needs to announce that the USA will start deporting millions of our illegal aliens to the Vatican. We don’t want them, and you claim you do, so here’s your chance, Pope. Let’s test if your actions match your words.

From now on, they’re yours.

Our first deportation flights will take off for the Vatican tomorrow. Are you in?

If the Pope is such a fan of illegal aliens…and migrants from Muslim countries…and MS-13…and terrorists…and drug traffickers…and pedophiles…and murderers…and rapists…

And if the Pope thinks we are “mean, heartless Americans” for not wanting to pay for them…and feed them…and for wanting them gone…

Then, from now on, he can take in our millions of illegal immigrants and migrants at the Vatican.

Call his bluff, President Trump.

The big-mouth, clueless, communist, hypocrite Pope can say all the nice things he wants about migrants, and felons, and illegal invaders, but he says it all from afar…surrounded by big walls, and guarded by heavily-armed militarized guards- the Vatican Army.

That’s rich.

Who does he think he is? Barack Obama? Nancy Pelosi? Joe Biden? Illinois Governor JB Pritzker? California Governor Gavin Newsom? Kamala Harris? Hillary Clinton?

All these powerful Democrats live just like the Pope.

In mansions, behind walls and gates, and protected by armed guards. They never see or touch illegal aliens. There are no homeless tents and drug addicts sleeping on the lawn inside their gates. These filthy rich DEmocrat hypocrites all ride in limos and fly private jets. Their children go to fancy, all-white, private schools that cost $60,000 a year.

Just like Pope Leo, the only migrants they ever see are cleaning their toilets or mowing their lawns.

It’s easy to criticize others who have to actually live with the “unwashed, unhoused” masses of migrants, a large percentage of whom are criminals, when you fly above in your private jet, or drive by in your limo, or watch from afar, inside your gated mansion.

It’s really easy to tell others to pay for their bills when the Vatican and the Catholic Church don’t have to pay a dime. The money comes from American taxpayers- and by the way, Pope, millions of those taxpayers are your Catholic parishioners.

And it’s also easy to tell us to accept millions of illegals when you’ve conned and scammed the U.S. government into handing Catholic Charities billions of dollars annually to help bring illegals into the USA.

In other words…what a SCAM you’ve got going, Pope…

American taxpayers pay the bills, and you get paid. And the more illegals who break into our country, the more money the Catholic Church makes.

So, from now on, Pope Leo, they are yours, and their bills are yours. Forever. They’re your responsibility.

Please accept President Trump’s challenge…

“Pope Leo, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.”

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The US Military on Tuesday released audio of US Naval officers patrolling the Gulf of Oman and warning other vessels that try to breach blockade.

“U.S. naval vessels are on patrol in the Gulf of Oman as CENTCOM continues to execute a U.S. blockade on ships entering and departing Iranian ports. U.S. forces are present, vigilant, and ready to ensure compliance,” CENTCOM said.

“After implementing the blockade on ships entering and departing Iranian ports, American forces halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea. U.S. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen remain positioned and ready to act against any vessels seeking to violate the blockade,” CENTCOM said.

“The US has announced a formal blockade of Iranian ports in coastal areas,” a Naval officer says.

“This is illegal action. All vessels are advised to immediately return to port if leaving, and discontinue transit to Iran if that is your next port of call, do not attempt to breach the blockade,” he said.

“Vessels will be boarded for interdiction and seizure transiting to or from an Iranian port,” the officer said.

“Turn around and prepare to be boarded. If you do not comply with this blockade, we will use force. The whole of the United States Navy is ready to force compliance,” he said.

WATCH:

On Monday, President Trump announced a US Naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz after peace negotiations stalled.

“The United States to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports on April 13 at 10:00 A.M. ET. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT” Trump said on Truth Social.

The Gateway Pundit reported on Sunday, President Trump had already ordered the U.S. Navy to BLOCK “any and all ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz effective immediately” after Iran defied his nuclear demands and continued their terrorist extortion racket on the world’s energy supply.

CENTCOM confirmed the blockade: Starting at 10 a.m. ET today, U.S. forces will implement a full blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, including every single Iranian port on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations. Freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian ports will continue, but the terror regime’s ports are now effectively shut down.

The US Naval blockade was implemented after Vice President JD Vance announced no deal had been reached with Iran after a 21-hour marathon negotiations.

Here is the US’s ‘red line’ list according to Semafor (It is unclear if any points were agreed upon):

– End all uranium enrichment
– Dismantle all major nuclear enrichment facilities
– Retrieve highly enriched uranium
– Accept a broader peace, security and de-escalation framework that includes regional allies
– End funding for terrorist proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis
– Fully open the Strait of Hormuz, charging no tolls for passage

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Critics accuse Liberal government of half-measures.

As the war in Iran seems to be winding down, energy prices around the world continue to spike, and governments look for ways out of this predicament.

As for Canada, the Liberal government will suspend the ​federal fuel excise tax ‌on gasoline and diesel in the period from April 20 to ​September 7.

Yesterday (14), Prime Minister Mark Carney said the measure is to help ​consumers and businesses deal ⁠with rising prices.

Carney government to temporarily suspend federal gas tax starting next week https://t.co/jupvZzWlgU

— CTV News (@CTVNews) April 14, 2026

Reuters reported:

“’(This) is a responsible measure that will ​reduce operating costs ​for truckers and businesses in the ‌food, ⁠agriculture, housing, construction, and delivery sectors’, he said. The measure is ​expected ​to ⁠reduce the cost of regular gasoline ​by 10 cents ​a ⁠liter and diesel by four cents a liter, ⁠he ​added.”

Mark Carney’s announcement that there would be a temporary suspension of the fuel excise tax on gas and diesel is a step in the right direction, the province’s truckers say. https://t.co/NXaMIMHqWl

— CityNews Vancouver (@CityNewsVAN) April 15, 2026

But while the measures are being welcomed, experts say they don’t go far enough.

Toronto Sun reported:

“While the move may spell some temporarily relief for motorists, gas analyst Dan McTeague told the Toronto Sun it doesn’t go far enough if the Carney Liberals truly cared about affordability.

‘I’m not sure how dropping four cents, with the HST, is going to alleviate what has been a tremendous increase in the price of diesel’, he said. […] ‘The bigger issue is that it should’ve been widened — both the federal government continuing to charge GST and the province’s portion of eight per cent on the higher price’, he said. ‘That’s the real money — that’s where the government continues to make and offset any potential loss in revenue by doing this’.”

McTeague stressed that ‘unaffordable government policies’ weigh heavily in what Canadians pay at the pumps.

“’It isn’t the excise tax — it’s the GST, it’s the weak Canadian dollar that no longer has the status of being a ‘petro-dollar’ as a result of blocking pipelines for 10 years’, McTeague said. ‘The very green net-zero policies this government are pursuing is the real culprit of driving up the costs of everything’.

[…] ‘(Carney) says he’s doing it for good reasons — well, prove it: Suspend the GST, which is what I would have done in this case, because 13% on $2.40 per liter for diesel is 28, 29 cents per liter, not four cents. That’s the real elephant in the room’, McTeague said.”

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Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House on Wednesday, April 15.

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Archaeologists found well-preserved historical artifacts at the bottom of a Swiss lake not too far off the shoreline of Zurich, Switzerland.

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