https://hotair.com/feedHotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usSun, 05 Apr 2026 01:45:51 -0400<![CDATA[May all of our readers have a happy and blessed Easter celebration today! We would also like to wish our Jewish readers a belated, blessed Passover, which began on Wednesday.]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Sunday Reflection]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/05/a-happy-and-blessed-easter-to-all-our-hot-air-readers-n3813550<![CDATA[UPDATED ALREADY!&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:59:15 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/04/multiple-reports-that-f-15-weapons-systems-officer-rescued-after-massive-firefight-still-unconfirmed-n3813575<![CDATA[There is a new, more coherent post now that the news that the pilot is safe has been confirmed.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:15:51 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/04/f-15-wso-reported-recovered-after-special-forces-battle-irgc-n3813574<![CDATA[In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings, sometimes all of our tabs are misgiven ...]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:44 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/04/saturdays-final-word-n3813569<![CDATA[Did Donald Trump accelerate his ultimatum deadline? A new post on Truth Social claims that a series of strikes within the last hour or two has decapitated Iran's military leadership:]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:00:13 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/04/breaking-trump-posts-video-claims-irans-military-leadership-just-went-up-in-smoke-n3813573<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The University of Southern California canceled its gubernatorial debate 24 hours before it was to start. Why? The six candidates who qualified under polling and fundraising metrics were -- gasp! -- all white. Democrat candidates of color immediately accused USC of excluding "candidates of color."]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Larry Elder]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]>https://hotair.com/larry-elder/2026/04/04/californias-think-alike-dems-cancel-debate-over-lack-of-diversity-n3813555<![CDATA[For all the "Death of America" and Great Satan crap the Iranian leadership shout, it turns out that a large number of their children and relatives have been living the high life in Western countries.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/04/rubio-has-niece-of-qasem-soleimani-arrested-and-will-expel-she-had-green-card-n3813571<![CDATA[One of the most fascinating aspects of Trump Derangement Syndrome is that its sufferers become the exact thing they claim that Trump is.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:30:20 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[France]]><![CDATA[Germany]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[NATO]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/04/germany-restricts-travel-for-all-men-17-45-requires-permission-from-army-to-leave-germany-n3813561<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Stossel]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[Social Security]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/john-stossel/2026/04/04/you-dont-own-me-n3813554<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Moore]]><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]>https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2026/04/04/lets-kill-cancer-n3813553<![CDATA["Goodnight, now it's time to go home," then he makes it fast with one more tab ...&nbsp;]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Military]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/03/fridays-final-word-n3813558<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; One month into Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a long-overdue conversation has finally broken into the open: What, exactly, is the enduring rationale for NATO? For decades, this question has been treated in Washington foreign policy circles as heretical. But it isn't. And to their credit, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are now saying so plainly.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://hotair.com/josh-hammer/2026/04/03/what-exactly-is-the-purpose-of-nato-in-the-year-2026-n3813557<![CDATA[Today's Good Friday Gospel reading is John 18:1—19:42:]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Sunday Reflection]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/03/it-is-finished-a-good-friday-reflection-n3813552<![CDATA[Well, who would have guessed that France would wave the white flag and cut a deal with our enemy?]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:47 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron]]><![CDATA[France]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/03/france-struck-a-deal-with-iran-over-strait-of-hormuz-n3813559<![CDATA[I found this chirpy, optimistic take on a site that enthusiastically advocates for "green energy.']]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:30:40 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Green Energy]]><![CDATA[Iowa]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/03/clean-green-has-a-clean-up-problem-n3813549<![CDATA[Demand Justice is a progressive advocacy group that's focused, as the name suggests, on stacking the courts with liberal judges. This year, the group is sending out a warning designed to activate the left-wing base of their party in time for the midterms. The warning is that President Trump could still replace one or two more Justices on the Supreme Court.]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:55 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Justice Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Justice Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/03/demand-justice-warns-trump-could-fill-two-more-scotus-vacancies-n3813556<![CDATA[Tick. Tick. Tick.&nbsp;On March 26th, after communications between whatever is left of pliable Iranian regime leadership and negotiators inside the Trump administration, a request was made of President Trump. The Iranians said they've gifted a total of 30 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and according to Trump, they don't fundamentally disagree with most of the items on his 15-point demand list. But Iran was begging for time to be able to take care of things internally in order to make a deal with which they could comply. A week is what they asked for. Trump gave them ten days.What is at stake if no deal is reached within that ten-day grace period? As the Pat Travers Band sang, ironically, in 1979, Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights). Civilian infrastructure - electrical grid, roads/bridges, possibly even oil infrastructure, could and/or would be taken out. That deadline is rapidly approaching. On April 6th, if the regime remnants dither away their last chance to surrender and live through this month, Iran might very well become Flintstonistan by Tax Day.There are many different stories floating around American media that show a variety of options being presented to President Trump for a limited ground force incursion - whether it be to extract the enriched uranium Iran squirreled away, or to take Kharg Island, the floating gas dock at the top of the Persian Gulf, and shut down Iran's sole source of international trade and revenue until they roll over. Trump himself, over the years, going way back into the 80's, has said if Iran didn't play ball, he would take Kharg Island or just wipe it out entirely. Both options remain very much on the table.&nbsp;In the last week, however, Donald Trump, at least publicly, indicated he's had a shift in thinking on what to do about the lack of oil tankers navigating through the Strait of Hormuz. A few weeks ago, it seemed a fait accompli that U.S. and Israeli forces, alone if necessary, would reopen the Strait forthwith. However, after European nations that are part of our NATO alliance balked, even though oil passing through the Strait impacts them much more than it does in the States, the President said we might not get sucked into opening the Strait after all. He said in his address to the nation that we're achieving all the goals that were originally on our list, we're ahead of schedule, in fact, and if the world wanted Hormuz to reopen, have at it and do it yourself once we're done.&nbsp;While that ambiguity continues, this Trump ten-day hourglass keeps leaking sand. Four days from now, Iran has to surrender or else. Donald Trump stated from the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon that we, the U.S. and Israelis, are running out of military targets to hit. What does that leave? Well, by today, that's no longer in much question. But before we cover what's to come in Week Six, it seems appropriate to compile a list of accomplishments just in the last few days of Week Five. I've organized them using noun rules (person, place, and/or thing).It was another very bad week for leaders in the military junta running the country. I've given up hope on Iran ever showing proof of life of Khamenei 2.0, Cardboard Mojtaba, allegedly the Supreme Leader at the head of Iran's theocratic regime. I believe he is deader than Nickelback. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have more viability than Khalemeni the Second does, and the Angels might not win 70 games this season. Former President Joe Biden has a brighter political future than the purported religious leader of Iran, and Joe's got one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel. Everyone knows there is a dwindling number of IRGC commanders and generals, past and present, who are trying to hold the regime together. Here's a roster of confirmed kills since last weekend.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Duane Patterson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/04/03/donald-trump-whos-ready-for-flintstonistan-n3813514<![CDATA[Well, this isn't good. It appears that Iran got a lucky shot in and took down what appears to be an F-15.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:05:44 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Axios]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/03/report-iran-shoots-down-f-15-n3813551<![CDATA[A blessed Good Friday to all of our readers! A good Friday it turned out to be for Wall Street, too. Today's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics blew past expectations, where analysts expected a modest bump up after a negative result in February. Instead, the US economy added 178,000 jobs in March, the best month in well over a year:]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:40:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Tariffs]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/03/boom-us-adds-178000-jobs-in-march-n3813547<![CDATA[We are pleased to present this guest essay from&nbsp;Christopher Barron, a conservative strategist and the President of Right Turn Strategies. We present guest essays on occasion to further debate and discourse on important topics.&nbsp;As always, the opinions expressed by the guest author do not necessarily represent those of Hot Air or Townhall Media. &nbsp;]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/03/irans-future-wont-be-crowned-it-will-be-won-n3813527