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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth assured Americans on Saturday that President Donald Trump is "dialed in" to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and asserted that this is not an "autopen moment" for the president.Hegseth told "Fox and Friends": "The American people can be assured that President Trump is dialed in. This is not an autopen moment. We had that where the world saw our gaze distracted or not paying attention at all. President Trump is dialed in. I get to see it every single day. He knows every single dynamic of what's going on here, and I'll tell

Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky’s slump continued on Friday night with the team’s third straight loss and seventh of the season, this time against the Atlanta Dream.   Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca said earlier this week that the team would need to see more production out of the former LSU star, but Reese struggled to turn things around in the 88-70 loss that saw the Dream’s Rhyne Howard drop a season-high of 36 points and a career-high nine three-pointers. "We’ve got to do a better job of stopping the bleeding as it’s going," head coach Tyler Marsh told reporters after the game. CLICK

A senior Israeli intelligence official exclusively told Fox News on Saturday, "We have more surprises coming up" for Iran following the initial wave of strikes during "Operation Rising Lion." The high-ranking source, speaking to Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst, said Israeli intelligence projected Iran would have an arsenal of 8,000 ballistic missiles over the next two years and that this was part of the reason a decision was made to launch the operation. Right now, Israel believes Iran has about 2,000 missiles.   "We cannot end this operation knowing that we will be in the same spot two years from

The 81st anniversary of the famous U.S.-led D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, was recently commemorated.Less well-known are the battles during the days and weeks that followed in Normandy, which helped secure the massive beachhead, so the allies could go on and defeat Nazi Germany in World II.One of those clashes was at a bridge over a small river near the town of Sainte-Mère-Église. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division landed near there early on the morning of June 6, 1944. They had to hold the position against Germans threatening American forces who came ashore at Utah beach, one of the main

Archaeologists recently made numerous "spectacular" discoveries at a long-forgotten temple to an Ancient Greek god, according to local officials.The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus shared a Facebook post about the latest excavation on April 28. The site, the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa, was first discovered in the 19th century before it was subsequently lost, the group said.Apollo, the god of archery and the son of Zeus, was venerated both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. He was one of the 12 Olympian deities in Greek mythology, said to have lived upon Mount Olympus along with his father Zeus and

In an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) senior advisor Kari Lake confirmed that Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian news service is ramping up coverage as tensions between Iran and Israel intensify."History is being made, and VOA Persian news service is rising to the occasion to cover it," Lake said Friday."Farsi language is a statutorily required for USAGM. We are ramping up — as we’ve always planned to do — to meet this historic moment," she continued. "Everyone who is being called back has been on paid administrative leave, so they are simply being

Victor Perez's time on the notoriously challenging Oakmont golf course Friday proved to be memorable. The French golfer carded a rare ace during second-round competition at the U.S. Open.It was just the second hole-in-one on record in a U.S. Open at Pennsylvania's Oakmont Country Club. Perez aced on the par-3 sixth hole Friday, using a 7-iron to hit the shot from 192 yards.The ball bounced a few times before eventually rolling roughly three feet into the cup.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAn animated Perez raised his arms before giving his caddie a chest bump. Perez also celebrated with

ESPN star Stephen A. Smith slammed Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., on Friday after the lawmaker disrupted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference, which led to him being forcibly removed and handcuffed."Here you have this Sen. Alex Padilla – Can Kristi Noem speak? Could you have waited till she finished to ask your questions, to shout your questions?" he said on "The Stephen A. Smith Show.""You are a senator, right? You couldn't wait? So that was just you out of control because you were just losing it, huh. You, a United States senator, couldn't compose yourself and