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Iran’s Khamenei warns of ‘strong blow’ as Trump threatens to drop bombs, Putin silent on US ire

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Furious comments issued by President Donald Trump over the weekend prompted a swift and aggressive response from Iran, while Russian President Vladimir Putin remains tight-lipped in the face of the U.S. leader’s ire.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, issued a warning on Monday and said it would respond «decisively and immediately» to any threat issued by the U.S. after Trump said there «will be bombing» and likely more tariffs if Tehran does not agree to a nuclear deal with Washington. 

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«The enmity from the U.S. and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief, they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow,» Khamenei said according to a Reuters report.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One before arriving at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Mar. 28, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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«And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,» he added.

Despite Iran’s refusal and warning directed at both the U.S. and Israel, Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Khamenei’s comments are an attempt to «buy time» while balancing growing external and internal pressures on his regime.

«At once, Khamenei sought to both downplay the chances of President Trump or Israel taking military action while also looking to deter such an eventuality due to the regime’s own policies,» he told Fox News Digital. «This is a tightrope Khamenei will increasingly be forced to walk as he plays for time and engages in nuclear escalation.

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«U.S. policy should be to keep Khamenei off balance,» he added.

While Iran takes an offensive stance against Trump and his ambitions to finally bring Tehran to heel on its nuclear expansion, Russia is taking a different approach as it refuses to bow to Trump’s plans to see an end to the war in Ukraine. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran. (Dmitry AZAROV / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Over the weekend, Trump said he was «pissed off» over comments made by Putin on Friday when he suggested the work Washington was doing to negotiate a ceasefire with Russia and Ukraine was moot because he believes the government in Kyiv to be illegitimate and therefore cannot sign any deals. 

«If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault … I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,» Trump said, noting that tariffs could be as high as 50%. 

The president later said his ire could «dissipate quickly» if Putin «does the right thing,» and once again noted he has «a very good relationship with [Putin].»

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However, the Kremlin chief, who reportedly has another call scheduled with Trump this week, has not responded to Trump’s heated comments.

The chief spokesman for Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said on Monday that Russia will continue to work on «restoring» relations with Washington that he said were «damaged by the Biden administration» following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and noted that Putin remains in «open contact» with Trump.

However, Putin’s lack of public response and the toned-down statements from the Kremlin are all part of Putin’s broader strategy, former DIA intelligence officer and Russia expert, Rebekah Koffler, told Fox News Digital.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, D.C., on Mar. 30, 2025, when he said he was «pissed off» at Russian President Vladimir Putin. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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«Putin, like Trump, thrives on confrontation,» Koffler said. «Except his approach is different. The Kremlin deliberately is projecting that Putin is cool, calm, and collected now, which he is. 

«The fact that President Trump reportedly got mad and used those words means to Putin that he finally got to him, the way he got to Biden, Obama, and others who called him a killer and other derogatory words,» she continued. 

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«Putin now feels that not only Russia has an upper hand on the battlefield over Ukraine and in terms of total combat potential over NATO, but he also was able to unbalance Trump,» Koffler explained. «That is the whole point – it’s a judo move.» 


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El cuestionado servicio anti inmigrantes de EE.UU. se encargará de la seguridad durante el Mundial de Fútbol: temen arrestos y deportaciones de fans

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La fuerza especial del gobierno de Donald Trump que se encarga de arrestar inmigrantes indocumentados en Estados Unidos estará activa y será “clave” para la seguridad de la Copa del Mundo que comienza en junio en este país, dijo un funcionario del área, una decisión que pone en alerta a los asistentes del evento que convoca a cientos de miles de personas.

En una declaración ante un panel en el Congreso el martes, Todd Lyons, director interino de la Fuerza de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo que esta organización es una “parte clave” del Mundial.

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Lyons fue convocado ante la Cámara de Representantes para que respondiera preguntas sobre el accionar del ICE, que viene siendo muy cuestionado por detenciones arbitrarias, uso excesivo de la fuerza contra inmigrantes y también contra ciudadanos estadounidenses que manifiestan contra las violaciones a los derechos humanos.

Uno de los legisladores del panel era la representante demócrata Nellie Pou, del distrito de New Jersey que incluye el MetLife Stadium en East Rutherford, el estadio con capacidad para 82.5000 espectadores donde se disputarán ocho partidos del torneo, incluyendo la final y seis partidos de fase de grupo.

«ICE, específicamente en las investigaciones de seguridad nacional, es una parte clave del aparato general de seguridad para la Copa del Mundo», dijo Lyons, sobre el evento que se llevará a cabo entre el 11 de junio y 19 de julio. «Estamos comprometidos a asegurar esa operación y a garantizar la seguridad de todos los participantes y visitantes.»

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ICE suele proporcionar inteligencia y seguridad en eventos deportivos internacionales. Agentes de esa fuerza asisten actualmente a los Juegos Olímpicos en Italia, una medida que ha provocado protestas en Milán, aunque no tienen autoridad para llevar a cabo operaciones fuera de Estados Unidos y no intentarán hacerlo, según han dicho las autoridades.

En el Congreso, la legisladora Pou le dijo a Lyons que la presencia de ICE sería perjudicial para el torneo.

«¿Se da cuenta de que si (los fans) sienten que van a ser encarcelados injustamente, expulsados injustamente, eso va a perjudicar todo este proceso?» preguntó Pou. «Espero que te des cuenta.»

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Todd Lyons, director interino del ICE, este miércoles ante un comité del Congreso de EE.UU. Foto: AP

En respuesta, Lyons dijo: «ICE está comprometido a garantizar que todos los que visiten las instalaciones tengan un evento seguro y protegido.»

Era la primera vez que Lyons testificaba en una audiencia desde los asesinatos de Renee Good y Alex Pretti, dos ciudadanos estadounidenses que protestaban contra la política antiinmigrante del gobierno de Trump, a manos de agentes federales estadounidenses en Minneapolis el mes pasado.

ICE había sido objeto previamente de fuerte polémica debido al aumento de las represiones en varias ciudades, incluida Minneapolis. Esta fuerza no solo ha arrestado a inmigrantes indocumentados (mayormente latinos) que hayan cometido delitos sino que también se lleva detenidos a inmigrantes que tienen sus papeles en regla o están en trámite, según denuncias de organismos.

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Estos hechos, junto con las recientes amenazas de Trump de comprar o controlar Groenlandia, han despertado algunas sugerencias de boicot a la competencia por parte de algunas autoridades en Europa relacionadas con ese deporte, pero no ha prosperado ninguna iniciativa.

El grupo internacional de aficionados Football Supporters Europe (FSE) declaró que está «extremadamente preocupado por la militarización continua de las fuerzas policiales en EE.UU.»

Sin embargo, el Departamento de Seguridad Interior (Homeland Security) dijo en enero que los agentes de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE.UU. trabajarán para «ofrecer una experiencia de clase mundial, fluida y segura para todos los viajeros y participantes en la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026.»

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El torneo es coorganizado por Estados Unidos, Canadá y México, pero 78 de los 104 partidos se disputarán en Estados Unidos.

Agentes del ICE detienen a una manifestante durante una redada en Minneapolis. Foto: AP

Algunos alcaldes de las ciudades sedes, como Andre Dickens de Atlanta, expresó su esperanza de que la presencia de ICE fuera «imperceptible» y «quizá inexistente» durante el torneo. Dickens añadió que tan pronto como cualquier actividad federal de aplicación de la ley se conociera en la ciudad, su administración notificaría al público y a las empresas.

En una entrevista con Clarín, la portavoz del Departamento de Estado Natalia Molano había dicho días atrás que “Estados Unidos sigue siendo un país abierto al turismo. La diferencia es para personas que no están siguiendo las leyes que ya existen de inmigración”.

La funcionaria aseguró: “Estamos listos para asegurarnos de que todo el Mundial en Estados Unidos sea una oportunidad para demostrar nuestra hospitalidad y que la gente se divierta con mucha seguridad”.

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La Selección argentina tendrá su centro de operaciones en Kansas City, Missouri, y jugará allí un partido, mientras que tendrá otros dos encuentros en Dallas. Según Deportation Data Project, en las últimas semanas han aumentado significativamente las operaciones de arresto en el área metropolitana de Kansas City. El número de detenciones se ha incrementado un 76 % en el estado de Missouri en 2025 en comparación con el año anterior Y uno de cada tres arrestos ocurrieron en el área metropolitana de Kansas City.

En Dallas, más de 12.000 personas fueron arrestadas por agentes de ICE en 2025, según un análisis del Dallas Morning News, que resaltó que el 62% de los arrestados en esa ciudad no habían sido condenados por delitos.

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Western Hemisphere defense chiefs convene after border drone scare prompts airspace closure

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Top U.S. military leaders are hosting more than 30 nations in Washington as the Trump administration moves to deepen security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere, prioritizing border control, drug trafficking and regional threats from global adversaries. 

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«To put America First, we must put the Americas First,» War Secretary Pete Hegseth said, according to remarks shared by Joseph Humire, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Homeland Defense and the Americas. 

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«We must work together to prevent any adversary or criminal actor from exploiting your territory or using your infrastructure to threaten what a great former American president, Teddy Roosevelt, once called ‘permanent peace in this hemisphere.’»

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The meeting, convened by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, comes amid a broader national security strategy that places heightened emphasis on threats closer to home: from fentanyl pipelines and transnational criminal networks to Arctic competition and instability in Venezuela.

The conference also coincides with U.S. action against Mexican cartel drones that breached American airspace near El Paso, Texas.

An administration official told Fox News that «Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace. The Department of War took action to disable the drones. The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel.»

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Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is hosting a meeting for the Western Hemisphere defense chiefs in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP)

The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily restricted flights in and out of El Paso International Airport for what it described as «special security reasons.» Federal officials have not released operational details, but the administration official said the action was directly tied to counter-drone measures along the southern border.

The incident underscores the growing use of unmanned systems by cartel networks and the increasing overlap between traditional criminal activity and homeland defense concerns — a theme expected to surface in discussions among defense leaders gathered in Washington.

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Top military leaders from Denmark, Britain and France, nations that have territory in the western hemisphere, have also been invited, according to The New York Times.

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Gen. Francis Donovan, the new chief of Southern Command, which oversees Latin American and Caribbean operations, is expected to press regional counterparts to intensify cooperation against drug-trafficking organizations and transnational criminal groups that operate across borders and increasingly leverage advanced technology. U.S. officials have warned that cartel networks are using drones, encrypted communications and sophisticated smuggling routes to move narcotics and personnel.

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Video shows a kinetic strike on a narco-terror vessel in international waters from Wednesday, Dec. 31. The strikes come amid broader military pressure in the region following high-profile security actions. (U.S. Southern Command via X)

Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, the head of U.S. Northern Command, which leads homeland and north of the U.S. defense including Greenland, is reportedly expected to talk about border controls and integration of advanced sensors across air, land, sea and space domains. 

Arctic security also us likely to feature prominently in discussions. The administration has pointed to increased Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic as a long-term strategic concern and has emphasized the importance of Greenland’s geographic position for missile warning, maritime access and critical mineral resources.

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Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by U.S. forces in January in a high-stakes operation and is now facing federal drug-trafficking charges in the United States. The capture has reshaped U.S. security discussions in the Western Hemisphere. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)

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The summit comes on the heels of the dramatic U.S. military capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in early January after months of counternarcotics boat strikes. 

As the hemisphere’s security landscape continues shifting, defense officials and regional allies alike will be watching to see how other governments with hostile policies toward the U.S. respond to Washington’s increasingly assertive posture.

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Russia agrees to abide by expired New START nuclear arms limits — as long as US does the same

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Russia has reportedly agreed to abide by the limits of a nuclear arms pact it reached with the U.S. years ago after the agreement expired last week — as long as Washington does the same.

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The New START Treaty’s expiration, which occurred on Feb. 5, leaves the nations with the two largest atomic arsenals with no restrictions for the first time in more than a half-century, The Associated Press reported. The expiration has fueled fears of a possible unconstrained nuclear arms race.

In September, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would abide by the nuclear arms deal for another year after its expiration date as long as the U.S. followed suit, the AP reported. However, President Donald Trump has said he wanted China to be part of a new pact, something that Beijing has rejected, according to the AP.

«Rather than extend ‘NEW START’ (A badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything else, is being grossly violated), we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future,» Trump wrote on Truth Social upon the treaty’s expiration.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage, Alaska. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

In response to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the now-expired treaty, the White House pointed to the president’s Truth Social post.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to lawmakers about the treaty, saying Moscow would «act in a responsible and balanced way on the basis of analysis of the U.S. military policies,» the AP reported.

Lavrov added that «we have reason to believe that the United States is in no hurry to abandon these limits and that they will be observed for the foreseeable future.»

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A rocket is launched as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in Russia on Dec. 9, 2020. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

«We will closely monitor how things are actually unfolding,» Lavrov said. «If our American colleagues’ intention to maintain some kind of cooperation on this is confirmed, we will work actively on a new agreement and consider the issues that have remained outside strategic stability agreements.»

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The New START Treaty was signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, and was entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011. 

The treaty gave the U.S. and Russia until Feb. 5, 2018, to meet the central limits on strategic offensive arms. The treaty caps each side at 700 deployed ICBMs, SLBMs and nuclear-capable heavy bombers; 1,550 deployed warheads; and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers and bombers. The parties were then obligated to maintain the limits as long as the treaty remained in force, which it did until last week.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting on Ukraine, in Anchorage, Alaska,, Aug. 15, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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The expiration of the treaty comes just after a meeting involving U.S. and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi. Axios previously reported that the two nations were closing in on a deal to observe the treaty for at least six months after its expiration. The outlet added that during the six-month period there would be negotiations for a new deal.

The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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