The White House has reportedly obtained intelligence that Iran's new supreme leader could be gay, sparking a hilarious response from President Donald Trump.

Trump reportedly burst into laughter after being briefed that Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, according to the New York Post.

Notably, homosexual conduct is a capital offense in Iran.

Others found it amusing as well, including a senior intelligence official who "has not stopped laughing about it for days," the Post reported.

Mojtaba's late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a targeted airstrike conducted by the United States and Israel, reportedly had reservations about his son's suitability to lead Iran due to his potential homosexuality.

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Two intelligence sources told the Post that Mojtaba had a "long-term sexual relationship" with his childhood tutor, while another intelligence source said he had an affair "with a person who formerly worked for the Khamenei family."

Education in Iran is almost always strictly segregated by gender with very limited exceptions.

Although American intelligence agencies don't have photographic evidence to confirm Mojtaba's alleged homosexuality, one source said the intel was "derived from one of the most protected sources the government has."

"The fact that this was elevated to the highest of high levels shows you there's some confidence in this," another source told the Post.

The White House did not provide comment to Blaze News.

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Notably, homosexual conduct is a capital offense in Iran, with some gay Iranians having been publicly executed.

"If there was ever a time where it was OK to out somebody, it would be when it's a leader of a repressive Islamic theocracy that hangs gay people by cranes," one source told the Post.

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Democrats erupt over Trump's weekend threats against 'fake news' media

As the Iran strikes stretch into a third week, the Trump administration has threatened legacy media outlets over their coverage of the conflict.

On Sunday, President Trump took to Truth Social to blast the legacy media for their "FAKE NEWS" coverage of the last two weeks, suggesting a degree of cooperation between some American media outlets and the Iranian propaganda machine.

'The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES.'

"Iran has long been known as a Master of Media Manipulation and Public Relations. They are Militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at 'feeding' the very appreciative Fake News Media false information. Now, A.I. has become another Disinformation weapon that Iran uses, quite well, considering they are being annihilated by the day," Trump wrote.

Trump gave several examples of the types of imagery and videos he claims are generated by artificial intelligence, including Iranian "Kamikaze Boats shooting at various Ships at Sea," several U.S. refueling planes having been "struck down and badly damaged," and the "USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean."

Trump called these stories "FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I." He further explained of the USS Abraham Lincoln: "Not only was it not burning, it was not even shot at — Iran knows better than to do that!"

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Citing two U.S. officials, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that "five U.S. Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia." The article, which appears to have been updated on Saturday at 12:18 p.m. ET, went on to say that the tankers were "damaged but not fully destroyed."

Trump went on to suggest the severity of punishment that he believes is warranted for the "dissemination of false information": "In a certain way, you can say that those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information! The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they 'win' are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets. The Radical Leftwing Press knows this full well, but continues to go forward with false stories and LIES."

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr made similar statements Saturday, stressing that it was time for the media to "correct course." He also reposted a previous Truth Social post from Trump insisting that "the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (In particular), and other Lowlife 'Papers' and Media actually want us to lose the War. Their terrible reporting is the exact opposite of the actual facts!"

Carr wrote: "Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions — also known as the fake news — have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not."

"Time for change!" he added.

Many of Trump's Democrat opponents and members of the media have since spoken out against his calls for punishing the "fake news" media.

On Friday, CNN chairman and CEO Mark Thompson issued a statement about the outlet's reporting:

We stand by our journalism. Politicians have an obvious motive for claiming that journalism which raises questions about their decisions is false. At CNN our only interest is in telling the truth to our audiences in the U.S. and around the world and no amount of political threats or insults is going to change that.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) weighed in on Carr's post on Saturday: "If Trump doesn't like your coverage of the war, his FCC will pull your broadcast license. That is flagrantly unconstitutional."

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who has been under fire for months over his involvement in a video encouraging military service members and intelligence personnel to "refuse illegal orders," likewise criticized the threats from the Trump administration: "When our nation is at war it is critical that the press is free to report without government interference. It is literally in the Constitution. This is overreach by the FCC because this Administration doesn’t like the microscope and doesn’t want to be held accountable."

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) told Carr: "Take your fascist s**t and shove it."

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Trump demands other nations clear Strait of Hormuz, claims NATO's future at stake

President Donald Trump seeks to enlist the international community in helping the United States clear the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that a lackluster showing by NATO members may place the alliance's future in doubt.

Trump said in a Truth Social post on Saturday, "The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way, but the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help — A LOT!"

'Whatever it takes.'

"The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well," continued Trump. "This should have always been a team effort, and now it will be — It will bring the World together toward Harmony, Security, and Everlasting Peace!"

After the U.S. and Israel again bombed Iran last month, Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in what War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday was an act of "sheer desperation" that people "don't need to worry about."

According to Lloyd's List Intelligence, 16 commercial vessels have been attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the conflict. The attacks, effected largely with surface-to-surface missiles but also with the use of drones and mines, have killed numerous crew members and forced others — at least in the case of the Safeen Prestige, a container ship flying under the flag of Malta — to abandon ship.

The strait's corresponding closure has proven globally consequential, as roughly one-fifth of the world's oil normally transits the strait, which lies between Iran and Oman and links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.

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Energy prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks. The price of Brent crude, for example, was over $100 per barrel ahead of market opening on Monday. U.S. gas prices are reportedly at their highest level since Oct. 7, 2023.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, noted on Sunday, "Americans today will spend $300 million more on gasoline than they did 30 days ago."

On Saturday, Trump specifically expressed hope that China, France, Japan, South Korea, and Britain "will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated."

Trump told the Financial Times the next day that it is "only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there."

"If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response, I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO," added Trump, who told U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 7 that he didn't need the help of British aircraft carriers.

"We have a thing called NATO," Trump told the Times. "We’ve been very sweet. We didn’t have to help them with Ukraine. Ukraine is thousands of miles away from us ... but we helped them. Now we’ll see if they help us. Because I’ve long said that we’ll be there for them but they won’t be there for us. And I’m not sure that they’d be there."

When asked what kind of help is needed, the president said, "Whatever it takes."

It appears that some nations are not in a rush to help.

Japanese Prime Minister Sane Takaichi said her nation, which has begun releasing oil reserves, has yet to make "any decisions whatsoever about dispatching escort ships," reported the Independent.

Australian Transport Minister Catherine King said her country "won't be sending a ship to the Strait of Hormuz," adding that "we know how incredibly important that is, but that’s not something we’ve been asked or we’re contributing to."

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Trump’s prison order draws a line that reality should have drawn first

When the news broke that President Trump followed through on his promise to bar taxpayer-funded gender surgeries in federal prisons, the coverage quickly pivoted to one question: How will this affect transgender-identifying inmates?

As a former inmate — I served five years at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla — I kept thinking about the people the headlines keep skipping: the women forced to endure confinement while male inmates encroach on their privacy.

Women in prison deserve the dignity to heal without being sacrificed to an ideology.

After I did my time, I re-entered civil society and founded a nonprofit to help women build sustainable lives after prison. Not long after I got out, women still inside California’s prison system began calling me with alarming reports: Administrators were moving men into women’s prisons.

At first, I couldn’t believe it. No sane person should view placing males in a women’s prison as a “compassionate” policy. It only makes sense if you ignore what prison actually is — or if you want to impose a sinister ideology no matter who gets hurt.

Some of these males claim a female identity because women’s prisons tend to be less violent than men’s prisons. In some cases, they don’t even claim to be women. They claim to be “nonbinary” and gain admission anyway. These men do not always come with minor offenses or nonviolent histories. Some are rapists. Some are child molesters. Some committed brutal, unthinkable crimes.

For years, Bureau of Prisons policies on transgender health care moved forward with little acknowledgment of the harm they impose on incarcerated women. Women like me watched administrators apply sweeping ideological rules to an environment where the stakes involve physical safety, privacy, and survival.

Under the approach that dominated the last several years, officials treated the feelings and demands of men as more important than the safety and dignity of the women forced to live beside them.

Prison has never been, and never will be, a place for “one-size-fits-all” social experiments. Every decision inside a facility affects real human beings in extremely close quarters. Housing assignments, medical decisions, and institutional accommodations cannot follow slogans or pressure campaigns from outside groups. They must prioritize the safety and well-being of the people who live there.

Anyone who has lived inside prison understands how this plays out on the ground. Women cannot leave their cells without permission. They cannot lock their own doors. They cannot choose their cellmates. They shower under supervision, change clothes in shared spaces, and sleep just feet away from strangers. Many entered prison after surviving domestic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking.

Where is the compassion for those women — women trying to rehabilitate while they relive their trauma?

The system has told them, again and again, that their trauma doesn’t matter, their fear doesn’t matter, and their right to privacy doesn’t matter. Instead, officials tell them to prioritize the identity claims of men. Give an inch and the activists will take a mile — especially when you put men with histories of violence against women and children into living arrangements that involve showers, sleeping quarters, and constant proximity.

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President Trump’s executive order barring taxpayer-funded gender surgeries in federal prisons signals a shift away from treating prisons like laboratories for social experimentation. The order supports women and supports safety.

For incarcerated women, it means they no longer have to watch men receive treatments and accommodations designed to make them “feel like a woman,” while the women themselves lose basic standards of privacy and dignity the moment they enter custody.

Incarcerated people deserve humane treatment. That includes access to medical care, mental health care, and dignity.

But dignity cannot mean denying reality.

If you’ve lived behind the walls, you know what the outside world often forgets: These policies shape the daily lives of thousands of women. Their chance at rehabilitation suffers when officials force them to live in fear, relive trauma, and navigate needless threats of real violence. Women in prison deserve the dignity to heal without being sacrificed to an ideology.

‘Compelled and coerced’: Michael Cohen's allegations about anti-Trump testimony has Letitia James on the hot seat

President Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding the release of all communications between Michael Cohen and New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office after Cohen claims he was “compelled and coerced” to testify against Trump.

Cohen, Trump's former attorney who testified against the president twice, published an article on his Substack in mid-January titled "When Politics Blind Justice." In this piece, Cohen described how government lawyers made him the "key witness" in two cases against Trump.

'In sum, the NYAG is blocking any discovery into, and possibly even preservation of, evidence of the "pressured and coerced" testimony that it used to convince the trial court to enter a wrongful judgment against Defendants.'

"From the time I first began meeting with lawyers from the Manhattan DA's Office and the New York Attorney General's Office in connection with their investigations of President Trump, and through the trials themselves, I felt pressured and coerced to only provide information and testimony that would satisfy the government's desire to build the cases against and secure a judgment and convictions against President Trump," Cohen wrote.

He stated that prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office first approached him in 2019. At that time, Cohen was serving a three-year prison sentence, and he "wanted to do whatever" he could to return home to his family and resume his life. Cohen acknowledged that one of the first questions he posed to prosecutors was how he would benefit from cooperating with them.

He was released in September 2020 and permitted to serve out the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.

"After my release, I continued to meet with prosecutors and hoped that, in exchange for my cooperation, my home confinement and later my supervised release sentence would be shortened," Cohen wrote. "During my time with prosecutors, both in preparation for and during the trials, it was clear they were interested only in testimony from me that would enable them to convict President Trump."

He claimed that prosecutors asked "inappropriate leading questions to elicit answers that supported their narrative."

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Cohen described a similar experience with Attorney General Letitia James' civil case against Trump.

"Letitia James made it publicly known during her 2018 campaign for attorney general that, if elected, she would go after President Trump," Cohen continued. "Her office made clear that the testimony they wanted from me was testimony that would help them do just that. Again, I felt compelled and coerced to deliver what they were seeking."

He accused James and Bragg of sharing "the same playbook" and sacrificing their credibility by blurring "the line between justice and politics."

"You may reasonably ask why I am speaking out now. The answer is simple. I have witnessed firsthand the damage done when prosecutors pick their target first and then seek evidence to fit a predetermined narrative," Cohen added.

A mid-level appeals court in August threw out James' $454 million penalty against Trump, which grew to $500 million with interest. James appealed that decision in September.

In Bragg's case, Trump was convicted on all 34 felony counts in 2024. However, he received an unconditional discharge, meaning that while the convictions stand, he did not face any punishment. Trump has since filed an appeal to have those convictions removed from his record.

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On Wednesday, Trump's attorneys sent a demand letter to James' office, requesting all records of communications with Cohen, the New York Post reported. It is unclear whether a similar request was made to Bragg's office.

Trump's attorneys argued that Cohen's communications with James' prosecutors "would have been vital for Defendants to use in crossexamining" him during the trial, according to the news outlet. They claimed that her office "never produced any of the Cohen Records concerning its meetings with Cohen about President Trump and his businesses, despite Defendants' documented demands that the NYAG do so."

"In emails and a meet-and-confer, the NYAG has taken the untenable position that (i) the NYAG 'doesn't know' whether such Cohen Records exist (i.e., it has no idea whether it has records of its communications with its key witness); (ii) the NYAG will not even take a short amount of time to determine whether it possesses any Cohen Records, apparently because, in the NYAG's mistaken view, discovery is over," Trump's attorneys wrote, the Post reported.

They expressed concern that these records may be "automatically deleted and purged," as James has been "unwilling to take any steps to confirm whether such Cohen Records are being preserved."

"In sum, the NYAG is blocking any discovery into, and possibly even preservation of, evidence of the 'pressured and coerced' testimony that it used to convince the trial court to enter a wrongful judgment against Defendants," Trump's lawyers added.

James' and Bragg's offices did not respond to a request for comment.

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The False Choice Between Deterring China and Defeating Iran

As the Iranian regime bottles up the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump pulls out all the stops to protect energy shipments and mitigate the damage to the global economy, doubts and fears about the latest stage of the war with Iran are growing. One increasingly common argument is that further operations against Iran weaken the effort to deter China from military aggression, so Trump should declare victory pronto and go home.

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