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  • Favicon GAS PRICES EXPLODE, OVER $100 A BARRELL DUE TO IRAN WAR - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    IT JUST GOT WAY WORSE...

    Site: YouTube

    No one will tolerate high gas prices for longBecome A Memberhttp://youtube.com/timcastnews/joinThe Green Room - https://rumble.com/playlists/aa56qw_g-j0BUY C...

    GAS PRICES EXPLODE, OVER $100 A BARRELL DUE TO IRAN WAR - YouTube

  • Favicon Elon Musk Spotlights Old Facebook Hate Speech Detection Claims / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    Elon Musk Spotlights Old Facebook Hate Speech Detection Claims / X

  • Favicon Tucker Carlson's Iran Surrender Critique Draws MAGA Backlash / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    Tucker Carlson's Iran Surrender Critique Draws MAGA Backlash / X

  • Favicon Kris Kashtanova on X: "QT your surreal art https://t.co/Ch4MK6fI7n" / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    Kris Kashtanova on X: "QT your surreal art https://t.co/Ch4MK6fI7n" / X

  • Favicon Elon Musk on X: "True" / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    Elon Musk on X: "True" / X

  • Favicon C3 on X: "Dems have given up winning elections with policies. They focus on demographics instead. They import votes because Americans hate their policies. Import the 3rd world and bribe them with taxpayer benefits. Terror comes with it and they don’t care. Mamdani is their blueprint. https://t.co/PWVq6VrQZd" / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    C3 on X: "Dems have given up winning elections with policies. They focus on demographics instead. They import votes because Americans hate their policies. Import the 3rd world and bribe them with taxpayer benefits. Terror comes with it and they don’t care. Mamdani is their blueprint. https://t.co/PWVq6VrQZd" / X

  • Favicon WHCA Announces Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for Annual Dinner | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Added: Mar 9, 2026

    WHCA Announces Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for Annual Dinner | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)

    Site: White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)

    The White House Correspondents’ Association is delighted to announce famed mentalist Oz Pearlman will be the headline entertainer at its annual dinner in Washington on Saturday April 25, 2026. “As the world’s most celebrated mentalist, Oz Pearlman will offer a fascinating glimpse into what’s truly on the minds of Washington’s newsmakers,” said Weijia Jiang, president […]

    WHCA Announces Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for Annual Dinner  White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)

  • Favicon WHCA on X: "WHCA Announces World Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for its Annual Dinner. @OzTheMentalist https://t.co/ycytFmSbLH" / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    WHCA on X: "WHCA Announces World Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for its Annual Dinner. @OzTheMentalist https://t.co/ycytFmSbLH" / X

  • Favicon Megyn Kelly Calls Out CBS News Getting Caught AGAIN Editing and Falsely Framing Hegseth Interview - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Megyn Kelly Calls Out CBS News Getting Caught AGAIN Editing and Falsely Framing Hegseth Interview

    Site: YouTube

    Megyn Kelly calls out CBS News getting caught again editing and falsely framing Hegseth interview.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/3A...

    Megyn Kelly Calls Out CBS News Getting Caught AGAIN Editing and Falsely Framing Hegseth Interview - YouTube

  • Favicon Why Gavin Newsom Being a Straight, White, Christian, Tall, Man Might Win Him the 2028 Nomination - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Why Gavin Newsom Being a Straight, White, Christian, Tall, Man Might Win Him the 2028 Nomination

    Site: YouTube

    Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin, host of "Next Up," to discuss why Gavin Newsom’s profile as a straight, white, Christian, tall man could help him win...

    Why Gavin Newsom Being a Straight, White, Christian, Tall, Man Might Win Him the 2028 Nomination - YouTube

  • Favicon Oprah's Shock Weight Loss, Newsom's Meltdown & Trump's Noem Decision, w/ Jesse Kelly & Mark Halperin - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Oprah's Shock Weight Loss, Newsom's Meltdown & Trump's Noem Decision, w/ Jesse Kelly & Mark Halperin

    Site: YouTube

    Megyn Kelly is joined by Jesse Kelly, host of "I'm Right," to discuss the high-stakes Texas GOP Senate primary between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, President ...

    Oprah's Shock Weight Loss, Newsom's Meltdown & Trump's Noem Decision, w/ Jesse Kelly & Mark Halperin - YouTube

  • Favicon Megyn REVEALS How CBS Edited Actual Question to Hegseth on "America First" and Made it About Israel - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Megyn REVEALS How CBS Edited Actual Question to Hegseth on "America First" and Made it About Israel

    Site: YouTube

    Megyn reveals how CBS edited actual question to Hegseth on "America First" and made it about Israel.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/...

    Megyn REVEALS How CBS Edited Actual Question to Hegseth on "America First" and Made it About Israel - YouTube

  • Favicon Scientists 'weighed' Earth's total vegetation with disturbing results - Earth.com Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Scientists 'weighed' Earth's total vegetation and were disturbed by the results

    Site: Earth.com

    Decades of satellite observations show that Earth's vegetation forms a moving balance point across continents and seasons.

    Scientists 'weighed' Earth's total vegetation with disturbing results - Earth.com

  • Favicon THIS PROVES THEY KNOW THE TRUTH - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    THIS PROVES THEY KNOW THE TRUTH

    Site: YouTube

    BUY CAST BREW COFFEE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW - https://castbrew.com/Become A Member And Protect Our Work at http://www.timcast.comHost:Tim Pool @Timcast (everywh...

    THIS PROVES THEY KNOW THE TRUTH - YouTube

  • Favicon New 60 Minutes Editing Controversy, NYC Terror Attack, Obama Politicizes Funeral, with Stu Burguiere - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Obama Politicizes Funeral, New 60 Minutes Editing Controversy, NYC Terror Attack, with Stu Burguiere

    Site: YouTube

    Megyn Kelly begins the show calling out CBS News for a notable edit in Major Garrett’s 60 Minutes interview with Pete Hegseth, showing how the network replac...

    New 60 Minutes Editing Controversy, NYC Terror Attack, Obama Politicizes Funeral, with Stu Burguiere - YouTube

  • Favicon Make sure Iran can NEVER have a nuclear weapon. - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Make sure Iran can NEVER have a nuclear weapon.

    Site: YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

    Make sure Iran can NEVER have a nuclear weapon. - YouTube

  • Favicon Bluesky CEO Jay Graber steps down | TechCrunch Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Bluesky CEO Jay Graber steps down | TechCrunch

    Site: TechCrunch

    Graber explained that, as a more mature company, Bluesky needs a "seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution." Graber said she feels better suited to building Bluesky's technology itself.

    Bluesky CEO Jay Graber steps down  TechCrunch

  • Favicon Victor Davis Hanson: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Iran War Outcomes - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Victor Davis Hanson: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Iran War Outcomes

    Site: YouTube

    Critics have hounded the Trump administration for supposedly not clearly stating to the American public their most favorable outcome in the ongoing conflict ...

    Victor Davis Hanson: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Iran War Outcomes - YouTube

  • Favicon Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom

    Site: YouTube

    (0:00) Jason intros Prince Reza Pahlavi(1:09) Pahlavi's take on the war and vision for Iran's future, Democracy, and return(8:53) Trump's surrender condition...

    Exiled Iranian Prince Reza Pahlavi: Transition Plan and the Fight for Iran's Freedom - YouTube

  • Favicon “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War - YouTube Added: Mar 9, 2026

    “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War

    Site: YouTube

    (0:00) The Besties welcome legendary Harvard professor Graham Allison(1:14) Iran Conflict: Strategy, Netanyahu’s influence, Trump’s motivation, redefining Mi...

    “This is Bibi’s War” - Harvard’s Graham Allison on the Influences and Endgame of the Iran War - YouTube

  • Favicon Trump: Iran war will be over "very soon" Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Trump says Iran war will be over "very soon"

    Site: Axios

    10 days since the war started, Trump has begun for the first time to point to the possibility of the war winding down soon.

    Trump: Iran war will be over "very soon"

  • Favicon LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 • The Register Added: Mar 9, 2026

    LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
    Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export

    LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2 • The Register

  • Favicon YouTube Music Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Apex Predator

    Site: YouTube Music

    Barrett Wilbert Weed & Erika Henningsen

    YouTube Music

  • Favicon Reality is not a controlled hallucination | Evan Thompson » IAI TV Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Reality is not a controlled hallucination | Evan Thompson » IAI TV

    Consciousness is not predictive processing

    Reality is not a controlled hallucination  Evan Thompson » IAI TV

  • Favicon Trump to hit Anthropic with executive order to remove "woke" AI Claude Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Scoop: White House readies executive order to weed out Anthropic

    Site: Axios

    The move would escalate the administration's fight with Anthropic and formalize a broader push to remove Claude.

    Trump to hit Anthropic with executive order to remove "woke" AI Claude

  • Favicon The end may be near — even California Democrats are tired of Newsom Added: Mar 9, 2026

    The end may be near — even California Democrats are tired of Gavin Newsom

    Site: New York Post

    Is this Armageddon? The dictionary describes that as: “The place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil . . . any great crucial armed conflict.”

    The end may be near — even California Democrats are tired of Newsom

  • Favicon Democrats' swoon for Jew-hater Graham Platner shows antisemites now run their party Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Democrats’ swoon for Jew-hater Graham Platner shows antisemites now run their party

    Site: New York Post

    The Senate candidate from Maine knows his base wants a laundered version of the world’s oldest hatred — and his success is a symptom of a larger sickness.

    Democrats' swoon for Jew-hater Graham Platner shows antisemites now run their party

  • Favicon Some People Keep Razor-Sharp Minds Into Their 80s and Beyond. A New Study Reveals Their Secrets Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Some People Keep Razor-Sharp Minds Into Their 80s and Beyond. A New Study Reveals Their Secrets

    Site: Smithsonian Magazine

    "Super-agers" seem to produce more new nerve cells in a brain region important for memory than other people their age

    Some People Keep Razor-Sharp Minds Into Their 80s and Beyond. A New Study Reveals Their Secrets

  • Favicon Quote of the Day by George Orwell not everybody ready to listen: ‘Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy’ - The Economic Times Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Quote of the Day by George Orwell not everybody ready to listen: ‘Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy’ - The Economic Times

    Truth, in all its forms, is often expected to stand on its own. Yet in reality, people frequently judge it not by its accuracy but by who delivers it. Shaped by political divides and cultural loyalties, facts in our time can be dismissed the moment they come from the “other side, a tendency that George Orwell once captured in a striking observation about how truth can turn into “untruth.”Today’s quote is by George Orwell: “Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy”Also Read: Quote of the Day by Maya Angelou: ‘If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change your attitude’Meaning of the quoteThe line attributed to George Orwell and quoted by quotefancy, “Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy,” highlights how people often judge information based on who says it rather than whether it is actually true. When someone we dislike, distrust, or consider an opponent makes a statement, we may automatically dismiss it, even if it is factual. This reflects a common “us versus them” mindset, where loyalty to a group or side influences how people interpret facts.The idea encourages people to think more critically and listen with an open mind. Instead of rejecting something simply because it comes from an opposing side, the quote suggests evaluating information on its own merits. In other words, truth should remain truth regardless of who says it, and understanding this can help reduce bias and promote more thoughtful discussions, especially across cultural, political, or ideological differences.Also Read: Quote of the day by Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘No one is dumb who is curious; the people who don't ask questions remain…’George Orwell quotesNotable George Orwell quotes complied by goodreads are,“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”Also Read: Quote of the Day by Sir Isaac Newton: ‘I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people’About George OrwellGeorge Orwell (1903–1950), born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari in British India, was an English novelist, essayist, and journalist known for his clear prose and strong criticism of authoritarian regimes. His writing often focused on politics, social injustice, and the dangers of propaganda and unchecked power.He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, both of which explore themes of surveillance, totalitarianism, and manipulation of truth. Orwell’s work has had a lasting influence on political thought and popular culture, with terms like “Orwellian” and “Big Brother” becoming widely used in modern language.

    Quote of the Day by George Orwell not everybody ready to listen: ‘Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy’ - The Economic Times

  • Scientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year Partnership Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Scientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year Partnership

    Site: SciTechDaily

    Scientists have developed two powerful molecular tools that reveal how plants and fungi coordinate one of Earth’s oldest biological partnerships.

    Scientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year Partnership

  • Favicon This book taught me 6 must-know facts about Linux Added: Mar 9, 2026

    This book taught me 6 must-know facts about Linux

    Site: How-To Geek

    An old book about an even older operating system.

    This book taught me 6 must-know facts about Linux

  • Favicon 'More advanced' farming women married hunter-gatherer men in Europe thousands of years ago, ancient DNA reveals | Live Science Added: Mar 9, 2026

    'More advanced' farming women married hunter-gatherer men in Europe thousands of years ago, ancient DNA reveals

    Site: Live Science

    Two researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's Bronze Age.

    'More advanced' farming women married hunter-gatherer men in Europe thousands of years ago, ancient DNA reveals  Live Science

  • Favicon Evelyn Janeidy on X: "SpaceX Starship is the world's most powerful rocket ever built – when fully stacked (Super Heavy booster + Starship upper stage), Starship generates more thrust than any other launch vehicle in history, with the capability to lift up to 100–150 metric tonnes to low Earth orbit in https://t.co/y8o0elUCHO" / X Added: Mar 9, 2026

    Site: X (formerly Twitter)

    Evelyn Janeidy on X: "SpaceX Starship is the world's most powerful rocket ever built – when fully stacked (Super Heavy booster + Starship upper stage), Starship generates more thrust than any other launch vehicle in history, with the capability to lift up to 100–150 metric tonnes to low Earth orbit in https://t.co/y8o0elUCHO" / X

  • Favicon news-mongabay-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.mongabay.com/2026/03/u-s-hunger-for-halloween-trinkets-is-killing-vietnams-painted-woolly-bats/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From %251%24s&aoh=17731255276251&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com Added: Mar 10, 2026

    U.S.' hunger for Halloween trinkets is killing Vietnam's painted woolly bats

    Site: Conservation news

    With hues of orange and black on its wings and a furry, fluffy face, the painted woolly bat is a stunner. But its beauty has become a deadly liability. People want to hang the bats — dead and stuffed — on their walls, display them as collectibles and even set them in jewelry. In recent […]

    news-mongabay-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.mongabay.com/2026/03/u-s-hunger-for-halloween-trinkets-is-killing-vietnams-painted-woolly-bats/amp/?ampgsa=1&ampjsv=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAIDamptf=From %251%24s&aoh=17731255276251&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

  • Favicon DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case Added: Mar 10, 2026

    DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

    Site: Mongabay Environmental News

    A CSI-style investigation in Zimbabwe helped to successfully prosecute two people for killing a lion and trafficking its teeth, flesh and other body parts in February. Forensic specialists analyzed DNA collected from parts seized by authorities and matched it with a radio-collared lion that was killed two years ago. This conviction was historic: It’s the […]

    DNA fingerprinting convicts Zimbabwe lion poachers in landmark case

  • Favicon THEY’RE MANIPULATING YOU - YouTube Added: Mar 10, 2026

    THEY’RE MANIPULATING YOU

    Site: YouTube

    SUPPORT THE SHOW BUY CAST BREW COFFEE NOW - https://castbrew.com/Hosts: Tim @Timcast (everywhere)Phil @PhilThatRemains (X) | https://allthatremains.komi.io/I...

    THEY’RE MANIPULATING YOU - YouTube

  • Favicon LTX-2.3: Introducing LTX's Latest AI Video Model | LTX Model Added: Mar 10, 2026

    LTX-2.3: Introducing LTX's Latest AI Video Model | LTX Model

    LTX-2.3 upgrades every dimension of AI video: sharper detail, cleaner audio, stronger motion, and native portrait — one generation model.

    LTX-2.3: Introducing LTX's Latest AI Video Model  LTX Model

  • Favicon THIS COULD BE THE END - YouTube Added: Mar 10, 2026

    THIS COULD BE THE END

    Site: YouTube

    Trump is in the crosshairs and has been for some time over the Iran War. However Trump says this war is almost overBecome A Memberhttp://youtube.com/timcastn...

    THIS COULD BE THE END - YouTube

  • Favicon THIS COULD BE THE END | Timcast IRL #1465 w/ Brandon Herrera - YouTube Added: Mar 10, 2026

    THIS COULD BE THE END | Timcast IRL #1465 w/ Brandon Herrera

    Site: YouTube

    Go to my sponsor https://venice.ai/tim and use code tim to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using my code will get you 20% off a pro plan.SUPPORT THE SHOW BUY C...

    THIS COULD BE THE END  Timcast IRL 1465 w/ Brandon Herrera - YouTube

  • Favicon Ultrafast light pulses make molecules rotate on quantum materials Added: Mar 10, 2026

    Ultrafast light pulses make molecules rotate on quantum materials

    Researchers from Germany, Japan and India, led by scientists from DESY and the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg, have found a way to collectively make molecules on a flat surface rotate by exposing them to light using ultrafast light pulses from DESY's free-electron laser FLASH and a high-harmonic generation source. However, making those molecules dance is not the ultimate goal: this result could have an impact on next-generation quantum and energy materials for electronics, data storage and energy conversion.

    Ultrafast light pulses make molecules rotate on quantum materials

  • Favicon THEY GOT CAUGHT - YouTube Added: Mar 10, 2026

    THEY GOT CAUGHT

    Site: YouTube

    Our media is crooked, evil, and brokenBecome A Memberhttp://youtube.com/timcastnews/joinThe Green Room - https://rumble.com/playlists/aa56qw_g-j0BUY CAST BRE...

    THEY GOT CAUGHT - YouTube

  • Favicon NASA's DART mission shifts asteroid's orbit around sun Added: Mar 10, 2026

    NASA defense spacecraft shifts asteroid’s orbit around sun

    Site: The Hill

    It is the first man-made object to have shifted the orbit of a naturally occurring entity in space.

    (NewsNation) — A NASA defense spacecraft altered the pathway of two asteroids' orbits around the sun, according to a new study. Research published in Science Advances on Friday revealed NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, knocked an asteroid moonlet, Dimorphos, causing a change in its path, along with nearby asteroid Didymos, after colliding in September 2022. The 770-day orbital period of the pair around the sun was altered by a fraction of a second, meaning DART is the first man-made object to have shifted the orbit of a naturally occurring entity in space. “The change in the binary system’s orbital speed was about 11.7 microns per second, or 1.7 inches per hour,” Rahil Makadia, the study’s lead author at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said in a release. “Over time, such a small change in an asteroid’s motion can make the difference between a hazardous object hitting or missing our planet.” Prior research showed Dimorphos, the smaller of the asteroids, had decreased its 12-hour orbital period by 33 minutes. According to the new study, the collision with DART changed the orbital period by 0.15 seconds.

    NASA's DART mission shifts asteroid's orbit around sun

  • Iran Isn’t Winning This War - WSJ Added: Mar 10, 2026

  • Favicon Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive | TechCrunch Added: Mar 10, 2026

    Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive | TechCrunch

    Site: TechCrunch

    The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the platforms themselves.

    Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive  TechCrunch

  • On Iran, Trump Steers Toward an Off-Ramp | WSJ Politics Blog for March 10 - WSJ Added: Mar 10, 2026

  • Favicon 5 takeaways from Trump’s Iran presser at Doral Added: Mar 10, 2026

    5 takeaways from Trump’s Iran presser at Doral

    Site: The Hill

    President Trump suggested the war with Iran could be coming to a close during a press conference at his Miami resort on Monday, which immediately followed his address to House Republicans at their …

    President Trump suggested the war with Iran could be coming to a close during a press conference at his Miami resort on Monday, which immediately followed his address to House Republicans at their annual retreat.  “Very soon,” Trump said when asked when the war would end. “Look, everything they have is gone, including their leadership.” Over the weekend, Iran’s ruling clerics elected a new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of its previous leader, Ali Khamenei, a move seen as a rebuke of Trump.  Trump also eased off his claims over the weekend that Iran was responsible for the attack on a school early in the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign and suggested the bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, which has rattled global energy markets, was not a problem for America.  Here are five key takeaways from the press conference.   Trump told reporters during a news conference on Monday that he likes the idea of “internal” regime change in Iran because he said it “works well.” Trump said he was "disappointed" with Iran’s so-called Assembly of Experts electing Mojtaba Khamenei as the new leader, but he added the country should install a new president, a role currently held by Masoud Pezeshkian, a relatively reformist figure elected in 2024.  Walking back earlier calls for an overthrow of the Islamic Republic, Trump said he wants to work with someone inside the current regime in a manner similar to how he’s handling Venezuela — where Trump took out the country’s president but kept the regime in place when they acceded to U.S. economic demands. “I think we've proven that so far. In Venezuela, we have a woman, Delcy, who has been president of the country, very respected, very — doing a great job. And it's, you know, no disruption. We had, as you remember Iraq, where everybody got fired. The military got fired, the police got fired, the politicians got fired. There was nobody. And you know what they turned into? ISIS. And we don't want that. We don’t want that. So I would like to see people that are inside,” he said.  Trump previously indicated that he wanted a hand in selecting new leaders in Iran. And when the war began, Trump called on Iranians to rise up against the Islamic regime.  Mojtaba Khamenei is closely connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and is seen as being at least as hard-line as his father.  “We think it's going to lead to just more of the same problem for the country. So I was disappointed to see their choice,” Trump said of the new leader. Trump said Iran possesses long-range, cruise Tomahawk missiles when asked about the late February strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, where more than 160 people, many of them children, were killed.  Trump was asked about evidence that a Tomahawk was used in the attack, which remains under investigation by the U.S. military.  “Well, I haven't seen it, and I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is used by, you know, is sold and used by other countries. You know that. And whether it's Iran, who also has some Tomahawks,” Trump said. Trump did not provide any evidence that Iran has Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of about 1,000 miles and can be fired from U.S. Navy warships and submarines.  The U.S. military is the only fighting force known to have Tomahawk cruise missiles, which are produced by Raytheon, involved in the ongoing war with Iran.  Other countries that have Tomahawk missiles, which can fly at low altitude to evade anti-missile defense systems, are Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands.  Later during the press conference, the president eased off his comments over the weekend blaming Iran for the strike on the school, which is located near an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base in Minab, Iran.  “Because I just don't know enough about it. I think it's something that I was told is under investigation, but Tomahawks are used by others,” Trump said, adding, “but I will certainly, whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with that report,” he added later.   The comments come as mounting evidence suggests the U.S. military is likely responsible for the attack, with the school being hit on the same day as the U.S. military's strike on the IRGC base, according to a recent analysis by The New York Times.  Trump branded the major military operation against Iran an “excursion” and signaled he wants to wind down combat against the Islamic Republic ahead of his four-to-five-week timeline. Trump answered in the negative when asked if military operations would end within days, or by the end of the week, but he said it would happen “very soon.”   In telegraphing a quicker end to the war, Trump appeared to temper his previous ultimatums requiring Iran to surrender unconditionally and give him a say in the country’s new leader.  He also stressed Washington is “achieving major strides toward completing our military objective, and some people could say they’re pretty well complete.” He listed off claims the U.S. military has wiped out Iranian forces, sunk its navy, destroyed its air force, targeted its drone and missile capability and disabled its radar and antiaircraft equipment. The Pentagon, however, was sounding a different tune earlier Monday.  “We have Only Just Begun to Fight,” a Pentagon-run social media account posted Monday alongside a picture of a launched missile with the words “No Mercy” superimposed over it. That echoed comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an interview with CBS News’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, in which he said, “What I want your viewers to understand is this is only just the beginning.” Trump on Monday described a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very good” and said the Russian leader wanted to help hostilities in the Middle East.  Trump was not asked about, and did not address, reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to target American service members. At least eight U.S. troops have been killed in the fighting over the course of nine days of war.  While Trump expressed some frustration with Russia’s war against Ukraine and the failure of 14 months of diplomacy to reach at least a ceasefire, the president said he had a “positive” talk with Putin on the subject.  “I said that you can be more helpful by getting the Ukraine, Russia war over with,” Trump said.  “That will be more helpful. But we had a very good talk, and he wants to be very constructive.” Trump touted the efforts the U.S. is making to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, but he argued the bottleneck caused by the war is not a significant problem for American consumers.  “I will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the globe's oil supply. 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