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- Frustrated Trump Reportedly Demanded Hegseth Explain Weapons Shortages Amid Iran...
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the ongoing Iran war and sought answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid reports of munitions shortages, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night. The U.S. military is experiencing a shortage of long-range guided missiles and air-defense interceptors, which is reportedly why Trump has refrained from launching additional major strikes on Iran. Crucially, the U.S. is running low on Terminal High Altitude Area Defense systems, which poses a problem for U.S. military personnel stationed in Middle Eastern countries that Iran has been bombing. Citing two people familiar with the situation, the Post reported that Trump interrogated Hegseth as to why he had seemingly been misled as to existing U.S. military capabilities: President Donald Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran, two people familiar told The Washington Post. The encounter took place on the sidelines of his Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday where Trump vented at Hegseth that he thought the munitions issue “had been fixed,” according to both persons familiar with the conversation, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation. During their exchange, Hegseth pointed the blame at Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg for the shortages and for not communicating this to Trump adequately. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied the exchange between Trump and Hegseth occurred at all. “This is 100% fake news,” Leavitt told the Post. “Literally never happened. And President Trump has the utmost confidence in Secretary Hegseth.” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell denied Hegseth dissembled about munition shortages and said the secretary did not blame his lieutenant. “Secretary Hegseth did not mislead anyone about our munitions posture, and he did not blame Deputy Secretary Feinberg,” Parnell said. “These claims about depleted stockpiles, internal disagreements, the Secretary’s position on Iran … are equally fictional.” For months, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran wants to make a deal “badly.” In a speech in June, he reiterated this talking point right after Iran bombed a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, which it has effectively closed.The post Frustrated Trump Reportedly Demanded Hegseth Explain Weapons Shortages Amid Iran War first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - JD Vance Blames El-Sayed’s Win on ‘Self-Hating White Liberals’
Vice President JD Vance claimed Wednesday on Fox News that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s primary victory was simply a result of “self-hating white liberals.” El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the state’s Tuesday Senate primary election, despite Stevens’ nine-to-one spending advantage, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee alone spending more than $30 million against him. Claiming that El-Sayed is one of “these DSA types” — even though the Democratic Socialists of America notably has not endorsed him — Vance told Fox News host Laura Ingraham, “He basically represents the modern Democratic coalition, which is self-hating white liberals united to people who just came to the country for the first time and don’t actually have the sense of appreciation for it that they should. Those are the people who are voting for El-Sayed.” When asked what that phenomenon signals about higher education, Vance responded, “I think what that tells us is that a lot of young Americans were sold a whole promise at the elite universities in our country, and that promise is that they were going to be able to go to college, get a degree, and everything was gonna work out fine for them.” He added: In reality, actually, a lot of universities sold these kids a bill of goods. They gave them a lot of debt. They did not give them useful skills or useful credentials, and a lot of these kids are very angry. But that really is — if you look at the data, Laura — the base of the Democratic Party today is downwardly mobile, hyper-progressive, well-educated people. People, I think, who were sold a bill of goods by universities have a lot of debt, but not a good job to show for it. Interestingly enough, Vance’s 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy lends a great deal of focus to his time at Yale Law School, often discussing the “upward mobility” his education provided him with. Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post JD Vance Blames El-Sayed’s Win on ‘Self-Hating White Liberals’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump-Endorsed Michigan Republican’s Concession Video Draws Vicious Mockery: â...
Screenshots via X. A concession speech posted on social media by an unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate drew kudos for his graciousness towards his opponents, but also mockery, as the winner had actually dropped out about a month ago. Amir Hassan, a former Navy officer and federal law enforcement officer, scored President Donald Trump’s endorsement in the Republican primary for Michigan’s eighth congressional district, but it was not enough to earn him a win Tuesday night, as a majority of the voters cast their ballots for Thomas Smith. In mid-July, Smith — apparently believing he was trailing in the polls and his paltry fundraising haul left him no path to victory — announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing another candidate, Al Lemmo. However, Smith legally remained on the ballot and was one of three options for GOP primary voters in the district along with Hassan and Lemmo. Late Tuesday evening with 99% of the votes counted, Decision Desk projected Smith had won with 50.4% of the votes cast; Hassan and Lemmo lagged far behind with 33.3% and 16.4%, respectively. The seat is currently held by Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI). On Wednesday, Hassan posted a video on his social media with his concession speech. “Disappointed not defeated,” read the caption. “Thank you to all that supported.” Disappointed not defeated. Thank you to all that supported. #FlipTheState pic.twitter.com/SsCFjj1sgz — Amir Hassan (@HassanforMi) August 5, 2026 In the video, Hassan begins by saying he “fell short last night.” “I make no excuse,” he continued. “It was a tough race, but over the last year I’ve had some incredible dealings with people across the entire district. I’ve learned the issues that we are going through and are facing, and it’s just strengthened my resolve.” Hassan spoke about his faith, saying, “I know what God has in store for me is something greater, even if I can’t see it right now.” He congratulated the winners of the primaries and said he was “very excited” for the top of the GOP ticket in Michigan and vowed, “we will get out and vote” and “flip the Eighth.” The video drew several complimentary reactions offering sympathy and praising him for being gracious and offering a unifying message, including from Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy and convicted felon and former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), whose sentence was commuted by Trump. You are… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Cumulus Media Surrenders License of San Francisco’s 560 AM
KSFO’s logo in the early 2000s. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A once-venerable AM signal in San Francisco will not be returning to the airwaves. Cumulus Media has surrendered the license of KZAC(AM) 560 in San Francisco to the Federal Communications Commission. KZAC’s tower site at San Francisco’s Pier 94 was among the leases Cumulus was seeking to reject as no longer necessary in its filings to go private following its prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan this spring. This comes at a time when Cumulus has been aggressive in taking both AM and FM stations silent. RadioInsight also reports that there have been widespread layoffs inside Cumulus Media this week. Cumulus had filed a silent special temporary authority in September 2025 for the 5,000-watt KZAC and extended it this past March. Just prior to that, Cumulus moved the station’s KSFO format and branding to its 50,000-watt 810 AM signal, formerly KGO. [Related: “When It Comes to Silencing Stations, Tower Leases Loom Large”] The media company claimed it was in the process of selling 560 AM, according to the initial STA, and an STA extension in March indicated that Cumulus was still in negotiations with a buyer. Golden West Broadcasters Shown in the black-and-white 1942 photo are staff members of KSFO in San Francisco, standing in front of the station’s brand-new transmitter plant, located on Islais Creek in the southeast part of the city. The four sets of transmission lines moving off to the left are for KWID, the 100 kW shortwave station that KSFO owner Wesley Dumm built in 1942 at the request of the government. Credit: John Schneider The Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame traces the history of the station back to 1925 in Oakland, when the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church constructed a 1,000-watt transmitting set for $40,000 and installed it at the church, originally at 1390 kilocycles. Upon confirmation of a wire from the Bureau of Navigation’s Radio Division, the then-KTAB went on the air Aug. 1, 1925. The station would change frequency positions numerous times, but by November 1929, KTAB shifted from 550 to 560 kilocycles. That’s where it would remain for nearly a century. After mortgage banker Wesley Dumm was named president of KTAB’s license corporation in 1933, its main studios were moved from Oakland to San Francisco. Its call letters were changed to KSFO in 1935. KSFO joined the nationwide Columbia Broadcasting System network… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Letter: Could WBT’s Land Be Shared, Just Like Cincinnati’s Blaw-Knox?
The single Blaw-Knox transmission tower for 700 WLW in Mason, Ohio, in this 2010 photo. Credit: Joanna Poe/Wikimedia Commons Regarding the letters in response to the possible sale of the WBT site and preservation possibilities. In Mason, Ohio, iHeartMedia’s WLW(AM) managed to commercially develop right around the tower — also a Blaw-Knox — and over the ground radials. It seemed pretty outrageous at the time, but the station is still on the air. Perhaps thinking outside the box could result in a way to save the towers and possibly even keep them in operation. — Rolf Taylor [Check Out More Letters at Radio World’s Reader’s Forum Section] The post Letter: Could WBT’s Land Be Shared, Just Like Cincinnati’s Blaw-Knox? appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Trump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Becaus...President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the U.S. has taken “billions and billions of barrels of oil from Venezuela. Trump held a rally in Las Vegas, where he referenced the abduction of then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. special forces back in January. Maduro is currently being held in a New York jail awaiting drug trafficking charges. His vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, became president, and since that time has acquiesced to U.S. demands of the country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly acting as the de facto viceroy of Venezuela. In his speech, Trump slammed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, but stated he likes Venezuela now: But now, I love Venezuela. We’re doing great in Venezuela. We’re taking a lot of oil from Venezuela, and we’re getting along great with them. Billions and billions of barrels of oil is coming out of Venezuela. It’s one of the most fertile places for oil in the world. And as you know, it was a 48-minutes war. It lasted 48 minutes, and we paid for the war with what we’ve taken out many, many, many times. Where have you heard that before? You haven’t heard that before. That’s the old fashioned way, right? The old-fashioned way. To the victor belong the spoils, right? And we’re doing the same thing, by the way, in the lovely Islamic Republic of Iran. We’re doing– we’re knocking the hell out of them. Trump has repeatedly criticized the George W. Bush administration over its decision to invade Iraq, but especially took issue with Bush for not taking the country’s oil to help pay for the war. The president’s boast about Iran comes amid the country’s ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world’s oil flows. Iran shuttered the strait after the U.S. and Israel began their massive air war against the country in February. Watch above via NewsNation.The post Trump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Because ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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