US states file lawsuit challenging Trump’s revocation of climate finding | Donald Trump News

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The Trump administration revoked a key scientific finding that formed the basis for regulations to address climate change.

A group of 23 states have filed a legal petition against a decision under United States President Donald Trump to revoke a scientific finding that formed the basis for regulations meant to address climate change.

The legal challenge, led by California and New York, was filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday.

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Nine cities, several counties, the US Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia also joined the petition, as well as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

“Instead of helping Americans face our new reality, the Trump administration has chosen denial, repealing the critical protections that are foundational to the federal government’s response to climate change,” New York State Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

The complaint comes in response to Trump’s move on February 12 to repeal a determination known as the “endangerment finding”.

Established in 2009, the “endangerment finding” concludes that climate change is a threat to human health and the environment, a position aligned with an overwhelming scientific consensus.

The finding formed the basis for government regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions and encourage renewable energy.

But the Trump administration had attacked the finding as a setback for the fossil fuel industry. Its rescission was “the single largest deregulatory action in US history”, Trump said last month.

Ending the “endangerment finding”, however, was seen by critics as a crucial step in the president’s efforts to roll back environmental protections.

Trump has frequently denounced climate change as a “hoax” meant to hobble US industrial power.

His administration has prioritised increased production of fossil fuels while undercutting the development of renewable energy.

The target of Thursday’s petition is the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Not only does it seek to reinstate the “endangerment finding”, but it also challenges the EPA’s decision to repeal tailpipe emissions standards for all vehicles and engines with model years between 2012 and 2017.

States such as Michigan, Connecticut and Virginia were among those who signed onto the lawsuit, along with cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.

“Let me be clear: This unlawful rescission is not about cutting ‘red tape’,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Thursday in a statement.

“The president is choosing Big Oil profits over our health, and betting that the American people won’t notice the cost until the bill comes due.”

A coalition of advocacy groups also sued the Trump administration last month over the revocation of the finding, stating that the decision would harm public health and welfare.

“Repealing the Endangerment Finding endangers all of us. People everywhere will face more pollution, higher costs, and thousands of avoidable deaths,” Peter Zalzal, a leader at the Environmental Defense Fund, one of the plaintiffs, said at the time.



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Florida State kicker arrested for allegedly assaulting officer on spring break

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A Florida State football player was arrested Wednesday after allegedly getting physical with law enforcement in Fort Lauderdale.

Conor McAneney, a kicker, was charged with two third-degree felony counts, including battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence, and a misdemeanor trespassing charge.

The battery on a law enforcement officer charge included a $2,000 bond, while the other felony had a bond of $500, according to online records. The trespassing charge had a $250 bond.

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Conor McAneney faces three felony charges. (Broward County Sheriff’s Office/Getty Images)

McAneney was suspended indefinitely from all team activities, 247 Sports reported.

McAneney had a busted lip and a scratch underneath his right eye in his mugshot.

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Florida State kicker Conor McAneney was arrested Wednesday night in South Florida. (Broward County Sheriff’s Office)

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The university is on spring break, and spring practices were paused and will resume next Thursday.

The 2025 season was McAneney’s first as a Seminole after transferring from Quincy University, a Division II school in Illinois. Last season, he went 7-for-10 on field goals, with his longest make 45 yards.

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The Florida State Seminoles logo and ACC logo on a pylon during a game between the California Golden Bears and the Florida State Seminoles Sept. 21, 2024, at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. (Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Can Zero Trust survive the AI era?

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For the past decade, cybersecurity experts in the federal government have argued that trust, or a lack of it, was key to developing effective security policies for agency systems and data.

But today, cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are using artificial intelligence to develop and launch cyberattacks more quickly and efficiently. Governments and businesses are facing pressure to adopt AI-powered cybersecurity defenses,  along with security architectures that delegate key security decisions to AI agents.

Jennifer Franks, Director of the Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office, said federal agencies were currently grappling with how to do both.

“We’re having to consider a two-in-one approach,” Franks said Thursday at the Elastic Public Sector Summit presented by FedScoop. “It’s not something that we have to consider as a tool that’s nice to have, it’s a needed necessity right now in an environment to really look at the best practices for really anticipating the adversaries that could target your environment.”

Zero Trust – a set of security principles with roots in older cybersecurity concepts like “least privilege access” — essentially argues that defenders should treat everything on their network as a potential compromised asset. Thus, everything requires constant verification of identity, access, and authorization to protect from hackers, data breaches and insider threats.

But threat researchers are reporting that malicious hackers have been able to leverage AI-driven automation and scaling to significantly increase the speed of their attacks, making it increasingly difficult for human operators on the defensive side to keep up or make decisions in real time.  

At the same event Mike Nichols, general manager for security solutions at Elastic, said his company and other threat research firms have found that AI tools have helped drive down the time it takes to execute an attack and gain access to an organization’s network to around 11 minutes.

Other metrics over the past year point to a lowered barrier for malicious hackers, including an 80-90% decrease in the cost to develop custom malware and a 42% increase in exploitation of zero days before public disclosure.

He argued that cybersecurity defenders will need to embrace AI to defend at similar speeds, going so far as to say “if you’re not using it, you are going to be compromised…like that is a guarantee at this point.”

Nichols said that despite what “disingenuous vendors” may promise, there is currently no technology or process that can provide an organization with genuine, agentic, autonomous cybersecurity operations. Human operators can still control critical decisions made by AI agents through planning on the front end.

“The bottom line is these things are executing your existing processes and adding some reasoning to it,” he said. “And so…you have to have a well-oiled process and documented process.”

Cybersecurity veteran and author Chase Cunningham — who has earned the nickname “Dr. Zero Trust” for his advocacy of the principles – told CyberScoop that agentic AI can “absolutely” co-exist within a Zero Trust security architecture, as long as you treat agents like any other non-human identity in an enterprise.

He said that network microsegmentation, strict account controls, and continuous logging all align with Zero Trust principles and would limit the potential damage an AI agent could cause.

“It is just another entity on the network that needs to be explicitly known, verified, constrained, monitored, and governed,” he said. “If you do not know what model it is, what data it can access, what systems it can call, what actions it can take, and under what conditions it can do those things, then you have introduced ambiguity into the environment. And ambiguity is exactly what Zero Trust is supposed to remove.”

But Nichols said humans should always be in the loop when agents make decisions on their behalf, and said AI vendors had an equal responsibility to provide more transparency behind the products they’re selling.

“You can’t have a black box anymore, you can’t have an AI that says ‘hey, we fixed it, I’m not going to explain why that’s the case,’” said Nichols. “By design you need to find a vendor that’s open API [and who can provide] explainability, the work that has to be there.”

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Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. Prior to that, he has provided award-winning coverage of cybersecurity news across the public and private sectors for various publications since 2017. Derek has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Hofstra University in New York and a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University in Virginia.



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FIFA fines Israel FA citing racism and ‘multiple’ discrimination breaches | Football News

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Following Palestine allegations, FIFA clears Israeli settlement clubs but fines Israel FA for discrimination breaches.

FIFA fined the Israeli Football Association (IFA) 150,000 Swiss francs ($190,700) for “multiple breaches” of its anti-discrimination obligations.

A report on Thursday by the disciplinary committee of world football’s governing body found the IFA “failed to take meaningful action against Beitar Jerusalem” for “persistent and well-documented racist behaviour”.

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In October 2024, the Palestine Football Association reported allegations of discrimination by the IFA to FIFA, which initiated an investigation.

FIFA did not opt for the sanction requested by the Palestinian FA, which argued for a suspension of the IFA.

But the IFA was found to have failed to “abide by FIFA’s statutory objectives”, in a lengthy decision published by its disciplinary committee, which listed several racism incidents in Israeli football.

The disciplinary committee highlighted “deficient and substantively inadequate” sanctions against Israeli club Beitar for racist and discriminatory behaviour.

“Supporters have engaged in persistent and well-documented racist behaviour,” the report said of Beitar fans.

“The club’s use of slogans such as ‘forever pure’, and the repeated chanting of ethnic slurs such as ‘terrorist’ directed at Arab players, are not isolated incidents but rather form part of a systemic pattern of conduct that offends the basic rules of decent behaviour and brings the sport into disrepute.

“The committee underlined that said club is only a small example of a general failure by the IFA.”

FIFA also said the IFA was issued with a warning and was ordered to display a “significant and highly visible banner” at its next three FIFA competition home matches, stating “Football Unites the World – No to Discrimination”.

The IFA will have to invest one-third of the fine towards implementing a plan to “ensure action against discrimination and to prevent repeated incidents”.

After a separate investigation, FIFA announced no action would be taken against the IFA over allegations that Israeli clubs based in the occupied West Bank were taking part in Israel’s leagues.



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Epstein lawyer claims no knowledge of Trump-Epstein relationship: Comer

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Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal lawyer and co-executive of his estate said he had no knowledge of a relationship the late convicted sex offender had with President Donald Trump, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Thursday. 

Darren Indyke made the claim in a closed-door session before the House Oversight Committee. He is the latest Epstein affiliate to testify in the panel’s sprawling probe.

Comer said Democrats immediately pressed Indyke with questions about ties between the president and Epstein.

“Republicans asked very substantive questions that any curious media outlet would ask, that any American who’s kept up with this story would ask,” Comer told reporters. “Then the Democrats get their hour, and they ask about Donald Trump.”

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President Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein has been the subject of partisan debate in the House. (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Mr. Indyke said that he was not aware of any relationship that Mr. Epstein had with Mr. Trump,” Comer added.

Comer also said that Indyke told the committee that he had no knowledge of Epstein’s sexual crimes. Indyke has denied any wrongdoing and did not invoke his Fifth Amendment right when questioned by the panel.

“As with all the other witnesses, they all claim they never had any knowledge before it became public that Mr. Epstein was … doing anything inappropriately with young women,” the Kentucky Republican said. 

After Epstein’s first conviction in 2008, Comer said that Indyke told the committee that Epstein “convinced him he would never do it again and that he had remorse.”

“We’re asking all those questions, and like just about every other witness, they either didn’t know or couldn’t recall,” Comer said, referring to individuals in Epstein’s orbit having knowledge of or participating in sex trafficking schemes. “But we’ll keep pressing.”

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Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., spoke to reporters about the House Oversight Committee’s deposition of Epstein lawyer, Darren Indyke. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Democrats on the oversight panel immediately dismissed the idea that Indyke had no knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.

“I’m very surprised that he did not take the Fifth Amendment,” Rep. Dave Min, D-Calif., told reporters. ” I think it’s very likely he perjured himself over and over again.”

“He claimed … that he had no knowledge of any women or girls. And yet that doesn’t account for the fact that numerous women have described how he helped them fix their problems,” Min added.

Richard Kahn, the second co-executor of Epstein’s estate, testified to the committee earlier in March. The one-time accountant to Epstein told the panel he was not aware of any transactions between Trump and Epstein. 

Former President Bill Clinton also told the committee in February that Trump had never indicated to him that he knew about Epstein’s crimes.

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Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said that former President Bill Clinton told the committee that President Donald Trump had never implicated himself in Epstein’s crimes. (JP Yim/Getty Images for New York Hilton Midtown; Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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“They have created a narrative, a false narrative, that there’s a cover-up,” Comer said of Democrats on the committee. “And they’ve created a false narrative that Donald Trump has some type of liability in this. Both narratives are getting exploded by every witness we bring in.”

Trump has repeatedly stated that he cut off ties with Epstein in the early 2000s after the two maintained a relationship for over a decade.



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Israelis protest in Tel Aviv calling for end to Iran war | US-Israel war on Iran

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Israelis protested in Tel Aviv demanding an end to the war with Iran and conflict with Hezbollah, as millions shelter from ongoing attacks. At least 18 people have been killed and over 3,000 injured in Israel since the war began. Protesters accused the government of prolonging the conflict with no clear timeline or goals.



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Miley Cyrus says Dolly Parton tip sparked ‘Hannah Montana’ anniversary special

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Miley Cyrus revealed the unconventional lesson she learned from Dolly Parton and the “terrible habit” she picked up from the country music legend.

The “Wrecking Ball” singer said she adopted her godmother’s strategy of promoting projects before they exist – leading to the creation of the 20th anniversary special of “Hannah Montana.”

“I learned this terrible habit – but I actually think it was good advice – from Dolly,” Cyrus told Variety. ”She told me that if you want something to happen, promote it before it exists. Then no one can say no.”

“So, I just started promoting a ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th-anniversary special that literally did not exist.” 

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Miley Cyrus revealed the “terrible habit” she picked up from godmother Dolly Parton. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

Parton, who Cyrus refers to as her godmother, has long been a role model for the singer who gained stardom at 13 as Miley Stewart on the Disney Channel. Now, Cyrus hopes to be a mentor to those following in her footsteps. Cyrus reached out to Chappell Roan after the new-age pop star publicly revealed she was struggling with harassment from fans.

“I never bow down to bullies. Anytime I feel like somebody is being bullied, I feel very protective of them,” Cyrus told the outlet.

“When I see people struggling, I’m always the first one to ask, ‘Can I get in contact with them?’ I’d like to show artists how they can have a balanced life.”

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Miley Cyrus forged her own career after shedding the “Hannah Montana” persona. (Getty Images)

After years of seemingly working to unlink herself from the days of Disney stardom, Cyrus has completely embraced “Hannah Montana” again as she celebrates the 20th anniversary.

“I wasn’t trying to kill Hannah off,” Cyrus told Variety about her past comments, seemingly referencing a 10th anniversary post where she claimed Hannah Montana was “chopped up into little tiny pieces” and buried in her backyard. “I was just progressing.”

“Being recognizable as a teen going through different phases and stages was sometimes awkward, but that’s what helped me relate to the kids watching at home.”

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Miley Cyrus starred in “Hannah Montana,” which premiered in 2006. (Joel Warren/Disney Channel via Getty Images)

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Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray starred in Disney Channel’s hit series “Hannah Montana” for four seasons. (Jaimie Trueblood/Disney Channel via Getty Images)

Cyrus made it out of child stardom, but not without the help of her parents. The “Party in the U.S.A.” singer starred in “Hannah Montana” with her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

Cyrus told Variety having Billy Ray on set might have shielded her from the dark side of children working in Hollywood.

“My parents didn’t need me to be famous to survive or to be stable,” she explained. “What happens to a lot of these kids is their parents want it more than they do, or the kids become responsible for the entire income of the family. That was never my job. Every penny I ever made went into my bank account because my parents were good.” 

Billy Ray’s dressing room was connected to Cyrus’ and her grandmother, Loretta “Mammie” Finley, managed the star’s fan club from the kitchen-turned-office.

“My dad was on set every single day, so there was nothing that could happen that he wouldn’t know about,” Cyrus noted. “There was never a time where I was going to be alone in that dressing room.”  

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Spencer Pratt vows ‘zero encampments,’ crackdown on crime in LA mayoral race

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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt outlined a plan to crack down on homelessness, crime and public drug use in an interview Wednesday.

Pratt told local TV news affiliate KTLA 5 he would eliminate homeless encampments, enforce stricter laws and investigate homeless service organizations as part of his campaign to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.

“We’re not going to do fentanyl in the streets and in the parks. That’s done. Zero tolerance,” Pratt said.

“No more encampments,” he added. “My priority is to have all criminals be locked up, (including) illegal rapists, murderers, drug dealers, child traffickers.”

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The industry’s biggest reality fans and stars gathered at Hulu’s Get Real House in Los Angeles to celebrate the hottest unscripted shows on streaming, from “Vanderpump Villa” and “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” to “Dancing with the Stars” and “Bachelor in Paradise.”  (Kat Nijmeddin/Disney via Getty Images)

Pratt, a media personality turned political candidate, casts himself as an outsider challenging Bass and what he describes as failed leadership in Los Angeles, and recent polling shows him pulling into second in the race. 

On homelessness, Pratt laid out a “treatment first” approach, arguing addiction must be addressed before housing solutions can work. He criticized current policies that allow continued drug use in public spaces.

“If you have a drug problem, we’re going to get you treatment. … You can’t leave until we help get you sober and healthy,” he said. “We’re not going to pay for people to go out, do fentanyl and come back.”

He also framed public safety as central to restoring everyday life in Los Angeles, arguing residents no longer feel safe in public areas.

“Mothers and young women that want to walk their little dogs and feel safe do not feel safe because there are drug addicts,” Pratt said, citing open drug use and disorder on sidewalks and in parks.

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Spencer Pratt Jan. 7, 2026, in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (MEGA/GC Images)

Pratt pledged to aggressively investigate how taxpayer money is being spent on homelessness, saying he would involve federal authorities early in his administration.

“Week one as mayor … the criminal investigation team of the IRS, they’re coming into City Hall,” he said. “We are opening up cases on all these homeless NGOs.”

He argued that billions have been misused while the crisis has worsened, promising “full transparency” and accountability.

“We’re just going to audit every dollar, full transparency, accountability,” Pratt said. “I’m not going to be a mayor that ever lies to Angelenos because I know what it feels like being an Angeleno listening to a mayor lie and cover up.”

On immigration, Pratt said his focus would be on prosecuting criminals regardless of status, while downplaying the need for federal involvement.

“All immigrants … want to feel safe,” he said. “I will be enforcing more crimes than any mayor in the history of Los Angeles.”

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A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire while it burns homes on Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles.  (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

He also pointed to the Palisades Fire that destroyed his home as a turning point that pushed him into politics. Pratt accused city leadership of “criminal negligence” and said stronger preparation could have reduced the damage.

“It’s not just the Palisades. People get caught up thinking I’m fighting for the Palisades. What I experienced was total failure on city leadership. And that can happen whether it’s another fire in the Hollywood Hills, if it’s going to be an earthquake.”

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Pratt’s comments came as another challenger, Los Angeles City Councilwoman and Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman, has entered the race and gained traction from far-left activists and groups in Los Angeles. Raman is polling closely behind Pratt.



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Big accident in UP: Devotees’ Bolero collides with a tree in Agra, five including father and son killed; Four people injured – Five Pilgrims Killed In Road Accident In Agra

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A Bolero rammed into a tree in Chitrahat police station area of ​​Agra. There was an outcry on the platform. Five people died in the accident. Four people are injured. The police have admitted the injured to the hospital.



Devotees from Etawah and Auraiya had gone to Rajasthan to visit Kaila Devi. Devotees were traveling in Bolero on Thursday night. On the way, the speeding Bolero went out of control and hit a tree in Chitrahat police station area of ​​Agra.

There was an outcry on the ground due to the accident. A crowd of people gathered. On information, police also reached the spot. The police sent the injured to the hospital. Doctors declared five people dead. There were nine people in the Bolero. Four of them are injured.

In the accident, Kanta Prasad son Kunwar Pal (70 years), his son Devendra (35 years), Devendra’s wife Seema Devi (32 years), Aaradhya daughter Neeraj (3 years) all residents of Etawah, Rishi son Charan Singh (20 years) resident of Auraiya died. Roshni daughter Deepak (22 years), Avnish son Rajendra, Aditya son Devendra, Rishabh son Deepak were injured in the accident.





US F-35 aircraft makes emergency landing after a combat mission over Iran | US-Israel war on Iran News

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The F-35 fighter jet landed safely and the pilot is in stable condition, CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said.

An F-35 fighter jet from the United States has made an emergency landing at an airbase in the Middle East after carrying out a combat mission over Iran, according to military officials.

The aircraft landed safely on Thursday and the pilot is in stable condition, said Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM).

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“We are aware of reports that a US F-35 aircraft conducted an emergency landing at a regional US airbase after flying a combat mission over Iran. The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition. This incident is under investigation,” Hawkins said in a statement.

CNN reported cited two anonymous sources as saying that the plane, which cost up to $100m, was likely hit by Iran.

Separately, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a statement saying it targeted a US aircraft. The US has yet to confirm why the F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing.

Since fighting began on February 28, the United States has reportedly lost around 12 MQ-9 Reaper drones.

Separately, US officials said five KC-135 refuelling aircraft were damaged in an Iranian missile strike at a base in Saudi Arabia, although the reports have not been independently verified.

Although F-35 stealth fighters have been deployed in combat operations since 2018, there have been no confirmed cases of one being struck by enemy fire.

On March 1, three US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down in a friendly fire incident involving a Kuwaiti F/A-18. All six crew members ejected safely and were recovered.

At least 13 US service members have been killed in combat operations against Iran, with roughly 200 others wounded.

In Iran, at least 1,444 people have been killed and 18,551 injured since the start of the conflict, according to local health authorities.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said his country’s objectives in the war against Iran have not changed since strikes started on February 28.

The US has carried out strikes against 7,000 targets inside Iran and has hit more ‌than 40 Iranian mine-laying vessels and 11 submarines.

“Our objectives, given directly from our America First president, remain exactly what they were on day one,” Hegseth told reporters on Thursday.

He said the US goals continue to include destroying Iran’s missile launchers, degrading its defence industrial base and navy, and preventing it from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Hegseth added that there was no set “timeframe” for ending the campaign.

When asked on Thursday whether he intended to put more troops in the region, US President Donald Trump said he was not putting troops “anywhere”, but that if he was going to, he would not tell journalists.

Earlier, General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US military remained on track to achieve its objectives and the US was striking deeper into Iranian territory every day.

But Caine acknowledged that Iran retained some missile capabilities. “They came into this fight with a lot of weapons,” Caine said.



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