A US fighter pilot rescued after his plane was shot down in Iran has given a bone-chilling account of the moments before he was forced to eject, describing how he was swarmed by Iranian drones moving together in unison like some nightmarish jellyfish from hell.

“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN.

“Real alien sh*t,” the source added, recounting the pilot’s stunned reaction during his intelligence debriefing.

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Another source told CNN the pilot described witnessing a “minefield of drones” in the air.

While the exact cause of the F-15 downing is still being investigated, initial reports indicated that it was possible the drone formation had in some way enabled Iran to shoot down the American jet, according to two of the sources.

The F-15 carried a crew of two — a pilot and a weapons system officer. US forces immediately launched search and rescue efforts, CNN previously reported.

This is the new detail emerging from the April 2026 downing of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle over southwest Iran during Operation Epic Fury.

As The Gateway Pundit reported at the time, the jet was struck and destroyed. The pilot and Weapons Systems Officer ejected. One crew member was pulled out quickly.

The second evaded capture in a brutal, multi-day fight against Iranian IRGC and Basij terrorists, hiking ridges, using SERE training, and holding out until elite US Special Operations forces (including Pararescuemen) launched a daring Combat Search and Rescue mission under heavy fire. It was hailed as an “Easter Miracle” with zero American lives lost despite intense ground combat and even rescue helicopters taking hits.

During an interview with Axios, President Trump went into more detail about the mission.

This included the fact that the U.S. at first worried that a message from the stranded pilot of the F-15 shot down by Iran was a trap set by the Iranians to lure U.S. forces into a bloodbath.

Trump also revealed the pilot gave a short message on the radio that seemed ‘unusual.’

“He said, ‘Power be to God,’ ” Trump told Axios.

“What he said on the radio sounded like something a Muslim would say,” the president added.

A U.S. defense official later confirmed Trump’s account but said the phrase was actually slightly different: “God is good.”

The CIA pulled off a clever trick on the Iranian enemy.

Per the Daily Mail, the mission’s success was aided when Iranian forces were deceived after the CIA spread the word that US forces had already found the colonel.

In a final twist, two US transport planes were sent to extract the team became stranded at a remote base inside Iran, but our military had a solution.

Commanders ordered them destroyed rather than risk sensitive equipment falling into enemy hands, flying in replacement aircraft to complete the escape, the Times reported.

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The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that 455 defendants have been charged with stealing over $6.5 billion in healthcare fraud schemes across 45 states. 

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the results of the DOJ’s “2026 national health care fraud takedown” during a press conference on Tuesday.

He credited the work to the “greatest combined federal and state effort in combating health care fraud in history.”

“This team is working tirelessly to take down fraudsters who steal from taxpayer-funded programs and prey on vulnerable Americans,” he said. Blanche further highlighted the nine “health care fraud strike forces,” 57 US Attorney’s Offices, 41 state Attorney General’s offices, and multiple federal agencies involved in the busts.

Since June 8, Blanche announced, over $6.5 billion in health care fraud has been stopped, and over $182 million worth of cash and other assets have been seized.

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Today we are announcing federal and state charges, all of which were charged or unsealed at some point over the past two weeks, the past 14 days, coordinated nationwide action. Since June 8, we’ve charged 455 defendants across 56, like I said a minute ago, US Attorney’s offices and 45 US states and territories. As alleged in the various indictments, these individuals participated in health care fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care programs. The team around me will get into more specifics, but here are a few points that stand out.

In one indictment, we’re bringing charges against a corporate executive in Arizona in connection to over a $1 billion fraud involving unnecessary wound grafts. This alleged scheme cost Medicare over $1 million per patient. In total, our indictment charges 11 defendants for over $2 billion in fraudulent claims in connection to alleged wound care scheBulgarie indictment also alleges that these individuals then used the taxpayer money to bankroll multi million-dollar homes, luxury vehicles, like $135,000 Maserati, jewelry, like an $865,000 Bulgari necklace, and to top it all off to fund the construction of a $4.6 million hotel at a beach resort in the Philippines.

We’re taking back the money, the luxury cars, the jewelry, and these alleged fraudsters will face justice. The coordinated actions of the past two weeks have resulted in over $182 million in cash and other assets seized, making clear our health care fraud enforcement efforts generate a significant return on investment for our taxpayers.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said this marks the “second largest amount ever charged in a single health care fraud operation.”

“These schemes did not target government programs; they targeted the American taxpayer. They stole money from workers who pay taxes, from families who depend on Medicare and Medicaid, and from patients who trusted their health care professionals to be serving their health interests,” he said. “Every fraudulent dollar diverted into a criminal scheme is a dollar unavailable for patient care, for medical innovation, or for services for vulnerable Americans.”

“In certain cases, patients allegedly died, while believing they were receiving legitimate medical care from providers who only viewed them as billing opportunities. These defendants did not simply break the law, they violated the trust that patients place in medical professionals,” he added, highlighting a $27.7 million case in Los Angeles, exploiting deceased Medicare beneficiaries.

In many hospice care cases, Kennedy said, “the patients never die, they live forever,” as fraudsters continue to use their identities to collect payments.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division Collin McDonald, White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Vice Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and FBI Director Kash Patel also delivered remarks.

Watch the full press conference below:

This comes after the DOJ announced earlier this month that 14 defendants were charged for their involvement in “fraud schemes targeting over $50 million” in Ohio.

This includes a 32-count indictment against two state employees and two other co-conspirators for $30 million in fraudulent therapeutic behavioral services, Todd Blanche said.

JUST IN: Todd Blanche, Dr. Oz Announce New Indictments Against 14 Defendants in Ohio Medicaid Fraud Schemes – 49 Home Healthcare Providers Suspended (VIDEO)

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By Wayne Allyn Root

I have lobbied on TV, radio, podcast and my columns for six long years for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be indicted for mass murder and crimes against humanity- and that’s just for his lies and fraud regarding the Covid vaccine.

I didn’t even mention his perjury in front of Congress.

And now we have proof that Dr. Fauci really is “Dr. Evil.” This horrible man spent millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund research that led to the Covid pandemic. Then he lied, covered up, and tried to erase the proof. He even committed perjury in front of Congress.

Thank you, Tulsi Gabbard for boldly releasing the truth about Dr Fauci on your last day in office as National Director of Intelligence.

So, let’s just forget the vaccine for a moment…

Didn’t Covid- the global flu pandemic- kill millions of people in America and across the globe?

If Dr Fauci funded it, meaning he paid for its creation with your taxpayer money, shouldn’t he be tried for mass murder and crimes against humanity just for that?

And if you disagree, then why did Dr. Fauci try to cover his role in the funding of Covid up, and try to erase the emails proving what he did?

If Dr. Fauci did nothing wrong, why would he lie to Congress?

If Dr. Fauci did nothing wrong, why would he be willing to commit crimes to cover up what he did?

If Dr. Fauci is innocent, why did President Biden (and his real boss Obama) need to issue a desperate last second pardon for all crimes before and after, even though no crimes were ever charged, and there were no indictments yet?

What is everyone so afraid of? Why is it so important to protect Dr. Fauci from charges that don’t exist?

Also, separate from the funding of Covid that led to millions of deaths in the pandemic, let’s not forget that as the nation’s supposed medical expert Dr. Fauci lied and committed fraud repeatedly by pushing since-debunked damaging solutions such as lockdowns, masks, and the infamous 6-foot distancing rule.

Then, when whistleblowers came forward to challenge Dr. Fauci, he responded with Soviet-style silencing, censorship, retaliation, firings and attempts to destroy the careers of anyone who dared oppose or criticize his edicts.

Dr. Fauci is clearly evil, a criminal, a fraud, a charlatan, and a mass murderer, who has committed crimes against humanity- even if you leave out the lies about the Covid vaccine…and even if you disagree that the Covid vaccine killed and injured millions.

So, why isn’t Dr. Fauci under indictment by the federal government right now? Why isn’t he charged with perjury, fraud, mass murder, and crimes against humanity- among many other charges.

I certainly can guess. Here are a few educated guesses…

1. Big Pharma has bribed all our politicians and DOJ officials.

2. Big Pharma and the politicians were all complicit with Dr. Fauci in a scheme to get filthy rich- but they can’t admit it, because millions of innocent people died.

3. Dr. Fauci and the entire leadership of the Democrat Party coordinated the entire Covid pandemic with China and the CCP to destroy Trump’s economy, open the door to mail-in ballots, and therefore destroy Trump’s re-election chances by rigging the 2020 election. This is treason and everyone involved could (and should) face the death penalty.

4. Based on all of the above, powerful people with a lot to lose are blocking any attempt to indict Dr. Fauci.

Well, if the DOJ doesn’t want to carry out justice, or is too afraid of Big Pharma to carry out justice, or our entire federal government is too bribed by Big Pharma to carry out justice…or afraid of what Dr. Fauci might disclose…

I have an alternate SOLUTION.

It’s actually simple and easy. Why not copy the Democrats strategy against President Trump?

Just indict Dr. Fauci on the state level- just like Democrats did to President Trump in Georgia, and multiple times in New York. And to President Trump’s allies in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada.

Democrats found a way to indict Trump and his friends in different blue Democrat-controlled states across the USA.

Why can’t any and all Republican red state Attorney Generals do the same to Dr. Fauci?

Even better, keep in mind, on the state level Biden’s presidential pardon cannot protect Dr. Fauci. Federal pardons don’t apply to state law.

Ask Tina Peters and Steve Bannon about this topic. Both of them were pardoned by President Trump, yet New York state put Bannon in prison, and Colorado ignored Trump’s pardon of Tina Peters and kept her in prison. Pardons do not apply on the state level.

So, somewhere in America, there must be at least one aggressive, “tough-guy” Republican AG looking to make a name for himself (or herself), who is ready, willing and able to indict Dr. Fauci.

An even better strategy would be for 10 Republican AGs to indict Dr. Fauci at once. Ten separate indictments. Force him to: A) Defend 10 cases at the same time…B) Spend tens of millions in legal fees…and C) Face decades in prison in 10 states at once.

This is what I call justice- for an evil mass murderer, who has committed crimes against humanity, and punished and silenced so many Americans for telling the truth, and ruined so many millions of American lives.

It’s time to ruin his life.

Make Dr. Anthony Fauci live the rest of his life in pain, and shame, and bankrupt him with legal fees, and make him spend all day, every day on trial, and hopefully stick him in a small prison cell until the day he dies.

That’s my solution. That’s justice…without the DOJ or federal government even involved.

The question is…does any Republican red state AG have enough ambition, and/or the balls to fight for justice?

Because whoever does it, becomes a national hero to 77 million MAGA voters tomorrow.

So, here’s your chance to be a hero. Take it, or we’ll know you’re all cowards, or bribed by the Deep State or Big Pharma.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV shows on Real Americas Voice TV- “America Speaks” weeknights and “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on weekends, and his 2-hour daily video podcast “WAR Zone Live presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily at 4 PM ET/1 PM Pacific at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Illegal Immigrants Have Made America Great.” It’s 100+ blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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President Trump announced Tuesday that federal authorities have now made six arrests in connection with the vandalism and damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, revealing new details about a deliberate act of destruction targeting one of the nation’s most iconic landmarks ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebration.

According to President Trump, investigators determined that a massive 350-foot gash discovered in the Reflecting Pool was not an accident or construction defect but rather the result of intentional vandalism carried out with a sharp blade.

This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome does to people. It turns ordinary leftists into vandals willing to labor through the night with knives and razors to destroy something beautiful simply because President Trump made it better. They couldn’t stand the success. They couldn’t stand the beauty. So they tried to ruin it.

Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“Six people have been arrested, and seven people have been cited, for the damage they did to our Country’s now beautiful Reflecting Pool.

The 350 foot gash, made by a very sharp knife or razors, is actually numerous slashes over a very long 350 foot length. It was purposefully and criminally done, and somebody had to work very hard, probably in the dark of night, to create such a condition.

Likewise, the small area at the bottom of the Pool was cut and powerfully lifted off the surface leaving very jagged, uneven edges. The large areas of grass are being replaced.

In any event, even prior to fixing those areas, the Reflecting Pool is as beautiful as it can be. We will drain some of the water, either immediately before or after the Fourth of July, to do the permanent repair.”

As The Gateway Pundit has been reporting for days, deranged leftists and TDS-addled radicals have been targeting President Trump’s beautification project from the start.

Earlier incidents included cutting out huge pieces of the new “American flag blue” sealant lining, scrawling anti-Trump messages like “86 47,” and jumping into the pool to rip up the surface.

This is targeted sabotage against a symbol of American renewal under President Trump.

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A congressional staffer for Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) has been exposed for his weird sexual kinks and affiliations with LGBTQ groups, prompting a response from Dan Goldman.

The reveal of the employee’s lifestyle is reminiscent of Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a former staffer for Democrat Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, who was caught filming a hardcore gay sex tape in a Senate Hearing Room inside the Capitol.

Reporter Cam Higby claimed that John Blasco, who serves as Goldman’s Interim Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, touched him when he attempted to confront Goldman during a press conference outside of the Delaney Hall Detention Center recently.

Blasco is seen in a video from outside of the detention center confronting Higby and raising an issue with his use of the term “illegal aliens.”

“Are you here for the immigrants being detained?” he asks. “You called them illegal aliens. Who are you?”

The video goes on to expose Blasco’s affiliation and leadership roles with various sexual kink groups for gay and bisexual men. Higby goes on to call Blasco a “pervert who touches other people without consent.”

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Congressman Dan Goldman’s Chief of Staff is a “LEATHER DADDY” Kink Artist.

He couldn’t refrain from TOUCHING me at Delaney Hall when I tried to ask Goldman simple questions.

He’s a member of “Brothers United In Leather Together (B.U.I.L.T)” and “Mama’s Family” where he… pic.twitter.com/VJwO408s7Y

— Cam Higby (@camhigby) June 22, 2026

Higby went on to highlight various examples of Blasco’s strange sexual deviance, accusing him of using “physical force to stifle press at Delaney Hall.”

This guy makes $128,000 OUT OF YOUR POCKET serving as @RepDanGoldman’s Chief of Staff.

Professionalism has left the building. pic.twitter.com/xY7cA0sSJt

— Cam Higby (@camhigby) June 23, 2026

More, published from “Thotyssey” pic.twitter.com/LFKayr26Mn

— Cam Higby (@camhigby) June 22, 2026

Goldman actually responded to the attacks, calling his posts “shockingly pathetic and stupid,” and appearing to accuse Higby of being gay.

“I’m sorry you don’t feel comfortable in your own skin, but you just told on yourself,” Goldman wrote while defending Blasco.

I don’t know who you are, @camhigby, but this is a shockingly pathetic and stupid tweet. I’m sorry you don’t feel comfortable in your own skin, but you just told on yourself.

John is an incredible person and public servant who has served New York City with dedication,… https://t.co/YcSx3NT09E

— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) June 22, 2026

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