Weekend Beacon 6/29/25

“Their friendship was a romance: passionate, tender and tempestuous, full of longing, riven by jealousy.” No, I’m not referring to Trump and Bibi. It’s Ian Leslie’s take on McCartney and Lennon. Dominic Green returns to the Weekend Beacon with a review of John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs. “Bound by ambition as well as love, John and Paul

Classified Report That Suggested Iranian Nuclear Program Still Intact Likely Relied on Faulty Info From Iranian Sources, Former Intel Officers Say

‘I know it’s messaging, the Iranians know it’s messaging, and for some reason, NSA believes it’s actual f—ing intelligence,’ former CENTCOM intelligence officer tells the Free Beacon Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine shows a test of the bomb used in the attack on the Fordow plant (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The top-secret Defense

White House Tells Free Beacon: Trump Wants Middle East Peace but Is ‘Not Afraid To Use Strength’ Again

The press secretary’s comments came in response to Washington Free Beacon report President Donald Trump hopes for peace in the Middle East but isn’t “afraid to use strength” again if necessary, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. “We look forward to sustaining a long and durable peace in the region and the president

DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Law Granting In-State Tuition, Financial Aid to Illegal Immigrants

‘No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country,’ Pam Bondi says Pam Bondi (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Minnesota law that allows illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state college tuition and state financial aid, arguing that the policy violates federal

CNN Steps In for Demolished Iranian State Media HQ, Carries Story of Popular Anger and Threat of Revenge

‘There’s actually someone’s lunch at their desk standing here, which they probably would have been wanting to eat until they had to evacuate the building,’ correspondent Frederik Pleitgen says while holding up a melted spoon CNN reporter Frederik Pleitgen toured the Iranian state-controlled broadcasting headquarters that Israeli warplanes struck, pointing out the regime’s destroyed tech

Israel Hits Iranian Weapons Depots, Internal Security HQ As Trump Weighs US Involvement

The IDF destroyed ‘over 40 missile infrastructure components directed toward the State of Israel, including missile storage sites and military operatives of the Iranian Regime’ among other targets Israel Launches Strikes Against Iran (Stringer/Getty Images) Israel scored direct hits on Iran’s uranium enrichment sites, internal security headquarters, and more than 40 missile depots on Wednesday