President Donald Trump has announced that Operation Epic Fury is "nearing completion" as the military operation against Iran approaches its fifth week. During his address to the nation Wednesday night, Trump recapped the United States' progress in the region, aiming to reassure Americans that the conflict would soon draw to a close. Notably, Trump did not indicate whether the United States would put boots on the ground in the region. 'The hard part is done.'Trump reiterated the objectives of the operation, including destroying Iran's air force and navy, debilitating its missile capabilities, and preventing the country from developing nuclear weapons. "Tonight, I'm pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion," Trump said. "As we celebrate this progress, we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran." RELATED: Trump says Iran asked for a ceasefire — but the US has one major condition Trump also echoed the updates he provided throughout the week, urging European allies burdened by the oil crisis to buy American oil and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz themselves. "The hard part is done, so it should be easy," Trump said. "And in any event, when this conflict is over, the strait will open up naturally." Although it is still unclear who in Iran the United States is negotiating with and the status of those negotiations, Trump said that he is on track to "get rid of a cancer that has long simmered." "It's known as the nuclear Iran," Trump said. "And they didn't know what was coming. They never imagined it." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Wisconsin police released video of a suspect in the stabbing death of a woman at her Kenosha home on Wednesday.Kenosha police said they were called to the home near 75th Street and 22nd Avenue for a welfare check on a woman. Her friend told police that her estranged husband had been getting physical with her.'I never would have thought nothing of it. He seemed like a cool dude, held the door, he came in with his kids.' The man identified as Marckus Plaza was seen by police dragging a body in the home.When they spoke to Plaza, he gave them a fake name, and after they gained entry into the home, he was seen hopping a fence to escape.The woman was found in the basement stabbed to death, according to police. They also found a phone that was bent in half.Inside the home were her two children.Police said Plaza escaped on foot and is looking to find transportation to flee from the area. They described him as a black man weighing about 190 pounds with a height of 5'6". When last seen, he was wearing dark-colored sweatpants and a white tank top.They also released a video of the man hopping a fence into what appears to be a neighbor's yard to escape police.WDJT-TV reported that court documents indicated the woman had obtained a restraining order against Plaza.He is charged with first-degree intentional homicide using a dangerous weapon.RELATED: Suspect in 'horrific, gruesome' murder of family in Alabama is Salvadoran gang member and had been deported, police say A resident of the area said he had encountered Plaza before the incident."I've seen him at the gas station before," Bobby Johnson said. "I never would have thought nothing of it. He seemed like a cool dude, held the door, he came in with his kids."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A woman tasked with the mission to defend human rights in San Francisco was stealing funds from a nonprofit for her personal enrichment, according to prosecutors.Sheryl Davis. 57, was charged with 17 felony counts that included conflict of interest in a government contract, perjury, and misappropriating public funds.Prosecutors said she misappropriated funds from a charity meant to benefit homeless children that received $3.5 million of city funds. Authorities were tipped off by a whistleblower to Davis' alleged illegal activities, according to a press release from San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Davis was in charge of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars from the Dream Keeper Initiative but allegedly funneled the cash to companies where she could personally benefit. The program was meant to invest in the African-American community after the rioting over the death of George Floyd.Prosecutors said she misappropriated funds from a charity meant to benefit homeless children that received $3.5 million of city funds. The organization paid Davis' son about $140,000, which was "deposited into a bank account Ms. Davis jointly owned and controlled."Other numerous schemes were outlined by prosecutors in which Davis and 65-year-old James Spingola, a co-conspirator who ran a San Francisco nonprofit, allegedly misappropriated funds for their own benefit. Spingola was charged with four felony counts of aiding and abetting Davis' conflict of interest in four contracts with the city. Both Davis and Spingola were arrested on Monday and were booked into the San Francisco County Jail and given a $50,000 bond each. Davis was fired in 2024 after it was discovered that she was living with Spingola without disclosing the relationship with the grant recipient. She was also accused of misusing funds at that time. The job paid $350,000 a year when she was fired. RELATED: BLM activist named 'Bostonian of the Year' ordered to repay money she embezzled from taxpayers and nonprofit "These are not routine charges," Jenkins said. "But I want to be clear: These are allegations that will ultimately be proven or disproven in court." Prosecutors say Davis may face additional charges. The investigation into her alleged misconduct involved more than 50 search warrants and spanned over 18 months. "We have charged what we believe we had the evidence to prove," Jenkins added. Davis posted an odd message after the arrest on her social media account. "Where are my encouraging and supportive sisters?" she asked. Her attorney denied that she was guilty of any felonious conduct. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

When conservative mother Isabel Brown spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference, she used the platform to champion having more children — a cause BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” can easily get behind.However, not everyone appreciated Brown’s stance, particularly the women of “The View.”“I think it’s just really reckless to be suggesting that people should have children when you now know, in this country, there’s this affordability crisis. And for a two-person household, a married household, you need over $400,000 for child care,” Sunny Hostin explained to the panel.Hostin went on to claim that Brown was “advocating for people to be born into poverty,” where those children will not be educated, housed, or fed.“At the same time ... this government is cutting all of the services that would allow people to have families and big families,” she added.Stuckey calls Hostin’s statement “over-the-top, inaccurate, and absurd.”“No one said that having children comes without sacrifices and comes without some form of what people may call inconvenience. But the idea that you have to be making almost half a million dollars a year to be able to just survive with children is absurd,” she says.“It’s not true today. It has never been true in all of history,” she adds.But Hostin wasn’t the only one on the panel who criticized Brown’s statement.“I gave our girl Isabel a little Google,” Whitney Cummings said. “She has a baby. She has a 1-year-old. Of course, she thinks everyone should have a lot of kids. She has a 1-year-old that sleeps all day.”“I also was like, ‘I’m going to have a bunch more kids.’ Wait till your kid is up and walking and you spend most of your day trying to get its shoes on. You’re probably going to rethink how many kids you have,” Cummings added.“I must be doing motherhood wrong because, see, my 1-year-olds were awake all day, and they took a nap for a couple hours in the afternoon, but they were awake. Are you thinking about a 1-month-old? A 1-year-old is a toddler,” Stuckey responds.“Having a 1-year-old is, like, one of the most challenging times because they’re so mobile, they’re so energetic, and yet they can’t just sit there and be entertained by a book for very long. And so, that’s crazy,” she continues.Stuckey, who has three children of her own, believes that Hostin and Cummings are actually just placing convenience and luxury over children — much like other women in the “child-free movement.”Stuckey plays a clip one woman posted on TikTok of herself discussing how wonderful it is to lie around all day and prioritize her own needs instead of having children.“That’s such a superficial and selfish reason not to have kids,” she says.Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.