New York City landlords are firing back at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s director of Tenant Protection after comments calling property ownership “white supremacist.” Cea Weaver, a high-ranking operative within the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), has faced repeated criticism for past social media posts attacking homeownership. “The reality is that for centuries, we have really treated property as an individualized good and not as a collective good,” Weaver said in one video from 2021. She added that the transition to “shared equity” would target “white families” and “some POC (people of color) families who are homeowners.” In a social media post from 2019, she said “homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ public policy,” The Daily Wire previously reported. In response to Weaver’s past comments, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News: “Civil Rights Division of the DOJ is on high alert as to the radical agenda promised by Mayor Mamdani, much of which is at odds with our federal Constitutional and civil rights norms.” Now, NYC landlords are accusing Weaver of racism for ignoring immigrant property owners in the city. “I think that the true socialist views toward housing and taking housing away from people like myself is the racist element in this,” Jan Lee, a third-generation Chinatown property owner and board member of the Small Property Owners of New York (SPONY), told Fox News Digital. “I think when you start to lump all of us together and say that we’re all the bad thing that’s keeping people out of housing, that’s racist. We’re right out of the gate in this administration, starting off with extreme hostility for property owners.” Ann Korchak, board president of SPONY, called Weaver’s comments “insulting.” “To say that it’s racist to own property is an insult to every single immigrant who ever came here,” Korchak said. Weaver would be “blown away by the diversity” of NYC property owners, Korchak said. “New York has a rich tradition of immigrants kind of reaching the American dream through property ownership,” Korchak said. “So many of our members and others who don’t even know that we exist came to America because they didn’t have rights in wherever they came from.” Weaver recently led the first of five planned “Rental Ripoff Hearings” intended to “uncover policy recommendations that will more effectively and systematically protect tenants in their homes,” The Daily Wire previously reported. At the meeting, Weaver said the mayor’s office would use the feedback collected at the Rental Ripoff hearings to inform housing policy going forward. Private landlords said the hearings are too one-sided. “They should pull from a combination of tenants, landlords, financiers, developers, and economists,” New York real estate broker Adam Frisch told The Daily Wire. “Everybody looks at the situation with their own biases, and it’s the role of the mayor to sit down with tenants and landlords and say I know you’re both unhappy. Let’s see what we can do.”

The United States didn’t hedge — it called Tehran out by name, publicly torching what it says are flat-out lies from the Iranian regime in a blunt, point-by-point takedown posted by U.S. Central Command, just hours after the joint United States–Israel operation that eliminated Iran’s supreme leader. The fact-checking barrage comes in the wake of the coordinated strike by the United States and Israel that took out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a move officials have framed as a decisive blow against what they describe as the regime’s decades-long campaign of terror and regional destabilization. In a pair of sharply worded statements on X, CENTCOM directly contradicted claims made by Iran’s ambassador at the United Nations and by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, labeling them false and accusing Tehran of deliberately misleading the international community. During a U.N. Security Council meeting, Iran’s ambassador claimed Tehran’s response had been directed “solely and exclusively at the bases and assets of the United States.” CENTCOM rejected that claim outright. “The Iranian Regime is actively targeting civilians and has attacked more than a dozen locations,” the command stated, listing sites it says were struck. According to CENTCOM, those locations include: Dubai International Airport Kuwait International Airport Zayed International Airport, Dubai Erbil International Airport, Iraq Fairmont Palm Hotel, Dubai Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bahrain Port of Dubai Residential areas in Beit Shemesh, Israel Residential areas in Tel Aviv, Israel Residential area of Era Views Towers, Bahrain Residential areas in Qatar The public rebuttal marks a significant escalation in messaging, with the United States accusing Tehran of attacking civilian infrastructure while misrepresenting its actions before the international community. In a separate claim, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps asserted it had struck the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with ballistic missiles. CENTCOM again dismissed the claim. “The Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn’t even come close,” the command said. “The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM’s relentless campaign to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime.” The forceful denials come as the United States and Israel continue a coordinated military campaign targeting Iranian military assets, including air defenses, missile infrastructure, and naval capabilities. By publicly labeling Tehran’s statements as false, Washington is waging an information battle alongside ongoing military operations — seeking to counter Iranian claims, reassure allies, and underscore that key U.S. assets remain fully operational.

The U.S. Military said Sunday that the headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had been destroyed during the joint U.S.-Israel military strikes launched over the weekend. “The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed more than 1,000 Americans over the past 47 years. Yesterday, a large-scale U.S. strike cut off the head of the snake. America has the most powerful military on earth, and the IRGC no longer has a headquarters,” U.S. Central Command said, posting a video of the strikes.  The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed more than 1,000 Americans over the past 47 years. Yesterday, a large-scale U.S. strike cut off the head of the snake. America has the most powerful military on earth, and the IRGC no longer has a headquarters. pic.twitter.com/WdpN7JBECr — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 1, 2026 The IRGC was based in Tehran and designated as a foreign terrorist organization by Trump during his first term in office. Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the IRGC, was reportedly killed during the strikes. The State Department has said that the militant group has engaged in terrorism for decades and is responsible for the deaths and kidnappings of hundreds of Americans. Suspected IRGC attacks have been disrupted in recent years across the United States, Germany, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain, and Turkey. During his first term, Trump took out Qasem Soleimani, the general who commanded the IRCG Quds Force. That unit was responsible for much of the IRGC’s terrorist activities, according to American officials. Trump on Saturday called for members of the IRGC to lay down their weapons. “We are hearing that many of their IRGC, Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us. As I said last night, ‘Now they can have Immunity, later they only get Death!’ Hopefully, the IRGC and Police will peacefully merge with the Iranian Patriots, and work together as a unit to bring back the Country to the Greatness it deserves. That process should soon be starting in that, not only the death of Khamenei but the Country has been, in only one day, very much destroyed and, even, obliterated,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Iran has launched attacks on 11 countries, targeting both military infrastructure and civilians, in retaliation for the U.S. and Israeli strikes. At least three American service members have been killed with five more seriously wounded.

Fireballs obliterating defense sites, plumes of black smoke twisting into the Tehran skyline, and precision strikes flashing across the darkness — dramatic new footage released by the Israel Defense Forces shows what it says was a rapid seizure of air superiority over the Iranian capital within 24 hours of launching a joint assault with the United States. The IDF says the Israeli Air Force carried out more than 700 sorties and unleashed thousands of munitions in a sweeping campaign designed to dismantle Iran’s military infrastructure at speed and scale. “The Air Force cleared the way to Tehran within 24 hours,” the IDF said, adding that Israeli aircraft have been operating “with air superiority in the skies over Tehran” in recent hours. The video shows fighter jets lifting off for strike missions, explosions ripping through Iranian air defense systems, and thick columns of smoke rising from targeted sites across the city. Interceptor missiles can also be seen streaking skyward as Israeli forces knock down waves of unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Iran toward Israeli territory. According to the IDF, targets struck include ballistic missile launchers, military headquarters, air defense batteries, and command centers tied to what Israel describes as the Iranian regime’s terror apparatus. The Israel Defense Forces says it is striking targets in Tehran, releasing video strikes on defense systems. pic.twitter.com/4JmoS5F53u — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) March 1, 2026 At the same time, Israel’s multi-layered air defense network — including the Iron Dome system, which intercepts incoming aerial threats mid-flight — working alongside fighter jets and attack helicopters, has knocked down Iranian drones since the beginning of the operation, the military said. The air campaign unfolds as part of a broader joint offensive between Israel and the United States targeting Iranian military assets across multiple fronts. President Donald Trump announced that United States forces, operating alongside Israel, have sunk multiple Iranian naval vessels and largely obliterated Tehran’s naval headquarters, signaling a coordinated push to degrade Iran’s land, air, and sea capabilities simultaneously. Securing air superiority over a capital of nearly nine million people in less than a day marks a significant escalation. Control of the skies allows for sustained precision strikes and limits Iran’s ability to contest operations from above. Israel says strikes in Tehran are ongoing, with additional attacks carried out in the heart of the city in recent minutes against remaining defense systems. Iran has responded by launching drones and vowing retaliation, setting the stage for further exchanges as the confrontation intensifies. Related: ‘Bottom Of The Sea’: Trump Declares Iran’s Navy Is Finished

President Donald Trump dropped a thunderclap into the escalating showdown with Iran, declaring that United States forces alongside Israel have sunk nine Iranian naval ships and largely obliterated Tehran’s Naval Headquarters, gutting the regime’s surface fleet in a matter of hours. The announcement lands just 24 hours after United States and Israeli forces eliminated Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — a decapitation strike that reset the board overnight. Now, the focus appears to have shifted from leadership targets to hard military assets at sea. “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important,” Trump wrote. “We are going after the rest — they will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also! In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters.” The blunt message framed the joint United States–Israel operation as a decisive strike at Iran’s maritime backbone — not a symbolic exchange, but a direct dismantling of naval capability. If confirmed, the loss of nine vessels — potentially including larger patrol or missile craft — would mark one of the most severe single-day blows ever dealt to Iran’s navy. The reported destruction of naval headquarters compounds that impact, targeting both ships and the command structure directing them. For decades, Tehran has relied on asymmetric naval tactics, fast-attack craft, and choke-point pressure near the Strait of Hormuz to project power and threaten global shipping. A shattered surface fleet dramatically weakens that leverage and limits the regime’s ability to flex in the Gulf. Trump made clear the campaign is ongoing. “We are going after the rest,” he warned — signaling that additional strikes could follow as the operation widens. Iran’s naval forces are led by Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, commander of the regular Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. It remains unclear whether either commander was present at the naval headquarters or harmed in the recent strikes. With Wall Street closed on Sunday, attention now turns to oil futures when trading resumes later in the evening. Energy markets will be watching closely for signs of disruption in the Persian Gulf. Bitcoin, which trades around the clock, briefly dipped on the headline before rebounding, reflecting the immediate shock and rapid repositioning typical of geopolitical escalations. Iran still retains missile forces, drones, and proxy networks capable of responding. But if the scope of these reported naval losses holds, Tehran’s blue-water ambitions may have been set back dramatically in a single sweep.