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Ted Cruz blasts Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson, over Operation Epic Fury criticism

The senator joined CBS News show The Takeout to explain why he believes US President Donald Trump's actions against Iran were justified, countering Kent's claims to the contrary.

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) moves through the Senate subway during a vote in the US Senate on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 4, 2026.
Tucker Carlson, former FOX News host and current host of The Tucker Carlson Show, attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026 in Washington, DC.

GOP not ‘winning’ fight against antisemitism from figures like Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz says

The Pentagon is shown with the Washington Monument in the background on February 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Pentagon, FAA to conduct testing on high-energy anti-drone laser system in New Mexico

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Tucker Carlson to interview Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel


'Syrian Jihadist groups' targeting Druze today will target Israel tomorrow, Katz tells Ted Cruz

Defense Minister Israel Katz said southern Syria would remain a demilitarized zone despite Israel allegedly allowing Syrian forces a limited presence in Sweida.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with Senator Ted Cruz to discuss Syria.

Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson throw down in ‘rough’ interview about potential Iran strikes

Carlson spent a lot of time attacking the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel advocacy group, Cruz said.

 Senator Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson on the Tucker Carlson show, June 19, 2025.

Some Republicans voice concern over Trump's plan to accept Qatari plane

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block all of Trump's nominees to the Justice Department until the agency reports what it knows about the Qatari offer.

 The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025.

It's time end funding to USAID - opinion

Sen. Ted Cruz has claimed that USAID secretly transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas, directly enabling the terror group’s military build-up ahead of the October 7 attack.

 THE USAID building in Washington: Reports indicate that humanitarian aid funds intended for rebuilding Gaza’s infrastructure have also benefited groups tied to Hamas, the writer notes.

Does New Zealand's foreign policy betray Western values? - opinion

Beyond US Senator Ted Cruz's recent criticism, New Zealand's UN voting record, stance on Israel, and diplomatic choices reveal a concerning shift away from traditional Western democratic values.

 NEW ZEALAND’S Foreign Minister Winston Peters addresses the UN General Assembly, last September. New Zealand’s foreign policy, particularly its stance on Israel, is not just a matter of local politics or a passing disagreement.

A grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI,’ Ted Cruz says

A study of Hebrew grammar's noun genders was flagged as "woke" in Senator Cruz's new database of federal grants, one of seven Israel-linked projects targeted despite his strong support for Israel.

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5 2021.

Ted Cruz: Biden admin. poured 'millions of dollars' into Hamas

“They secretly poured literally uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, including tens of millions of cash they could never account for,” Cruz said. 

 US SENATOR Ted Cruz speaks at an event in Phoenix last month. Last week, he introduced a proposed amendment setting limitations of three two-year terms for members of the House and two six-year terms for the Senate, the writer notes.

'Showering cash on Iran': Ted Cruz claims Biden, Blinken funded Hamas massacre

Cruz also claimed that the White House was essentially telling Israel "not to kill the terrorists."

 US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks alongside House Republican impeachment managers and other Senate Republicans during a press conference on the impeachment of U.S. Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 16, 2024.

US envoy nominee: I’ll do everything to extradite Ahlam Tamimi

The US has pushed for her extradition given that two of the victims of the attack which took place at the Sbarro pizza restaurant were American citizens.

 AHLAM TAMIMI, sentenced to 16 life terms for involvement in the suicide bombing attack on the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001, hugs her father who came to greet her at Amman airport in 2011 following her release from prison in Israel.

US Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system

Most Republicans have trained their invective on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, accusing the prosecutor of mounting a politically motivated investigation.

 US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2020