Earlier in the day, the US struck three Iranian nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan – using its B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran the bully of the Middle East must now make peace,” Trump said. 

Read More: Iran ‘reserves all options’ to defend itself after US strikes, says foreign minister

In New York, the NYPD ramped up patrols in certain areas. “We’re tracking the situation unfolding in Iran,” the NYPD posted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter, adding, “Out of an abundance of caution, we’re deploying additional resources to religious, cultural, and diplomatic sites across NYC and coordinating with our federal partners. We’ll continue to monitor for any potential impact to NYC.” No specific threats have been reported yet. 

Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department issued a similar statement: “The Metropolitan Police Department is closely monitoring the events in Iran. We are actively coordinating with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to share intelligence in order to help safeguard residents, businesses, and visitors in the District of Columbia.”

The MPD noted no known threats but increased presence at religious sites. 

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass addressed the situation on X: “There are no known credible threats at this time and out of an abundance of caution, LAPD is stepping up patrols near places of worship, community gathering spaces and other sensitive sites. We will remain vigilant in protecting our communities.” 

Read More: B2 deployment, US strike, Trump’s threat: Israel-Iran conflict deepens in 24 hours | All that happened

The LAPD coordinated with state and federal agencies. 

Paul Mauro, a former NYPD Inspector and Fox News contributor, explained the strategy: “[NYPD] will put out special attention patrol cars at locations that could track to the conflict in places that have an Israeli connection, and there’s a couple of Shia mosques – Iran, is Shia – and there are a couple of Shia mosques. You never know what’s going to develop. So [they’ll] liaise with those communities. They’ll talk to them, they’ll put special patrol, special attention patrol.” 

He added, “In some instances, they’ll even put out what they call a ‘HOW’ car, which is called a ‘house of worship car,’ which is, they’ll park a marked car right in front of the location.”

Mauro emphasized monitoring online threats: “You’re going to look very closely online. You’re going to be monitoring a lot of the online stuff. NYPD has a very robust cyber counterterrorism program, and you’re going to do that very heavily.” 

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is slamming a city nonprofit and its former CEO with a lawsuit which claims they misused grant money.

Now, the city wants those dollars back.

In a release, Schwalb’s office said the anti-violence organization Women in H.E.E.L.S. received funding in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years for violence reduction programs in the Congress Heights neighborhood to support local women and girls.

The grant was awarded to the organization in March 2022 as part of Cure the Streets, the Office of the Attorney General’s violence reduction program. Women in H.E.E.L.S. was picked to run one of the program’s sites in Congress Heights.

Former CEO Ikeia Hardy is accused of diverting $57,302.48 in grant funds from the charity to her personal checking account.

“As soon as we become aware of this illegal conduct, we terminated the Women in H.E.E.L.S. grant. Now, we are seeking to recover the misappropriated funds and ensure that they are redirected toward public safety efforts in the District,” Schwalb wrote.

The nonprofit is also accused of failing to return more than $200,000 in unspent money after their grant agreement was terminated. Another $153,500 in funds from 2022 is being sought because, according to the lawsuit, the nonprofit never provided documentation to support the spending of that money.

In addition to seeking a return of those funds, the lawsuit also claims there was “a prohibited conflict-of-interest transaction with a consulting firm owned by a WIH managing employee,” in violation of D.C. law and the grant agreement terms.

The lawsuit states the charity lost its federal tax-exempt status on Feb. 15, 2023, and has also lost its nonprofit status with the District.

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Hey, keep it down, Mr. President!

That’s how some fellow Amtrak travelers are feeling with former President Joe Biden in their midst.

The ex-chief executive has been regularly taking the train from his home in Wilmington, Del., to his office in Washington, D.C.

And while many riders are loving seeing Biden riding the rails like an ordinary Joe, others have complained that he’s breaking one of Amtrak’s cardinal rules.

“He’s talking in the quiet car!” one irked rider complained to the New York Post.

Amtrak’s “quiet car” is the second on the Acela — behind first class— and its code of conduct is enforced by conductors and passengers who are quick to shush those who break the taboo.

Biden, who took Amtrak during his days in the U.S. Senate, also seems to have forgotten what’s on the menu in the Acela’s café car.

Biden is said to have asked for his favorite snack, ice cream, which isn’t served. The former leader of the free world had to settle for a muffin instead.

Biden, who dropped his re-election bid last year after a disastrous debate performance against now-President Donald Trump, has been visiting Washington, D.C., roughly once a week for meetings.

Passengers have shared Amtrak pictures of the ex-POTUS on social media, and Biden held an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash while aboard the train.

But Biden White House veterans say that there’s intrigue around what exactly the former president is doing at his temporary office, which is a short distance from D.C.’s Union Station.

“It’s really a mystery,” one former Biden aide said of Biden’s activities while in the district, adding that current Biden staffers “avoid answering” the question.

“They’re supposed to be setting up library stuff but no one has heard anything,” this person said. “We’re all wondering the same thing because he doesn’t go to restaurants or anything public around here.”