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Trump Threatens Journalist Over Rescue Leak, Two Airmen Saved.

5/6/2026

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President Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist who leaked rescue details.
The rescue saved two airmen from a shot-down F-15E Strike Eagle; a second pilot remains missing.
The White House praised the rescue at an April 6 press conference but gave no explanation of the shoot-down.
Earlier, Iran killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait, and the war has caused thousands of civilian deaths and displaced millions.

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President Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist who leaked rescue details.
The rescue saved two airmen from a shot-down F-15E Strike Eagle; a second pilot remains missing.
The White House praised the rescue at an April 6 press conference but gave no explanation of the shoot-down.
Earlier, Iran killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait, and the war has caused thousands of civilian deaths and displaced millions.