Additional reading: Iranian missile strikes have dropped to their “lowest number” yet over the past 24 hours as Operation Epic Fury sparks “widespread desertions” among Tehran’s fighting force, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a Tuesday morning briefing. Hegseth also detailed his recent surprise visit to an undisclosed U.S. Central Command base engaged in Operation Epic Fury. “I met a junior airman,” he shared, “who when asked what they needed, she simply looked at me with a sly smile on her face and said, ‘More bombs, sir, and bigger bombs.’ We will happily oblige her.” It was an example of “the American warrior unleashed,” Hegseth said. The Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy for minors—which is to say that the law banned therapists from suggesting to children that they shouldn’t undergo harmful and permanent procedures changing their gender. The High Court ruled 8-1 that the law unconstitutionally regulated speech. Naturally, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. An American journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday after the U.S. government informed her “about a specific threat against her by the Iranian-backed paramilitary group Kata’ib Hezbollah, which was allegedly looking to kidnap or kill female journalists” and had Kittleson’s name on a list, according to CBS News. Check out our full Tuesday lineup below. As Yale’s Jewish Population Declines to 1940s Quota Levels, University Leaders Say Jewish Community is ‘Thriving’ Karen Attiah, Radical Beefcake Columnist Fired for ‘Endangering’ Colleagues, To Receive ‘Distinguished Service Award’ From Journalism Society Iranian Missile Strikes Fall to Lowest Level Seen During War As ‘Widespread Desertions’ Squeeze Regime’s Fighting Force, Hegseth Says ‘More Bombs, Sir, and Bigger Bombs’: Hegseth Recounts Witnessing ‘the American Warrior Unleashed’ During Recent Trip to Middle East Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.