Additional reading: The United States sank six Iranian small boats and intercepted a number of Iranian cruise missiles and drones on Monday as Project Freedom got underway. The operation is intended to open the Strait of Hormuz, and the head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, said the U.S. military has “all the authorities necessary to defend their units and to defend commercial shipping,” adding that “we’re already beginning to see movement” from shipping companies seeking to traverse the strait. The United Arab Emirates also said its air defenses “engaged 12 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles, and 4 UAVs launched from Iran” on Monday, and Israel’s Iron Dome was reportedly deployed to help shoot the projectiles down. Saudi Arabia issued a statement backing the UAE “in the measures it takes to preserve its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.” The D.C. police department is in the process of firing a number of high-ranking officials in connection with an investigation into the manipulation of crime data aimed at making violent crime in the district appear lower than it actually is, the Washington Post reported. The Free Beacon‘s Alana Goodman was all over the manipulation scheme as President Donald Trump carried out his D.C. crime crackdown last summer. You can read her reporting here and here. The National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the United States, was hit with a federal complaint alleging that it subjected Jewish members to an antisemitic environment. At the union’s 2025 annual gathering, for example, NEA members “shouted down Jewish participants” as they debated a resolution banning materials from the Anti-Defamation League from appearing in classrooms, creating “an atmosphere in which Jewish delegates reasonably feared retaliation and physical harm,” according to the complaint. Check out our full Tuesday lineup below. Georgetown ‘Islamophobia’ Initiative Required To ‘Consult’ With Qatar on Guest Speakers, University Contract With Qatari Regime Reveals ‘He Was Easily the Most Antagonistic to Israel’: Anti-Israel Activist Who Advised Biden, Schiff To Head Influential Democratic Foreign Policy Group Designed To Staff a Future White House Philadelphia Museum Marks America’s 250th By Dwelling on Its Faults ‘Threatening and Intimidating’: Largest Teachers’ Union in United States Hit With Federal Antisemitism Complaint Wes Moore Shirked His Military Obligations for Years, Investigation Finds, Barely Showing Up Despite Army Paying Tuition: Democrat’s Service Record Again Under Fire Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts. Subscribed Like Comment Restack