Overview
- ABC News updated its report to note the FBI’s fuller alert stated the Iran drone information was unverified.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt demanded a retraction and asserted no homeland threat existed, citing that the initial story drew roughly 10 million views versus about 100,000 for the correction.
- President Donald Trump told Fox News the bulletin about a possible Iran revenge plot in California is being investigated.
- The FBI alert shared with California authorities said Iran allegedly aspired to launch UAVs from an unidentified vessel toward unspecified California targets and offered no details on timing, method, targets, or perpetrators.
- Fox News reported multiple agencies said they first learned of the bulletin from media coverage, and separate reporting noted the alert preceded Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes that a senior law-enforcement official said likely degraded Iran’s capability.