05 MAY 2026: Iran War Escalates, Tehran Vows More Attacks Today // Global Energy Crisis Grows // Major Fraud & Waste Ring Busted in Ohio // Growing Leftist Violence in CA — And Those Who Inspire Dem Terrorists

The Wright Report

Bryan Dean Wright

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🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Radar Brief episode of The Wright Report, Bryan delivers a major update on the war with Iran as Tehran breaks the ceasefire and launches fresh attacks on U.S. Navy destroyers, Arab allies, and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the White House to escalate its new "Project Freedom" operation.

He explains how the USS Truxtun and USS Mason successfully pushed through sustained Iranian missile, drone, and speedboat attacks while protecting U.S.-flagged cargo ships, and why President Trump is now weighing whether to retaliate militarily or continue the dangerous balancing act of reopening global commerce while tightening Iran's economic chokehold. Bryan warns that this moment could define the next phase of the war and the global economy.

He also breaks down the rapidly rising cost of oil, gasoline, and diesel as California receives its last Middle Eastern crude shipment before supply shortages hit harder across the West Coast, Europe, and Asia. With Goldman Sachs warning of shrinking global reserves and possible $150-per-barrel oil by June, Bryan explains why the Pentagon is racing to keep the Strait open before Iran can trigger a wider economic crisis.

Plus, Bryan highlights a major Medicaid fraud investigation tied to Somali-run "home health" schemes in Ohio that could become a major Republican midterm issue, and new reporting tying the deadly Palisades fire arsonist in California to radical anti-capitalist ideology and admiration for the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, raising deeper questions about political rhetoric and domestic extremism.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

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0:00.0	It's May 5th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report.
0:09.0	Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News Podcast.
0:22.3	Now, I've got a radar brief for you this morning. News that's on my radar that I'll brief you on more fully later this week.
0:28.1	But nevertheless, we've got a bunch of events to talk about this morning that are definitely shaping America and the world.
0:36.0	First, I've got an update for you up on a otherwise sad story that I share with you yesterday
0:40.5	from the country of Morocco involving those two U.S. soldiers missing in that African country.
0:46.9	CBS News reports that it was a group of soldiers that were hiking together.
0:50.3	One of them sadly slipped off a cliff into the waters below.
0:53.6	That person, person incredibly that soldier
0:56.0	did not know how to swim two others then jumped in to try to render aid one managed to make it back
1:01.9	the other the other sadly did not and those two are now missing and presumed dead incredibly painful
1:09.2	news for those families so let us lift them up in prayer this morning.
1:14.1	Next, and as forecasted yesterday, things are heating back up in the war with Iran, and that's what
1:19.8	I really want us to focus on today.
1:22.1	The big news, of course, is that Iran's leadership broke the ceasefire yesterday and ordered
1:27.1	fresh attacks on multiple
1:28.4	Arab and U.S. targets. As Reuters, CBS News, and others report two U.S. Navy destroyers came under fire
1:35.1	as they were muscling their way through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday and, of course, into the Persian Gulf.
1:40.1	They were clearing the way for two U.S. flag cargo ships that were behind them.
1:50.8	The USS Truxton and the USS Mason took on heavy fire from Iranian speedboats and missiles and drones trying to protect those two U.S. flagged cargo ships.
1:54.1	In what U.S. officials are calling a sustained barrage yesterday.
1:57.8	Now, thank God, neither ship were actually struck, and that is thanks to the good work of
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