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Iran War

Trump's regime change fantasies never stood a chance

Why did Iran hit Kuwait so hard?

Catholics finally splitting with Trump over Iran war and Israel

Is this the grand bargain that could end the Iran war?

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$240 million drone vanishes into thin air

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

UAE's dollar swap threats show how brittle these US alliances can be

Despite Trump's threats, a US-Cuba deal is taking shape

Why did Iran hit Kuwait so hard?

Hegseth Guam
Middle East

How Iran killed fantasy of US military domination over China

Not only did today's conflict exacerbate shortages, it also exposed how unprepared we are for a real Great Power war

Merz Trump
Europe

No more ‘daddy’? Trump becoming orphan with Euros over Iran

Masoud Pezeshkian ; Donald Trump; Vladimir Putin
Middle East

Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning

Trump and Lindsey Graham
Middle East

Trump: When the only friends you have left are Bushies and neocons

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz‑Canel
Latin America

In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan UAE
Middle East

UAE's dollar swap threats show how brittle these US alliances can be

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Senate kills effort to stop Trump war against Cuba
QiOSK

Senate kills effort to stop Trump war against Cuba

By 51-47 vote, Senate blocks debate due to 'U.S. troops not being engaged in hostilities,' despite ongoing blockade.

UAE leaves OPEC: what it means for the US, oil markets & Saudi

DoD spent $4.7 billion for Venezuela, Caribbean ops: Report

Raytheon exec blasts through revolving door and into space

Report: ​US burned through half or more of critical missile interceptors

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump Xi Jinping

War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

apan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher

Japan's new long-range missiles put US-China on collision course

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un waiting for Trump, but there's a path right in front of him

China electric cars

On energy, China can sit this crisis out. Here's why.

Middle east

Hegseth Guam

How Iran killed fantasy of US military domination over China

Not only did today's conflict exacerbate shortages, it also exposed how unprepared we are for a real Great Power war

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?play icon

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

AUMF iran

GOP senators want to give Trump official blessing for Iran war

These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists

These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.

Africa

Nigeria

Despite US troops and killer drones, Islamic State terrorizing Nigeria

Libya's warlord is tightening his grip, with a US imprimatur

After 3 years of fighting, Sudan's civil war is only getting worse

Vastly dependent on imports, Africans scramble amid oil crisis

Latin America

US: Open shipping for me but not for thee (looking at you China)

US: Open shipping for me but not for thee (looking at you China)

In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal

Despite Trump's threats, a US-Cuba deal is taking shape

65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms

Europe

Merz Trump

No more ‘daddy’? Trump becoming orphan with Euros over Iran

Election of so-called 'Putin agent' is no surprise to ordinary Bulgarians

The EU still has no guts when it comes to Israel

What Viktor Orban's crushing defeat in Hungary really means

north america

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?

Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'

Military Industrial Complex

Contractors delivering F-35s with no radars and unfit for combat

Contractors delivering F-35s with no radars and unfit for combat

One would think that in the middle of a war, the US would be getting what they need to win. But that's just not the case.

Media

Iran school attack

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Ngo Dinh Diem vietnam coup assassination

'Kennedy's Coup' signaled regime change doom loop for US

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Global Crises

American farmers fertilizer

Trump risks war backlash from the heartland: American farmers

Even if Gulf shipping reopens tomorrow, supply lags and energy costs are driving fertilizer and other input costs sky high — just in time for planting season