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Iran War

Joe Kent: Trump can't end war until Israel taken out of the loop

Trump appears poised to restart the Iran war

Can we please talk about WHY we are in a missile shortage?

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

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Trump appears poised to restart the Iran war

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

AIPAC takes out Israel lobby critic Thomas Massie in grueling primary

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

Can we please talk about WHY we are in a missile shortage?

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Latin America

Is the CIA car bombing narcos in Mexico?

Recent reporting suggests that covert agents are playing a growing role in the fight against cartels, now deemed terrorists by Trump

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Middle East

The humiliation of finding secret Israeli bases in Iraq

Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Europe

'Comrade Keir' or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?

The real lesson of Cuba's alleged drone build-up against the US
Latin America

The real lesson of Cuba's alleged drone build-up against the US

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Middle East

Is the petrodollar a war casualty or death greatly exaggerated?

Ukraine drone attack
Military Industrial Complex

Militaries are drone-happy but populations are living in terror

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

House GOP yanks Iran war powers vote amid fears it could pass
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House GOP yanks Iran war powers vote amid fears it could pass

With a razor-thin majority, Republicans are struggling to hold back congressional action on the conflict

Are we pausing weapons to Taiwan because US stockpiles running dry?

AIPAC takes out Israel lobby critic Thomas Massie in grueling primary

Poll shows cracks in GOP support as Iran war drags on

On China, Trump wants to be Mr. Nice Guy now

Asia-Pacific

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

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War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

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

Middle east

iraq shepherd

The humiliation of finding secret Israeli bases in Iraq

'It shows a blatant disregard for Iraqi sovereignty, its government and its forces, as well as for the dignity of the Iraqi people,' said one lawmaker after the revelations

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

Thomas Massie election

Can 'America only' Massie survive today’s AIPAC mobbing?

Democrats playing catch up with their voters on Israel

Democrats playing catch up with their voters on Israel

Are Democrats falling into a hawkish trap on China?

Are Democrats falling into a hawkish trap on China?

Africa

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

Sniffing out Red Sea access, US in line to be Eritrea's latest suitor

How Trump's diplomacy is shaping the war in the eastern Congo

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize

Latin America

mexico drug violence

Is the CIA car bombing narcos in Mexico?

The real lesson of Cuba's alleged drone build-up against the US

As Rubio turns into punisher, Cubans wary of final blow

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

Europe

Prime Minister Keir Starmer

'Comrade Keir' or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?

Washington must act to defuse the Baltic powder keg

EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers are barely a half measure

How the failure of Trump's Caucasus corridor helped spare Armenia

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Haiti gang violence

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

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?

Military Industrial Complex

Elite corporate 'patriots' parachute into Pentagon at taxpayers' peril

Elite corporate 'patriots' parachute into Pentagon at taxpayers' peril

Hegseth killed a controversial fellows program that sent military personnel into the private sector. But then he created two new programs that are even worse.

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

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'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

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Budget shortfalls could force the organization to move closer to the communities that it's meant to serve