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Iran War

Was the MOU meant to be trashed?

American farmers are slammed by war 7,000 miles away

A new 'Danube' approach to the Hormuz Strait is in order

Thanks to Trump's war, Dems successfully co-opt 'America First'

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Is Europe starting to come to its senses on Ukraine?

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

Evidence of a Russian 'hybrid war' in Europe is vanishingly thin

Was the MOU meant to be trashed?

Despite intense US pressure, UN votes to condemn Cuba blockade

Why is Egypt jumping into Houthi war? First, follow the money.
Middle East

Why is Egypt jumping into Houthi war? First, follow the money.

Cairo buys an increasing amount of fuel from abroad, owes billions to foreign lenders, and depends on open Red Sea-Suez traffic, among other pressures

Putin and Pezeshkian
Middle East

Could the path to US-Iran diplomacy run through Moscow?

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Jordan's King Abdullah II during a multilateral meeting with leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council
Middle East

Jordan's King Abdullah settles for frenemy status with Trump

A table showing the tally of the 2026 UN vote over the embargo on Cuba
Latin America

Despite intense US pressure, UN votes to condemn Cuba blockade

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smile at the start of a conference in Vienna
Europe

Europe went from leading Iran diplomacy to slavishly following US

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
Media

Call of Duty 4: Injecting American empire right into the veins

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

Farmers behind election attack ads against GOP

Polls show tight races in more rural states as midterms near

The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war

Most voters in key states want to block US arms transfers to Israel

Plurality of active-duty service members oppose Iran war: poll

Voters more worried about Iran war than immigration or crime: polls

Asia-Pacific

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock San Diego (LPD 22) transits Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam

Pulling back to the Second Island Chain would be strategic folly

Philippines protests

Unrest in Philippines threatens to upend US backed data centers

Diego Garcia airbase

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

Middle east

Putin and Pezeshkian

Could the path to US-Iran diplomacy run through Moscow?

Russia may have a role to play as an intermediary, but significant hurdles stand in the way of a more decisive role.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war

Washington Politics

Vice President Henry Wallace

What if Dems didn't scuttle Henry Wallace VP nomination in 1944?

Joe Biden and Brett McGurk

Meet the ex-Biden official working hard to rewrite history on Gaza

Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background

What Rubio really means when he talks about 'civilizational' renewal

Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp gestures next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick

The anti-China coalition is breaking apart at the seams

Africa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference

High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition

Latin America

A table showing the tally of the 2026 UN vote over the embargo on Cuba

Despite intense US pressure, UN votes to condemn Cuba blockade

What happened to all the concern about Venezuelan democracy?

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Europe

Russia Ballistic Missiles

Ukraine's 'shoot the archer' strategy is far from a silver bullet

Europe went from leading Iran diplomacy to slavishly following US

Is Europe starting to come to its senses on Ukraine?

Reagan & Gorby: What happened in Reykjavik didn't stay in Reykjavik

north america

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Military Industrial Complex

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

Media

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4: Injecting American empire right into the veins

Zach Bryan Gaza

Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Ed Sheeran

After Macklemore sacking, Ed Sheeran enters his 'Sun City' moment

Global Crises

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

On one hand there's more economic resilience than expected but on the other, everyone appears waiting for the other shoe from the war to drop