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Iran War

On war, Trump must remember the wisdom of St. Augustine

How massive US footprint in the Gulf became a bullseye overnight

Is UAE instigating a US seizure of long disputed Gulf islands?

Trump's April Fools' Address to the nation

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Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz

Iran wipes out US-Israeli radars & sensors, changing course of war

How massive US footprint in the Gulf became a bullseye overnight

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

Hormuz is not a tool to end the war but how Iran wins the aftermath

Viktor Orban and JD Vance
Europe

VP Vance rushes to Hungary to save Viktor Orban's political life

The prime minister faces a real election loss for the first time in 16 years and the White House wants to make sure it doesn't happen

Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?
Middle East

Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?

Netanyahu
Middle East

What if Israel just won't stop?

Fighting the same war, again and again
Global Crises

Fighting the same war, again and again

Israelis don't pay for the weapons we 'sell' to them — US taxpayers do
Middle East

Israelis don't pay for the weapons we 'sell' to them — US taxpayers do

Hormuz is not a tool to end the war but how Iran wins the aftermath
Middle East

Hormuz is not a tool to end the war but how Iran wins the aftermath

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Trump hails rescue of airmen as proof Iran is losing
QiOSK

Trump hails rescue of airmen as proof Iran is losing

Hegseth says Iran is 'humiliated' after Tehran shot down an F-15 and forced the American military engage in operation under fire, losing multiple assets

Planes and pilots down: Is US prepared for real conventional war?

White House requests $1.5 trillion defense budget

Bob Kagan leads neocons changing their spots over Trump's war

Ex-Ukraine envoy Gen. Kellogg now with Trump sons at drone startup

Asia-Pacific

China electric cars

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

Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population

Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at White House Trump

If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner

Trump ASEAN

The Supreme Court did Trump a favor in Southeast Asia

Middle east

Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?

Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?

This would further blur the line between aid and military operations, causing more suffering for Palestinians

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

Trump dover kuwait remains Army service members

Putting boots on the ground could kill Trump’s presidency

Erlic Burlison Lauren Boebert Lisa Murkowski

Republicans stepping up skepticism over $200B war request

ukraine war protests

Red or Blue? How party ID codes our positions on foreign policy

Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands

Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands

Africa

Africa Ghana

Vastly dependent on imports, Africans scramble amid oil crisis

Trump's Sahel reset banks on 'sovereignty,' guns + minerals deals

Trump's 'commercial diplomacy' runs into violent reality

South Africa: Between Iran and a hard place (Donald Trump)

Latin America

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

Hezbollah in Latin America: A political bugaboo rolling out on cue

Vatican quietly steps up role in US-Cuba talks

As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador

Europe

Viktor Orban and JD Vance

VP Vance rushes to Hungary to save Viktor Orban's political life

Is the Iran War breaking NATO forever?

'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia

Finland moves to allow hosting of nuclear weapons in dangerous shift

north america

Russian icebreakers

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'

Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.

Military Industrial Complex

USS Gerald Ford

USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?

The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency

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

Fighting the same war, again and again

Fighting the same war, again and again

Aggressors rarely emerge victorious from conflict. So why do they fight?