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Iran War

After 6 months of war, why aren't oil prices even higher?

Turns out having nukes provided the US very little leverage

US can huff & puff, but without a political fix Iran won't come down

As Baghdad tries to please Trump, Iran tells Iraqi militias not to disarm

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Israel is sponsoring ads on Ted Cruz's podcast. Is that legal?

US can huff & puff, but without a political fix Iran won't come down

Pitch for defense treaty and moving US military to Israel is insane

After 6 months of war, why aren't oil prices even higher?

This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you

Donald Trump with reporters
Middle East

New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze

The American president may desire a low level conflict that maintains the status quo until after the midterms, but Tehran will have other ideas

An image shows computer code on top of a blue background with various connected nodes
Military Industrial Complex

This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you

President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the South Portico of the White House
Middle East

Did Trump put a poison pill in his own Saudi nuclear deal?

Trump Rubio Bessent
Washington Politics

Trump's war and tariffs are having a nasty effect on interest rates

Alexander Vindman
Washington Politics

The rise and fall of 'resistance' hero Alexander Vindman

Darline Graham
Washington Politics

Lindsey Graham's sister wins. The War Party wins. We lose, again.

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Suspected mold in barracks at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia
QiOSK

A trillion budget but military can't 'afford' to attack mold on bases?

New GAO report says there is a $285 billion repair backlog behind toxic conditions in housing and facilities across the country

Israel's Lobby: More powerful and more unpopular than ever

'Orcas' with likely inside info win big on Trump Jr.-funded Polymarket

Rolling Stone hits hysterical note suggesting Putin NATO attack nigh

US cries foul as Israel bombs Turkey-linked airbase in Syria

Asia-Pacific

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

US diplomatic incompetence is tanking hopes for Korean peace

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad

China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad

Middle east

Donald Trump with reporters

New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze

The American president may desire a low level conflict that maintains the status quo until after the midterms, but Tehran will have other ideas

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Israel's Lobby: More powerful and more unpopular than everplay icon

Israel's Lobby: More powerful and more unpopular than ever

Washington Politics

Alexander Vindman

The rise and fall of 'resistance' hero Alexander Vindman

Trump Rubio Bessent

Trump's war and tariffs are having a nasty effect on interest rates

Darline Graham

Lindsey Graham's sister wins. The War Party wins. We lose, again.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol

Israel is sponsoring ads on Ted Cruz's podcast. Is that legal?

Africa

Khalifa Haftar

Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans.

How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump's plans in Africa

US military marching into Puntland as Red Sea tensions escalate

DRC president claims Trump deal requires he seize another term

Latin America

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, in February 1989

Did Fidel Castro's decades-long defiance doom Cuba?

In Latin America, the road to Trump's heart goes through Israel

Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras

Europe

Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections

Stepan Bandera is haunting the Ukraine War and Polish elections

An independent Europe means no more US rooster in the henhouse

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go

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

A Marine MV-22B Osprey

Why would the Pentagon want to hide weapons testing results?

After cutting down the DOT&E to a skeleton crew, the Pentagon now wants to remove 25 years worth of its reports from public view.

Media

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Officials say 'America-hating' media to blame for USS Lincoln outrage

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

Mark Levin Jack Keane Fox News

Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip

Global Crises

Trump oil fields

Trump is playing chicken with America's oil reserves

The US risks depleting its emergency petroleum supplies even as it escalates with Iran