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Iran War

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

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

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

Trump's regime change fantasies never stood a chance

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Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning

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

Iran killed any delusions of US military domination over China

The US will suffer more from oil  shock than China, Russia, or EU

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
Middle East

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Washington's search for a 'silver bullet' to defeat Tehran has made it all but impossible to secure a deal

Rubio floats a disastrous plan for disarming Hezbollah
Middle East

Rubio floats a disastrous plan for disarming Hezbollah

US gas prices iran war
Middle East

The US will suffer more from oil  shock than China, Russia, or EU

Will Gulf states turn to Israel for protection from Iran?
Middle East

Will Gulf states turn to Israel for protection from Iran?

Haiti gang violence
North America

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

Driscoll Hegseth
Washington Politics

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

US wants to use hypersonic missile on Iran. Problem is, it may not work.
QiOSK

US wants to use hypersonic missile on Iran. Problem is, it may not work.

The Dark Eagle failed to launch during some tests and is not considered battlefield ready

Sanders urges cooperation with China to avert AI apocalypse

Another view: Forward US bases in Middle East are not obsolete

Lowballing? Critics balk at military's $25 billion cost estimate of war

Senate kills effort to stop Trump war against Cuba

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

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Washington's search for a 'silver bullet' to defeat Tehran has made it all but impossible to secure a deal

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

Driscoll Hegseth

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

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

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

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

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