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Iran War

Trump must end the war today and fire all top officials connected to it

Neocons in full meltdown as voters punish GOP for Iran war

‘It’s the war, stupid’: Dems sweep midterms on wave of voter anger

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

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AIPAC dumped more than $55 million into losing midterm races

Neocons in full meltdown as voters punish GOP for Iran war

Britain's elites are in hysterics over looming 'war' with Russia

Trump must end the war today and fire all top officials connected to it

Major losses could spur Trump to escalate war before year's end

Marco Rubio speaks during a briefing at the White House
Latin America

After midterm disaster, can Rubio still get Cuba regime change?

The elections have sharpened the case against a military operation, even as US economic pressure continues to grow

Swedish Sodermanland Regiment
Europe

'Junk history' and Swedish neutrality

Marjorie Taylor Greene Iran
Washington Politics

The vindication of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office
Africa

Scorned Trump boots Rwanda, South Africa from trade deal

Thomas Massie Hegseth impeachment
Washington Politics

Thomas Massie triggers Hegseth impeachment vote in House

Kaja Kalls
Europe

Europeans got blue blinders in wake of midterm sweep

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña
QiOSK

Paraguay's Trump-aligned president resigns amid bank crisis

Santiago Pena got himself in Washington's good graces, but his links to a major banking scandal left him with nowhere to turn

Ukraine is running out of time

Election was a check on Trump — and Biden — foreign policy

AIPAC dumped more than $55 million into losing midterm races

Vance admits it: ‘The reason we lost is the war’

Asia-Pacific

A soldier from Alpha Team 01, affiliated with the National Unity Government, rests during a reconnaissance mission

Trump wants Myanmar's rare earths. He's talking to the wrong people.

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

Middle east

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan receives Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi

The Saudi-UAE split is ending. That may be bad news for Yemen.

A sharp break last year left the Gulf allies at odds. Now, they're reentering the fight against the Houthis, with divergent goals.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Ukraine is running out of time

Washington Politics

Thomas Massie Hegseth impeachment

Thomas Massie triggers Hegseth impeachment vote in House

Marjorie Taylor Greene Iran

The vindication of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Trump Marine One Susie Wiles Scott Bessent

Trump must end the war today and fire all top officials connected to it

Patrick Leahy is sworn in to Congress for the first time in 1975

When the 'Watergate Babies' rode their own wave of anger

Africa

Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office

Scorned Trump boots Rwanda, South Africa from trade deal

Russia is courting African states. The US shouldn't overreact.

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

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Latin America

Marco Rubio speaks during a briefing at the White House

After midterm disaster, can Rubio still get Cuba regime change?

Bolsonaro becomes another exile who cannot depend on Trump's help

Despite Trump's 'shield' right-wing govts line up to congratulate Lula

Despite intense US pressure, UN votes to condemn Cuba blockade

Europe

Swedish Sodermanland Regiment

'Junk history' and Swedish neutrality

Europeans got blue blinders in wake of midterm sweep

Three cheers for Melania Trump-led ceasefire in Ukraine

Britain's elites are in hysterics over looming 'war' with Russia

north america

El Salvador haiti

Is Haiti becoming a front in a multinational conflict?

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

Military Industrial Complex

Adm. Brad Cooper

Military chiefs ruling over regional fiefdoms are the problem

When combatant commanders become more powerful than civilians in the eyes of the media, Washington, and world leaders, it throws off a critical balance

Media

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare 4 Injects 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