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Israel-Iran War

First it was regime change, now they want to break Iran apart

Trump's use and misuse of Iran intel

Let's make a deal: Enrichment path that both Iran, US can agree on

Polls: Americans don't support Trump's war on Iran

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Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

First it was regime change, now they want to break Iran apart

Let's make a deal: Enrichment path that both Iran, US can agree on

Polls: Americans don't support Trump's war on Iran

Bidenites make soft landing in heart of lucrative war industry

Havana, Cuba
North America

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

The president’s new national security memo on Cuba reaffirms his old policy of punishment, which does nothing for US interests

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Europe

Does Germany’s ruling coalition have a peace problem?

Tucker Carlson Pezeshkian
Media

Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

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Europe

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Trump and Keith Kellogg
Europe

Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?
Middle East

Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

BRICS takes aim at Israel as it wades into geopolitical conflicts

Trump threatens members with 10% additional tariffs as Rio summit kicks off with its biggest convocation yet

Are you a terrorist?

Diplomacy Watch: Staring down the barrel of a summer offensive

Charges of US contractor shootings in Gaza recall ugly Blackwater era

How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump

What did the US and China just agree to exactly?

Wall Street Stock Exchange

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

China Navy

Three reasons why China can't afford to invade Taiwan

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

Will Trump choose deal or discord with China?

Middle east

Trump Netanyahu in Washington

Netanyahu returns to DC — in triumph or with more to ask?

Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization — all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Are you a terrorist?

Washington Politics

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Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

US capitol building washington DC

Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump's unilateral bombing

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo), Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi said Iran not building nukes. One senator after another ignored her.

Africa

mali

Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

Will Sudan attack the UAE?

Latin America

remittance tax central america

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

Former Air Force commando takes top LatAm job at NSC

Bukele's dirty secret: He made deals with the worst gangs

US invasion of Panama was first step toward the 'forever wars'

Europe

SPD Germany Ukraine

Does Germany’s ruling coalition have a peace problem?

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

north america

Havana, Cuba

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

Canada hosts pre-NATO rearmament affirmation confab

Military seizing massive swaths of public lands at the border

Why spying on Greenland isn't the problem

Military Industrial Complex

US Navy Taiwan Strait

Despite setbacks, trends still point to US foreign policy restraint

Even with the greenlight for Israel's attacks, we won't be able to afford new costly entanglements — or want them

Media

Tucker Carlson Pezeshkian

Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

Lobby Horse

How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

Tucker Carlson

Tucker escalates war with neocons over Iran

Mark Levin

The great fade out: Neocon influencers rage as they diminish

Global Crises

Donald Trump

The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs

The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw