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Global Crises

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Europe

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Transatlantic leaders see this as yet another proxy against Moscow. That would be a mistake.

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

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

The admin just gave $30M to GHF, the organization at the center of charges that Israel is weaponizing assistance and shooting at desperate civilians seeking it

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Latin America

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

In many cases the money that migrants send home is equal or more than the federal aid those countries used to get

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

The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran

They may be a minority, but these conservatives are bucking the old guard and warning Trump of pending disaster

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Middle East

Short, sharp shock? Trump's idea of quick victory is illusory

His so-called 'precision' strikes will likely spur the creation of a real bomb and spiral into a regime change-driven war

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Global Crises

Trump the anti-war president was always a myth

Let the record show: Trump poured fuel on our endless wars and kicked diplomacy to the curb.