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Pope Leo Donald Trump
Middle East

Catholics finally splitting with Trump over Iran war and Israel

It started with Gaza, but the admin's fight with the pope and its insistence that Jesus blesses US bombing raids have put this pillar of the base at serious risk

Bay of Pigs
Latin America

65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms

'There were sobering lessons,' JFK said after the failed invasion of Cuba in 1961. There is still time for the current president to learn them.

Marco Rubio, Michel Issa, Nada Hamadeh, Moawad, Yechiel Leiter
Middle East

Lebanon talks: A 'farce' disguising something much more sinister

What Israel and the US seek is not a peace deal but an agreement to turn the government in Beirut into something like the Palestinian Authority

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.
Washington Politics

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.

We asked AI to find the conflict's biggest boosters in Washington. Surprise: many are connected to Israel and pushed for the invasion of Iraq too.

American farmers fertilizer
Global Crises

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

Why Trump’s Hormuz blockade is headed for a bust
Middle East

Why Trump’s Hormuz blockade is headed for a bust

First of all, if Washington establishmentarians like the idea, there must be something seriously wrong with it