Middle East
Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning
Is Trump running out of time to end the war before the American economy catches up?
April 28, 2026
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Middle East
Trump: When the only friends you have left are Bushies and neocons
The warmaking president is shedding his base. But the last ones on the MAGA bus may be the first to leap off at any sign of political trouble.
April 27, 2026
Middle East
A fake threat exposes a very real crisis between Turkey and Israel
Relations between the two Middle East powers are about to blow — or at least the media says — amid wars in Iran and Lebanon
April 23, 2026
Asia-Pacific
War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi
Rather than a clash, these titans are likely tempered by the Middle East war. The question, who now has the better advantage?
April 22, 2026
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.
April 20, 2026
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
April 20, 2026
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