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CENTCOM Chief Briefs Trump on Options for Bombing Iran

Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, visited the White House on Thursday to brief President Trump on military options for attacking Iran, The Wall Street Journal has re...

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Trump Says US 'Not Negotiating' With Iran, Something Will Happen 'Fairly Soon'

President Trump told reporters on Wednesday night that the US was "not negotiating" with Iran and that something would be happening "fairly soon," one of his latest vague threat...

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Israel's New - and Terrifying - Security Doctrine

If you read one thing today, make sure it is this: In a stunning piece published by the head of one of Israel's most prominent think tanks, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman describes the ...

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Trump's Big Bluff on Iran

Reprinted from John's Substack: The Trump administration and its supporters - including the Wall Street Journal editorial page - are working overtime these days to spin the news...

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Senate Narrowly Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution

The Senate narrowly defeated a War Powers Resolution on Thursday that would have directed President Trump to end the war with Iran, though the vote doesn't negate the Iran War P...

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State Department Approves Massive $24 Billion F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia

The State Department approved a $24.3 billion sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. The announcement comes as the Gulf kingdom is requesting military assistance from its allies as it f...

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Report: US Ramps Up Intelligence, Targeting Support for Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen

More than 100 US military advisers are in Saudi Arabia assisting Riyadh with intelligence and targeting support for its renewed war in Yemen, CNN reported on Thursday. One of CN...

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Report: US Ramps Up Intelligence, Targeting Support for Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen

More than 100 US military advisers are in Saudi Arabia assisting Riyadh with intelligence and targeting support for its renewed war in Yemen, CNN reported on Thursday. One of CN...

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Israel's Ben Gvir Unveils Plan To Remove All Palestinians From Gaza

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Thursday unveiled a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza's Palestinian population, which he and other Israeli ministers re...

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White House Planning to Reactivate Civil War-Era Court to Accelerate Theft of Iranian Oil

The US Justice Department is preparing to reactivate prize courts to "adjudicate the disposition of [Iranian] captured vessels and cargo." Bloomberg reported speaking with an at...

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Pentagon Admits To Committing Major Civilian Massacres in Yemen Last Year

Pentagon Drafting New Nuclear Strategy To Expand Options .... Hegseth Says Congress Should Pay Tribute to Lindsey Graha.... Influential Retired IDF General Says Gaza Should Remain ...

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Trump Threatens 'Leakers' With Jail Time Over Reports About Munitions Shortages

Iran's Ghalibaf Says Trump Engaging in 'Theater Diplomacy'. Israeli Attacks in Gaza Have Killed One Child Per Day Sin.... US Intelligence Assets Said To Descend On Cuba

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US Strike on Home in Iran's Qeshm Kills Father, Mother, and Their Two-Year-Old Child: Iranian Media

The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won't Stop Isr.... Joint US-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Kill 20 PMF Fighters. Bedouins With A-Bombs

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Katz Tells Hegseth That Israel Won't Withdraw From Gaza, Syria, or Lebanon

Over 100 Democrats Join Thomas Massie in Voting To Cut $3.... Senators Unveil Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill To 'Honor'.... The Inconvenient Jew Is One of Zionism's Biggest Problems

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Iran Targets US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan Following Major US Airstrikes

Iran's Foreign Ministry Says US Strikes on Railway Bridge.... Trump Says He Supports Ukraine's Long-Range Attacks Insid.... Demolitions Continue as Israeli DM Rules Out Withdrawing ...

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Report: US Believed Israel Wanted To Kill Iran's Araghchi and Ghalibaf During April Negotiations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon on Tuesday and vowed that Israeli troops will not be withdrawing anytime soon.

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In Historic First, Congress Passes Concurrent War Powers Resolution To End Iran War

Vance Says Iran Agreed To Establish a Direct Line Between.... Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion .... US Africa Command Says It Has Launched 68 Airstrikes in S...

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Trump Says Iran 'Has To Have Some' Ballistic Missiles

CENTCOM Announces End of US Blockade on Iran. Vance: Israeli Officials Need To Realize Trump Is the Onl.... Report: Netanyahu Aims To Influence US-Iran Deal Through ...

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US Strikes on Iran Cut Off Water Supply for 20,000 People: Iranian Media

The Department of War has raised the counterintelligence threat posed by Israel to its top level. The sources said that Tel Aviv wanted intelligence on Washington’s plans for ...

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House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution

Israeli Military Chief: No Ceasefire for IDF in Lebanon. US Congressman Introduces Bill To Change US-Israel Relati.... Why Trump May Actually Have Told Netanyahu 'Everybody Hat...

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US Launches Another Round of Airstrikes

Trump Threatens To 'Blow Up' Oman If the Country Doesn't .... Pentagon Has Forces in Place To Launch an Attack on Cuba. Suspected US or UAE Airstrike Kills Pregnant Woman and Th...

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House Republicans Block Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution That Was Expected To Pass

If the Donald does not wish to bring down upon himself the ignominy of being the first US president to be impeached, convicted and removed from the White House by the US Marshal...

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Trump Says Financial Situation for Americans Not a Factor in His Decision Making on Iran War

Report: Saudi Arabia Bombed Iraqi Militias During US-Isra.... Xi Warns Trump That Differences Over Taiwan Could Lead to.... Israeli Forces Use Robots to Expand Offensive North of Le...

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US Bombs Iran's Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas

The post included an animated video featuring Hegseth, where he claimed that the Trump administration was "putting the American taxpayer first" and taking action against bureauc...

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'No More Mr. Nice Guy': Trump Threatens Iran With AI Image of Himself Holding a Gun

Iran Says Nearly Half of Iranians Killed by US-Israeli Bo.... State Department Says US Is in Conflict With Iran. Israeli Strikes Escalate With Attacks Reported

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Trump Shares Post Calling for the Killing of Iranian Leaders Who Won't Accept US Demands

Katz: Israel Waiting for US 'Green Light' To Attack Iran,.... Trump Continues Yemen Drone War With Virtually No Media A.... Cost of Iran War Not Included in Pentagons $1.5 Trillion ...

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US Sends Thousands More Troops to Middle East, Considers Ground Ops in Iran

Hegseth Says US ‘Locked and Loaded’ To Bomb Iran’s .... Lebanese Infant Slain in Israeli Strike on Her Father’s.... Pentagon Ramps Up Preparations for Potential Attack on Cuba

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Trump Says US Military Will Stay Near Iran and Is Ready for 'Next Conquest'

The true total of US national security spending in 2027 will exceed $2.5 trillion, far beyond the already record-shattering $1.5 trillion military budget President Trump has req...

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Israeli DM Says All of South Lebanon Will Be Occupied, Villages Leveled 'In Accordance With Gaza'

"The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again - Much more to follow!" the president wrote on Truth Social. "IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE I...

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Report: US Preparing Major Escalation Against Iran That Could Include Ground Troops and Intensified Bombing

Ravid's sources said the potential options for a "final blow" include:

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Department of War Seeks $200 Billion More to Fund Iran War

Top US Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over War With Iran. Lebanon Death Toll Passes 1,000, Amnesty Says Israel Must.... Israel Strikes World's Largest Natural Gas Field in Iran

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US Responsible for Bombing Iranian Elementary School and Massacring Over 100 Children: Preliminary Investigation

Iran’s Control of Strait of Hormuz Means It's Exporting.... Israel Attacks Central Beirut as Death Toll Rises to 570. Chaos or Democracy? The Impossible US Gamble in Iran

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Report: Trump Advisors Want Israel To Attack Iran First To Provoke Iranian Retaliation Against US Assets

President Trump has assembled the largest concentration of U.S. Air and Naval power in the Middle East since Iraq was attacked in 2003.

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Rep. Ro Khanna To Force a Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution Next Week

"Trump officials say there's a 90% chance of strikes on Iran. He can't without Congress," Khanna wrote on X. "[Massie] & I have a War Powers Resolution to debate & vote on war b...

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Netanyahu Officially Joins 'Board of Peace' During US Visit as His Forces Continue Killing Palestinians in Gaza

1953 Redux - Neocons Want To Saddle Iran With the Son of .... Member of Trump's 'Religious Liberty Commission' Removed .... Trump Should Revive the JCPOA To Prevent War With Iran

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Moscow: US and Russia 'No Longer Bound' by New START Limits as Treaty Set to Expire

While the sheer pomposity, Trumpian megalomania, and painfully paradoxical context surrounding the so-called "Board of Peace" (BoP) might tempt some to dismiss it as mere specta...

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Trump Considering Strikes on Iran to Reignite Protests

The Iran Escalation Machine: Narratives, Sanctions, and t.... Treating Peaceful American Civilians as Enemy Combatants. Trump Admin Sued By Families of Boat Strike Victims

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Trump Asks For 'Decisive' Military Operations for Iran

Israel is attempting to force the UN aid agency for Palestinians to cease operations for Israel

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Two Republicans who previously voted to advance the bill flipped after pressure from Trump

Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Wednesday night to kill a Venezuela War Powers Resolution that sought to prevent another US attack on th...

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Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, also attended the hearing and appeared to have been injured during the US raid

Children Killed and Wounded by Israeli Airstrike on Tent .... President Trump Poses With Sen. Graham and a ‘Make Iran.... Israel Pounds Southern, Eastern Lebanon, Claims to Target...

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Family Members of 9/11 Victims Tell Biden to Return Frozen Funds to Afghans

A group of family members of 9/11 victims has sent a letter to President Biden urging him to return the $7 billion in frozen Afghan reserves held by the US Federal Reserve to th...

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Nancy Pelosi's Utterly Reckless Election-Season Gambit

We don’t know how it could have been any clearer than this warning from Chicom mouthpiece and ultra-hawk, Hu Xijin. Prior to America’s other senile leader putting herself in...

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How To End the War in Ukraine?

Given the devastating effects of this war, first in Ukraine but also, through sanctions, on the world economy and the risks of famine that they entail, it seems obvious that the...

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Antiwar.com: Now More Than Ever

Antiwar.com is more crucial now than ever, and there is more reason now than ever for it to be the "go-to site every morning!"

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Free Assange? Yes, But That’s Not Nearly Enough.

On June 17, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face 18 criminal charges: One count of conspiracy to commit computer...

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Pentagon Says Ukraine Will Survive and the US Will Arm It for Years to Come

On Monday, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said Pentagon leaders believe the state of Ukraine will survive Russia’s invasion and that the US is preparing to arm the...

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The President's Policy is Dangerous: What Does Joe Biden Believe He is Doing in Ukraine?

President Joe Biden spoke to the American people after a fashion. He, or whoever writes his material, sought to calm rising fears about the consequences of intervening ever deep...

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US Sending Ukraine Advanced Rocket Systems as Part of $700 Million Weapons Package

The Pentagon announced Wednesday a new $700 million weapons package for Ukraine that includes advanced rocket systems with a range of up to 50 miles, marking a significant esc...

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Henry Kissinger Says Ukraine Should Cede Territory to Russia to Achieve Peace

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Monday said that Ukraine should cede to Russia the territory Moscow and the Donbas separatists controlled before invading to end the...

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The News Media's Ukraine Whitewash Grows Worse

The report said that Nina Jankowicz, a so-called "disinformation expert" who was appointed to head the board, has resigned from the DHS. Jankowicz has previously worked as a "di...

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Washington Accuses Russia of Committing War Crimes in Ukraine: Terrible and True, But What About US War Crimes?

Washington appears intent on making Russia's war on Ukraine into a moral crusade. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby last week declared that "we’re certainly seeing clear evidence...

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US Puts 8,500 Troops on 'Heightened Alert' for Potential Deployment to Eastern Europe

The Pentagon said Monday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has placed 8,500 troops on "heightened alert" to prepare for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as Preside...

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Blinken Says Only a 'Few Weeks' Left to Revive Iran Deal, Warns of ‘Other Options’

"We’re very, very short on time. The runway is very short," Blinken said. He claimed Iran is getting close to being able to produce "enough fissile material for a nuclear weap...

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US Militarism Should Have Died With the Soviet Union

It is no accident that Julian Assange, the digital transparency activist and journalist who founded WikiLeaks to help whistleblowers tell us what western governments are really...

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Biden Signs $778 Billion NDAA Into Law

On Monday, President Biden signed the massive $777.7 billion 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law.

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Joe Biden, Let's Not Go to War

But maybe it is time for America's rulers to take Russian worries into consideration. Even for those of us who are no fans of Vladimir Putin and the government he runs, this see...

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Bombings, Casualties Surge in Escalation of Saudi Air War in Yemen

Are the CIA and its contractors able to bully not only the U.S. Department of Justice, but also the UK judiciary? This is not hard to conclude after the High Court decision anno...

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The World Keeps Yemen Waiting With Deadly Results

The head of the US Navy's Seventh Fleet called for an increased presence of US and allied aircraft carriers in the Asia Pacific to counter Russia and China.

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Dispensing With Indispensability: The US Failed To Improve the World

Israeli military officials continued their threats against Iran Tuesday, warning that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are "accelerating" plans to attack the Islamic Republic ...

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Biden Says United States Would Come to Taiwan's Defense

An assistant to a senior Middle East official on Biden's National Security Council said the administration had given "assurances" to the US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria that t...

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Some Democrats Want to Give Biden War Powers to Fight China Over Taiwan

The centrists are in favor of expanding Biden's authorities even though any military action against China risks nuclear war, while the progressives favor the current policy.

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Time for Washington To Stop Sanctioning the World: US Arrogance Leaves Trail of Innocent Victims Behind

The "Lift Sanctions, Save Lives" network is lobbying Congress to do what it should have done years ago: assess the impact of economic sanctions now routinely applied to ally as ...

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How the 'Self Licking Ice Cream Cone,' Prolonged the 20 Year War

There is a rapidly growing political demand for making American officials accountable for the failures of the Afghanistan War, with a focus now on the military leadership and to...

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Top Generals Didn't Want Biden to Withdraw From Afghanistan

Pentagon leaders testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday on the Afghanistan withdrawal, and two top generals said they thought the US should not have left t...

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Pentagon Paid the Arms Industry at Least $4.4 Trillion Since 9/11

Brown University's Costs of War Project released a new report Monday detailing post-9/11 spending by the Pentagon. The study found that of the over $14 trillion spent by the Pe...

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Afghanistan Collapse Reveals Beltway Media's Loyalty to Permanent War State

In the wake of a remarkably successful Taliban offensive capped by the takeover of Kabul, the responses of corporate media provided what may have been the most dramatic demonstr...

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US Continues to Warn of Potential ISIS Attack in Kabul

As the US has been evacuating people from the Kabul airport, US officials have warned of a potential attack from the local ISIS affiliate, known as ISIS-K, a sworn enemy of the ...

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In a World Aflame, an Antiwar Movement Is Needed More Than Ever

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is not likely to be long remembered. It was essentially a sham state, with a corrupt and incompetent government, which deployed a faux milita...

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What Is a Winning Foreign Policy? Being the Planet's Imperial Guardian, Apparently

With an increasingly enfeebled Joe Biden as president, Republicans are on the attack. The GOP has abandoned virtually every moral principle that it once defended, but the desire...

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Biden's Foreign Policy Failures

On Monday, President Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi agreed that the US "combat" mission in Iraq will be over by the end of the year, but US troops will rema...

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The War Lobby Believes Washington Should Represent Everyone Except Americans

The US military bombed Somalia on Tuesday, marking the first official US airstrike in the country of the Biden administration. The Pentagon said the strike targeted al-Shabaab a...

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Report: Afghanistan Withdrawal Complete for 'All Intents and Purposes'

The official said currently, about 600 US troops remain in Afghanistan. Most of the troops are Marine Corps or Army personnel who will stay at the US embassy in Kabul. The rest ...

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Federal Authorities Are Using 'Disinformation' as a Pretext To Silence Foreign Policy Dissent

Former Senator Mike Gravel (D-AK) died yesterday at 91. He was a major hero of the antiwar movement several times over.

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US Could Slow Afghanistan Withdrawal Over Taliban Gains

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday suggested that the US is considering slowing down the pace of the Afghanistan withdrawal due to gains made by the Taliban in recent fig...

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Biden Joins Long Line of Presidents to 'Woefully' Undercount Civilians Killed in US Wars

Human rights defenders on Wednesday accused the Biden administration of joining its predecessors in undercounting the number of civilians killed during US wars, as the latest an...

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Memorial Day: US Nuclear-Capable Bombers, NATO Warplanes Fly Over All 30 NATO Nations in One Day

U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa announced that American B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers accompanied by military aircraft from twenty-one other NATO nation...

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Biden's Top Asia Official Says US Engagement With China Is Over

The White House's top official for Asia said on Wednesday that the era of US engagement with China is over, and now, the two countries' relationship will be defined by competition.

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Who Elected America To Rule the World?

A report from The Washington Post revealed that the Biden administration approved a $735 million arms sale to Israel. Congress was officially notified of the sale on May 5th, l...

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Afghanistan: Nearly 1,600 Child Casualties in Airstrikes Over Past Five Years

Almost 1,600 children were killed or wounded in airstrikes in Afghanistan over the past five years, according to a report from Action on Armed Violence (AOAV).

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Biden Declares National Emergency: US and NATO Brand Russia an International Pariah

The thirty-member North Atlantic Council, the political decision-making body of NATO consisting of the ambassadors of all member states, posted a statement supporting the Joe Bi...

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Top US/NATO Commander Prepared to Use 'Full Weight of the Transatlantic Alliance' Against Russia and China

Next year's National Defense Authorization Act will include a base budget of $715 billion and a total allotment of $753 billion, in nominal dollars the largest military expendit...

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Get Out of Afghanistan!

Last month, US Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) trained members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during live-fire attack helicopter exercis...

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Six Years Later, Yemen Is Still Being Starved

In an effort to stay relevant, NATO is following the US and turning its eyes on China. In rather candid comments, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the "rise" of Chi...

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White House Falsely Claims US Does Not Sanction World Leaders In Response to Criticism Over MbS

In defending the US decision not to take action against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, White House Press Secretary Je...

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We've Gone a Year Without a Combat Death in Afghanistan - Will Biden Break the Streak?

February 9th marked the first time in nearly two decades that the U.S. military went one full year without a trooper killed in Afghanistan action. Now, with newly minted Presi...

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UN: At Least 400,000 Yemeni Children Under Five Could Starve to Death in 2021

The UN warned on Friday that at least 400,000 children in Yemen could die of starvation this year if the war doesn’t end and aid does not reach areas suffering severe food s...

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Pentagon Says Date for Afghan Pullout Uncertain, Is Biden Rethinking Peace?

Questions about how US foreign policy is going to shake out between President Trump and President Biden have been the subject of a lot of speculation, and Afghanistan looks to b...

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Israelis Say They Will Attack Iran If US Returns to Nuclear Deal

Israeli officials have made their opposition to the Biden administration returning to the Iran nuclear deal known. Some have even threatened a military strike on Iran if Preside...

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Pompeo Accuses Iran of al-Qaeda Ties

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed without evidence that Iran is al-Qaeda's "new home base," recycling an old talking point of an al-Qaeda-Iran alliance that has...

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Pentagon Officials Divided Over Threat of an Iranian Attack

After weeks of warnings from US and Israeli officials about possible Iranian attacks, some Pentagon officials are downplaying the threat.

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Joe Biden Calls For ‘Modernizing’ US Defenses to Face Russia and China

In a speech on Monday, Joe Biden stressed the need for "modernizing" US defense capabilities in the face of threats from China and Russia. Biden also addressed the recently disc...

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Biden’s Chief of Staff Says Response to Hack Will Go Beyond Sanctions

The incoming White House chief of staff for Joe Biden said on Sunday that the next administration’s response to a recently discovered cyberattack that targeted several governm...

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Report: Biden Will Continue to Use Sanctions as a Weapon

According to a report from Reuters, the incoming Biden administration will continue to use sanctions as a foreign policy weapon, a favorite tool of President Trump.

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The Right Side of History: Support Antiwar.com – Truth’s Quarter-Century Treasure Trove

Diverse in interests, expertise, and no doubt style – but always aligned on rejecting empire – it’s been a cast of characters that’s hard to match. I’m a relative late...

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Report: Trump Gives Hawks Free Rein to Hammer Iran

According to a report from The Daily Beast, President Trump has given his most hawkish advisors free rein to squeeze Iran as much as possible in the final weeks of his adminis...

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Joe Biden’s Interventionist Secretary of State Pick

On Monday, Joe Biden announced he will nominate his long-time advisor Anthony Blinken to be the secretary of state for the incoming administration. Blinken has a long history ...

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Report: US Plans to Sanction Iran Every Week Until Biden's Inauguration

According to a report from Axios, the Trump administration is coordinating with Israel and several Gulf states to slap sanctions on Iran every week until Joe Biden is inaugur...

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US Wasted Billions of Taxpayer Dollars in Afghanistan From 2018 to 2019

The 19-year-old war in Afghanistan continues to be a huge sinkhole for US taxpayer dollars. The US government’s oversight authority that monitors waste in Washington’s Afgha...

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Bipartisan Bill Would Give Israel Veto Powers Over US Arms Sales

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill in the House that would effectively give Israel the power to veto US arms sales to countries in the Middle East. Since the UAE ...

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Boeing CEO Confident in Military Spending No Matter Who Wins November Election

Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that President Trump has approved of a plan to withdraw about 12,000 US troops from Germany, a move Trump directly tied to long-standing com...

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Remember When America Killed Moscow’s Soldiers

The New York Times published a story on Friday that said the National Intelligence Council recently produced a memo regarding allegations of Russian GRU agents paying bounties t...

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Remember America’s Great Kosovo Ally? Never Mind the War Crimes!

The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the National Security Agency “strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties fo...

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Netanyahu, Gantz At Odds Over Annexation Plans

The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the National Security Agency “strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties fo...

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Over a week of chaos at Bardar Abbas, a key Iranian port on the Strait of Hormuz, has been explained as resulting from an Israeli cyberattack on the port’s terminal, crippling...

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Ted Carpenter on Liberty and the Coronavirus

All the reports of some in the Trump Administration pushing for attacks on “Iranian proxies” in Iraq seem to be coming to a head, with President Trump claiming Wednesday tha...

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US Sees Coronavirus as a New Way to Pressure Iran

Egypt Coordinating Support for Syrian Kurds to Fight Turke. Pentagon Warns They Aren’t Set Up to Fight Coronavirus. US Imposes New Iran Sanctions, Complicating Coronavirus

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Trump Issues Pardons in War Crimes Cases

In a move seen as a further blow to Palestinian hopes for statehood, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US is repudiating the 1978 State Department legal o...

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Saudi Bases and the Bin Ladens: A Love Story

The Pentagon intends to retain control of Syria’s oilfields going forward, and says they will repel anyone else trying to take that oil with “overwhelming force.” This has...

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