(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Most American voters say the country is on the wrong track heading into the midterm elections, and the independent voters who often decide close races are among the most dissatisfied, a new national poll finds.
The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll found 60% of registered...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On August 28, US forces boarded a boat off the coast of Ecuador, removed the crew, and then blew up the vessel to sink it, according to a press release from US Southern Command and testimony from the Ecuadorian crew members, as the US continues expanding its...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump and Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez have announced that Washington and Caracas have reached a major oil deal, which comes nearly nine months after the US attack on Venezuela to abduct President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump first announced the new oil deal, writing on Truth Social on...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US on Sunday bombed Iran’s Larak Island, a small island off the coast of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known US strikes on Iranian territory in more than a month. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) quickly responded to the US...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A mass shooting reportedly occurred in Trenton, New Jersey shortly after midnight on Sunday—leaving at least eight injured and two dead. Some reports say 11 were shot, while others say 10.
According to the Trentonian, the shooting took place at a party described by Trenton’s mayor...
(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held direct talks with a senior Hamas member during the deadly 2014 war in Gaza, according to Israeli media. The dialogue was said to have been arranged “behind the backs of the establishment.”
Reported by the Hebrew-language outlet Walla on Thursday, the...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump described CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia as routine engagement. He went on to dismiss the possibility that Russia could attack a NATO member.
On Thursday, Trump was asked by Axios reporter Barak Ravid if he was concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin would...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department filed a 28-page document on Friday, responding to accusations that a former Capitol Police officer and current CIA employee Shauni Kerkhoff planted the pipe bombs found outside of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021.
The DOJ’s...
(Headline USA) The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early on Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment in the Middle East. It's expected to stop in Thailand for a port visit.
Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted...
(Headline USA) Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone's center was at far out sea and was not threatening land.
Karina had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, the Miami-based National...
(Headline USA) Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel's actions in the Middle East.
“My comments may have been misconstrued to justify...
(Headline USA) A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a “gunfight” Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute, Columbia police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said.
The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Holbrook said at a news...