(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that the US “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran, comments he made after a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is responsible for bombing an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, a strike that massacred 175 children, the vast majority being young schoolgirls and schoolboys, according to a preliminary US military...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff acknowledged on Tuesday that he doesn’t know how the war with Iran will end as US-Israeli airstrikes on the Islamic Republic and Iranian counterattacks continue.
“I don’t know, Sara,” Witkoff told CNBC host Sara Eisner when asked how the conflict ends....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Republicans formally lost a member Monday, further narrowing the razor-thin 218–214 partisan breakdown in the 119th Congress.
California Rep. Kevin Kiley ditched the GOP to become an independent after California Gov. Gavin Newsom redrew his district in a sweeping gerrymandering effort.
While Kiley will continue caucusing with Republicans...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Cassidy Hutchinson, the infamous "star witness" in the Jan. 6 Committee hearings in 2022, has reportedly been referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
The referral comes from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who now leads a new Jan. 6 committee and was empowered by the White...
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Gas prices have risen above $5 a gallon in California as the Southwest and the rest of America feel the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The average at the Golden State's pumps hit $5.16 a gallon Sunday and increased to $5.20 Monday, according...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The latest federal deficit estimate is $142 billion less than the deficit from this time in the previous fiscal year. The...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Could the U.S./Israel war against Iran provide additional long-term support to the gold bull market?
Analysts at Metals Focus think it might.
Historically, wars have had little impact on the gold market beyond initial safe-haven buying. Typically, other factors, such as central bank monetary policy, come to...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New Mexico law enforcement conducted a “search” of the 30,000-square-foot mansion once owned by late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for more than two decades.
The mansion, located on the so-called Zorro Ranch property, was searched as part of New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s effort to reopen a...
(David Beasley, The Center Square) The president of Ohio State University abruptly resigned over the weekend after revealing an "inappropriate” relationship with a woman trying to get public resources for a personal business, the university announced.
Ted Carter Jr. had been president for two years.
“For personal reasons, I have made...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Black smoke filled the skies, and water mixed with oil rained down on the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, following a US-Israeli strike that blew up oil facilities, marking a new escalation of the bombing campaign.
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The Israeli military said on Saturday that it struck “several...
(Headline USA) A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said.
Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state's acting police commissioner, Lt....