(Headline USA) Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center, while President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. is “very close” to meeting objectives in Iran, President Donald Trump said Friday, while providing a glimpse of the region after military strikes cease.
The president added that the U.S. is considering “winding down” military operations in the region. He made the comments...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Several top Democrats celebrated Eid and Ramadan this year, drawing criticism on social media for what some see as a contrast with how they observe Christian holidays and traditions.
Among the Democrats under scrutiny are New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and New York...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply on the site of a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant in southern Ohio, as it pushes commercial development of artificial intelligence technology.
The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli officials told The New York Times on Thursday that the attack on Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field was coordinated with the US, despite President Trump claiming the US “knew nothing” of the plans to strike the energy infrastructure.
The South Pars gas...
(Headline USA) Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal attorney testified to a House committee Thursday that he was unaware of the late financier's sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening, becoming the latest person connected to Epstein to take that stance.
Darren Indyke, who worked as Epstein's attorney for...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Israel bombed facilities at the South Pars natural gas field in Iran. The world’s largest natural gas field is under the Persian Gulf and is split between Iran and Qatar.
On Wednesday, strikes hit facilities in Iran’s Bushehr province tied to the gas field. Following the attack,...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) American voters say that a war against Iran benefits Israel more than the US.
A poll conducted by IMEU Policy Project and Demand Progress released on Thursday found that 56% of voters said the war “benefits Israel more.” Only 29% said the conflict “benefited the US more.”
Less...
(Headline USA) The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The investigation purportedly precedes Kent's resignation Tuesday from his role as director of...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where she faced several questions about President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.
Gabbard told the committee that after two weeks of Israeli and US bombardment, Iran’s military projection capabilities had been “largely destroyed”...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Florida man facing a first-degree murder charge erupted in a shocking tirade, including what appeared to be a confession, during a court hearing Monday, forcing his attorney to intervene.
The suspect, Tramonte Terrell Gibson, 20, told a Florida judge that he “shot every one of them in the head”...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Joe Biden repeatedly credited his political rise to César Chávez, the late farmworker activist now at the center of a growing national scandal involving allegations of child rape and sexual abuse.
Chávez’s legacy was thrown into crisis after The New York Times published Wednesday accounts from multiple...