FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Headline USA) The Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy for the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., faces questions about whether her foreign policy positions conflict with business connections involving her husband’s employer. In a Drop Site report published on Wednesday, Ryan Grim traced those connections to Chinese defense companies subject to American restrictions. The reporting does not...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On July 12, 2024, the FBI arrested a man for participating in an Iranian plot to purportedly assassinate U.S. officials, including Donald Trump. The man, Asif Merchant, had earlier in the year met with two undercover FBI agents, and tried hiring them as “hitmen.” At first,...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Wednesday shared a quote crediting him with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lead in the Israeli elections, though his coalition is far from the majority needed to form a new government. “When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than...

(The Center Square) A top lieutenant general in a strategic planning position within the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, a Pentagon official tells The Center Square. Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was fired to “protect national security” after the general “failed three...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is sending an additional Patriot missile system to Israel to beef up the country’s air defenses as part of preparations for a potential US-Israeli attack on Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday night. It’s estimated that the US has used about 1,700...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon’s estimate for the cost of the Iran war is now over $47 billion, 25% higher than its estimate from July, according to data obtained by Reuters, though the true cost of the conflict is significantly higher since the US War Department’s numbers leave out...

(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Secret bank accounts, Gulf rulers, and private fortunes sit at the center of a contested new account of Jared Kushner’s diplomacy. Reviewing Matthew Cole’s “Princes and Thieves” for the New York Times, Fintan O’Toole argues that its allegations warrant congressional investigation, while emphasizing that the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is ready to launch potentially major attacks on Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Trump, CNN reported on Monday. Sources told the outlet that the US now has sufficient forces in the region to carry out the potential attacks, and that...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a CIA contractor accused of slipping classified intelligence to the journalist he was dating. Open Source Intel reported, “A CIA contractor has been arrested for allegedly passing classified U.S. intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, who published a report for Drop Site...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two men were indicted earlier this month over a bizarre scheme to present themselves as CIA agents while conducting a series of secret “assignments” that were, in fact, illegal. According to a recently unsealed Oct. 7 indictment, one of the defendants, Canadian national Lakotah Salvini aka...