(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday responded to an Axios report that alleged President Donald Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s escalations in Lebanon, saying that it was “all talk” and pointing out that the US could withhold military aid if...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that the United States isn’t producing enough anti-ballistic missiles and that he has requested a license for Ukraine to start producing Patriot missiles.
“There is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the United States, and this could lead to a...
(Headline USA) Secretary of State Marco Rubio is facing questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began.
He testified that U.S. negotiators have seen signs that Iran’s new supreme leader...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) A national security group wants Congress to investigate Airwallex over its ties to China.
State Armor Chief Executive Officer Michael Lucci sent a letter to several congressional leaders urging action.
The letter went to U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, U.S. Rep....
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence — putting a real estate scion and fierce Trump loyalist in a key national security post as the U.S. remains at war with Iran.
Trump made the...
(Headline USA) The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.
U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command said on Saturday that its forces fired a Hellfire missile at a Gambia-flagged commercial vessel to prevent it from reaching an Iranian port as the US continues to attack civilian ships in its enforcement of a blockade on Iran.
“US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces observed...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israel is pressing the US to restart heavy airstrikes on Iran that would involve the targeted killing of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s lead negotiators, and attacks on the country’s oil infrastructure, Capital & Empire reported on Thursday.
The report, which cited US sources...
(Headline USA) U.S. military contractors need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of three key weapons systems used heavily in the Iran war, according to an analysis released Wednesday, adding to concerns that American forces would have limited firepower in any future conflict with China.
The weapons systems are...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on Tuesday that the United States will no longer have a “safe haven” in the Middle East for its military bases, remarks that come after the Iranian military struck US bases across the region during...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump's emerging agreement to conclude the Iran war is drawing fierce pushback from hawkish Republicans who argue the deal risks squandering American military gains and leaving Tehran in a stronger position than before hostilities began, Fortune reported.
The proposed arrangement that Trump described as...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the United States committed a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire between the US and Iran, a statement that came a day after the US military said that it launched strikes against targets in southern Iran.
The...