FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military has drawn up new strike plans against Iran that include potentially using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” according to a report from CNN. The MOAB is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) FBI agents in north Texas have disrupted a North Korean espionage ring targeting U.S. companies. The scheme involves illegally obtaining information from U.S. companies to facilitate the country’s sanctioned weapons program, federal authorities allege. The case “is about far more than fraud,” U.S. Attorney Ryan...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square)  Birthright citizenship of immigrants' children is costing federal, state and local taxpayers $150.7 billion annually, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Half that amount covers education, with the rest spent on healthcare and nutritional assistance, according to FAIR. Policy analysts warn that broad constitutional...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed the possibility of resuming large-scale attacks against Iran before the US and Israeli elections, according to a report from Axios. The report, which cited unnamed US and Israeli sources, said that the two leaders had held...

(Headline USA) The U.S. Justice Department has agreed not to prosecute a former CIA analyst who in 2024 was accused of serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said Sue Mi Terry had shared nonpublic government information, facilitated access...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump poked fun on Monday at the ironic slogan “Gays for Palestine,” a label used to describe LGBT activists who protest what they view as Israeli oppression of Palestinians. Trump mocked the group at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, where he campaigned on behalf of...

(Headline USA)  The White House publicly asked for U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation on Tuesday as she faced mounting accusations of improper conduct, and she announced within two hours that she was quitting, ending days of talk and speculation about her professional fate. Guilfoyle insisted that she...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States and Israel “might have gone too far” with the killing of Iranian leaders, suggesting it was complicating negotiations with the Islamic Republic. Trump made the comments at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, while repeating his usual claims...

(Headline USA) Trump appointee Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, has been asked to resign from her post after coming under severe criticism over allegations she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens, new Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia said Tuesday. Guilfoyle’s...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens, according to the Associated Press. A senior U.S. official...

(Headline USA) A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into...

(Headline USA) A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he...