Tuesday, June 9, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Army Apache Helicopter Crashes Near the Strait of Hormuz

(Headline USA) A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed early Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. What caused the crash remains unclear in...

Dozens of U.S. lawmakers Demand Privacy Reforms as FISA Deadline Looms

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Congressional leaders are desperate to renew the federal government’s authority to conduct mass electronic surveillance before the authority expires, but dozens of lawmakers in both chambers are bucking a long-term extension unless it includes significant reforms. Dozens of Democrats and a significant handful of Republicans...

Netanyahu and Trump Are at Odds Over the War they Started Together

(Headline USA) Israel's latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things. Trump had publicly warned Israel not to strike Beirut in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. When it did,...

Only 12% of Americans Believe the Iran War Has Benefited the Nation

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) A new poll found that just over one in ten Americans believe President Donald Trump’s war against Iran has been beneficial for the nation. A poll conducted by Brookings, released on Friday, found that just 12% of Americans said the war against Iran has had a positive impact...

Iran Strikes Israel, Risking a Collapse to Peace Talks

(Headline USA) Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating mediation efforts to end the war. Iran’s state broadcaster confirmed the launches, and Iran closed its western airspace to...

White House Disputes Reports of Aggressive Israeli Spying on US Officials

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The White House pushed back Friday on reporting from several outlets claiming that Israel’s aggressive spying on U.S. officials has raised concerns within the Trump administration’s intelligence community. Israel has long been accused of conducting intelligence operations targeting the U.S. However, recent reporting suggested that those activities...

Sec. Hegseth Warns of a New Kind of Invasion on D-Day Anniversary

(Headline USA) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link illegal immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it. Hegseth, speaking at the Normandy American...

House Passes Bill To Give Ukraine Billions in Additional Military Aid as War Escalates

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to provide Ukraine with billions in additional military aid and increase sanctions on Russia, a move that comes as the more than four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating. The Ukraine Support Act passed in a vote...

Rubio: ‘Most of the World Assesses’ That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday was asked whether Israel has nuclear weapons and acknowledged that “most of the world assesses that they do,” but also reaffirmed the US policy of not acknowledging the existence of Israel’s nuclear stockpile and secret weapons program. Rubio made the...

Report: Trump Tells Aides He May Restart Full-Scale Bombing Against Iran If US Troops Are Killed

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has told his aides that he may restart the full-scale bombing campaign against Iran if US troops are killed, The Wall Street Journal has reported, as the United States and Iran have traded multiple rounds of attacks despite a nominal ceasefire. The report came...

Trump Downplays Iran’s Attacks Targeting US Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Wednesday downplayed Iranian attacks that targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, saying they may have been “slightly provoked” since the US launched strikes against Iran beforehand. “There’s a reason for everything, and we hit them pretty hard last night,” the president told...

Trump Denounces House Lawmakers as ‘Unpatriotic’ for Passing Resolution To End His War With Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked House lawmakers as “unpatriotic” for passing a War Powers Resolution that would direct him to end the war with Iran, which he launched with Israel without congressional authorization, in violation of the US Constitution. The bill passed on Wednesday in a...
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