FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Headline USA) The Trump administration said Friday that it has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine after Kyiv had accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery of the vital munition needed to stop Russian ballistic missiles. The State Department said 500 Patriot missiles are...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, visited the White House on Thursday to brief President Donald Trump on military options for attacking Iran, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The meeting marks a rare in-person briefing between Trump and the CENTCOM chief, who is known...

(Headline USA) Four more people have been charged with participating in a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials to try to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel, federal authorities said Friday. The new indictment comes nearly five months after eight pro-Palestinian activists were charged with...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Jack Teixeira, the former Massachusetts Air National Guard member who caused an international uproar when he leaked highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine, is suing the U.S. government for transferring him to the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado—widely considered the harshest detention center...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called on Jared Kushner to immediately remove himself from Middle East and Ukraine negotiations.  In a letter sent Thursday, Raskin pointed to fresh reports that Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, tapped secret slush...

(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...