FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Tuesday that a prosecutor in Mexico is now a wanted fugitive for partnering with the CIA in a purported operation to take on the country’s drug cartels. The Times added that the prosecutor, Guillermo Zuany Portillo, is suspected of being in...

(Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dug in for a fight Tuesday against his potential impeachment in Congress, telling reporters that a rogue lawmaker is targeting him over “policy disagreements” and not the high crimes or offenses the nation’s founders intended. The embattled Pentagon chief spoke at his first press briefing...

(Headline USA) The U.S. Air Force has evacuated air refueling tankers from their base in eastern England due to a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Two tankers stationed at RAF Mildenhall were diverted to Germany on Monday, and several other tankers were relocated to other bases in...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday that he agreed with Vice President JD Vance’s assessment that the Iran war and the US relationship with Israel hurt the Republicans in the midterm elections, but said that he wished the...

(Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie moved Monday to force a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, setting the stage for a dramatic vote on whether to remove one of the Trump administration’s most prominent figures following sweeping election losses. The impeachment resolution was introduced by Massie, a Kentucky Republican,...

(Headline USA) Nvidia is opening an investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the “target of a foreign intelligence effort,” the company's board of directors said Sunday. The announcement came after Huang acknowledged to the board that he had been intimate with a business executive whom, according to The New...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com)Axios reported on Sunday that GOP leaders in the House are bracing for enough Republican defections to impeach US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth when the resolution comes to a vote, which is expected to happen this week. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a resolution in September that...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The federal government is offering up to $20 million and potential relocation assistance in exchange for information about Iran's nuclear program. The sum is part of the State Department's Rewards for Justice program, created by Congress in 1984 under the Act to Combat International Terrorism. The RFJ program...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he may have to “destroy the rest of the country” of Iran as he continues to make threats against the Islamic Republic following the Republican Party’s major defeat in the midterm elections, which was seen as a referendum on...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The guessing game over who follows President Donald Trump has already reached his Cabinet in the wake of the 2026 midterms. The Independent reported Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may quit the administration to prepare a 2028 presidential campaign. Reporters David Maddox and Andrew...

(Headline USA) A Mexican judge is accused of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody in an investigation into a billion-dollar drug trafficking ring, U.S. officials said Thursday. Luiz Benítez Alcántara, 49, was arrested in Colombia on Sunday and faces a...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has denied that he’s considering firing War Secretary Pete Hegseth after CBS News reported that the president had asked his top aides whether the Pentagon chief should keep his job after the Republican defeat in the midterm elections. The Atlantic also reported before the midterms that...