(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump launched nearly as many airstrikes in his first five months in office as President Biden did during his entire four-year term, The Telegraph reported last week, citing figures from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).
The ACLED found that Trump oversaw 529 airstrikes, compared...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 100 Palestinians and wounded 534 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue.
The Health Ministry said that another 13 bodies were recovered from the rubble. “A number of victims are...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Federal officials have released more documents indicating a Democratic-led intelligence community politically targeted President Donald Trump by claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin influenced the 2016 presidential election to help Trump win.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report Wednesday...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that it had signed a $150 million contract to purchase hundreds of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, commonly known as Humvees, in a deal financed by US military aid.
The Defense Ministry signed the deal with US manufacturer AM General, and the first...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that President Trump was “caught off guard” by Israel’s recent airstrikes in Syria and the Israeli tank shelling of the sole Catholic church in Gaza.
“He was caught off guard by the bombing in Syria and also the bombing of...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, saying that the organization has “strayed from its founding mission.”
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce announced the U.S. withdrawal from the organization, saying it is “not in the national interest of...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced a bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
Cruz introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act again this year after doing so in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021. U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Florida, introduced companion...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) An amendment that would have cut $500 million in military aid to Israel failed in the House. Tel Aviv is conducting a genocide that is largely funded by Washington.
The amendment was introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who argued that Israel should receive less...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Axios reported on Sunday that White House officials were frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to Israel’s recent airstrikes on Damascus, which came as the US was urging Israel not to bomb Syria.
“Bibi acted like a madman. He bombs everything all the time,” one White...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Pope Leo XIV on Sunday again condemned the Israeli tank shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, which killed three Christians, and made another appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza, calling for an end to the “barbarity” and for a peaceful resolution.
“I express my...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) An assessment of the damage to Iranian nuclear facilities following US strikes last month concluded that only one site sustained major damage, and the Islamic Republic could resume enrichment operations within a few months. Washington and Tel Aviv are considering additional strikes to destroy the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Nick Maynard, a British surgeon currently working at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, has told The Telegraph that Palestinians in the besieged enclave are facing “unprecedented malnutrition” due to the Israeli blockade and that Israeli snipers are targeting people seeking food near aid distribution sites.
Maynard said that...