FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) For a 10th consecutive night, the U.S. is carrying out strikes on Iran, targeting the Islamic Republic’s ability to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Following the announcement of three U.S. service members killed in action resulting from Iranian strikes, President Donald Trump...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) EcoHealth Alliance founder Peter Daszak and recently retired university professor Ralph Baric were both collaborators with the Wuhan Virology Institute in China—where COVID-19 is suspected by some researchers to have originated. Daszak and Baric may also have been FBI informants, according to an April 2025 letter...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday said it was “best” for Israel to stay out of the current conflict between the US and Iran, as the US continues bombing the Islamic Republic, and Iranian missiles and drones continue to target bases in Arab states across...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The New York Times reported on Monday that the Pentagon didn’t disclose that US troops had been injured by Iranian attacks on Jordan in the week leading up to the missile strikes that killed at least two US soldiers and left one missing. US officials told the...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House on Monday shared the results of a poll from about three weeks ago that shows the majority of American voters supported the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which President Donald Trump has since declared is “over” as he has restarted the bombing campaign...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A viral Information Liberation post alleges Senator Lindsey Graham orchestrated a high-pressure floor campaign to secure foreign assistance. The post claims former ambassador Michael Herzog said Graham called him “from the Senate floor” and asked him to obtain Israeli government pressure on three Republican holdouts....

(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, (R-Fla.), set off a wave of concern this week when she posted on X on Saturday that classified records due out soon will implicate a former lawmaker in a foreign infiltration scheme.  "Some seriously disturbing declassified files will be coming out in...

(Headline USA) Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday — the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that James Feehan, 25,...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd veteran responsible for its 1979 masterwork The Wall, slammed European nations for trying unnecessarily to extend war with Russia in order to reap the profits from it, according to Kremlin mouthpiece Russia Today. Waters, who has been outspoken in his anti-globalist...

(Headline USA) Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody...

(Headline USA) The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, saying two were killed and another was missing in an attack on a base in Jordan. They were killed Friday as the U.S. and partner forces defended...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The Department of War is mandating annual testosterone screening for every active-duty and reserve service member age 30 and older, a mandate affecting about 2 million troops. The Ddepartment declined to say how much the program will cost taxpayers or how it will determine...