FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(Headline USA) The United States will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call on Election Day...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Monday touted the drop in oil prices as markets appear to be responding to reports of renewed diplomacy between the US and Iran through Qatar, though there’s still no sign of a breakthrough, and his post came around the same time the US bombed...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US bombed Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, The Wall Street Journal has reported, an attack that came as President Trump was downplaying the prospects of renewed full-scale war with the Islamic Republic ahead of the US midterm elections. Iranian media reported earlier in the day that five...

(Headline USA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Spending on the two U.S. intelligence budgets hit a record $109 billion in fiscal 2026 but still landed $6.5 billion below what the Trump administration requested, the largest shortfall in 14 years of figures published by ODNI. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Tucker Carlson claimed in a post on X on Sunday night that the Trump administration is considering launching a nuclear strike targeting Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran and that the president is expected to make a decision by November 7. “Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A spokesman for Iran’s Army said on Sunday that if the US restarts the bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic, President Trump will not be able to “dictate” the length of the conflict and warned that the war could be longer than previous ones. “A potential future war...

(Headline USA) The theft of billions of dollars from Binance within a matter of minutes, the biggest crypto heist in history, was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, the FBI said Saturday. The bureau said in a statement that this week's attack was tied to “malicious cyber activity” by an entity known...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rarely rebukes her fellow Democrats unless the issue involves Israel. Speaking on the On Brand podcast with host Donny Deutsch, Pelosi criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over their positions on Israel, suggesting...

(Headline USA) Iran's strikes on more than two dozen U.S. bases in the Middle East focused on early-warning systems before hitting aircraft and buildings, causing billions of dollars in equipment damage, according to an Associated Press analysis. The AP independently verified damage to American targets using satellite imagery from multiple providers...

(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...