FOREIGN AFFAIRS

(John Cole, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has offered his support for Sean Parnell as chatter continues that he could be a candidate to lead the U.S. Army. “There have been a lot of stories of late about @SeanParnellUSA being considered to be our next Secretary of...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The New York Times reported on Sunday night that President Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon to prepare for strikes against Yemen’s Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, but then reversed his plan, calling off the attack, at least for now. Sources told the Times that...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is set to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House this week. Xi’s state visit to Washington, D.C. follows Trump’s visit to China in May, where the president’s visit was met with a backdrop of Chinese pageantry. Trump is expected...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communications director. Bahr said the two will...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Sunday said that he was still deciding how to move forward on the Iran war and whether or not to blow up the “entire nation,” as the Iranian military is warning that it has information that the US will resume attacks on the Islamic...

(Headline USA) Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the U.S. on Sunday, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country. The suspects will face trial in Florida,...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Lawmakers and the Trump administration are investigating the odd disappearance of a U.S.-bound shipment of F-35 fighter jet components from Australia, which were originally meant to be repaired on U.S. soil, according to new reporting by Politico. The report, published Friday and citing three anonymous sources, noted...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump announced Friday he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take the island by force — an agreement that also keeps the Arctic territory in Denmark's hands. Trump in a social media post announcing the...

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The State Department approved a $24.3 billion sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia. The announcement comes as the Gulf kingdom is requesting military assistance from its allies as it fights a war against Ansar Allah in Yemen.  The sale includes 48 F-35s and 49 engines (48 equipped...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American war against Iran has cost about $38 billion and placed mounting pressure on crucial weapons inventories. A Financial Times report cited new assessments from the Congressional Budget Office and the Pentagon inspector general that detail the financial and military burden of the conflict. The...

(José Niño, Headline USA) An Iran-linked operation used Anthropic’s Claude model to collect information that could help target American naval forces in the Middle East, according to The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic said the group combined transponder data, military photographs, public websites, and commercial satellite imagery to monitor ships...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A 112-page report released by three Republican-led congressional committees raised shocking allegations against ActBlue, the Democratic Party's fundraising giant, over its reported unlawful efforts to accept foreign donations. Released Wednesday, the lengthy interim report alleged that ActBlue's policies designed to block what the House Judiciary Committee described...