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(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a CIA contractor accused of slipping classified intelligence to the journalist he was dating. Open Source Intel reported, “A CIA contractor has been arrested for allegedly passing classified U.S. intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, who published a report for Drop Site...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two men were indicted earlier this month over a bizarre scheme to present themselves as CIA agents while conducting a series of secret “assignments” that were, in fact, illegal. According to a recently unsealed Oct. 7 indictment, one of the defendants, Canadian national Lakotah Salvini aka...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Sunday night put out his second statement endorsing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the upcoming elections in Israel, saying that the US and Israel must “finish the job” against Iran. “To the people of Israel, to those who haven’t seen it, I am attaching...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) SpaceX owner Elon Musk wrote in a post on X on Saturday that Ukraine had violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the satellite internet service for offensive drone attacks and said that the “loophole” allowing those attacks had been closed. “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two FBI agents say they saw an unidentified flying object, or UFO, at an undisclosed date and location earlier this year, according to newly released records from the Pentagon. According to a 2026 FBI memo co-signed by the two agents, it was about 7:23 p.m. when...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, warning him that Iran is planning to target U.S. citizens in the Middle East and other countries. “Specifically, through various channels, we have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to...

(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The Department of War is seeking to build a more robust deep-cover spying program to wage economic warfare against China and other nations deemed adversaries of the United States.  A half-dozen sources familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Pentagon hopes to develop...

(Headline USA) Ukraine’s top negotiator involved in a humanitarian mission led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump reportedly said that a local ceasefire with Russia will start Tuesday — two days before the mission begins — and last several days. Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators reached a deal Friday to...

(Headline USA) A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Islamic State group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen born in Brooklyn,...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military has been scaling back its presence at bases across the Middle East, and the US has ordered staff reductions at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, NBC News reported Wednesday, amid growing signs that the US and Israel may be preparing to launch another attack on Iran. Sources...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. sold voters on a simple promise during the 2024 campaign. His father, he argued, would spare America another war in the Middle East, according to a new report from The Atlantic. When Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024, the...

(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. aerospace and defense shares have lagged the broader market as investors reassess whether President Donald Trump’s proposed $500 billion military spending expansion can survive the November midterm elections. The Financial Times reported that Wall Street is increasingly pricing in a Democratic congressional breakthrough and...