Sunday, April 20, 2025

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Sweeping Pentagon Cuts

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered Pentagon leaders to develop plans to make sweeping cuts to the Defense Department’s budget, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. According to a memo obtained by the Post, Hegseth’s order calls for an 8% cut to the Pentagon budget each year...

Trump Labels 8 Latin American Cartels as ‘Foreign Terrorist Organizations’

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them. The move, carrying out a Jan. 20 executive order by President Donald Trump, names Tren de Aragua in Venezuela, MS-13...

Trump Defends Ukrainian Democracy, Calls on Zelenskyy to Hold Elections

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Tuesday, President Trump called for elections to be held in Ukraine and said it was an idea coming from him, not the Russians. “We have a situation where we haven’t had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the leader in Ukraine,...

A Golden Age of Diplomacy: U.S. and Russia Agree to Resume Trade and End War

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Following a high-level meeting between US and Russian officials, the State Department said Washington and Moscow will begin taking steps to normalize the diplomatic relationship between the two superpowers. US-Russian diplomacy sank during the first Donald Trump administration, and Joe Biden cut nearly all contact with Russia after...

U.S. Jewish Man Charged w/ Shooting 2 Israelis He Thought Were Palestinians

(Headline USA) A Jewish man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after opening fire on two men in Miami Beach who he thought were Palestinians. According to an arrest report, Mordechai Brafman shot at the men 17 times in the “unprovoked” attack, telling officers that while driving his...

CIA Flying Drones over Mexico to Hunt for Fentanyl Labs

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times reported Tuesday that the CIA is conducting “secret” drone flights over Mexico to hunt for fentanyl labs. Citing unnamed sources, the Times reported that the covert drone program began under the Biden administration, but that Trump is taking it to the next...

Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan for Gaza Will Start ‘Within Weeks,’ Israeli Minister Claims

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Over the weekend, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed a plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza in line with President Trump’s plans for the territory would begin in the coming weeks. “Preparations have started amongst our teams, alongside teams of the US President Donald Trump,” Smotrich said...

Israel Calls on America to ‘Finish the Job’ against Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday hit back at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for threatening that the US and Israel will “finish the job” against Iran. “Threatening others is both a gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei. He...

Child Badly Injured in Yet ANOTHER Plane Crash

(Headline USA) A badly injured child is among eight people who were hurt Monday when a Delta Airlines plane flipped upon arrival at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. The airport confirmed on X that an “incident” occurred with the Delta flight from Minneapolis and that all 80 passengers and crew are accounted for....

House Report: 60 Chinese Espionage Cases, 224 Incidents in 3 Years

(The Center Square) – More than 60 Chinese Communist Party-related cases of espionage and acts of transnational repression have been reported in 20 states according to a new report published by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. That’s in addition to 224 reported incidents of Chinese espionage directed at the U.S....

Fat BLM Activist Made Head of FBI’s Russian Counterintelligence Division

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In 2020, a photo of a portly FBI agent kneeling in support of the Black Lives Matter movement took the internet by storm—both for the ridiculous imagery, and the fact that the bureau was playing politics at a time when many of the country’s major...

Drastic Change Made to U.S. Policy Towards Taiwan

(Headline USA) China's Foreign Ministry took issue Monday with a revised U.S. government fact sheet that removed a line on American opposition to independence for Taiwan. The United States has “gravely backpedaled” on its position on Taiwan and sent the wrong message to “separatist forces" on the island, ministry spokesperson Guo...
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