Tuesday, April 28, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Report: Longtime Oil Exec Worked for CIA, Helped Oust Maduro

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA...

Trump Says He May Bomb Iran’s Kharg Island Again ‘For Fun’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Saturday that the US may bomb Iran’s Kharg Island again “for fun” and urged other countries to help the US open the Strait of Hormuz. The president made the comments a day after the US military struck the Persian Gulf island, where most of...

Purported Mastermind of Iranian Assassination Plots May Not be Dead After All

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On March 4, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that the leader of an Iranian unit that attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump has been “hunted down and killed.” However, that may not be the case. The New York Times reported Friday that the purported...

Trump Says ‘We Make a Lot of Money’ When Oil Prices Go Up

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Thursday tried to portray the increase in oil prices since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran in a positive light, saying the US makes more money when prices rise, though Americans are already paying significantly more for gas. “The United States is the...

Tucker Carlson Says the CIA is Reading His Texts and Preparing a Criminal Referral Against Him

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson said Saturday that the CIA is reading his texts, and could be preparing a criminal referral against him over allegations that he’s acting as an unregistered foreign agent. “I found out the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral for...

Pentagon Moves More Troops, Warships to the Middle East

(Ioannis Vlahos, Antiwar.com) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has approved a request from CENTCOM (U.S Central Command) to send additional Marines and warships to the Middle East, according to three U.S officials. CENTCOM, which is responsible for all U.S forces in the Middle East, requested an amphibious ready group and...

Iran War Deadly Casualties Include Father of 7-Month-Old Twins

(Headline USA) A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others, his brother-in-law said Saturday. Alex Klinner, 33, leaves behind three small children:...

U.S. Military Jet Goes Down Over Iraq; Incident Not Attributed to Hostile Fire

(Sarah-Roderick Fitch, The Center Square) A U.S. Air Force refueling jet involved in Operation Epic Fury has gone down over Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command. The KC-135 was flying over “friendly airspace” during the incident involving another aircraft, which CENTCOM claims wasn't attributed to hostile or friendly fire. The...

Synagogue Attacker Had Family Killed by Israel

(Headline USA) A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a naturalized U.S. citizen born...

U.S. Strikes Over 5,500 Targets in Iran

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) As the conflict with Iran enters day 12, 50,000 service members remain deployed around the Middle East, while the U.S. has struck over 5,500 targets inside the Islamic Republic. During a press briefing at the Pentagon Tuesday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said it...

Oil Jumps to $100 Per Barrel and Stocks Sink Worldwide with No Clear End in Sight for the Iran War

(Headline USA) With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran is sending oil prices back to $100 per barrel, and stocks are sinking worldwide on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and is returning to big swings following a couple days of relative calm. The Dow Jones Industrial...

California Guv: No Imminent Threat Despite Warning about Possible Iran Drone Attack

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat to the state, despite a warning from the FBI that Iran could send drones to the West Coast in retaliation for war. Newsom said drone issues “have always been top of mind.” “We've been aware of that information. ......
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