Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Israel’s Ben Gvir Gets Meetings With Four GOP Lawmakers on Capitol Hill

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, landed meetings with four Republican members of Congress on Monday during a visit to Capitol Hill. Ben Gvir, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, told The Times of Israel that...

Oops! $60 Million Fighter Jet Falls off Aircraft Carrier, Sinks to Bottom of Red Sea

(Headline USA) An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the U.S. Navy said on Monday. The crew members who were...

Trump Says US Will Be ‘Leading the Pack’ in Any Attack on Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has said that the United States would be “leading the pack” in an attack on Iran if a deal isn’t reached on Tehran’s nuclear program. Trump made the comment in an interview with Time Magazine that was published on Friday, when asked about the...

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Attends Pope Francis’s Funeral

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Julian Assange and his family traveled to Rome over the weekend and were among hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who was a supporter of the WikiLeaks founder. “Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to...

Iran Says Latest Round of Negotiations With U.S. ‘Much More Serious Than Before’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Following the third round of negotiations between US and Iranian officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the talks were “much more serious” than before and expressed hope that a deal could be reached. “This round of talks was much more serious than in the past, and we...

U.S. Has Launched 750 Airstrikes on Yemen Since March 15

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A US official has told ABC News that the US has launched about 750 airstrikes on Yemen since March 15, a relentless bombing campaign that has failed to deter the Houthis and has taken a heavy toll on civilians. US airstrikes hit multiple provinces in Yemen on Thursday,...

Education Dept. Opens Investigation on UC Berkeley over Foreign Funding

(Headline USA) The Trump administration launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government. The investigation revives criticism from several years ago about the university’s partnership with China’s Tsinghua University. It comes after...

Russian General Killed by Car Bomb in Moscow Before Talks With US

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) A top Russian military commander was killed by a car bomb near Moscow. The attack happened just hours before US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Friday, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by a car bomb in Balashikha, a city near Moscow. He...

Ex-Taliban Commander Pleads Guilty in Killings of U.S. Soldiers and Kidnapping of Journalists

(Headline USA) A former Taliban commander pleaded guilty Friday to providing weapons and other support for attacks that killed American soldiers and for key roles in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a reporter for The New York Times and another journalist. Speaking through an interpreter, Haji Najibullah entered the plea in...

Trump Tells Putin To ‘Stop’ After Major Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Capital

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop” following major Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, which local officials said killed at least 12 people. “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,”...

Sen. Fetterman Calls for President Trump To Bomb Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has called for the Trump administration to end negotiations with Iran and bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. “Waste that shit,” Fetterman told The Washington Free Beacon in an interview published on Wednesday. “You’re never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of...

Rubio Says Iran Must Stop Nuclear Enrichment, a Condition Tehran Says Is ‘Unacceptable’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview released on Wednesday that Iran cannot enrich uranium under any deal with the US, an idea Tehran has said is “unacceptable.” Rubio said that Iran could maintain a civilian nuclear program but that it would have to import...
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