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Canadian Police Investigate Gunfire at US Consulate in Toronto

(Headline USA) Canadian police are investigating after the United States consulate in downtown Toronto was hit by gunfire early on Tuesday morning. Nobody was injured. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent Chris Leather called it a national security incident and said the national police force is working with Toronto police...

Black Rain Falls on Tehran After US-Israeli Strikes Blow Up Oil Infrastructure

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Black smoke filled the skies, and water mixed with oil rained down on the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, following a US-Israeli strike that blew up oil facilities, marking a new escalation of the bombing campaign. https://twitter.com/tparsi/status/2030637994055532854?s=20 The Israeli military said on Saturday that it struck “several...

Trump: Iran War is ‘Pretty Much’ Finished

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) President Donald Trump reportedly said Monday that the U.S./Israel war in Iran is almost finished—a statement comes amidst indications that Iran is ready for a long fight. “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air...

Feds Alert that Iran May be Activating ‘Sleeper Cells’

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) ABC News reported Monday that Iran is broadcasting an encrypted transmission that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country. However, shortwave radio experts are reporting the opposite—that U.S./Israeli agencies may be contacting agents within Iran. Citing a federal government alert sent...

Report: Iran’s New Supreme Leader is Already Wounded

(Headline USA) Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed targets across Iran. However,...

Oil Blasts Through $100 as Iran War Escalates

(Headline USA) Oil prices have eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $101.19 shortly after trading resumed...

Report: Trump Has ‘Serious Interest’ in Sending Troops Into Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has expressed “serious interest” in the idea of sending US troops into Iran, NBC Newsreported on Saturday, citing US officials. The officials said that Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and senior Republicans in Congress. Publicly, the president has refused to...

US Military Confirms Death of 7th American Soldier in Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command on Sunday confirmed the death of a seventh US soldier in President Trump’s war with Iran, as Iranian missiles and drones have successfully struck US bases in the region. CENTCOM said the soldier had died of wounds sustained by an earlier Iranian attack on US...

US Intelligence Report: War Unlikely To Achieve Regime Change in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A classified report from the US’s National Intelligence Council has found that even a large-scale US assault on Iran is unlikely to oust the Islamic government and military establishment, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The intelligence report was completed about one week before the US and Israel...

Veteran Suicide Rate Remains High Despite Spending Millions

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Veterans die by suicide at roughly twice the civilian rate, despite the Department of Veterans Affairs spending more than $500 million a year to address the problem. In 2023, the rate of suicide for veterans was 35.2 per 100,000, up from 34.7 per 100,000 in...

War in Iran Shocks Markets, Costs U.S. Taxpayers $1 Billion a Day

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The escalating war in Iran has already rattled global markets and driven oil prices to their highest levels since April 2024. If the conflict persists, the strain on the global economy deepens and the burden on U.S. taxpayers grows. With U.S. military operations costing more...

Biden State Dept. Gave Tax Dollars to Research Gay, European Hookup Spots

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee brought renewed attention to a taxpayer-funded initiative to make maps “more gay” by allowing visitors to pin LGPT hookup spots in central Europe and elsewhere. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., pressed Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for...
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