(Carolina Boda, The Center Square) President Donald Trump met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders before flying to Alaska for a U.S.-Russia bilateral meeting Friday.
European leaders outlined five principles during the emergency summit, including that Ukraine must be involved in future...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday where he spoke in English and urged the “people of Iran” to revolt against their government.
“As our founding father, Theodor Herzl, said of the Jewish state, ‘If you will it, it is no dream,'” Netanyahu said in...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The Department of Defense is planning to create a rapid response force of National Guard troops to quickly deploy to American cities where protests or unrest are occurring.
On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that it obtained documents showing the Pentagon is creating a “Domestic Civil...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The Pentagon activated a military intelligence unit in South Korea. The move comes after the US established a second fighter “super squadron” on the Korean Peninsula.
According to a statement from the US Army, the 528th Military Intelligence Company (MICO) is now operating in South Korea....
(José Niño, Headline USA) X’s moderation systems briefly removed Grok from the platform after mass reports targeted the AI’s responses on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
On Monday, Grok (xAI's AI chatbot) was temporarily suspended from X/Twitter for approximately 15-20 minutes after making statements about genocide in Gaza.
https://twitter.com/Villgecrazylady/status/1955003947774534010
Upon reinstatement, Grok claimed it...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The deadline to enact further reciprocal tariffs against China will be extended by 90 days, President Donald Trump announced Monday night.
“ continues to take significant steps toward remedying non-reciprocal trade arrangements and addressing the concerns of the United States relating to economic and national...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Monday that there will be “land swapping” between Russia and Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal and pushed back on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s public rejection of ceding any territory to Moscow.
“I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelensky...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) In an interview with Axios on Monday, President Trump provided backing for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to escalate in Gaza, suggesting that Israel needed to ramp up the pressure on Hamas.
The report said that Trump stopped short of directly endorsing the Israeli government’s plan to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s annihilation and starvation of Gaza – including from staunch ally Britain—U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday attempted to defend the genocidal assault on Gaza by invoking one of the most notorious Allied atrocities of World War II.
Appearing on...
The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv into accepting an unfavorable deal.
The maximalist demands...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Israeli airstrike on Sunday night targeted a tent outside the gates of the al-Shia Hospital in Gaza City and killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including 28-year-old Anas al-Sharif, a well-known reporter who had a large following on X.
Al Jazeera said that the other four journalists killed...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected the idea of ceding territory to Russia to end the war in Ukraine, as President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing for a summit that will be held this Friday, August 15, in the US state of Alaska.
“Ukrainians will...