(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House released a budget plan on Friday proposing $1.01 trillion in military spending for 2026, a 13% increase from this year.
The proposal fulfills President Trump’s vow to bring the official US military budget to over $1 trillion for the first time. The increase in...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A missile fired from Yemen struck an access road on the grounds of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, as a heavy US bombing campaign has failed to deter Yemen’s Houthis, who are officially known as Ansar Allah.
According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli military tried...
(José Niño, Headline USA) If a picture is worth a thousand words, this snapshot of Michael Waltz’s phone screen may be worth millions in security risks.
Several weeks after “SignalGate,” former National Security Adviser Michael Waltz created new security vulnerabilities by using a message-capturing service rather than genuine encrypted communications.
A...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The remnants of a US GBU-39 bomb were found at the location of a US airstrike on a migrant facility in Saada in northwestern Yemen, Drop Site News reported on Thursday.
According to Yemeni media, the US strikes on the facility killed 68 people, and all the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The minerals deal that gives the US access to Ukraine’s natural resources will count future US military aid as a contribution to a joint investment fund, suggesting the agreement could increase US weapons shipments to Ukraine.
According to the text of the agreement, once it goes into...
(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) A ship carrying supplies bound for the Gaza Strip was attacked by Israeli drones in international waters on Friday, according to the activist group that organized the flotilla. The vessel reportedly took at least one direct hit to its hull and sustained damage from fire, forcing its...
(José Niño, Headline USA) “The masters of the universe are Jews!” declared former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, as reported by Chris Menahan of Information Liberation.
At the Jewish News Syndicate’s international policy summit in Jerusalem last month, the former Republican Senator of Minnesota gave a speech about Israel’s struggle to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that freeing Israeli captives in Gaza was not his top priority, comments that angered the family members of hostages.
“We have many objectives, many goals in this war. We want to bring back all of our hostages,” Netanyahu said.
“That...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of 10 released Americans from Kuwait custody recorded an emotional video thanking President Donald Trump for his efforts to secure his freedom.
The hostage, former military contractor Tony Holden, had been imprisoned in 2022 while working in Kuwait as an HVAC technician for Vectrus. He faced dubious...
(Headline USA) Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, according to the Associated Press.
The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog said in an interview that aired on Israeli TV this week that President Biden never pressured Israel to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
“God did the State of Israel a favor that Biden was the president during this period,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Wednesday night, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened Iran over Tehran’s alleged support for the Houthis amid the US’s heavy Yemen bombing campaign.
“Message to IRAN: We see your LETHAL support to The Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing,” Hegseth wrote on X.
“You know...