(Steve Wilson, The Center Square) The cost for the U.S. strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, known as Operation Midnight Hammer, likely cost taxpayers more than $200 million, according to analysis by The Center Square of open-source data on flight hours, per-weapon costs and other expenses.
The strikes, which used B-2 Spirit...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Jewish New Yorkers stranded in Israel need the state’s help evacuating the war-torn region, according to a group of legislative Republicans who want Gov. Kathy Hochul to do something about it.
In a letter to Hochul, Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt and members of the Senate...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior US military official told Congress on Tuesday that the US Navy used munitions at an “alarming rate” while defending Israel from Iranian missiles during the 12-day war that Israel started with massive strikes on Iran.
Adm. James Kilby, the acting chief of naval operations, was...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that he would bomb Iran again if the country restarted its nuclear enrichment program, but he insisted that he doesn’t think that will happen.
The president made the comments on Sunday at the NATO summit in The Hague. When asked if Tehran rebuilding...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In a provocative social media post published on Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, suggested that JFK’s death was linked to his stance against Israel’s nuclear weapons program.
Greene wrote on X, “There was once a great President that the American people loved. He opposed Israel’s...
(Headline USA) A U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.
The report issued by the Defense Intelligence...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to leaked documents, British and American academics advised the U.S. National Security Council to encourage Ukraine to adopt ISIS-style drone tactics against Russian railways.
In a report published by investigative journalist Kit Klarenberg for The Grayzone on Monday, Project Alchemy, a secret academic-intelligence cell whose...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding after it got off to a shaky start, and President Trump publicly urged Israel to stop the bombing.
Trump announced the truce on Wednesday night, which was followed by heavy Israeli attacks on Tehran. Iran then hit...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that whether Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon is “irrelevant,” as he was pressed on the lack of evidence that Tehran has taken steps to weaponize its nuclear program.
Rubio made the comment in an interview with CBS News...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop attacking Iran and their ceasefire was “in effect” on Tuesday after briefly faltering.
“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called “The 12 Day War,” an announcement that came amid heavy Israeli attacks on Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in a post on...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s decision to launch strikes against Iran was influenced as much by Fox News coverage as by intelligence briefings, according to administration sources.
According to The New York Times, Trump was closely monitoring Fox News, which was providing "wall-to-wall praise of Israel's military operation...