(José Niño, Headline USA) Col. Nathan McCormack, who served as the Pentagon's top advisor on Israel and regional Middle East policy, has been stripped of his Joint Chiefs role following revelations that he used social media to describe Israel as America's "worst ally" and accused the U.S. of enabling...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call a day earlier to “keep going” with his attacks on Iran.
The president told reporters that Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in war crimes...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that President Trump has told his top officials that he approved plans to attack Iran but is holding off on giving the final order for now.
Sources told the Journal that Trump was waiting to see if Iran would agree to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected President Trump’s demand for an “unconditional surrender” and warned the US against entering the war by launching strikes on Iran, saying the US would suffer “irreparable harm.”
Trump has also threatened Khamenei, claiming the US was aware of his...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The FBI in the summer of 2020 asked federal intelligence partners to delete evidence of an alleged Chinese plot to rig the presidential race in Joe Biden’s favor, newly released documents showed.
The records—released Monday by FBI Director Kash Patel to the Senate Judiciary Committee—revealed initial intelligence...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Tuesday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution in an effort to prevent President Trump from going to war with Iran without authorization from Congress.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced a similar War Powers Resolution in the Senate. Americans can...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A private oversight organization claims to have tracked the movements of alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter using geolocation data from his electronic devices, revealing a three-year trail spanning from his family farm to locations in Africa, Nepal, Turkey, India, and Dubai.
The Oversight Project, operating under...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Tucker Carlson’s pointed questioning of Ted Cruz’s Iran policy has ignited a fierce debate among conservatives about U.S. military involvement abroad about the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
The incident unfolded during a highly anticipated interview on Carlson’s show on Tuesday, as Israel’s recent airstrikes...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Tuesday that the US knows the location of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and that he wouldn’t be killed, at least for now.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there –...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has reportedly released previously hidden documents, which show that China was meddling in the 2020 election to help tip the scales towards President Joe Biden.
The FBI documents come from August 2020, when the bureau received a tip from a confidential informant, who alleged...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump appears to break from his intelligence director on earlier claims that Iran wasn’t producing military weapons.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in March, while speaking before a Senate intelligence briefing, that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.
However, as Trump...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) After leaving the G7 summit ahead of schedule, President Donald Trump quashed any talk of trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One early Tuesday morning he wasn’t looking for a ceasefire but is seeking “a real...