(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Sunday, Adam Boehler, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, defended his direct talks with Hamas in the face of Israeli objections, saying the US is not an “agent” of Israel.
Israeli media has reported that Israel expressed strong objections to the talks once it learned about them....
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) The Israeli Shin Bet intelligence agency concluded that policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led to Hamas’s successful attack.
The report released last week explained that Netanyahu allowing Qatar to send funds to Hamas propped up the Palestinian group and paved the way for the October 7...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of snatching money from the U.S. like candy from a baby.
Trump made these comments during a tell-all interview on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with host Maria Bartiromo—just days after he...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Foreign nationals who often blur the lines between supporting Palestinians and backing Hamas—a designated terrorist group—are facing consequences. One controversial activist may soon have his green card revoked.
ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment after he led anti-Israel protests at Columbia and...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio is launching an AI-driven effort to revoke the visas of foreigners in the US who “appear pro-Hamas” in a crackdown targeting pro-Palestine protests on college campuses, Axios reported on Thursday.
The report said the effort will involve AI-assisted reviews of social media accounts...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Asif Merchant, the Pakistani man busted for hiring two undercover FBI agents to be “hitmen” in an Iranian-sponsored assassination plot against Donald Trump, has been held in solitary confinement under squalid conditions since his July 12 arrest.
And according to Merchant’s attorney, he hasn’t been allowed to review...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump says he sent Iran a letter calling for the two countries to negotiate an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. During his first term, Trump withdrew from a deal with Iran that limited and inspected Tehran’s nuclear energy program.
In a clip of an interview...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump threatened to intensify the US economic war on Russia with large scale sanctions and tariffs. Trump’s post followed massive Russian attacks on Ukraine.
Trump wrote on Friday, “Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely ‘pounding’ Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump appears to be serious about his vision for a world without nuclear weapons.
On Thursday, during a White House press briefing, Trump stressed yet again his desire to get rid of nukes.
“It would be great if everybody would get rid of their nuclear weapons. ...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Israel is apparently spying on the Trump administration and leaking sensitive diplomatic moves to the media.
Throughout the past few weeks, the Trump administration has been conducting direct talks with Hamas concerning the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza and the possibility of reaching a...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine on top of the suspension of military aid as part of an effort to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to pursue peace talks with Russia.
The intelligence pause has had an immediate effect on Ukraine’s war effort since it has...
(José Niño, Headline USA) On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote to reinstate a lower-court order for the Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid.
The court threw out an emergency appeal from the Trump administration. It also instructed U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to clarify...