Thursday, March 19, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Biden State Dept. Gave Tax Dollars to Research Gay, European Hookup Spots

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee brought renewed attention to a taxpayer-funded initiative to make maps “more gay” by allowing visitors to pin LGPT hookup spots in central Europe and elsewhere. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., pressed Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for...

Police Investigating Explosion Outside the US Embassy in Oslo

(Headline USA) Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received reports of a “loud bang” or explosion around 1 a.m., Oslo police said in a news release. The explosion was caused by some sort of incendiary device, Oslo...

How Corporate Media Manufactures Consent for Israeli War Crimes

(José Niño, Headline USA) Journalist Alan MacLeod argued that a Channel 4 headline reporting on Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon used "carefully constructed language aimed at manufacturing consent for Israeli atrocities," according to his post on X. Israel has ramped up operations against Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, in...

Trump Demands Unconditional Surrender from Iran, Mentions Regime Change

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) President Donald Trump has said he will accept nothing less from Iran than unconditional surrender, according to a social media post on Friday morning. “There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender!” the president wrote on Truth Social. He also wrote about the selection...

Hegseth and Rubio Feuding Over Whether to Deploy Troops to Iran

(José Niño, Headline USA) Tensions are rising between U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over whether the United States should deploy troops to Iran at Israel's request, three former U.S. officials and a senior regional official told Middle East Eye. Rubio and Hegseth were...

Pentagon Prepares for Possibility That Iran War Will Last Through September

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military is preparing for the possibility that the US-Israeli war against Iran lasts until September of this year, according to a report from POLITICO, far beyond President Donald Trump’s initial four-week timeline. The report said that US Central Command is asking the Pentagon to send...

Trump Says He Must Have a Say in Picking Iran’s New Leader

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios on Thursday that he must have a say on who is chosen as Iran’s next leader following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, contradicting other administration officials who say the US’s goal is not...

Man on Trial in Assassination Plot Says Possible Targets Included Trump, Biden, Haley

(Headline USA) The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran 's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included...

Senate Fails to Halt Trump’s War on Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Wednesday voted against advancing a War Powers Resolution aimed at halting further US military action against Iran without authorization from Congress amid the major US-Israeli bombing campaign in the country. The resolution, introduced by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY), failed in a...

Hegseth Claims That Mastermind of Iran’s Trump Assassination Plot Has Been Killed

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed Wednesday morning that the leader of an Iranian unit that attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump has been “hunted down and killed.” To date, the U.S. government has produced no solid evidence that Iran made any such attempt. “Iran...

Sen. Blumenthal Says He’s ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he was “fearful” that the Trump administration would put “boots on the ground” in Iran as the war the US and Israel launched on Saturday continues to escalate. “I just want to say that I am more fearful than...

Hegseth Brags of ‘Death and Destruction’ as US and Israeli Airstrikes Massacre Civilians in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the “death and destruction” the US military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days. Hegseth said at a press briefing that the...
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