Wednesday, May 27, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Rubio Defends New US Sanctions on Cuba, Targeting Military-Run Conglomerate GAESA

(Headline USA) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday defended the Trump administration's decision to slap new sanctions on Cuba, the largest of which is against Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., a business conglomerate operated by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. In addition to GAESA and its leader, the...

U.S. Farmers Struggling with High Price of Fuel, Fertilizer as Bankruptcies Rise

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) As Congress continues working on the long-overdue federal farm bill, American farmers entering planting season are facing a grim financial landscape. Due to the U.S.-Iran conflict and the Trump administration’s tariffs, American farmers are getting slapped with higher operational costs, which not only raise the...

Iran Warns the US Against Attacks on its Oil Tankers and Other Ships but Ceasefire Appears to Hold

(Headline USA) Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding. Iranian state TV...

US Bombs Iran’s Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US bombed Iranian ports on Thursday, an attack that will likely plunge the region back into full-scale war. Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin first reported that the US was behind strikes on a port in Iran’s Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian port...

French Prosecutors Seek Charges Against Elon Musk and X Over Child Sexual Abuse Images

(Headline USA) French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform's artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris public prosecutor's office said Wednesday it has opened an...

4 People Convicted of Conspiracy in US Trial Tied to 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President

(Headline USA) A Florida jury on Friday convicted four men of conspiracy in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose death led to extraordinary turmoil in the Caribbean nation. South Florida served as a central location for planning and financing the plot to oust Moïse and replace him...

Hegseth Calls Inflating the Pentagon Budget by 50% to $1.5 Trillion a ‘Fiscally Responsible Investment’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a post on X on Thursday that inflating the Pentagon budget by nearly 50% to $1.5 trillion for 2027 was a “fiscally responsible investment” as the Trump administration attempts to justify its record-shattering military budget request. “Thanks to President Trump’s...

DHS Report Confirms Cole Allen Targeted Trump Over Iran Conflict

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment claims that anger over the Iran war may have driven suspected shooter Cole Allen to attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Reuters reported. The preliminary report from DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis,...

FBI Probe Finds Austin Bar Shooter was ‘Lone Actor’ in Deadly March Attack that Killed 3

(Headline USA) The gunman who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March was a “lone actor" and there is no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group, FBI investigators said...

Hegseth: Ceasefire Holds Despite Iranian Aggression

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Despite Iranian forces opening fire on American warships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ceasefire still holds and the U.S. is continuing Project Freedom. President Donald Trump has said the U.S.-declared ceasefire that began in early April and was...

Guerilla Artist ‘Banksy’ Accused of Colluding w/ Authorities in New Work

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) For decades, guerilla graffiti artist Banky has been viewed as the pinnacle of postmodern culture, using a populist medium and public spaces to strip elitism from the haute-couture art world while adding value with playful, socially relevant messages steeped in humor, irony and meta-criticism. The iconoclastic...

Man to Plead Guilty in Colorado Firebombing Attack on Pro-Israel Demonstrators

(Headline USA)  A man accused of killing one person and injuring a dozen more in a firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators showing support for Israeli hostages in Gaza plans to plead guilty this week to murder and other charges, according to court documents. Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces a sentence of...
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