(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump continues to stand behind Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after another Signal chat controversy surfaced over the weekend.
"The President absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth. I spoke to him about it this morning, and he stands strongly behind him," press secretary...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Nine plane loads of bunker-busting bombs were shipped from the US to Israel. The munitions are intended to prepare Israel for a potential war with Iran.
“Nine US transport planes carrying bunker-busting bombs and other defensive weapons landed at Nevatim Airbase near Tel Aviv, in central Israel,”...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick claims he traveled to Ukraine and spent several days traveling around the frontlines. As a photo op, the Pennsylvania Republican signed an artillery shell “to Putin.”
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Rep. Fitzpatrick spent a week visiting Ukrainian frontline soldiers. The Congressman wrote on...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) US and Iranian officials engaged in talks over the weekend in Rome and agreed to more talks later in the week. President Donald Trump says he is only willing to engage with Tehran for a short period before a deal either has to be signed, or...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple tent camps sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing dozens, Gaza’s Civil Defense agency has said.
One attack hit tents in al-Mawasi, a tent camp in southern Gaza that Israel had declared a so-called “humanitarian zone” but continues to bomb.
“At least 16 martyrs ,...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Donald Trump will decide if ending the war in Ukraine is possible sometime in the coming days.
“We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we need to determine very quickly now, and...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A Ukrainian official announced on Thursday that the US and Ukraine had signed a “memorandum of intent” to move forward with an economic deal that would give the US a piece of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and other natural resources.
“We are happy to announce the signing,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The United States military has started removing hundreds of troops from Syria but will leave over 1,000 in the country, at least for now, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
US officials told the Times that the US was shuttering three of its eight bases in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Donald Trump’s mission to gut USAID is exposing fault lines inside the State Department, pitting loyalists against moderates and testing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s allegiance to the president’s agenda.
The State Department is reportedly split between officials loyal to President Trump and those aligned with...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump declined an Israeli plan to attack Iran with US support as soon as next month in favor of attempting diplomacy with Tehran over its civilian nuclear program, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The report said Israel developed plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A recent promotion within the National Security Council has ignited backlash from within Donald Trump’s own movement, spotlighting ideological rifts within the Trump administration.
At the center of the controversy is Ivan Kanapathy, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and Mandarin-speaking Asia expert, who now serves...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump personally intervened to prevent Elon Musk from attending a classified Pentagon briefing on China, igniting a firestorm over national security, business interests, and government transparency.
According to a report by Axios, President Donald Trump personally intervened to block Elon Musk from receiving a...