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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has expressed “serious interest” in the idea of sending US troops into Iran, NBC Newsreported on Saturday, citing US officials. The officials said that Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and senior Republicans in Congress. Publicly, the president has refused to...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Central Command on Sunday confirmed the death of a seventh US soldier in President Trump’s war with Iran, as Iranian missiles and drones have successfully struck US bases in the region. CENTCOM said the soldier had died of wounds sustained by an earlier Iranian attack on US...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was previously subject to an assault complaint at his place of employment: a Tesla factory in Austin. The Austin American-Statesman reported the news about 53-year-old...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A classified report from the US’s National Intelligence Council has found that even a large-scale US assault on Iran is unlikely to oust the Islamic government and military establishment, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The intelligence report was completed about one week before the US and Israel...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Veterans die by suicide at roughly twice the civilian rate, despite the Department of Veterans Affairs spending more than $500 million a year to address the problem. In 2023, the rate of suicide for veterans was 35.2 per 100,000, up from 34.7 per 100,000 in...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The escalating war in Iran has already rattled global markets and driven oil prices to their highest levels since April 2024. If the conflict persists, the strain on the global economy deepens and the burden on U.S. taxpayers grows. With U.S. military operations costing more...

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Recent legislation by GOP lawmakers highlighted a longstanding but little known loophole that allowed Chinese nationals to gain backdoor U.S. citizenship for their children via an Obama-era visa policy. Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act in...

(Headline USA) A counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device containing nuts, bolts and screws at the protesting crowd after someone from that group used pepper spray on the counterprotest, police said. The FBI is reportedly investigating the incident...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Eric Swalwell has long maintained his primary residence in Washington, D.C., despite representing large portions of California in Congress. Now that he is running for California governor, his apparent on-paper-only California residency is under scrutiny—even from fellow Democrats.  Tom Steyer, a left-wing billionaire donor who is...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his wife after social media activity appeared to show her endorsing content tied to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel carried out by Hamas.  Speaking to reporters in New York City, Mamdani sought to downplay the likes by...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two Afghan nationals, including one who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, were sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to raping an intoxicated woman they encountered at a Chicago nightclub in 2023.  The men — Sarwar Khan, 48, and Quribullah Mohammad, 24 — received more than 10 years each for aggravated...

(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...