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What do current US military ops in Latin America actually look like?
On Thursday, U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with the Colombian and Ecuadorian defense ministers in San Lorenzo, Ecuador. The trio…
New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze
Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much…
This creepy Israeli spy tech is likely operating in a city near you
Since the 2013 Edward Snowden leaks, surveillance and debates surrounding it have become part of the American experience. In recent years, Ring video…
Did Trump put a poison pill in his own Saudi nuclear deal?
This week, President Donald Trump formally submitted the U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear agreement to Congress for review, moving the deal forward despite continuing to…
The rise and fall of ‘resistance’ hero Alexander Vindman
On paper, Alexander Vindman’s loss in last week’s Florida Democratic Senate was a shocking upset. After all, Vindman had a 16-to-1 fundraising advantage…
Trump’s war and tariffs are having a nasty effect on interest rates
Over the last month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has engaged in two controversial and rare interventions in financial markets. The first came in…
How Citizens United supercharged ‘Israel’s lobby’
In March 2006, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the essay by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,”…
Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans.
A series of crises have roiled Libya over the last month, undermining a U.S.-led initiative to resolve the country’s profound political predicament and…
Lindsey Graham’s sister wins. The War Party wins. We lose, again.
Darline Graham won the Republican primary Tuesday and will likely win a full-term to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham’s U.S. Senate seat…
After 6 months of war, why aren’t oil prices even higher?
For decades, the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been considered the ultimate doomsday scenario for global oil markets. So, when…
