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Trump Melts Down When Reporters Hit Him With The Iran War Truth
The problem with starting a war of choice in the Middle East that has no clear objectives or goals is that without an achievable objective […]
The real reason conservatives hate Nolan’s “Odyssey”
The most-quoted line from Al Franken’s 2003 bestseller “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” attempts to draw a distinction between conservative and liberal […]
Trump admin pushes foreign aid grants toward right-wing causes
For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries. To […]
A propagandistic Voice of America hands strategic victory to adversaries
The war with Iran is driving fuel shortages and inflation around the world, deepening anti-American sentiment at a time when international confidence in the United […]
VMO2 achieves 500 Giga Sites milestone as CEO calls for stronger telecoms competition
VMO2 has switched on its 500th ‘Giga Site’ as part of a £700 million Mobile Transformation Plan to upgrade mobile connectivity across the UK. The […]
Portuguese scientists study Martian clouds to help future landings
As plans for crewed missions to Mars advance, a study led by two Portuguese scientists at Lisbon University’s Faculty of Sciences is helping make landings […]
How the Threat of an ICE Detention Center Galvanized a Trump-Country Coal Town
When Joe Wiscount was a teenager in Tremont, Pennsylvania, a tiny town in a region once ruled by coal barons, he worked a summer job […]
EU farming support contributing to pricier healthy food, says UN
European Union farm subsidies have helped drive up prices of fruit and vegetables, making it harder for people to afford a healthy diet, a United […]
Hamish Falconer appointed UK’s new Brexit minister
LONDON — Labour MP Hamish Falconer has been appointed as the British government’s new EU relations minister, leading negotiations with the bloc. The new minister […]
Trump’s War on the Future
One of my Facebook friends posted this — Yes, Trump wants to open this protected wilderness to oil drilling. Canada is burning, but we need […]
Tajikistan Distances Itself From Detained Israel- Iran Spy Suspect
Tajikistan’s interior minister said has said that a man arrested in Israel on suspicion of spying for Iran is no longer a Tajik citizen, contradicting […]
Dreamworld’s massive expansion plan approved despite koala population concerns
‘This is a win for tourism. It’s a win for jobs. It’s a win for housing. It’s a win for retail and hospitality industry.’…See More
What’s wrong with ICC prosecutors?
The first three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have failed to be of high moral character. On July 24, the ICC Assembly of State […]
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revive a “Zombie” Deportation Court
Last week, the Trump administration filed the first-of-its-kind application with a 30-year-old removal court seeking to deport an immigrant as a suspected “alien terrorist.” The […]
ASEAN: Strategic Center of Gravity in US–China Rivalry
By: Khanh Vu Duc Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Manila this week— attending the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ […]
Hezbollah faces a reckoning as support wanes in Lebanon
Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates […]
Iran becoming the ‘forever war’ Trump promised to avoid
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
The humiliation of Tom Homan
Tom Homan has spent years constructing the persona of a man who never backs down. Donald Trump’s border czar is the hard man of immigration […]
Nothing helps MAGA like Washington snobbery
According to a Pew Research Center survey released in October 2025, large majorities of Americans are unhappy with both political parties. Three-quarters were frustrated with […]