Geopolitics & international affairs
Iran launched missile and drone strikes on US military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan early Tuesday in retaliation for a third consecutive night of American strikes on Iranian territory. The attack marks a significant widening of the conflict’s geographic scope and confirms that Iran is prepared to turn every country hosting US forces into […]
Nineteen weeks into the war, Iran is battered but not broken. Its navy is destroyed, its supreme leader is dead, and its economy is under severe pressure. Yet Tehran has dictated the terms of every ceasefire, retained control of the Strait of Hormuz, and forced the United States to negotiate on issues it never intended […]
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has called President Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran war “a recipe for utter disaster,” accusing him of repeating past mistakes with no clear strategy. “Donald Trump’s rinse-and-repeat approach to the Iran War isn’t a strategy, it’s a recipe for utter disaster,” Schumer said in floor remarks. He pointed out […]
Joseph Stalin famously said that quantity has a quality of its own. Russia has put that maxim to the test in Ukraine, and the results show both the power and the limits of mass. Since the invasion began, Russia has grown its deployed force from roughly 150 battalion tactical groups to over 700,000 personnel, according […]
Senators from both parties are rallying around a revised Russia sanctions package to honor the legacy of Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died suddenly Saturday at age 71. Graham’s preliminary cause of death was aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. His sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been appointed by South Carolina Governor […]
The United States launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets Monday, hours after President Donald Trump announced a renewed naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and declared the US the waterway’s “guardian.” CENTCOM said its forces hit dozens of sites, including air defense systems, radar installations, missile and drone equipment, […]
The United States has used unmanned surface vessels in combat for the first time, striking an Iranian naval base with three Corsair drones. CENTCOM confirmed the operation on Monday, calling it “the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations.” The Corsairs hit a submarine and ship maintenance facility at the Bandar […]
A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned two of Donald Trump’s lawyers and torn apart the legal settlement that let the president escape tax investigations while creating a $1.8 billion fund for his political allies. “This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a legal issue or a factual dispute,” District Judge […]
Brent crude neared $85 a barrel Tuesday, hitting a one-month high as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran raised the real possibility that the Strait of Hormuz, the single most important energy chokepoint on Earth, will remain closed for the foreseeable future. Brent traded at $84.24 by early morning, up 8.36 percent from […]
More than 25 Democratic senators are demanding the Pentagon release the findings of its investigation into a US airstrike that hit a girls’ school in Minab, Iran, on February 28, the opening day of the war. Over 175 children and teachers were killed. It is the largest single civilian casualty incident involving US forces since […]
