Geopolitics & international affairs
President Trump’s renewed focus on election integrity is less about fixing a broken system and more about expanding federal authority ahead of the November midterm elections, analysts say. Political analyst Eric Ham argued that Trump’s push for the SAVE Act and his recent prime-time address on election security are attempts to centralize control over a […]
The European Union has renewed its call on Israel to halt the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning that continued construction and settler violence, including attacks on Palestinian children, are pushing the region toward further instability. The EU’s statement came as reports emerged of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian children in the West […]
Donald Trump began his second term in January 2025 with a 52% approval rating. By mid-July 2026, that number has fallen to 36%. His net approval sits at minus 23 points. And the primary reason is the war he promised he would never start. An Economist/YouGov poll published this week shows 59% of Americans disapprove […]
When Donald Trump announced at the NATO summit in Ankara that he would lift the CAATSA sanctions on Turkey and consider selling F-35s to Ankara, he was doing more than repairing a relationship with a difficult ally. He was dismantling the single most effective tool Washington had for keeping countries away from Russian weapons. The […]
Washington has notified Israel it is sending dozens of additional aerial refueling aircraft to the country, as President Trump considers a major expansion of American military operations against Iran. The decision follows a White House Situation Room briefing earlier this week in which military officials laid out several new options for striking Iran. Trump has […]
Israel’s parliament dissolved early Friday, setting the stage for an October election that polls suggest could end Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power. The Knesset completed its full four-year term , the first Israeli government to do so in 40 years , and automatically dissolved on July 17. Elections are scheduled for October 27, the […]
American warplanes destroyed a key bridge and a maritime control tower in southern Iran on Friday as the United States carried out its sixth consecutive night of strikes in the renewed campaign against Tehran. Iranian state media reported that at least seven people were killed. The strikes hit infrastructure that the US says is used […]
The US military struck an Iranian oil tanker and launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian territory as air raid sirens sounded across the Gulf. A day after Trump threatened to attack Iran’s power plants, the fighting on the ground intensified. The United States launched another wave of strikes on Iran on July 16, […]
The Philippines has issued a formal diplomatic protest to China over an AI-generated video published by state-controlled media that depicts Filipinos as a monkey being shot and drowned by the Chinese coast guard. The 58-second video, posted by China Daily on July 10, shows a monkey in Filipino traditional dress being forced by the United […]
Nine European nations join Ukraine to build a homegrown anti-ballistic missile system that is cheaper, faster, and not dependent on Washington. Ukraine is not waiting for the United States to solve its air defense problem. It is building its own solution, and Europe is joining in. On July 13 in Paris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […]
