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F-18 rolls off US carrier as it turns to avoid Houthi fire

By Stavroula Pabst on Apr 28, 2025 04:48 pm
Featured Image Today the US Navy lost a F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet — worth at least $67 million — when it fell off the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier as it took a hard turn to avoid Houthi fire.
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Trump can boycott, but the failure and end of Vietnam War is a fact

By Paul R. Pillar on Apr 28, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats in Vietnam not to attend ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, according to a report in the New York Times.
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US-China trade war: Escalate to de-escalate to escalate?

By Jake Werner on Apr 25, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Trump is considering a significant reduction of the extraordinarily high tariffs on China that followed a dizzying tit-for-tat spiral between the two countries in early April.
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Was Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood ban a bid to please Israel, Saudi?

By Annelle Sheline on Apr 25, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On Wednesday, the Jordanian government declared that it had banned the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement that has long been active in the kingdom.
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Stars are aligned for Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria

By Matt Broomfield on Apr 24, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The blitzkrieg offensive which ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 has sparked an explosive political and military reaction across the country.
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Could a Blobby enclave be sowing chaos at DoD?

By Stavroula Pabst,Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Apr 23, 2025 10:26 am
Featured Image UPDATE 4/26, 5:25 AM: The Defense Policy Board website has been scrubbed, and members later dismissed, reports The Wall Street Journal and Intercept. The list of the now former DPB members can still be viewed on an archived version of the website.
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