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** Trouble in Russian economy means Putin really needs Alaska talks too ([link removed])
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By Michael Corbin on Aug 12, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Russia’s economy is at a critical juncture. It is not an understatement to say that Moscow needs these Alaska peace talks ([link removed]) with the Trump administration on Friday to end the Ukraine war as much as Kyiv does.
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** Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels ([link removed])
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By Dan DePetris on Aug 11, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image In 2020, during the last year of the Trump administration’s first term, President Trump asked then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper a shocking question: why can't the United States just attack the Mexican cartels and their infrastructure with a volley of missiles ([link removed]) ?
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** Trump's terms for Russia-Ukraine on the right course for peace ([link removed])
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By Anatol Lieven on Aug 09, 2025 11:39 am
Featured Image The Trump administration has reportedly taken an essential step towards a peace settlement in Ukraine. It has stopped calling for an unconditional early ceasefire — which the Russians have always rejected — and instead offered concrete and detailed terms to Moscow.
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** Bolsonaro's son: I convinced Trump to slap tariffs on Brazil ([link removed])
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By Nick Cleveland-Stout on Aug 08, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On August 1, the Trump administration imposed ([link removed]) a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, sending high-volume sectors like coffee, beef, and textile companies scrambling to adjust to their new reality. The tariffs came on the back of a lobbying campaign from an unlikely source — Brazil itself. Whereas other foreign entities are lobbying the U.S. government to reduce their tariffs, allies of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro asked for more.
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** US lawmakers spending summer break with AIPAC touring Israel ([link removed])
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By Stavroula Pabst on Aug 07, 2025 02:04 pm
Featured Image As lawmakers increasingly challenge ([link removed]) Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC is working around the clock to keep sympathetic lawmakers within arms’ reach.
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** US missile depletion from Houthi, Israel conflicts may shock you ([link removed])
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By Mike Fredenburg on Aug 07, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Historic levels of air defense missiles were expended by U.S. Navy ships in the Middle East in defense of Israel and in protection of Red Sea shipping since October of 2023. This led Admiral James Kilby, Naval Operations acting chief, to testify ([link removed]) in June that their ship-launched air defense interceptors — SM-3s ([link removed]) — are being expended at an “alarming rate” in defense of Israel.
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