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The roots of Trump's wars on terror trace back to 9/11

By Elizabeth Beavers on Sep 11, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The U.S. military recently launched a plainly illegal strike on a small civilian Venezuelan boat that President Trump claims was a successful hit on “narcoterrorists.” Vice President JD Vance responded to allegations that the strike was a war crime by saying, “I don’t give a shit what you call it,” insisting this was the “highest and best use of the military.”
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Is Israel forcing Trump to be the capitulator in chief?

By Trita Parsi on Sep 10, 2025 05:48 am
Featured Image President Donald Trump told reporters outside a Washington restaurant Tuesday evening that he is deeply displeased with Israel’s bombardment of Qatar, a close U.S. partner in the Persian Gulf that, at Washington’s request, has hosted Hamas’s political leadership since 2012.
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Is Europe deliberately sabotaging Ukraine War negotiations?

By Zachary Paikin on Sep 10, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image After last week’s meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris, 26 countries have supposedly agreed to contribute — in some fashion — to a military force that would be deployed on Ukrainian soil after hostilities have concluded.
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After bombing, time to demystify the 'Qatar lobby'

By Ben Freeman on Sep 10, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On Tuesday, Israel bombed Doha, killing at least five Hamas staffers and a member of Qatari security. Israeli officials initially claimed the US green-lit the operation, despite Qatar hosting the largest U.S. military in the region.
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CBS's new ethics chief led arms industry, foreign gov't funded think tank

By Khody Akhavi,Eli Clifton on Sep 09, 2025 03:13 pm
Featured Image CBS News has ignited controversy after naming neoconservative think-tank veteran Kenneth Weinstein of the hawkish Hudson Institute as its new ombudsman.
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Why is Congress MIA on looming Venezuela war?

By Connor Echols on Sep 08, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Military tensions in the southern Caribbean have rapidly grown following President Trump’s decision to launch an airstrike on a boat allegedly smuggling drugs near Venezuela. As the U.S. announced the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to bolster its forces in the region, a pair of Venezuelan planes flew over an American warship in a move that the Pentagon described as “highly provocative.”
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