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** Why Israel's defenders want US aid to stop ([link removed])
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By Connor Echols on Nov 18, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Laura Loomer has never been subtle about her support for Israel. Just a few months ago, she described ([link removed]) the diminutive state as a “wall protecting the U.S. from mass Islamic invasion.” So it came as something of a surprise last week when, seemingly out of nowhere, Loomer called ([link removed]) for the U.S. to end all aid to Israel.
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** Zelensky remains a creature of the corruption plaguing Ukraine ([link removed])
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By Ian Proud on Nov 18, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The $100 million corruption ([link removed]) scandal around Ukraine’s energy system that broke this past week is critical to ordinary Ukrainians for its timing. Russia has been bombarding the country’s energy infrastructure on a daily basis to deny ordinary citizens heat and electricity during the cold and dark winter months.
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** Trump courts Saudi at the risk of US, Middle East security ([link removed])
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By Seth Binder,William Hartung on Nov 17, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As Washington prepares for a visit this week to the White House by Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), reports indicate ([link removed]) that it could be the occasion for the announcement of a U.S.-Saudi security pact, along the lines of a recent security commitment ([link removed]) announced by President Trump for Saudi Arabia’s one-time regional rival, Qatar.
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** A Trump offer that Putin cannot refuse ([link removed])
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By Jennifer Kavanagh on Nov 17, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Along Ukraine’s eastern frontline, the question is not if Russia will gain full control of Pokrovsk ([link removed]) , a key location on Ukraine’s “fortress belt,” but when.
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** Baltics' big bear hug of Israel is a strategic blunder ([link removed])
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By Eldar Mamedov on Nov 14, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image As the European Union struggles ([link removed]) to agree on a coherent response to Israel’s war on Gaza, Estonia’s and Latvia’s foreign ministers recently warmly welcomed their Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar.
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** DOJ asked to reveal names of Israeli influencers in US ([link removed])
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By Nick Cleveland-Stout on Nov 13, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image In late September, RS reported ([link removed]) that Israel is paying a cohort of 14-18 social media influencers an estimated $7,000 per post through a firm called Bridges Partners. The filing, disclosed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, indicated that Israel began paying these influencers in June as part of a campaign called the “Esther Project.”
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