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** After shuttering USAID, Trump launches new foreign aid strategy ([link removed])
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By Leah Schroeder on Feb 10, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Almost exactly one year ago, the swift dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) got underway ([link removed]) with a public statement issued by the State Department.
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** What happens when we give Europe first dibs on US missiles for war ([link removed])
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By Jennifer Kavanagh on Feb 09, 2026 09:12 am
Featured Image For weeks the question animating the Washington D.C. commentariat has been this: When will President Donald Trump make good on his threat and launch a second round of airstrikes on Iran? So far at least, the answer is “not yet.”
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** Nuke treaty loss a 'colossal' failure that could lead to nuclear arms race ([link removed])
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By Senator Peter Welch on Feb 05, 2026 03:00 pm
Featured Image On February 13th, 2025, President Trump said something few expected to hear. He said, “There's no reason for us to be building brand-new nuclear weapons. We already have so many. . . You could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over. And here we are building new nuclear weapons . . . We’re all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on other things that are actually, hopefully, much more productive.”
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** A deal that Cuba (and Trump) cannot refuse? ([link removed])
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By Lee Schlenker on Feb 05, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Last week, President Trump declared ([link removed]) a national emergency regarding Cuba and threatened ([link removed]) to impose 30% tariffs on countries supplying Havana with oil. The move made clear that Washington is exerting maximum leverage over the island in bilateral talks the president says ([link removed]) are taking place but Cuban authorities deny ([link removed]) .
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** Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover ([link removed])
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By Leah Schroeder on Feb 04, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image During Trump’s first administration, the Stars and Stripes newspaper had come perilously close to shuttering ([link removed].) . In 2020, the Pentagon asked Congress to cut its funding, before ultimately ordering for the paper to be closed.
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