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Ukraine Just Won Back Twenty-Six Settlements on the Ground While Losing the Ability to Defend Its Own Skies from Russia

DeepState counted 19 settlements regained and Russians pushed back in six more areas. The Institute for the Study of War documented significant advances. A...

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Putin Just Got Handed a Hunt Inside His Own Drone Industry: One Executive Bombed, Another Shot in Tula

A Fox report details a 'dangerous new front': the executives and engineers behind drone technology are being hunted. A Russian FPV-drone boss was critically...

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President Donald J. Trump tours the Hall of Prayer of Good Harvest with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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Trump Is Running Out of Time, and Iran Is Willing to Wait: The Oil Buffer Shielding the World Is Shrinking Fast

The EIA raised its oil forecast as the Hormuz disruption drains global inventories, with July's shut-in topping one in every twenty barrels the world...

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Iran’s New National Security Chief Once Said Control of Hormuz Is ‘More Important Than Dozens of Atomic Bombs’

Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) steams behind the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 31, 2006. The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf.

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Trump Just Got Handed a No-Win Choice: Let Two Million Barrels Through, or Stop the Tanker and Restart the Iran War

Satellite analysis showed the terminal active again after 25 days with no vessel alongside. Turning away an empty ship is one thing; intercepting two...

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during an air show at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2025. The F-16, a multi-role fighter aircraft capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, demonstrates its versatility through dynamic aerial demonstrations at air shows across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo) U.S. Air Force Maj. Taylor “FEMA” Hiester, F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs aerial maneuvers in a U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon during an air show at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2025. The F-16, a multi-role fighter aircraft capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, demonstrates its versatility through dynamic aerial demonstrations at air shows across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven Cardo)

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NATO Is Scrambling Eurofighters and F-16s to Chase Down Cheap Drones, and It Cannot Afford to Keep Doing It

Flying low enough to hide behind terrain and the curve of the Earth, small drones can be deep inside NATO territory before anyone sees...

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USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call) (Released) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call) (Released)

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Sailors Aboard US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Have Now Gone More Than 200 Days Without a Single Port Call Anywhere at All

A senator's letter to the Pentagon raises water contamination, plumbing failures and mail that never arrives, and asks whether the Navy can sustain this...

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Ukraine Asked Russia for a Truce on Attacking Civilian Ships. Moscow Called It a Half-Measure and Simply Refused.

Storage is filling ahead of September's corn harvest, domestic prices have dropped below the cost of production, and farmers need export revenue now to...

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The Romanian Army's 74th Patriot Regiment conducted the country's first PATRIOT missile system live-fire exercise at the Capu Midia test firing range in Romania Nov. 14-15, 2023. Romania received the first of seven PATRIOT systems in 2020 through a foreign military sales case executed by the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command. (Courtesy photo) The Romanian Army's 74th Patriot Regiment conducted the country's first PATRIOT missile system live-fire exercise at the Capu Midia test firing range in Romania Nov. 14-15, 2023. Romania received the first of seven PATRIOT systems in 2020 through a foreign military sales case executed by the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command. (Courtesy photo)

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Zelensky Says a Tenth of America’s Patriot Stockpile Would Let Ukraine Destroy Every Russian Ballistic Missile

Interceptor deliveries have fallen to a fraction of last year's while Russia fires roughly twice as many ballistic missiles a month. Poland's declassified ledger...

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Ukraine Knocked Out Russia’s Grain Terminals — and the Next Night Russia Hit Ukraine’s Own Alternative Grain Port

Moscow is rerouting to the Baltic, the Caspian and overland — but the Azov route was already restricted in July, and Novorossiysk had stopped...

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The President departs the White House and gaggles with the press on the South Lawn before boarding HMX-1 to begin traveling to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 15th, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Harrison Koeppel)

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Iran’s Parliament Is Pushing a Law Denying Hormuz Access to US and Israeli Flags Unless Washington Pays Reparations, the Author Reports

Pakistan again says a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape — but the author notes Islamabad was optimistic before the last deal, which collapsed days...

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A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer) A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

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Iran ‘Activated’ Its Allies at the Second Chokepoint to Demonstrate What Tehran ‘Could Not Settle’ at Hormuz, an Analyst Writes

A rebel missile strike on a commercial vessel at Bab el-Mandeb killed crew members and rescuers Wednesday — a turn the AP says risks...

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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Hornets and a B-2 Spirit, line the Andersen flight line during Exercise Valiant Shield, 22 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be conducted in the vicinity of Guam. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training and interoperability among U.S. military forces while responding to a range of mission scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III) ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Hornets and a B-2 Spirit, line the Andersen flight line during Exercise Valiant Shield, 22 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be conducted in the vicinity of Guam. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training and interoperability among U.S. military forces while responding to a range of mission scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III)

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Donald Trump Just Got Handed Iran’s Bill for the War, and He Answered by Sending Tehran a Compensation Bill of His Own

Pakistan and Qatar say a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape, with Iran and Oman reportedly agreed on coordinates for a temporary Hormuz navigation system....

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The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) sails in the Philippine Sea Aug. 26, 2018 during a Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. PASSEX enabled the Wasp ARG and the JMSDF a chance to practice communications and maneuvering procedures. The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group is currently operating in the region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor King)

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Trump Says His Naval Blockade Is ‘A Wall of Steel’ — and Just Two Ships Crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Friday

Hegseth says the Navy can hold the blockade indefinitely by rotating ships. Two vessels crossed the strait on Friday, though the count is imprecise...

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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a truck mounted multiple-rocket launcher system, during exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012. The battalion conducted this historic live-fire exercise, simultaneously utilizing HIMARS, M777 Lightweight Howitzer and Expeditionary Fire Support System. This is the first time all three artillery weapons systems were fired during the same exercise. (DoD photo by LCpl Joseph Scanlan, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a truck mounted multiple-rocket launcher system, during exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012. The battalion conducted this historic live-fire exercise, simultaneously utilizing HIMARS, M777 Lightweight Howitzer and Expeditionary Fire Support System. This is the first time all three artillery weapons systems were fired during the same exercise. (DoD photo by LCpl Joseph Scanlan, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

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More Than 130 Ships a Day Crossed the Strait of Hormuz Before the War. On Thursday There Were Just Nine of Them.

Tehran says it has control and management of the Strait of Hormuz. Washington says it can sustain the blockade until a deal comes. A...

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China Is Sitting on 1.4 Billion Barrels of Stored Oil. America’s Emergency Reserve Just Fell Below 300 Million.

Governments hold around 900 million barrels of emergency oil between them. Beijing alone holds an estimated 1.4 billion and is drawing on it cautiously,...

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Kim Jong Un Just Got Handed as Much as $22 Billion: What Selling Troops and Weapons to Russia Has Earned Him So Far

Roughly 9,500 are already there. Reuters reports North Korean supplies have at times covered around half of Russia's frontline munitions, and the next contingent...

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards) U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)

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Something Is Missing From Russia’s Missile Barrages: Kyiv Says the Hypersonic Kinzhal Was Quietly Pulled From Production

Ukraine's defense intelligence says Russian missile factories exceeded July's production targets across the board, even as Moscow leans on ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and,...

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Zelensky Says One Ukrainian City Was Struck With North Korean Missiles, Zircons and Guided Bombs in a Single Night

More than 120 Shahed-style drones flew as well, and Kyiv says they were upgraded jet-powered versions of the Iranian design. Russia has now taken...

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the at the BRICS+ meeting (via videoconference). President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the at the BRICS+ meeting (via videoconference).

Ukraine War

The Ukraine War Could Go Nuclear

Key Points and Summary: While Russia possesses the world’s largest arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons and maintains an intentionally ambiguous doctrine, the actual use...

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