North Korea Talk
It’s deeply troubling to see Russia and North Korea upgrade their military relationship. Not because of an ambiguous promise that Moscow might come to...
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Dollars and Sense
Col. Lapan, a 30-year Marine and DHS press secretary in the first Trump administration, and Mr. Urwitz, a former speechwriter to the Secretary of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump says U.S. warships returning from the Iran war could stop off Cuba to push its leaders into talks, while Rubio urges Cubans to...
Ukraine War
Drone strikes and fuel shortages are reaching Russians near Moscow, yet many insist all is normal, The New York Times reports.
Ukraine War
Russia has kept up its drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, hitting a residential building in Kyiv and two dozen settlements in Sumy, Ukrainian...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump says he’s weighing whether to make a deal with Iran or “finish them off,” but the White House says the U.S. won’t attack...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Netanyahu pressed Trump for a joint strike on Iran before Israel’s election, but Trump did not give a green light, an Israeli security source...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine are learning drone and electronic warfare that could make Pyongyang a more dangerous foe, a...
Ukraine War
Russia launched sixteen ballistic missiles and more than two hundred eighty drones across Ukraine overnight, Zelensky says, damaging Kyiv’s Southern Bridge, a university and...
Ukraine War
A UN commission of inquiry says Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, leaving families without heat...
Ukraine War
A drone strike on Voronezh set fire to homes, a high-rise business center and factories, while debris hit a passenger train and the overnight...
The Treaty
Ukrainian policymakers have been prepared to accept a comprehensive settlement since 1991, a front-line ceasefire since 2022, and have refrained from striking Russian civilian...
The Treaty
In a new Washington Post column, conservative commentator George Will argues Trump is increasingly aligning US policy with Putin, easing sanctions on Russian diesel...
The Treaty
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz could reopen once the US lifts its blockade and returns to a collapsed memorandum, terms Tehran has offered...
Dollars and Sense
A new NPR/PBS/Marist poll finds Democrats leading fifty-two to forty-four percent for the House a week before the midterms, with forty-four percent of likely...
Dollars and Sense
Donald Trump and Joe Biden Have the Same Problem and There Is No Easy Fix: A ‘Cost of Living’ Crisis
Consumer confidence rose in October as gas prices eased, the Conference Board says, but a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds seventy-three percent of Americans think the...
Dollars and Sense
Trump told an Iowa rally he thinks the law bars him from running again and that there’s “not a lot of wiggle room,” yet...
North Korea Talk
Ukraine quietly handed two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea — a transfer Seoul says was supposed to stay secret, and one that...
North Korea Talk
Georgia Gilholy reports on Lavrov's world-order message to Pyongyang, Zelensky's claim that up to fifty thousand more troops could follow the Kursk deployment, Reuters-reported...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
The Treaty
Vladimir Putin is now a partner in crime and an ostensible dear friend of Kim Jong Un as well as Xi Jinping. Each leader...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
At a recent meeting with senior Pentagon acquisition and industry officials, the conversation started with an overview followed by one set of instructions. Whatever...