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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As the polls close, the Iran war could go three ways: a negotiated deal, a renewed bombing campaign or something far darker. Qatar is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Cook Political Report moved Michigan’s Senate race to Lean Democrat in its final forecast and says Democrats are in a good position to...
Ukraine War
Russia launched one of its heaviest air assaults of the fall on Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Election Day, firing seventy-six missiles and nearly...
Dollars and Sense
Consumer prices in Iran rose nearly ninety percent from a year earlier, its statistics agency says, as the U.S. tightened restrictions on its oil...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. forces quietly struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday in what officials called defensive strikes, even as Trump insists the U.S. isn’t really at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
If Republicans lose tonight, a Politico columnist predicts Trump will ‘lunge for scapegoats,’ blaming fellow Republicans rather than himself. But the columnist says Trump...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As Americans vote in the midterms, Trump’s former communications director predicts a historic defeat for the GOP and a challenge to Trump’s leadership from...
Ukraine War
The U.S. will mediate working-level talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi next week, and Trump reportedly hopes to unveil a peace plan...
Ukraine War
Zelenskyy says Russia knew it was striking what was effectively a humanitarian facility in Komyshuvakha, a school turned aid center and shelter. A local...
Ukraine War
Russian aircraft struck a school in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region that served as a weekly aid point, then hit the shelter where people had taken...
The Treaty
The U.S. Navy is warning commercial ships to avoid unnecessary trips through the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, saying even neutral...
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...
Dollars and Sense
Saudi Arabia’s oil sector shrank by a fifth last quarter, pulling its economy down nearly four percent, and the IMF now expects the six...
Dollars and Sense
Early voting is surging ahead of today’s midterms, nearing the total from the last midterm, and registered Democrats make up forty-three percent of early...
Dollars and Sense
Iran’s economy is in crisis, with inflation near ninety percent and unemployment rising, and several of Trump’s top aides, including Rubio, are urging him...
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.
Dollars and Sense
One of the critical elements of modern warfare, reinforced by the war in Ukraine, is the importance of air superiority and the need to...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. could intercept incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) using advanced and developing missile defense technologies. -Ground-based interceptors in Alaska...