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Dollars and Sense
The vice president publicly blamed the Iran war for the GOP’s midterm losses, saying Trump voters were defecting over the war and inflation. Trump,...
Ukraine War
A massive Russian attack hit energy facilities across Ukraine overnight, a week before U.S.-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi, and only three of seventeen...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
After telling voters to pretend he was on the ballot, Trump watched Democrats sweep the midterms, then swung between congratulating them, blasting defeated Republicans...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Democrats needed a net gain of four Senate seats and flipped seven, from Texas and Kansas to Ohio and Maine, while holding Georgia and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Nine months into the Iran war, Gulf economies are shrinking, Saudi Arabia has posted back-to-back contractions and strikes have hit Aramco’s headquarters. Pipelines have...
Ukraine War
British and European troops are preparing a war game that would see them role-play a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, and a Western official says...
Ukraine War
Ukraine answered Trump’s one-sided energy ceasefire with a thousand-drone raid that hit oil sites in St. Petersburg. Russia never honored the pause, and Kyiv’s...
Ukraine War
Search teams are working through a third day at a former school and shelter in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region after Russian aerial bombs hit an...
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
Trump urged supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot, making himself the GOP’s central messenger. The strategy backfired: opposition to him...
Dollars and Sense
Trump insists his popularity had nothing to do with the GOP’s midterm losses, but AP’s voter poll suggests otherwise. Sixty percent of voters under...
Dollars and Sense
Polls suggest the Democratic sweep was driven more by anger at Trump than enthusiasm for Democrats, with only about half of voters viewing the...
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...