The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, has resigned from the Trump administration over the war in Iran. Kent was formerly a Green Beret and served in the CIA. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no...
President Donald Trump believes he will reach a deal with Cuba as his economic war has caused the collapse of the island’s electric grid. On Sunday, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he believes “something will happen with Cuba pretty quickly,” but added...
President Donald Trump is considering sending US troops to Kharg Island to seize Iranian oil assets. According to officials speaking with Axios, the President is considering ordering US troops to seize the Iranian oil assets on the island. Kharg Island is about 15...
President Donald Trump threatened a “very bad” future for NATO if its members do not provide the US with support in the war with Iran. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait [of Hormuz] will help to make sure that nothing bad...
A headline-friendly story says Iran tried to assassinate Donald Trump. We pull the threads and find a different picture: an FBI-driven sting targeting Asif Merchant, two undercover “hitmen,” no money to fund the job, and no credible evidence that Tehran ordered...
Israel is preparing for the war with Iran to drag into April. Tel Aviv assesses that the government in Tehran will likely remain in place after the conflict. Israeli officials told Ynet that preparations were underway in Tel Aviv for the war against Iran to last...
Israel is seeking to capture southern Lebanon. One Israeli official said that Tel Aviv plans to destroy the region. Axios reports that US and Israeli officials said that Israel plans to take Lebanon south of the Litani River. “The goal is to take over...
President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran’s Kharg Island a second time, even if there are no military objectives. Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces struck 90 Iranian military targets on the landmass in the Persian Gulf. “Moments ago, at my direction,...
A president calls for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” then floats picking the next government and rebuilding a nation of 90 million. We unpack how a mission that began as punitive strikes ballooned into de facto nation building, why timelines quietly stretched...
Two million people flood central Tehran and an American reporter says he felt safe—so what else about Iran, the protests, and the path to war have we been getting wrong? We open with a vivid, on-the-ground account of Iran’s national day, where politics look more...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to seize Lebanese territory if Beirut does not prevent Hezbollah from attacking Israel. Israeli forces occupy “Hezbollah launched heavy barrages toward the State of Israel yesterday. The IDF responded forcefully in...
Ecuador says it will begin law enforcement operations against criminal activity in three regions with US support. Ecuador is a member of a US-led anti-cartel coalition in Latin America. Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg explained that the US was providing...
