“Total control” is easy to say on a podium, but war has a way of grading claims in real time. We sit down with Larry Johnson to sort through the latest reports of US strikes linked to the Strait of Hormuz, why mine warfare is still shaping the battlefield, and how...
The US, South Korea, and Japan kicked off five-day Freedom Edge war games in and around the Korean Peninsula. “The exercise will also incorporate multi-national maritime and aviation capabilities, and introduce enhanced air defense scenarios, medical evacuation...
The trip by President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kiev was met positively in both capitals. Following their meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Sunday, one senior Ukrainian presidential official described the...
The US has moved a launcher into Norway capable of firing Tomahawk missiles. The deployment drew a strong rebuke from Moscow. “A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III delivers a US Navy Containerized Launching System (CLS) to Trondheim, Norway, Aug. 27, 2026, to...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said President Donald Trump may not reach a new nuclear agreement with Tehran during his presidency, suggesting the US could instead focus on destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be...
Investigators forced dozens of civilian employees and military officials assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to take polygraphs. The Pentagon is looking for leakers amid a flurry of reports about the state of US weapons stockpiles. The New York Times reported on...
President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, traveled to Moscow and Kiev for meetings on ending the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held three hours of talks with Kushner and Witkoff. Yuri Ushakov, an...
President Donald Trump is asking Europe to pay the US billions of dollars for military aid sent to Ukraine under the Joe Biden administration. “Also, please let it be known, that the Biden Administration gave far more Munitions away to Ukraine, at no cost to them,...
President Donald Trump is attacking the US media for reporting that the US military is concerned about the depletion of resources during the war against Iran. “The people and Media Outlets that keep harping on the fact that we have no ammunition (And they are 100%...
Norway seized a Russian ship in the Arctic after a court ruled that it should be used to compensate Ukraine. The ship was departing a Russian port in the Svalbard archipelago when authorities seized it on Wednesday. While Svalbard is part of Norway, it functions...
A foreign government buying ads on a US senator’s podcast sounds like satire until you follow the money. We dig into reporting from Connor Echols at Responsible Statecraft on how Israeli government “I Am Israel” ads ran on “Verdict with Ted Cruz” and how that ad...
“Economic D-Day” might sound like a clean alternative to missiles, but economic war has its own escalation ladder. Today with guest Andrew Day, we break down the Trump administration’s reported shift on Iran from overt military action to “Operation Economic...
