In a sign that the US is planning to significantly escalate the war against Iran, the 82nd Airborne Division received orders to deploy to the Middle East. Axios’s Barack Ravid reported on Tuesday that a senior US official told him, “The 82nd Airborne Division...
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Monday that the world is facing a massive energy crisis caused by the war against Iran. Birol argued that the current energy crunch is worse than those of the 1970s and the impact of...
America’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, has left the Middle East and is at a Greek port. The Department of War says the ship sustained damage from a laundry fire. President Donald Trump ordered the Ford aircraft carrier strike group to relocate...
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned in protest over the Iran war, becoming the first senior official to break ranks. In his resignation, Kent stated bluntly that Iran posed no “imminent threat” to the United States — directly...
President Donald Trump said he is delaying strikes on Iranian power plants for five days to allow talks between Washington and Tehran to progress. “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS,...
Israel is planning to expand its ground operations in southern Lebanon. On Sunday, Israel began bombing the bridges that cross the Latani River and link southern Lebanon with the rest of the country. “The operation against the Hezbollah terrorist...
American soldiers deployed to Nigeria for a training operation are using advanced drones to provide surveillance and intelligence to Nigerian forces. “US support is designed to enhance Nigeria’s ability to independently detect, track and disrupt...
Sources speaking with CBS News said that military commands submitted specific requests to prepare for a ground invasion of Iran. The US deployed a second Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the Middle East last week, the sources explained. The USS Boxer will join...
The Department of War says it needs $200 billion in additional funds for the war against Iran. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth suggested the number could go higher. According to a senior administration official speaking with The AP, the Department of War submitted the...
As the war in the Middle East escalates to attacks on energy infrastructure, the White House is taking extensive measures to put downward pressure on oil prices. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on Thursday that the US had...
American voters say that a war against Iran benefits Israel more than the US. A poll conducted by IMEU Policy Project and Demand Progress released on Thursday found that 56% of voters said the war “benefits Israel more.” Only 29% said the conflict “benefited the US...
The Strait of Hormuz is the kind of geopolitical pressure point that can turn a regional fight into a worldwide economic shock, and the official story coming out of Washington doesn’t always match what markets and missiles are signaling. We sit down with Larry...
