A deal with Iran sounds simple until you read the fine print. We dig into the reports of a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift parts of the pressure campaign, then ask the uncomfortable question: is this “freedom of navigation,”...
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Iran Drones Damage Kuwaiti Airport in Response to Attack on Iranian Tanker
Kuwait reports that its airport suffered significant damage during an Iranian drone attack. Iran launched the attack shortly after the US targeted an Iranian ship. “A number of hostile drones targeted today the passenger building (T1) at Kuwait International Airport,...
Netanyahu: Trump Greatest Friend Israel Ever Had in the White House
Amid reports of a rift between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, the Israeli leader said the current President is the “greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.” When asked about a recent report in Axios that described a tense call between...
House Dems Are Upset Rep. Tlaib Will Force War Powers Vote on Lebanon
Several House Democrats expressed anger with Rep. Rashida Tlaib after the Democratic Congresswoman introduced a War Powers Resolution that would force President Donald Trump to halt Israel’s war against Lebanon. The War Powers Resolution introduced by Tlaib in late...
‘Terror’ as Technique in American Policymaking
In a speech delivered in the autumn of 2002, as the United States moved inexorably toward war with Iraq, the late Joan Didion delivered an offhand remark that effectively summed up the flaw at the heart of the logic behind that coming war, and of the logic of a number...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Daniel McAdams: Axios Says US–Iran Deal Reached as U.S. and IRAN Trade Missile Fire
Congress is hollowing out, and the consequences show up first in foreign policy. Dan McAdams returns to talk with us about what Thomas Massie’s primary loss signals for antiwar oversight, why the Ron Paul era of forcing floor debates through appropriations fights is...
Trump’s Iran War Has Already Cost Each American Household $750
The credit agency Moody’s has calculated that the war against Iran has cost each American household $750. Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi said that in under three months of war, the cost of the war against Iran has already offset the additional tax breaks...
US Sees Omani Neutrality as a Threat, Pushes Muscat to Cut Ties with Tehran
The US opposes Oman maintaining relations with Iran and wants Muscat to pick a side in the conflict. Omani neutrality has allowed Muscat to act as a mediator in the region. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that American and Arab officials said the White...
Trump Claims Iran and US Officials Continue Negotiations
A day after Iran said that it had broken off talks with the US over Israeli ceasefire violations in Lebanon, President Donald Trump claimed that negotiations were continuing. “Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few...
Ben Shapiro and the ‘Four Horsemen of New Zionism’
It is time to discuss our third horseman of New Zionism, Ben Shapiro, because if we wait too much longer, he might descend into complete irrelevance. In fact, Ben Shapiro is not only a central figure in the Conservative Cinematic Universe, but the poster child of New...
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