President Donald Trump threatened that if Iran attempts to dig out its destroyed nuclear facilities, he will order new strikes on the sites. “We’ll get that at some point, whenever we want. We have it surveilled,” Trump said on Full Measure. “I did a thing called...
Iran said that it would respond with “heavy attacks” if the US continues to strike its ships. Last week, President Donald Trump escalated enforcement of the blockade on Iran by attacking its vessels. A statement published by the Iranian military on Saturday...
“Iran’s nuclear program was obliterated” is a bold claim to make under oath, especially when the same testimony implies Iran’s ambitions remain. We sit down with Jim Webb to pull apart the contradictions, the messaging, and the strategy vacuum that shows up when...
Back in November 2021, Congress quietly added a clause to the sprawling “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” that would make Orwell blush. Section 24220 authorizes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require that every new passenger car...
The CIA provided an assessment to the White House that Iran would be able to hold out against the US blockade for months before suffering more severe economic hardships. President Donald Trump has claimed that the blockade will force Tehran to comply with his...
An Israeli airstrike killed the son of Hamas’s chief negotiator in Gaza on Wednesday. Reuters reported that Azzam Al-Hayya, son of Khalil Al-Hayya, had been killed. The Israeli strike on Gaza City killed at least one other Palestinian. Azzam is the fourth son of...
President Donald Trump paused the operation to assist commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz just hours after it was announced because key Gulf allies withdrew their support. According to two US officials speaking with NBC News, Saudi Arabia informed the US...
Trump’s second term was supposed to be the reset: less chaos, fewer neocons, and a renewed focus on problems at home. Instead, we’re watching an Iran conflict spiral while the administration sells the public a fantasy of easy wins and controlled escalation. I’m joined...
In 2011, the world welcomed its newest country. Fifteen years later, South Sudan is less a symbol of self-determination than a case study in state failure. Its politics remain dominated by factional strongmen, its economy is almost entirely dependent on oil, and the...
The scariest part of the U.S.-Iran standoff isn’t the loud headlines. It’s the quiet math of distance, missiles, and leverage at the Strait of Hormuz. We sit down with Larry Johnson to unpack Iran’s reported “new” framework and why it may be the same core message:...
